Sunflower Basket

Thanks for all your patience with my scanty posting lately.  Hubby is still home from work on vacation, and we've been busy going here, there, and everywhere! I'm actually enjoying him being home, but it leaves me with very little stamping and blogging time.  We're also preparing for a family vacation that we'll be going on soon, so that is taking up some of my free time as well.

Today I actually had a bit of time to myself and wanted to share my sunflower basket cards with you.  I received several of these stamped images from my friend Nancy--Thanks, Nancy! This sunflower basket stamp is by Impression Obsession and I used Copic Markers to color it. 

I originally made the Thanks card first and loved the way it turned out, so that when I needed a birthday card recently I decided to create the same card and change the sentiment.

Here is a picture of both versions. 

Here's a close up of the Thanks card.  The Thanks sentiment is by Serendipity Stamps.

The sentiment on the birthday card is the Birthday Wishes Come True Greeting (E508) by DRS Designs.

I dressed up the birthday card a bit by adding my favorite Yellow Stickles to the sunflower petals.  It really brightened this card up!

Thanks for patiently waiting for me to post.  A DRS Designs new release is just around the corner, so I'll be posting more frequently very soon!

Thanks for stopping by, I greatly appreciate your visit and your comments!

Until next time...

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Changing It Up A Bit!

For as much as I love to stamp and make Christmas cards this time of year, I think I'm all Christmas carded out!  We're celebrating a birthday today for of the girls I work with.  We're ordering out for lunch, someone else is bringing the cake, and it's my job to get the card--of course I had to make it!  With all of the Christmas cards I've been making, creating a birthday card was such a nice change!  But, have no fear...I still have many Christmas cards to post and share with you here on my blog, so, until the big day arrives, this will probably be the only non Christmas card you'll see here for a while longer.

Here's the birthday card I made for Cindy.

Stamps: Cake by Magenta, Sentiment by Impression Obsession

The cake image was colored with marker and I sponged yellow ink around the candle flame to create the "glow."  I added a bit of Yellow Stickles to it as well.  The sentiment tag was created using SU! Pink Passion ink, Nestabilities, and a Copper brad from Joann's Scrap Essentials.  I also used an EK Success Decorative Border punch, a brown Spiral clip, fun pink and brown ribbon and the Happy Birthday Cuttlebug Embossing folder.  I used Bazzill Bling cardstock in the background, which really gave this card some nice shimmer, but it made it a bit difficult to photograph. 

So, does Chocolate cake make your mouth water?

Happy Birthday, Cindy,

and

Happy Holidays to the rest of you!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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