Birthday Bees

 Hi Everyone,

It's been a bit since I've inked up these adorable bee stamps from DRS Designs, so I thought I'd use them to make a happy birthday card.  A bee theme makes a perfect summertime card. The yellow is so bright and cheerful! 

The yellow background was stamped using the Honeycomb Design stamp, and the strip in the center was made using the Polka Dot Background stamp.

I fussy cut both the Bitsy Bumble Bee and the Happy Bee and die cut the Special Birthday Wishes Greeting, adding a few gem embellishments, along with some glitter glue to finish off the bees.

I hope you're enjoying the heart of summertime!
Karin 

Ohio Buckeye

Hi Everyone,

After moving out of state for her job, my friend has recently moved back home to the great state of Ohio.  While it's not exactly down the block from me, it is much closer than Minnesota, so I made this new home card for her to celebrate the move. 

The background of the card is embossed houses, which really ended up being hard to see after covering it up with a die cut Ohio, but I loved being able to stamp the Ohio Buckeye from DRS Designs in the center.  I added a little gemstone in the spot of her new hometown. 

I finished it with some matching twine and a key embellishment that was fussy cut from the 

Just Moved House Key stamp. 

Inside I stamped the New Home Greeting along with that same key.  

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!
Karin

Christmas in July

Hi Everyone,

It's that time of year...Christmas in July!  Every year at this time I vow to start my holiday cardmaking, get all excited about the theme and promptly make a card.  And that's pretty much where it ends. Womp womp. :(  Maybe if my goal was two cards, instead of fifty, maybe then I could reach it by the end of the month.  In any case, here is my first offering.

I colored up the Snowy Birdhouse, die cut and matted it.  I layered it onto a background made using the Interlocking Snow Background stamp and added a few punched mini snowflakes. 

For the greeting, I used some punches for the stamped Christmas From Our House Greeting and attached it with some dimensional tape.  A bit of glitter glue finished off the snowy look of the birdhouse and branches. 

Have you made any holiday cards yet this year?  Check out the Christmas stamps from DRS Designs right here.

Thanks for visiting!
Karin

Hi Everyone,

Lacking design inspiration, I looked back over my recent cards, and landed on this one here.  Instead of stamping the butterfly inside an inked-up oval, I tore some paper and masked off the top and bottom of my white panel and sponged some ink inside the center.  That gave me space to stamp the Filigree Butterfly multiple times and left me room for the Special Birthday Wishes Greeting.

I tried to do the random placing of enamel dots as embellishments, but I think they may need to be various sizes for the perfect effect.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin