Father's Anniversary Card

I made this card for my father's 13th Wedding Anniversary. I like following sketches because I'm new to all of this and it helps. So I followed the sketch from Sketchy Thursday. I then used the idea from Allsorts Challenge Blog They asked for Pearls and Swirls which was perfect because the sketch had swirls in it which I drew and embossed with gold. I then put some pearls next to the flower pot. I also embossed the vase with the same gold. The gold idea came from Sassy Designs by Susie they asked for a touch of gold. I used flowers (of course) and got the "Love Is..." from the internet and then printed the entire passage for the inside of the card. I also used the crop a dile to add the gold to bottom of the card. I'm looking forward to all of your wonderful comments. Hope your having a wonderful weekend, V

Peachykeen Challenge

This is for this weeks Peachy Keen Challenge. They asked for polka dots (which is on the ribbon), a border (plain red border), stripes (on the background to "Can't Catch Me"), and a stamped image (PK243). I used a peachy keen face on my gingerbread man who I cut with the cricut. I also used the cricut to cut the gingerbread house and the cop car. I embossed snow on the gingerbread house. My kids spilled lucky charms on the living room floor and instead of throwing them away I lined my gingerbread house with them. This is the first of many thank you bags for my kids teachers. I'm looking forward to comments :).

Thank you card #2

Here's thank you card #2. I used the three simple words stamp from Stampin Up! which I used for the sentiment, and the tulips (aren't they lovely!!!), I drew the grass and used a stamp pad to color the background grass, I embossed the butterfly and used pastels for the tulips, the "thanks so much", and flowers.

Christmas Card for my sister

Here's another Christmas card. I made one for my mom and now one for my sister. I'm entering it into two challenges:

Anyone for Anya: "you can make whatever your heart desires...just be sure to include an image from The Greeting Farm." This is my newest purchase, Miss Anya Autumn. She was so much fun to color and I love her stylish outfit. I added a bit of sparkle to her boots.
http://anyoneforanya.blogspot.com/2009/12/anything-goes.html#comments

Inspirational Card Sketchers: I followed their sketch which was fun. They used three circles in the corner which gave me the idea to stand Ms. Anya next to a snowoman. :)
http://icsketches.blogspot.com/2009/12/icsketches-45-blog-candy-giveaway.html

I embossed the snowflakes in the background and also Ms. Anya's scarf. I added a bit of sparkle to her boots using glitter. I used the Crop-A-Dile for a touch of detail. Bottons were used make Ms. Snowoman (notice the hat). The hat is a retired stamp from Stampin Up! I colored her with colored pencils. Hope you enjoy...

Christmas Card for my mom

I made "Rosa" for my mom for Christmas. I'm sure she'll love her!!! I also made this card for a few challenges they are:

Sketch Saturday which provided me the layout. Thank you :)

Stamp Something - they asked for something "glitzy" which was so much fun!

Challenge #9 at Mo's Digital Pencil - the requirements were to create a Christmas card for someone special. I just found Mo's digi's and have fallen in love.

I embossed both the snow flake and the sentiment (which I got from Stampin Up). I used some embellishments on the flowers and put them on buttons to try something new. I used glitter on "Rosa's" dress and colored her with colored pencils. The ribbon was given to me by my wonderful sister. I might have to color her again and use glitter on all the layers of her dress.