50 . . . Can you say Fabulous?

  Tomorrow we are attending my cousin's 50th birthday party!!

How quickly time flies!

Here's fun card I just completed.  The pretty lady is both embossed and glittered, 

although you can't really tell from the photo.

It's not too detailed and looks, a little Arte Nouveau, don'tcha think?!

Image by CTMH Being Yourself; Sentiment by Art Impressions - Girlfriends; Paper and Rubons by Cherry Arte; Quickutz Number diecut

Year of Cards - Floral and Masculine - Sneak Peek #4

I frequently get asked whether I do repeat classes.  

I don't.  I don't know why but maybe I should than perhaps it wouldn't be so hard to some up with something new!  Hey, I'd be quicker with the samples!

Take these two masculine cards, for example.  I taught how to do them two years ago.  They are still my favorite masculine designs, and we will be making them in class this Wednesday (tomorrow).

Year of Cards - Floral and Masculine - Sneak Peek #3

A sweet friendship card. 

The butterflies were made by running vellum though an embossing folder.

Tea Card from Anne and Open Call - May's Tea Swap

 Last month my tea partner was Anne who lives ALL THE WAY in Denmark!  How cool is that!!

 

Here is the cute tri-fold card she made for me. 
The theme was TIME FOR TEA!!!  And the color scheme was Purple/Yellow

 

 She also spoiled me with tea from China, a Hello Kitty puffy stickers and this adorable tea pot keychain

 Thank you, Anne, for being a wonderful partner!!

Want to join us?  Here's your chance

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It's Open call for May's Tea Swap!!

Requirements: 2 tea bags in a handmade card mailed to your partner by May 8.

Optional Card Theme:  FLOWERS!!!  Colors:  Red/Green

Card can be blank OR you can write a note in it. Your choice!

If you are interested, email me no later than April 25
Send me an email SUBJECT: TEA SWAP with
1) your name
2) mailing address
3) email address
4) likes/dislikes/allergies (re tea type)
5) Loose tea okay? Y/N
6) blog (if any)
7) If you are willing to swap international or US ONLY

I will send a group email with the partner list by April 27. Teas must be mailed out by May 8.

Drop me a line today if you are interested!

Responsible swappers only, PLEASE!

Year of Cards - Floral and Masculine - Sneak Peek #2

There is the second Sneak Peek card we will make at the next Year of Cards Class scheduled for Wednesday, April 25.

I like this card because it looks so "Springy"!  (Is that a word?)

I can image this card for a little girl.

Supplies to bring at class: Paper Trimmer, scissors, pencil, black or dark brown pen for "stitching", Scor-Pal, Bone Folder, Piercing Tool, Tacky Glue, Adhesive, Tweezers, Liquid Pearls:  White Opal and Buttercup (for Bisque).  Opt if you have:  Xyron "X", Small Wire cutter or Pliers (The latter for one of the masculine cards).

Hope to see you there!

Year of Cards - Floral and Masculine - Sneak Peek #1

Here is the first sneak peak for the Floral & Masculine Cards class scheduled for this coming Wednesday, April 25 from 6:30p to 8:30p at A Place in Time

This card is perfect for that special female in your life.

 

When laid flat, this oval card fits perfectly in an A-2 size envelope.

 

I created these cute little gift card holder bags for a Stamping Up swap as well as did a make-in-take for a Ladies's Night Crop last week..

I had a lot of vellum on hand, so I thought I would use it.  The vellum was stamped with SU Going Green stamp set using the Classic SU ink pads (hey, they dried quickly and did not smear!!).  Then I ran the vellum through the embossing folder.  IRL, the vellum took on a pretty sheen when embossed. 

 

 For these bags I also punched a vellum flower to decorate the bags along with card stock flower punchies and inserted a tiny pearl.  The strap of the bag (SU Label punch) closes with Velcro tabs.  The flat eyelets were leftovers from the Celebrations card class.  Sorry, I forgot to take a picture of the inside of the bag.

However, a gift card sits very nicely inside.