Invitations sent! This year’s theme was polka dots (I LOVE polka dots!) & roses.
Once again, I made the stickers for the envelope flaps to match the invitations (lower right in the photo below). I’ve been making cards since 1996 and this is the first time I’ve ever lined the envelopes. I got the idea from a Cricut page on [...]
The card base was from DCWV Chateau Lavender Stack. The green die cut was made with the Anna Griffin Cuttlebug Flower Bramble die. The sentiment embellishment was cut with the Cricut Explore, Anna Griffin Summer Soirees cartridge & stamped with an Anna Griffin stamp using white ink.
The three butterflies on the front are [...]
As some of you know, my mother passed away in 2012 a couple of months shy of her 95th birthday. In an effort to not be sad on that day, I decided to start a new tradition of having a girls luncheon celebrating my mother’s birthday every year. I do it up all girly, use my wedding china & crystal & we have a great time. Since this [...]
A good friend & her husband recently celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary.
The photo above doesn’t do the front of the card justice because you can’t see the shimmery paper, embossing or glitter paper. So below is a scan that shows those details. However, you still don’t get the look & feel of the shiny, gol [...]
A friend’s son graduated from Arizona State this year. Here’s the card I made for him, using the ASU colors (go Sun Devils!) This was the first time using the pen option on the Cricut Explore & I only used it for the “Nice Hat!” sentiment on the front. And, I did this at the last minute, so didn’t note al [...]
This card took two or three pages (I forget) of Close To My Heart Skylark paper. It’s not one of my favorites, but I had a few of them & since I thought my sister may like it, I didn’t mind using the two (or three, I forget) sheets necessary to make this card. I do think it turned out quite nice.
I also used two [...]