Yikes!

Oh my! I have been negligent around here, haven't I? It's not that I haven't been busy; between travelling to Dallas and then Minneapolis, creating images for my DigiDrawn stamps site and getting ready for Christmas (I am so NOT prepared!) I haven't posted any of my creations since October!

So, be warned; there are quite a few here to make up for my oversight:

1) Here is a simple card I made for a woman at work who lost her husband. I tried a new technique with this one; placing an oval wooden picture frame inside my Cuttlebug to get the embossing only around the outside of the oval:

2) Another co-worker asked me for a favour - she wanted to give her physician and his wife a gift for their new baby daughter, and wanted one of my cards to accompany it! So I made this for her, using my Fuzzy Bunny digistamp:

3) This weekend I SHOULD have been finishing my Christmas cards. Instead, I had to do five cards for all the December birthdays at the office! Whew! Here they are...

Now I really MUST finish my Christmas cards!!! Yikes indeed!

Anniversary Card

 

My parents will be celebrating their 62nd! Anniversary this weekend. Here's a card I made and have already given them, using another sweet Maggie!

I inked up Tilda with Vintage Roses for the very first time, since my Mom really loves Magnolias too and I used my Dad's favorite colour, teal to colour her in. I LOVE this TPC Studio Ancestral Teal Brocade paper and used matching Bazzil cardstock for three mats which were layered and popped up on foam dimensionals. I used Chalk Ink to finish off the edges of the papers, including the scallop-cut and embossed image using my Spellbinders die.

Wild Orchid Crafts roses were left neutral, and so I matched Tilda's roses to those too. I only had a silver heart charm, so I spray painted it gold and tied it to some sheer ribbon.

Copic colours used:

Tilda's skin: E0000, E000, E00
Tilda's hair: Y11, Y28
Ribbon: Y28
Dress, socks and headband: BG000, BG45, BG49
Roses: W1, W3, G24, G28

I really love the simple yet elegant way this turned out. They did too!