Girl's Birthday Cards

I decided to do a Kid's Birthday card swap on my Favorite MB. Swappers could sign up for Boys or Girls or a combination of both. I went with a stamp that my hubby bought for me about 3 Christmases back that I HAD TO HAVE. Sadly this is the first time she's seen the light of day! I tried my hand at using some of those alcohol markers, and although I am sure I didnt use them the proper way, I am pretty happy with the results. The background I embossed with Stampin' Up's Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder which I ran through my BigShot. I finished it off with the sentiment punched out and layered with circle punches and the scalloped circle punch. I couldn't decide if I liked the sentiment on the white or the purple, so I did some of each.

Christmas in July - Santa

I do believe this is the last set of fronts for the Christmas In July Swap on my favorite MB. The theme for this one is Santa. I love how happy Santa looks in this stamp! I colored the image with my alcohol markers. Then I matted him and embossed the white piece with Stampin' Up's "Perfect Polka Dots" embossing folder. I wanted the background to look sort of like Santa's suit. The stars were punched out with Stampin' Up's small star punch and then I stamped the "Ho" one letter at a time so it would fit. Thank goodness for mini alphabets!

Mother's Day Card - for my Mom

I used the same basic idea for this card, as for the one below. This time I used Stampin' Up's Heart to Heart punch and punched out the long thin heart. On one flower I did 15 petals, and 13 on the other. I again folded them in half and distressed the edges. This time I used Stampin' Up's 1" circle punch. The flower pot was made using Stampin' Up's ornament punch and I just trimmed the bottom point off to make it flat. Then I gave it a little dimension by adding dimensionals to the back. The background was also embossed using the Perfect Polka dot embossing folder run through my BigShot. The stems were stamped using Stampin' Up's two-step stamp set "Awash With Flowers" (which will be available in the new catalog coming out in July!) Again the sentiment is one i had on hand. The brads and cardstock was also items I had on hand.

Mother's Day Card for my Mother-In-Law

I was inspired to do this card from some cards that I received in a Card Swap made by Gena Z (sorry Gena, can't think of your whole name) or her MB name MsGenaZep. She had made some flowers similar to this on some of her card fronts for a swap on my favorite MB. I loved it so thought I would try!
For this one, I used Stampin' Up's Full Heart punch. I punched out 10 hearts folded them in half, distressed the edges a bit, and then cut out a circle using SU's 1 3/4" circle. Then I layered them in a circular pattern, added the brad to the center. The leaves I made using the wing from SU's Extra large two-step bird punch. The background is embossed using Stampin' Up's Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, run through my BigShot. The sentiment is from one that I had on hand (NonStampin' Up).