Lots of cards!

Here are all the cards I'm about to show you!

Using negative image

For this card I used what was left from the previous card after using the Top Note Die cut form SU! I added a fabric flower from Basic Grey, used ribbon that I knotted for the stem and the leaves are canvas that I painted green with a paint dabber and then ran through my crimper! I didn't want the negative cut to go to waste cause it was so pretty!

Pumpkin Card

Pumpkin Card! I used my crimper to crimp my paper diagonally from the corners. Saw this originally on Spilt Coast Stampers site but changed it up just a bit. My pumpkin is made from 3 ovals - the center oval popped up - and all three peices are flocked. Used Ribbon for the stem and a little green wire for the leaves.

Stampin Up! Aviary Set

Just a quick card using a stamp set from Stampin Up! I just got. The sentiment is from the Be Yourself set from Close to my Heart.

Flower card

I used the Big Flower Stamp from SU! with versamark and clear embossing powder on some patterned cardstock which I then cut around. The leaves are the flipside of the paper. I hand cut the leaves and ran them through my crimper giving them a veiny look and then inked over them with distressing ink. The background is Kraft paper stamped with Versamark Dazzle with a script background. The button is from a Martha Stewart punch and I added a little twine. I really like how this turned out - simple but pretty.

A few of my Layouts

Here is a collection of some of my layouts. What you can't see on these pages are that some of the items on the page are raised or shiny or some other fun effect. These are in no particular order, some are from when I first started and some from yesterday. Enjoy!

Aidan going off to Kindergarten.

CJ going off to 2nd Grade.

Halloween 2007 - Paper dolls cart used for the ghost.

CJ and his mohawk.

Aidan trying to participate in CJ's wrestling team last year.

CJ's first wrestling tournament - January 2008.

Used Cricut Paper Dolls Cart for this page.

Close up on the Cricut Cuts. This is an amazing Cart!

CJ ran is a 1/2 mile Race and won first place for his age!

CJ's 3rd year of soccer.

The many faces of Aidan.

The many faces of CJ.

My 2 sons. Oldest was 4 days overdue and the youngest was 6 weeks early.

Brians idea to make this into a Newton/Gravity page.Close up on Teagans side. I used the dots on the page to connect the writing.

Teagans Just born Page.



Teagans birth story is typed out and inserted into the page.

Teagan with Santa.

Teagans Baptism. On the three photos on the left side I removed the color except the pink in her sweater.

CJ's bike stunts gone bad.

Aidan while camping in the Mountains.

Hand-stitching used on this page.

Close up on the stitching.

CJ and Aidan turned into coloring book pages.

Background is hand-stamped.

Handstitching used on this page.

Close up on the stitching.

The kids with Santa.
Close up of the tag. I hand inked it and then embossed the santas sleigh stamped image.

The boys and I a couple months before Teagan was born.