Wedding Card

This is only the second wedding card I've ever made. I find some subjects/themes easy to make cards for; others I find difficult. This was on the difficult side for me. I had seen a few ideas recently using mostly white on white with Cuttlebug embossing folders so I used them as my inspiration. The edge of the card is cut with a Fiskars border punch. I added the lace, twin hearts and cake sticker as embellishments.

Hope the new bride and groom like it. If they aren't crazy about it I think they'll like what's inside...a gift card for Target. This way they can pick exactly what they want.

Until my next post,

Diane

Stampers Corners Birds ATCOTM

Birds was the theme for the Stampers Corner ATC of the month. I used stamps from the Bluebird collection by Artistic Outpost. I stamped with a waterproof ink then used watercolor markers to color in the main image. Something was missing so I stamped and cut out these these birds on a wire and colored them with blue glitter using my Quickie Glue Pen by Sakura - it worked great. The last step was to color the edges with glitter using that same glue pen.

Until my next post,

Diane

Graduation Cards

Three young men, sons of friends of mine are graduating from high school this year. One is in Virginia another in Georgia and the third in Washington. It is a cliche I know but time sure does fly. I remember them as infants, toddlers or children and saw them grow into fine young men or heard about them from my friends throughout the years. Here are their graduation cards. As many times before they are all the same but just a bit different. The rubber stamp I used from Impression Obsession on the inside is a quote from John Ruskin "Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become".

Until my next post,

Diane

A Fishy Challenge

May was Sid's choice to choose a theme for our ATC swap. He chose "Fishy". I'll have to admit I almost wrote "pick another theme", but replied I was up for a challenge. Turns out it wasn't so bad after all.

The blue one was made with a small section of scrapbook paper that came in a bundle. I over stamped with a stamp bubble looking stamp from Stamp Camp in clear embossing powder. I picked the various sections and colored in with Ranger Distress Inks to try to make the bubbles pop. I layered that on top of glimmery white paper from the Paper Cut that I also colored with the distress inks. After that I looked at it and decided something was missing, so borrowing from Dr. Suess I used the title of one of his great books -- one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish.

The middle one was made with a stamp by Rubber Stampede that I stamped on some thick handmade mulberry paper. I colored it in with some shimmery watercolor paints by Yasutomo. After that I sprayed it with Polar Glimmer Mist and layered on a metallic paper by DCWV and added the fiber.

Two down one to go. This last one shows a bit of my weird humor. I had this stamp of the woman holding her nose and thought it would go great with a picture of a fish. Then I found this quote and it all came together. The stamp is from 100 Proof Press.

Until my next post,

Diane

Cards sent recently

Here's three cards made using Sheetload templates that I recently sent with ATC swaps. The first two used paper from the Super Slab by Provo Craft. The card on the right has paper from American Traditional Designs. The stamp for the one on the left is from a Studio G $1 stamp set the one in the middle is from the Heidi Grace Quotes set and the one on the right is from Impression Obsession.

Until my next post,

Diane

Black and White only TGIF ATC

This one is a tough one to display even after using some adjustments in Photoshop. Anyway, the theme for the Altered Designs Yahoo group this week was Black and White only. I used Rangers crackle paint in Black Soot. After it dried and I got my crackles I stamped these images designed by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous (exclusive to Michael's) with Perfect Medium then dusted them with Perfect Pearls in Pearl.

Until my next post,

Diane

Simple card sent recently

I sent this card to a fellow member of one my Yahoo groups recently. It was really just a way to send an ATC but if you make cards why not send a card too? It gives me an excuse to use up some of huge paper stash I have. I try not to buy paper and am doing pretty good at my addiction but every once in a while some ends up in my hands at the check out counter...

Until my next post,
Diane

Stampers Corner May ATC Lottery

Last month the theme for the ATC lottery was Cowboys and Cowgirls. I had just gotten these stamps from TJ Designs so it was a perfect fit. The stamps are part of the Rodeo Sweethearts collection. The embellishment is from Sandylion. I found the sheetmusic online and printed it very small and used Ranger Distress Inks to give it the old look. Just found out I won the lottery for May so I get to keep this little cowgirl....and get the ones the other folks met. Yea!!!

Until my next post,

Diane

Not exactly what I was hoping for...but an improvement nonetheless

I'll save all of you in cyberland a picture of the actual foot with the stitches now removed since you may be like me and NOT like watching Discovery Health. Not only do I not like viewing these type of things on other people it really creeps me out looking at myself. I caught my pinkie finger in a door when I was about 4 or 5. That and having my wisdom teeth out were my only experiences with anything like this. Getting the stitches removed was quite uncomfortable.

I now have this "boot" for a month and have another follow-up before the 4th of July. I can put weight on my heel but actual "walking" should be kept to a minimum. I still need the crutches/walker so I'm not ready to go to the mall and do some shopping. At least I can do more things than before so that is good. Although eventually a necessity this was elective surgery at this point so no whining is allowed. Like a good little retired "soldier" I'll salute smartly and follow the docs orders.

Until my next post,

Diane

Five books in one day with Jill Berry

It was a fast paced class with Jill Berry but we all got done in the allotted time even with a few mistakes and hiccups corrected. I really enjoyed making these cool complex-looking but really pretty simple mini books. They would all make great gifts and can be done in a short time.

Jill has some more photos on her blog and was gracious to send me the ones she took.

That's me in the blue smock on the left side of the of the frame in the one on the left. I took it off for the group photo. She also took a picture of the back of my "house" book.

Until my next post,

Diane