To Love and to Cherish

 Hello Everyone:  I am embarrassed to admit that I do not know the creator of this wonderful wedding card.  It is one of my favorites and very creative:

I realize this isn't the best photo of this wonderful card.  I will share some close-ups.  As you can see, the whole theme is white, from the wonderful ribbons to the beautiful white blooms.

Starting with the lovely Creative Impressions ribbons, multiple ones were used to cover the entire white background of this card.  Starting at the bottom, 3/4" Dot White Organdy Ribbon (70372) was attached to the bottom, wrapping the ends to the back to adhere.  The next ribbon is one of my favorites - 1/4 " Glimmer Ribbon in White (70259) followed by Ribbon Expressions "To Love and to Cherish"  (80342).  Above this ribbon was added 1/2" Swirl Organdy White with White (70316).  These ribbons were repeated until the background card panel was covered.

Now for the lovely Blossoms...A combination of Sheer and Felt Blossoms were used, layered to create the beautiful flowers. (Sheer Sm 60501, Med 60601 and lg 60701 and Felt sm. 6200, Med 62101 and lg 62201)  a white Round Brad was used to attach all the blossom together.  Finally a white pearl from 50510 Cream and White Pearls was added over the brads.

Creative Impressions Leafy Vine was cleverly used to add the leaves around the blossoms.  70221 Olive was used  in this example.  Does this card look time consuming to you?  It isn't as long as you have these wonderful Creative Impressions ribbons and Blossoms in  your stash!  Elegant!

Susan

"English Gentleman" Father's Day Card

 Hello Everyone:  One of my very favorite Creative Impressions Stamp sets is Y404 "For Him" Cards.  Several of my co-designers have made darling cards with this set and I wanted to expand on the versatility to create a card for my husband.  He was a very good sport and allowed me to publish this for all of you!

My handsome husband has now been transformed into a handsome "Old Chap" with a little fun using this set.

I love how versatile the set is!  I knew that I would have to enlarge a photo of my hubby to make the spectacles, hat, tie and mustache fit, so I enlarged the photo on the computer to 130%.  I had to play with different sizes until I got one to work.  It didn't take long and I think the result is wonderful!  Hope you do too!

Whether you are looking for a birthday card or Father's Day card for a guy in your life, this set has something for everyone!   Hope you have fun making your own masculine cards!

Susan

Romance is in the Air!

 Hello Everyone:  I know people get married all times of the year, however, June seems to be pretty traditional , so I created a fun wedding card to share with all of you:

I had so much fun creating this card.  I started by stamping the horse and carriage  using gray and gold archival inks on a white panel.  To achieve this I used a Misty stamping positioned tool.  I had to stamp several times to get the look I was going for.  Once this was done I added "On Your Wedding Day" from the same set.  Some gray ink was added to the edges of this panel and the panel was then adhered to a dark grey cardstock panel.

I punched out a lacey border from white text weight paper and added it to the bottom of the white and gray panel.  This piece was then adhered to a patterned paper panel previously adhered to a dark gray panel and finally onto a white card.

Now the fun starts!  I wanted to see if I could get some major sparkle onto this card, so I pulled out my gold Stickles and carefully added gold highlights to the horse and carriage.  I did this very slowly so as not to mess it up!  I think it turned out great!  Hope you think so too!

Now it's your turn!  Have fun

Susan

Wish Your Graduates Success!

Hello Everyone:  Here we are in May and graduations are almost upon us!  My wonderful Godson is graduating in Missouri and I am excited to attend the event!  Here are a couple of cards I created to celebrate!

 I began by stamping a background of hats and scrolls randomly on a white piece of cardstock.  This stamp is from Creative Impressions Stamp Set #M110 Graduate.  Since my Godson's school colors are red and white, I colored the hats red with a red marker and a light tan line was added to the top of the scrolls.  I adhered the background to a black mat and then to a white card.  I then set this piece aside.

Once the background was completed, I stamped "To the Graduate" and "Wishing you much success" from Creative Impressions Stamp Set Y214 Congratulation Cards onto a piece of white scrap cardstock.  I created a red mat to put behind it and finally a black mat adhered to all and then over my previously created background.  That's it.  Here is another look

I created a second card using the same image with a few changes.

I again used the same hat and scroll stamp, but  only stamped it three times towards the top of a white panel.  I used markers to color in the images.  The "Hats off to You" sentiment is actually from a Father's Day set # Y404 For "Him" cards. "Congratulations" came from the same M110 Graduate set as before and was stamped towards the bottom of the panel, it was adhered to a red, then to a black, another red and finally a black panel adhered to a white card.  Super simple and fun!

Congratulations to all the graduates!

Susan

Happy Mother's Day!

 Hello Everyone!  Cards don't have to be difficult and time consuming to make them special.  Here is an example of a Mother's Day card simple to make but lovely as well.

I used the Tulip image from Creative Impressions Stamp Set #YCC209 Floral Quote Cards.  I stamped the image twice, once onto a panel that was die cut with a leaf border on it and once onto a scrap of white cardstock.  I colored both images in using Distress inks with a watercolor technique.  When dry, I cut out the flower and one of the leaves from the scrap and adhered them over the top of the other image on the panel with foam tape to add some dimension.

I stamped "Happy Mother's Day" from Creative Impressions Set Y25 Mother's Day Innie's and Outies next to the flower, layered the white panel to a pink panel, then to a patterned paper panel, pink panel and finally a white card.  To finish, I created a bow using White Organdy Ribbon (70621) and adhered it to the flower stem.

Wasn't that easy?  Now to make your own!

Susan