Barb: First Communion

This card is for our grandson who recently made his First Communion. We missed this important mass due to illness. I hope that he will appreciate the card and the money.
 I designed this card using the sketch from :Raise the Bar. Trimmiescraftchallenge required serene blue and green for their color challenge. 

Recipe: Stamp:  My Sentiments Exactly ( This stamp is unique since it has a stamp for the outside of a
              card and the bottom of the stamp is a sentiment for the inside of the card!)
              Embellishments: JoAnn Craft Essentials
              Paper: JoAnn's
              Gold paper and ribbon were from the original invitation, the gold was punched using a Fiskar
              border and edge punch

Barb: Retired!!

This card was designed for a former co-worker who will retire in June. It also meets the criteria for sewmanychallenges:3 embellishments or techniques plus a charm.  This card was made in our stamp club taught by my daughter; Marcia.  Techniques used:  First we stamped white cardstock with the butterflies, then I colored part of the wing and body with a white crayon, then used 3 ink colors and dabbed the inks on the paper over the the butterflies randomly. (The white crayon will resist the ink.) Next I used Close to My Heart stickles to enhance the head and dots on the wing to give it some sparkle.  This cardstock was mounted on green cardstock and tied with a brown ribbon.

Recipe: White crayon, for resist technique-crayola
               Stamp, paper, stickles all Close To My Heart
               Ribbon and crystals: Michael's
               Charm: from a local gift store.

Barb: You Make My Heart Sing

It has been awhile since my last post..Decided I needed to get INSPIRED and make some "fancy" cards. You realize that once you send a homemade card, purchased cards do not have the same meaning! 
This post is for: Some Odd Girl challenge. This card was inspired by a card made at the recent Buffalo Creative Keepsake Convention. It is a folded card using 3 different designed papers. I made this card at our local stamping party directed by My daughter, Marcia.

Recipe: All papers,ink and stamps are from Close To My Heart