It's been a while, so I thought I'd post my latest two cards. I can finally post the card I made my mom for her birthday, since she recieved it today. It's made basically from my Cuttlebug. The swirls are Shapeabilities (cut and embossed in a two-step Cuttlebug process). They are SO CUTE! I love them! They actually came from mom...lol...she gave them to me for my birthday! The Lettering is made from a Cuttlebug alphabet set, although I forget the actual name on the set...I love it, the letters are beautiful. They were cut from a two-shade green striped paper. The flower was also cut from a Cuttlebug die, and I believe it came in the same set as the alphabet. I then used my dark orange ink pad to shade the edges. The ribbon ties it all in then, with the corresponding colours...the 'white' dots, are actually pale green.

I also realized that the quality of pics on this blog seems poor. Some of the older ones are bad because of my old camera, but the newer posts are good quality if you click on them and see them at full size. Stay tuned in a week or so for the card I made mom for her birthday... ;) Can't post it yet though!! I'll be posting more scrapbook pages this weekend, I think. Have a great weekend!

This is a card that I created for one of our previous supervisors at work. She is going on a Cruise for her wedding soon, and jealous as I am, I could not resist making her this card. Remember previously I made a wedding card for my Uncle and his new wife? Changed my mind on that one, actually, and made one for them that was very similar to this one. Of course I forgot to take a pic of that one, but they were really close.

Anyways, This card was created using microbeads and liquid embossing powder for the entire bodice of the dress. The eyelets were places, and the ribbon stiched through, and a piece of handmade paper is on the inside. The Sticker across the bottom says "Eternal Love". Around the edge of the beige is liquid embossing power dried into dots. The quote on the inside says "Love is friendship caught on fire... May you always feel the Heat". I love it, I read the beginning of it somewhere, and I then added the feeling the heat part, and I think it fits nicely. This was a time-consuming card, but I think it turned out nicely.

As promised, I decided to add some of my scrapbook pages. So why not start with the newest? I usually do a two -page spread, but today I opted for one. I put it in the plastic before I realized I hadn't taken a pic, so please ignore the poor quality. Ok...whats going on on this page...
First, the large scalloped circle was bought at a local scrap shop, pre-cut. In the scallops, I added various size flowers which are sparkly (Bling paper) which I cut with my Cuttlebug. The larger flowers have square silver brads in them. The 'pocket' is made from regular paper (matching the background) and is edged with a distressing inkpad. The brown flowers are from a 12 X 12 page that I bought at the same local scrap store, and they were all pre-cut. I cut off the corner that I wanted to use, but the rest of the page is to die for. The 'sisters' is also cut out of the Bling paper using an alphabet die set for the Cuttlebug. The little tag at the top says 'friendship' and you'll see a white thing that you don't know what it is, I'm sure. My sister is 12, and I'm a little bit older, so when she was little she drew me a picture of a dalmatian. Not wanting to cut the picture, I scanned it and printed it on sticker paper, and then cut it out. The other pink piece of paper has a saying which I actually found on Facebook, so I'm not sure where it originated, but I love it. It says " I pinky promise that when we're old ladies we;re gonna be best friends chasing each other in nursing homes with our motor scooters". Thought it was cute. I love ya, Abby.

A co-worker recently got a new job, and since it was his last week at work, I created this card for all our friends to sign for him. The brads were purchased at Michael's, and they are fabric. The black scalloped oval is a textured paper that looks leathery, and really adds class to a card. the Congrats was embossed in black powder. The background was a Cuttlebug embossing folder, and I inked the inside with a black inkpad to get the 3D affect, which I think really added a lot to it. The ribbon really set off the whole thing. Again, the scalloped ovals were cut/embossed using my Nestabilities (as seen in the card below). Love them!

A friend from work is having her baby shower this weekend, so I've created this card for her using one of mom's previous cards as inspiration. You can see moms in the 'older posts' of her website http://sandrasscraps.blogspot.com/. The stamp used is (I think) Studio G, purchased at Michael's in the cheap bin. The dress was stamped onto another sheet of paper and then cut to fit over the original stamp. The scalloped/embossed ovals are made with my new Nestabilities (Thanks Mom!) They were a birthday gift. It took a while to get the technique down pat, and get a good 'sandwich recipe', but I LOVE them, and can't wait to get more!! I also have Shapeabilities, which you will see in the future.

This is the inside of the card I've made. She's a single mom, and I think this quote is very appropriate. I'm sorry, I'm not sure who wrote the quote.