Travel is on our minds

Summer, Travel, Cruises, Boating.......

Drop a note to friends who wish they could travel.  Let them know your thinking of them and times spent together.

Stamp music repeadly on cream cardstock, stamp Thomas and Bundle of Memories on white cardstock.  Shade the cream card stock with ink and a sponge.  Color the letters

(which has the name of many of my friends in the return) with color pencils.  Cut Thomas and envelopes out and adhere to the background.   Finish with Memories.

Bird Song

Summer is here cards are so nice to have with you when you are traveling.  Pre-address and stamp the envel0pes so you can just send an update without hassel.  

This card is so quick and easy.  Find a background paper in a lighter color and stamp with white ink.  Stamping in black, stamp Gazebo Bird Cage (then make a mask), stamp Family Tree, Bird Silhouette, and Bird Song. 

You are invited

Laura FB112E makes a great invitation front standing in front of FB110G Retro Bubble background.  Layer bubbles on main turquoise card.  Stamp Laura,color, cut out, and layer.

On the inside of your card past in all the cook out dinner details you've printed on the computer and your ready to mail.

Best Friends

Best friends are had to come by as well as cards for men and boys.  This water colored card is easy and beautiful.  Stamp Best Friends, heat set, and watercolor.  The background is stamped on white with Columns, colored with color pencils on the columns and then watercolored with truquoise.  Layer Best Friends and black card stock on top of background.

Butterfly Collection

A Butterfly collection card is great for any occations.  Stamp on white card stock and color with color pencils or watercolor.  Trim it and consective layers for a complete card

Sweet Rides

We have a Car Cube TP300G that makes the best mans card in short order.  Here I layered ochre card stock with black and white card stock that has been staded with a straw stamp pad.  Over this stamp Diamond Bar SE217E in black.  Stamp white card stock with two of the Car Cube blocks, color with color pencils or pens cut out and edge with black ink.  Adhere to straw layer just over the Diamond Bar.  Finish off with stamping Sweet Ride from the Sweet Rides quartet TP307F.  The card is always appreciated and admired.

Family Album

Great card for reunion reminder or birthday.

On maroon card stock stamp Crackle Background in lighter color then maroon then stamp postmark collage in a darker shade of maroon.  Now stamp Perfect Faith in black, Droplets Strip (color in with white pen), and family (Heritage Quartet).  On white card stock, Color Sheet #1, and a page from an old book stamp Open Book.  Cut out white card stock image of full book.  Cut out top left page of book with child and background.  Next cut out top right page with old book. Now layer pages on book and attach to card.  Stamp Family Tree in black over book and main card stock.  Stamp birds, cut out and attach.  For a different look you can stamp Family Tree and Birds on transparency and overlay.