Happy Birthday Ryan!!!

For my best friends step dad for his birthday.

I started out by stamping Lovely as a Tree from Stampin' Up on Neenah with Memento ink, running it through the die cutter, then coloring with copics.  I mounted it on a die cut Wonky Stitch Circle Die-namics in Mango Melody.  I used a Cherry Cobbler base, layering it with Chocolate Chip that was put through a woodgrain cuttlebug folder.  Mounted my main image on foam squares and finished it off with Stamping Bella baubles.  

 Ryan and me a couple Thanksgivings ago.

Wish I Could Heal Your Heart...

I shed many tears making this, sympathy cards are truly the hardest to make.  If  I could take away the grief and pain that someone is feeling, it would be that of which my bestie is feeling for the loss of her mom.  Their relationship was so special, one I wish all daughters could have with their mothers.     

I stamped My Favorite Things Freshly Picket Bouquet in Memento ink on Neenah, then colored it with Copics.  Sentiment is from SU Heal Your Heart.  I layered my panel on Cherry Cobbler.

 My bestie and my "mom by love".

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Happy Birthday to my Beautiful Daughter...

For my beautiful daughter for her birthday.  We are so incredibly proud of the woman she has become.  She's such a hard worker, a go getter, an amazing mother, and I honestly couldn't have asked for a better daughter than her.  I have been truly blessed to have her not only as my daughter but also as my friend.  I love her with all my heart.

My daughter loves lilies so I had to make her a card using My Favorite Things Lavish Lilies.  I started out stamping my image with Memento ink on Crumb Cake, coloring with prismacolor pencils.  I layered my panel on Purely Pomegranate.  Stamped the sentiment from Sassy Pants Birthday Greeting #3 from MFT, then finished off the card with a Purely Pomegranate bow and some sequins.

My beautiful daughter.

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Some Days You're the Dog...

For my best friend for his birthday.  I make him a funny card every year.  I already have next year's card planned for his 50th.

I saw a card this card on pinterest and knew I wanted to recreate it.  I stamped and masked my images from the MFT set You Make my Tail Wag.  I used the Watercolor Wash Free Form Stencil from MFT then used blender brushes to blend versamagic chalk ink for the sky and ground.  I then colored my stamped images in copics, and made some highlights with a white gel pen.  I stamped my sentiment then mounted my panel on a Real Red card base.

Me and Jeremy.

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Birthday Wishes...

Sending birthday wishes to a sweet lady I met through My Favorite Things.

I used this week's sketch, MFTWSC573 from My Favorite Things. I started out stamping Knitted Sweater from MFT in white ink on Crumb Cake.  I layered white and Pool Party that was run through the pin dot cuttlebug folder.  Next, I die cut Wonky Stitch die-namics in white, then die cut a Crumb Cake circle that was stamped with Knitted Sweater in white.  I die cut Essential Stitched Sentiment die-namics then stamped my sentiment from Cool Day (masking the sentiment, only using Happy Birthday).  I stamped the bear from MFT Sweater Weather in the Woods on Neenah with Memento ink, coloring with copics, die cut it, then mounted it on foam squares. 

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Happy Birthday Eileen...

For one the gals in our cycling group for her birthday...

I started out with a white card base.  I then die cut the bike, used a gel pen on it to make it shine and sparkle.  Next I die cut the snow drifts, hello sunshine, and cute cloud outlines die-namics and placed them on my card.  I used white opaque gel ink and silver glimmer mist.  Stamped my sentiment from Festive Old Friends in white pigment ink and embossed with white embossing powder.  

Me and Eileen after one of our GABA rides.

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Happy 75th Birthday Erin!!!

For my dear friend Erin for her 75th birthday.

I worked and worked on this card, didn't exactly go from my vision to paper.  I used My favorite Things die-manics, copics and copic opaque white gel ink for the background.  Mounted my panel on Real Red card stock.

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