Just Believe Anniversary Card

• Hello and Good morning, we had a busy and fun weekend that included an anniversary party for my Aunt and Uncle. They have been married 40 years. Of course they needed a special card to mark so I made this one that is again an Easel Card. I really like this style and it makes such a nice presentation. The card only uses two colors which are Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla. I really like the new Cherry Cobbler and can't wait to use it on Christmas Cards. Yes, I am already thinking Christmas! It will be here before we know it. The only stamp set used was Just Believe which I received at Convention. The main image was stamped four times with the Cherry Cobbler Classic Stamp Pad. once on the Very Vanilla and three times across the front of the card front. The smaller floral image was stamped on the inside of the card and also on the envelope for a nice finished look. The sentiment is also from the Just Believe Stamp Set and after stamping it on a scrap piece of card stock it was punched out with the Modern Label Punch and attached with Stampin' Dimensionals. I added a small pearl to the center of one flower on the main image and rounded the corners with the Corner Rounder Punch. A little Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon and this card is finished. We also made this card at Stamp Club this last week and it would be a great workshop card. If you are interested in making this card yourself just give me a call and we can set up a private class for you and your friends. Well, I am off to spend some time with my boys before they have to go back to school again. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by. I hope you come back again soon, Tonya
  

Totally Birthday!

Good evening! I thought I would share one more Easel Card with you. This card was for my daughter's 15th birthday and even though she doesn't have straight hair by any stretch of the imagination I just couldn't resist using Totally Tess and she needed a super sized cupcake to deliver to our birthday girl. The cupcake is from Crazy for Cupcakes Stamp Set. Crazy for Cupcakes is one of my favorite birthday set. To make Tess I used a lot of paper piecing and the wonderful new Designer Series Paper Lap of Luxury. It has the new Concord Crush, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla, and Basic Gray. I used Whisper White Card Stock, Concord Crush and Pretty in Pink Card Stock for the card and Jet Black Stazon Ink. For the areas on Tess and the cupcake that weren't paper pieced I used the Watercolor Crayons and a Blender Pen to add color. It is really hard to tell in the picture but Tess has two buttons on her shirt and for those I added two of the smallest sized pearls from the Basic Pearls Jewels. I used the beautiful Pretty in Pink 5/8" Satin Ribbon. The satin ribbon ties so nicely and gives the card a nice look. I didn't add the inside picture but it has Happy Birthday inside from the Perfect Punch Stamp Set.
Tomorrow night is our first Stamp Club night of the new round. I am excited to see everyone and get to stamp with some new ladies. If you are in the area and would like to join us give me a call, we would be happy to have you. It is getting late and I have some more to do before I head off to bed so I had better keep this short. Thank you for stopping by and please come back again.
Have a great day, Tonya

Easel Card and A New Technique!

Good afternoon! This is the first day of our Three Day Tax Free Weekend in Missouri for school supplies so I took all four of my kids shopping for backpacks, crayons and all of those other fun school supplies. May go back and do some clothing shopping but for now they are one step closer to going back to school. Tomorrow is the birthday of two very special ladies in my life. I would even go to say they are the two most important ladies in my life. Yep, my mom and my daughter share a birthday and tomorrow is their big day. So for my mom's card I usually do something with yellow as it is her favorite color and the new Daffodil Delight is a perfect shade. I am not a yellow person and I really like it a lot. My wonderful friend and fellow Demonstrator, Sarah, recently gave me a Easel Card and since I have never made one before I thought it was about time and while at Convention I received a beautiful card that used a new (at least to me) technique called Faux Mother Of Pearl and I decided to combine the two and this is what I came up with. I won't go into all the details on the Technique in this post but will at a later date. With all the new techniques I learned at Convention it might be time for another technique class. What do you think? Supplies for the card are Daffodil Delight Card Stock, Basic Black Card Stock, Whisper White Card Stock, Sincere Salutations Stamp Set, Elements of Style Stamp Set, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, Jet Black Stazon, Daffodil Delight Classic Stamp Pad, Old Olive Classic Stamp Pad, Aquapainter, Daffodil Delight Taffeta Ribbon, Scallop Oval Punch, Scallop Trim Corner Punch, 1"Circle Punch, and 1 3/4" x 7/8" Oval Punch. I have added several pictures of the card so that you can see the Easel Style and see the main image which is where I did the Faux Mother of Pearl. The nice thing about the Easel Card is that it folds flat for mailing in a standard size envelope.
If you have any questions about the card or would like to try the Faux Mother Of Pearl Technique let me know and I will work out a class for this technique and if you happen to see my mom or daughter tomorrow be sure and tell them happy birthday but don't mention the card to my mom until after she gets it. ;)
Also don't forget to get me your Tax Free Orders before the weekend ends so that you don't miss out. Thanks for stopping by today and have a great weekend. We have a fun filled one planned. Tonya