Birthday Bakery

These were my September birthday cards. The stamp set is called "Birthday Bakery" and it is a current Level 1 Hostess Set. I used Real Red and Wild Wasabi card stock, along with "Celebrations" designer series paper. I used an extra large scallop circle die and dug out the Circle Scissors Plus to make the Whisper White circle. The icing was colored with blender pens. In case you can't read the sentiment at the bottom, it says "This is no day for just a sliver!" Too cute! I copied this card from Chat, aka "nitestamper." When I saw this colorful card, I knew I had to make some!!

Morning Cup

I LOVE this set called "Morning Cup!" Well, who am I kidding? I love them all! This was a recent stamp-a-stack card and a favorite among my guests. The card base is Pacific Pointe. Other colors are Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry and Pumpkin Pie. We used an aquapainter to color in the images. Took a little time, but it's so cute!

CASED from Dawn Griffith

Isn't this a great technique? It's called "Embossed Negative" (I think!). Basically, you stamp the image twice with Versamark, one on black paper embossed in white, the other on white paper embossed in black. You cut the image in half, and stick it together. It's a little trickier than it sounds, but you can do it! Visit Dawn's Stampin' Thoughts for complete instructions and a video tutorial.

Cards from MaryAnn

MaryAnn and I frequently swap cards and these are the most recent I have received from her. Aren't they all fabulous!! Love them all!!

Happy Birthday To Me!

Here are some beautiful cards my wonderful stampin' friends made and gave me for my birthday last month....yes, I'm a little slow to post! I have more to post, but I still need to photograph them, so I'll post more soon. This first card is from Agnes.

From Laura

From Sonia

From Lisa

From MaryAnn

From Dana

Operation Write Home

Some of my stampin' friends and I are participating in a project called "Operation Write Home." We make handmade greeting cards which are sent to our troops overseas. They use these cards to send to their loved ones back home. There are no Hallmark stores in Afghanistan, so there is a real need for this! We have a blast designing our cards and getting together to make these as a group for such a good cause. Here are the cards we made this month.

MaryAnn's Cards

These two cards were made by my stampin' friend and fellow demonstrator, MaryAnn Sansonetti. Aren't these cute!? Thanks MaryAnn!

Not my favorite stamp set, but the card didn't turn out too bad. I used markers to color him on watercolor paper.