Monocromatic Blues

I made this thank you card a while ago. I love how Heartfelt Thanks looks good no matter what you make with it. This card was really quick & easy.

Ingredients:

Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Whisper White, Soft Sky DSP - paper; Soft Sky, Blue Bayou - ink; Heartfelt Thanks, Baroque Motifs - stamp set; Hodgepodge Hardware, Scallop circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch - accessories;

Sniff... Good-bye...

No, I'm not going anywhere... (*I wish*) Today I'm going to post the good-bye card I made for my office mate. We've shared our little office for over a year. He's leaving for an extended European tour and not expected to return. What a fabulous opportunity to use my World Tour set!!
This card is so me! I love vintage stuff and the overlapping labels just tickle me!! I was delighted to finally use this patterned paper too. I know... I sound so sad that he's leaving, but I've got to keep a positive attitude, don't I? Almost everything on or about this card is discontinued, but that's just how it goes, I guess.

Ingredients:

Cranberry Crisp, Buckaroo Blue, Confetti White, Sentimental Journey DSP - paper; Cranberry Crisp, Buckaroo Blue, Chocolate Chip - ink; World Tour, Rough Edges Mini Alphabet, Handbill Headlines - stamp sets; Chocolate Chip polytwill ribbon, library clip, 1 3/8" circle punch, linen thread, vintage brads - accessories;

I loved this set as soon as I saw it. Too bad it doesn't have more samples in the splitcoast gallery! If you have a card with this set, send me a picture at anyone@tbaytel.net & we'll post our own set of samples!!

Buggy Kids' Cards

For my party on Saturday, we chose a kid's birthday card as one of the make & takes. Because I couldn't decide if I should make a neutral, boy or girl birthday card, I came up with the idea of making an interchangable layout. I love that I like them indiviually as well as together. I think they turned out very cute! I was inspired by one of the cards from Stamper's Showcase a couple days ago.

Boy's Card Ingredients:
Wild Wasabi, Jersey Shore DSP, Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue, Confetti White - paper; Only Orange, Wild Wasabi, Brilliant Blue - ink; Bugs & Kisses - stamp set; Spiral punch, 1 3/8" square punch, Bold Brights buttons, crochet cotton, glue dots - accessories;

Girl's Card Ingredients:

Groovy Guava, Ginger Blossom DSP, River Rock, Ruby Red, Very Vanilla - paper; River Rock, Groovy Guava, Cameo Coral - ink; Bugs & Kisses - stamp set; Pretties kit flower, gold brad, sprial punch, 1 3/8" square punch, Cameo Coral marker, Stampin' dimensional - accessories;

I'm glad they turned out so well! The bugs are so easy to frame with the square punch! I've had it for so long and I hardly use it... This was so quick!

Pretty Flowers

Today I'll post a card I CASE'd. This was for a coworker's wife's birthday. I really liked it, so I hope he did too :)

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/828088?cat=12776&si=afternoon%20tea Ingredients:

Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky, Whisper White, Afternoon Tea DSP, watercolor paper - paper; Black Staz On, Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi - ink; Bloomin' Beautiful - stamp set; Love Birds white Rub Ons, Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, Soft Sky and Wild Wasabi Double Stitched Ribbon, Stampin Dimensionals - accessories;

A few of the flowers are cut out and popped, for some added interest...

Also, I've added a link to my old web site. It'll make it easier for adding patterns, etc. to share.
http://my.tbaytel.net/~anyone/stampin.html

More Shells

Today it's the gorgeous shell set again! I'm sooo in love with this set. I think I'm also in love with the idea of summer, sea & shells, but anyway...
This one's a birthday card for a guy friend/co-worker. (Same one with the baby name frame in the last post) I asked Brad (DH) if it was manly enough & he said "It's a handmade card... manly isn't really an option." So this is my pretty, masculine birthday card for a guy who'd understand that. I saw another card with this layout here:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/835608?cat=12776&si=hodgepodge

Ingredients:

Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Very Vanilla - paper; Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Groovy Guava - ink; Seaside, En Francais, Sassy Suzie, Cheesecloth (discontined), Rough Edges Mini Alphabet - stamp sets; Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, Creamy Caramel gingham ribbon, Label punch, Spiral Punch, Aqua painter, Earth Elements & Neutrals buttons, glue dots - accessories;