Cards

I have a friend who really appreciates getting a box of homemade birthday cards for the holidays.  So I got to work rediscovering stamps I hadn't used for a long time, using washi tape, and coming up with ideas.  I even made a few cards to keep.  Once I got in the swing of it the time flew by and I relaxed letting my mind drift from the routines of the day instead tapping into the creative.   I had forgotten how much fun stamping can be.

CHRISTMAS MOUSE

The little Christmas mice are ready to meet the ladies of the Book Club on Wednesday.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

SATURDAY CRAFTING

Marcia brought her new SU pumpkin stamp, washi tape, patterns and ideas for a delightful day of Halloween card making.

 Like how Marcia used washi tape on these two cards.

 The braided cut work on this card was very easy to do using the pattern that Marcia brought.

These are Marcia's cards, she was cranking them out!

On my card I used the braided pattern too but added ribbon.

I embossed the web pattern and once again did the braiding inserting a contrasting color behind it.

Thanks Marcia for coming out to stamp.

BARRY AND JEROME

Last Sunday Barry and Jerome hosted an Inky Fingers' craft afternoon.   I unfortunately missed it
however, Christine and Dawn sent me pictures of the whimsical cards they made.  ADORABLE!

WEDDING CONGRATULATIONS

Marcia made 75 wedding invitations for her son's upcoming nuptials in Hawaii -a beautiful labor of love.

Congratulations to Angela, Thomas and their families.

ALCOHOL INKS

In the process of  straightening the craft room and taking a break from reading I found previously stamped dominoes and added color using the alcohol inks.

A quick satisfying creative break.

SPRING HAT DAY

Every girl should have a fancy Spring hat.

  With lots of beautiful flowers, ribbons, "bling", hat pins and a variety of hats we celebrated Spring decorating hats at Dawn's house on Friday evening.   Even the boys...

  In my opinion one has to have the right face for hats- Britany and Caryl do.

 Dawn's hat

Monique's hat

Cary's hat

Caryl's hat

Thank you Dawn for a fun evening.