Lexi 'n Me

Still working in Week One of Hello Story with Ali Edwards at Big Picture Classes. The topic is Timelines. For this one, I decided to do a layout showing photos of my niece, Lexi and me during our infrequent visits. I used the Papillon kit from Club Scrap and two Embosslits from Stampin' Up for the butterflies and hearts. The word stamps are from various sets, mostly The Stamps of Life. The arrows are from Close to My Heart. I'm very pleased with how this turned out and I thank Ali for her inspiration. Although Ali's sample was done on white and kraft giving a very crisp look. I will use that in the future for another story. But my goal this month, in keeping with my motif self-assignment, was to use my stash and "winged things." The locations have been blurred to protect the innocent. Thanks for looking.

Have a Nice Day!

Running a little late this month. This is the card I made for the Monthly Card Sketch over at Paperartistsonline. It's loosely based on a sketch from Papertrey Ink. I used stamps from Close to My Heart. I had been itching to use this Washi Wonder set and I am firmly in love with it now. Will have many uses for it on scrapbook pages and cards. Thanks for coming by.

Stavkirke

Another very simple layout covering the photos of the Chapel in the Hills in Rapid City. The chapel is an exact replica of the famous Borgund stavkirke, of Laerdal, Norway. The Borgund stavkirke was built around the year 1150 and is considered the most completely preserved stave church still standing in Norway. The cardstock is from Club Scrap, one of the Michael Strong kits, I felt the design on the paper copied the designs in the wood panels in the church. The embellishments are stamps from Close to My Heart, called Scandinavian Wishes. First use. Thanks for looking.

Happy New Year

A couple of new stamps saw ink for this card. The base panel is from Club Scrap's Up Up & Away kit which you will be seeing frequently. Until it's all gone. The Cityscape set is from Close To My Heart, a company fairly new to me through a good friend Toni Hinchcliffe. The fireworks are Papertrey Ink another one of my new favorites. And the sentiment is Hero Arts. Did some heat embossing for a change and popped up some of the buildings for dimension. I quite like this card and I'm soooo happy to use these new stamps before they grow old. Happy New Year to you and yours.

Merry Christmas

One last Christmas Flip It card for 2013. This one uses the paper stack from DCWV along with a cute Santa stamp recently acquired from my friend Toni Hinchcliffe of Close To My Heart. Still loving those dies from Stephanie Barnard and I'm dangerously close to ordering another one. They are addictive. Hope you are having a wonderful holiday season and enjoyed my meager effort to decorate the season, one card at a time.