Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with food, family, and friends! I certainly enjoyed spending the holiday with my family and giving thanks for everything I am so blessed to have. To keep the spirit of Thanksgiving going throughout the weekend, I thought I would share the Thanksgiving cards I created for my loved ones. All cards were created using the Hero Arts Thanksgiving stamps.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!

Outdoor Family Fun

The great thing about the Bo Bunny chipboard albums is that they provide a completely blank canvas that can be creatively styled to fit any theme, hobby, occasion, or person. My friend Brenda is the mother of two boys. She, her husband and her sons love to be outdoors. They live on a lake and go fishing together a lot and they often take family camping trips. For her birthday I wanted to give her a gift that she could use to fit those many pictures she already has. I covered the FAMILY album with different outdoor/fishing/camping patterned papers. Then added outdoorsy colored ribbons to the 3 rings and many fishing-related 3D embellishments, stickers and quotes to the pages to add character to the album. She now has a place that truly reflects her family where she can put some of her treasured family pictures.

Air Mail

 
I am admittedly a sucker for the Riley and Co. moose stamps. With a pilot for a husband, I just could not resist the Airplane Riley stamp. This is probably one of my favorite stamps, as it fits our lives so well, and it is versatile in that because the banner is empty, you can make it fit any occasion! This particular card is a thank you card. The stamped image was colored with Copic markers.

Happy Halloween!

I had so much fun making these Halloween cards for my nieces and nephews. Given that Halloween is only one day a year, I really didn't want to spend a lot of money on a stamp. I decided to buy only my favorite stamp and see if I could make two different cards. Though these cards are very similar, I am pretty happy with them. I colored the stamped images with my Copic Markers and then went over them with varying colors of stickles to add some sparkle.

I was really excited about trying two new products. On the top card, I used my new Crop-a-dile to put in the pumpkin-shaped eyelets. This is one of my absolute favorite tools. It is great for eyelets, brads, snaps and just general hole punching.

On the second card, I used the clear stickles to create a spider web and then, to give it dimension, I used the tiny dew drop jewels to give the appearance of a web in the morning light.