Embossed Kissing

What a great new technique "Embossed Kissing" which was brought to my attention in today's SCS technique challenge. Here's the challenge thread with a 'how to' from Joan Ervin.

I used my Ornate Blossom solid stamp with the Finial Press embossing folder. I love how this turned out! Here's a close up of the embossed kissing :

Recipe
Stamps : Ornate Blossom
Ink : Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze
Cardstock Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze, Shimmery White
Accessories : Scallop Square Bigz Die, Big Shot, 1/2 Pearls, Finial Press EF, 1 1/4" Square Punch

Simple Birthday Icecreams

I needed to make a birthday card today and the sketch seemed nice and simple (right up my alley) so I put together this card using the summer set Sunny Fun and the Nursery Nest DSP. I trimmed the image with Ruffled Ribbon and hey presto, job done :)

Recipe
Stamps : Sunny Fun
Ink : StazOn Black
Cardstock : Shimmery White, Nursery Nest DSP, watercolour paper
Accessories : Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon, Watercolour Wonder Crayons, Aquapainter

Memory Book

... actually, more like photo album! These are so easy to make and I love how you can personalise them for any occasion! Sarah took tons of photos while she was with mum & dad in England this June. Mum's been asking DAILY when she can have a few of the best ones ... so rather than just e:mail them, Sarah printed off her favourites and I made this book up.

The photo pages are the SU clear envelopes, they stack beautifully on top of one another, then I made a front and back sheet and scored about 3/4" in from the end. Then just use a Crop-a-dile to make the jumbo eyelet holes and tie with ribbon. EASY! And Mum & Dad love their book. I made a second one of photos from Jersey .... try one, whoever you send them to will be THRILLED!

Sweet 16

My lovely daughter, Sarah, celebrated her 16th birthday on Tuesday! Roy and I can't believe how quickly the time has gone ~ she's turned into a truly beautiful (inside and out) young woman and we are so proud that she's our daughter. Here she is with her boyfriend, Tyler, tucking into a Birthday Breakfast ....

Instead of a Birthday Cake, I ordered a dozen cupcakes from DC Cupcakes ~ these things are WICKEDLY WONDERFUL ...

We celebrated at a local restaurant, put on our posh outfits and had a fabulous evening together ~ here's Sarah with her Daddy, and then another pic with Tyler.

Happy 16th, Sarah. We love you <3

A Sketch for Dad's Birthday

This is today's sketch over on Splitcoast. I was happy to see it would work perfectly with the SU sailboat stamp "Sail Away", it's my Dad's birthday next week and he's as nuts about sailing as I am about stamping!!! I thought this would be perfect for him.

I used the soon to retire Nautical Expedition Designer Series Paper along with 'Sail Away' stamped in Not Quite Navy Ink. The strip along the bottom is the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch with Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine glued to it.

Recipe
Stamps : Sail Away, Happiest Birthday Wishes
Cardstock : Not Quite Navy, Nautical Expedition DSP, Shimmery White
Ink : Not Quite Navy
Accessories : Scallop Circle, 1" Circle, 1 3/8" Circle & Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punches, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Blender Pen

Colour Challenge Christmas!

Colour Challenge over on Splitcoast today is "Kraft, Yellow & Red" so I chose Crumb Cake, So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler. My new Holiday Mini order arrived recently, so I thought I'd take advantage of the red and make a Christmas card. I don't think yellow is particularly Christmasy, but I like it!!! Here's a closer look at the central image. Isn't that Cherry Cobbler embossing powder fabulous?

Recipe
Stamps : Bright Hopes
Ink : Versamark, Crumb Cake
Cardstock : Crumb Cake, So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories : Big Shot, Circles #2 Die, Lace Border Punch, 1/2 Pearls, Cherry Cobbler EP & Heat Gun, Dimensionals

.... one more New Home

I couldn't stop at one, so here's the 2nd House & Home card CASE'd from the Idea Book & Catalogue ... I tried the 'kissing' technique on the lamp shade. It looks pretty funky & retro, don't you think?

Recipe
Stamps : House & Home, Fabulous Phrases
Ink Poppy Parade
Cardstock : Very Vanilla, So Saffron, Poppy Parade, Domestic Goddess DSP
Accessories : Designer Frames EF, Big Shot, Poppy Parade Ribbon, Stampin' Write Markers