Happy Birthday Card

All Images Copyright Stampin' Up 1998-2008

Pink and Brown have got to be one of my favorite color combinations, especially when making a card. This was created for a friend's birthday. They love Chocolate but are on a diet and can't eat any chocolate cake, so, the next best thing- a stamped chocolate cake- in hindsight, I should have added a little scratch and sniff action with some cocoa.

Here's what you need to create the card:

CS: Pixie Pink, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Chocolate chip, Bashful Blue, YoYo Yellow
Other: Chocolate Grosgrain, Dazzling Diamonds, ticket punch
Stamps: SAB Birthday Whimsy

Quick Card

I needed a quick birthday card for a male friend of mine. I figured you can't go wrong with black and white so I used the SAB Birthday Whimsy set for this one.

All Images Copyright Stampin' Up 1998-2008

This was so easy to create. I used Very Vanilla for the base and for the image, double looped a piece of silver cord around the vanilla and mounted it to a black rectangle then mounted this to the base. Stamped "Happy Birthday" and Voila!

The Birthday Whimsy set will be available only from Feb. 1- March 17 during SU's annual Sell-a-bration. The set can't be purchased but you can get it for FREE with a qualifying $50 order during SAB!

If you would like a SAB flyer or if you would like to place an order just let me know :)

New Valentine set!

Wow, what a week this has been. Classes started today at the college and I have been living on the computer the past few days helping faculty get ready. I did find a few minutes to stamp though and wanted to show you one of the cards that I "CASE'd" from splitcoast. This card uses the Happy Heart Day set- which is also part of the great Valentine's Bundle available to you this month.

Don't forget- to join the fun at my Valentine Card class on Jan. 29!!!

All images copyright Stampin' Up 1999-2008

Fun times, I wanted to use this set for my monthly card club on Thursday- of course it didn't arrive until Thursday but all went well. We made 3 cards including this cute little number (using the mouse stamp) real read, and basic black plus whisper white for the image.

We also made two other cards (I'll post one tomorrow) and 2 cello bag toppers for a cello bag we filled with chocolate. Plus 3 stone magnets.

Sorry for not posting more this week- things settle down on Tuesday.

Winter Wonderland Card

All images copyright Stampin' Up 1997-2008

I apologize for the flash splotch in the middle of the card- I'll see if I can re-do this photo but I wnated to get something up for you in case you haven't started your holiday cards yet.

This is a simple card to make, but offers a touch of elegance for any occasion. All products are Stampin' Up. The images are from the "Lovely as a Tree" set. They are stamped on Glossy White (I used photo paper) using black Stazon. After allowing the Stazon to dry, I used a masking technique to cover the bottom portion of the card to retain the white "snow" bottom and then used my brayer to brayer the top of the card. Apply several layers of ink until you acheive the color you want. Then use a corner punch for two layers and mount the cards. For a finishing touch, I used a little 2 way glue and dazzling diamonds.

I think this is one of my favorites so far.