It's time to say Goodbye...

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Best Dad Ever

I'd love to know what you think about this card before I make 30+ and send them out to Afghanastan for my husbands unit.  He asked for some Fathers day cards, and would like me to send out 60+ cards, but I don't think I can pull out 60 of them, maybe 30.  I'd like to mail them out asap so that I know they get there with plenty of time to send them home.  So, what do you think?

Wedding card

Here's a wedding card that I made for a cousins wedding.  I've seen this idea several places, so I can't give credit to anyone in particular, but I love how it turned out.   

Faux silk technique

Wow, it has been way too long.  I am still here, but I'll continue to be on alot less for awhile.  My husband was deployed and with 3 kids there is simply very little time to do what I would LOVE to do.  Thank you so much for still sticking with me.

I did steal away a few minutes today to do this Faux silk technique.  I have a class tonight, so that is my excuse to come and focus on my passion for awhile.  Here is the card that I will be having my members do.

  I hope you like it.  It was a fun new technique I learned.  If you haven't tried it, you must!  (For any SU demonstrators, you can find the tutorial in your January issue of Stampin Success  on pg. 21.)  For anyone else, let me know if you'd like the directions for this technique and I'll post them.  This picture just doesn't show the real beauty of this technique.  To finish it off, I added a little shimmer spray, so it's so much prettier than this card shows.

 Again, thanks ladies for your support!

Color Spritzer Tool

My technique club went well.  We did the scrap book layout, and made an Easter card.  I got this card from a friend of mine who is also a SU demonstrator.  Here's her card.

Isn't it super cute?  I thought that I would case her card and just add my own touch to it.  So here's my version of the card.

I dont' think you can see the background very well, but I used the Color Spritzer Tool.   I first used this tool at convention and didn't buy it until a few months ago.  I really like how simple it is to make a back ground and I'm so glad that I bought it.  I gave the ladies several markers to choose from and make their own backgrounds.  I think all of the cards turned out super cute!  I think this tool is a fun technique to use.

I just wanted to say Happy Birthday to two of my ladies, Michelle, and Brooke.  Here's what I made for their b'days.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, my Big Shot!  This was made using the Pillow Box.  What a great little treat and so easy to make.  I filled them with yummy star burst jelly beans, and added the black stampin spot.  

Thanks for stopping by, and as always I love receiving comments.

Eastern Blooms

I have my technique club meeting tomorrow night, but have just barely been able to sit down.  It's been a crazy month, with being super sick (flu), Dr's appointments, blood work, dentist appointments, sick kids, husband,...the list could go on and on, thankfully though, we all seem to be well on our way to recovery.  (Sure makes you appreciate your health, and that of your kids.) 

For this month, I decided that it would be fun to do a scrap book page rather than just cards.  (A couple of my ladies have expressed interest in doing a page.)  So, this idea comes from our (SU) idea book and catalog.  It's on pg. 112.   Here's my version of it.

I wish I could get a picture to show it better, but I really like it!  I hope my gals tomorrow night aren't disappointed.  We will be doing a card too!  Come tomorrow night, everyone is welcome.  Free for visitors with a $30 order. 

Ha?

It's hard coming up with titles.  So this title came from my kids, who always say, "ha?"  Even though you know they heard ya!  Anyway, this is a card that I made for a friend of mine who is having a tough time.  Now, I'm pretty sure I saw something like this on Split Coast.  I just made this card a couple of days ago, and I cant for the life of me think of the name of the stamp set, and I am too lazy to go look for it now.  (Craft room is a mess from my last 2 projects!)  When I come across it I'll add a link to the card I got the idea from.  Thanks as always for stoppin by!

Oh, I forgot to mention, I water colored the flowers.  That was my first time ever trying that!  I am having tons of fun with all these firsts.  I really like how they turned out.  (The big flowers are the water colored ones, the little one's I just stamped on.)

Here's the link.  The stamp set is Season of Friendship.  Thanks!~