A little bling!

Hi All,
I am still trying to get back into the "grove" now that school is back in session. So in an effort to keep the "balance" in my life I made a card that my great aunt needed for her niece's (my cousin) anniversary.

I hope you can see all the shine that this card has! I wanted a lot of white space but I did want some shine and I think I got it! I used a base of Whisper White with a layer of vellum cardstock run through the dots embossing folder. I thought the Silver Glimmer Paper nicely broke up all the white. Then I used a piece of retired Presto Paper and sponged some Frost White Shimmer Paint, you can just faintly see the pattern (so pretty!) and then heat embossed the glasses from Happy Hour in gold and used the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes. I love how they fit in the Bitty Banner Framelits! Well off to get ready for tomorrow! 

Karin 

Demonstrator Contest Entry

Evening All,
I wanted to share a card that I had entered into a contest that is in the Stampin Up! demonstrator magazine "Stampin Success". Every month Stampin Up chooses a card for a "demo it" category and I entered the following card:

As you can tell I used A LOT of new product! :) I used the stamp set Betsy's Blossom for the top and bottom of the party hat. I used Floral District for the paper and the new Bitty Banner Framelits for the sentiment. I punched out two (one in Whisper White and one in Rich Razzleberry) and snipped the edges of the White off to let the Razzleberry peek through. Finally I used the new ribbon in Daffodil Delight on two of the edges. Anyway, I really thought it was pretty cute but who knows what the judges will think!!
Fingers crossed!
Have a great night and fantastic Memorial Day!
Karin

Dad's Birthday!

Hi All,
I needed to make my father a birthday card this weekend. His birthday is Monday but he has a busy week coming up so I wanted to make sure I got this to him this weekend. I had gone on over to Stamping 411 and they had a fabulous sketch:

And here is what I came up with:

I used the Medallion and Teeny Tiny Wishes for stamp sets. You may also notice I have a "sneak peek" hidden on the card in the form of a new Bitty Banner Framelit. Super fun! Its so funny I have a pile of stamped images that never ended up on the final card but I couldn't bear to throw them out. The Medallion (stamped in Marina Mist) was in that pile and I thought it suited the card perfectly. Hope he likes it! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin