Congratulations!

I moved into my current location 20 years ago, my house is located on a cul-de-sac and at that time there were only a total of 3 houses on the street! My eldest grandson, who was 4 at the time, lived with me (still does to this day!), and there was only one other child on the street in the house next to mine (at least a football field length away!), Daniel, who was 6. Bryan and Daniel became instant friends, they were never too far away from each other and consequently grew up like brothers! Daniel became my 'grandson' also and he grew up to be a wonderful, kind, thoughtful young man!  I know you're wondering where this is going!  Well, Daniel just got engaged to his fiancee, Miranda.  It still feels a little unreal to me yet, but I wanted to send them a card to celebrate this beautiful occasion!

The card base is Whisper White. The first layer is silver glimmer paper and the top layer is Whisper White. I embossed the stamp Flowering Flourishes in silver and cut out the little hearts in SU's silver glimmer paper.  I also embossed the sentiment in silver.  I thought is was a simple card but packed a WOW punch.  The picture doesn't really do it justice, I hope Daniel and Miranda liked it! Now I just have to wait for the announcement of the wedding!  Oh boy, am I getting old!!

My BFF!

I grew up with my bestie, Bernie, her name is actually Bernadette, but if you knew her, that name just doesn't go with her personality.  She is a tiny, and I mean tiny - roughly 4.10 in shoes, and she is just the bubbliest person you'll ever meet!  So you see, Bernadette is just too formal for her! Bernie lives in California and I live in Pennsylvania, we are both originally from the UK and we grew up together - to be exact, I met her in the early sixties!! That should give you a clue as to how 'aged' we both are, like good wine!  Anyway, I miss her very much, I don't get to see her too often now. So, I made her a card just to let her know how much I do miss her.  I saw this card originally on Ann's Happy Stampers, I just made a couple of changes, hers was just so beautiful, I had to CASE it. I hope you like my card, it's very special as she is to me!

The base card is Smokey Slate.  The layers are Smokey Slate DSP and a top layer of Whisper White. I embossed the flourish from the stamp set Timeless Textures in silver and then stamped the dot splatters around in Smokey Slate and the new in-color (my fave!) Sweet Sugarplum. I added some little flowers, also in Sweet Sugarplum and a couple of butterflies stamped on vellum with additional butterflies underneath punched out in the silver glimmer paper. The new in-colors will be available June 1st from the new catalogue which you can see also on 1st June  HERE in my Stampin Up store. If you would like a catalogue, please leave me a comment or request by email. I would really appreciate your business!  

Another Mother's Day Card!

My eldest grandson, Bryan, asked me if I could make a Mother's Day card for him.  This is what I made, my daughter LOVES bling!  So the blingier (is that a word!) it is, the more she likes it. I die cut the heart from the center of the card and embossed the blushing bride layer with the lovely lace embossing folder. The heart that I inserted into the space on the pink layer is cut from the blushing bride glimmer paper and the card base is rose red. The flowers that are added to the heart are die cut also from blushing bride and a small pink accent added to the middle. I added a rose red bow and some pink sequins to 'bling it up' a little more! Finally, I brushed the flowers with some Wink of Stella.I stamped the sentiment on vellum just to give the card a 'softer' look.  I loved the finished product and I hope you do too!

My grandson's birthdays!

Two of my grandsons who live close to me are celebrating (well one celebrated already on April 13!), they are 8 and 9 respectively.  They are two of the most kind, thoughtful and precious children a grandmother could have.  They are the light of my day and of my life! These are the two cards I made for them; the 8 year old is Rorey and the 9 year old is Jaden.  Rorey's birthday is coming up next week, 31st May.

I used the stamp set Number of Years and corresponding Framelits for both cards.  For Rorey's card I used the Owl Punch to create the Minion, and then I made a Minion out of one of the balloons.  Real Red, Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point and Whisper White where the main paper and ink colors I used