Holiday Thanks

When I was housebound during our big snow storm earlier this month, I spent one entire day making cards to have on hand for various holidays, birthdays, and thank yous. My final count that day was fifteen!

My friend JoAnne gave me a Starbucks gift card for Christmas. She was my high school French teacher, so every time I send her something, I try to incorporate something French into it, thus the "Merci" sentiment for her thank you note. I was inspired by Julie's card here, and decided to do something similar with the A Muse To Go cup image. I colored it in with a red Copic marker, then stamped the tiny snowflake from Memory Box in Brilliance Moonlight White, then cut it out and mounted it on top of the tiny blue oval stamped with Memento Summer Sky ink. I think it turned out pretty good! I created my own background on the A Muse note card by randomly stamping the Memory Box snowflake images (you get two separate images on one wood block!) on the paper with the Moonlight White ink. The blue scallop frame was cut out with a scalloped Nestabilities rectangle.

Thanks for looking! I'll be back again soon with pictures of the various calendars I worked on this year!

Merry Kissmas!

Last weekend the Pacific Northwest got its first big snow of the season. While I was cooped up at home, I was able to make a few cards that I needed for two of my guy friends' birthdays and then also just play around with some of my holiday stamps.

This first one I made just for fun. I love this Mistletoe Girl image from Rubber Romance! The "Merry Kissmas" sentiment is by A Muse. The greenery background paper is from Rubber Soul. Inside I stamped "Meet me under the mistletoe," an image by Hampton Art Stamps.

The second card I made is for my buddy Brian's birthday, which is today. He is a manly man--loves hunting, football, and driving BIG vehicles (like his Hummer and one of the big brown delivery vehicles!). I had fun making this slider card. If you pull on the Hummer, it goes "driving" along the tree-lined road! The original Hummer stamp looks like is the military vehicle with the cloth top. Since Brian has the sporty H2 vehicle, I masked off the back and hand drew in the hard top and window to make it look like his. I think it turned out pretty good! The trees image, Hummer stamp and note card are by A Muse. The "have an adventure" is from the clear set Tiny Words by Wordsworth.

Thanks for looking! To all my WA friends, I hope you're staying safe and warm during our Deep Freeze!