Julie's Birthday

Today is my best girlfriend's birthday...I won't tell you how old she is, but she is older than I am. (hehe) Anyway, I decided to make her a little birthday card & treat box to let her know that I love her & that I'm glad she's older than me.

For this project I used Chatterbox double-sided papers from their wallpaper line. I picked these up quite a few months ago from Happy 'N Scrappin'. I LOVE that online store...these were on sale and I fell in love with Chatterbox after receiving my first papers. I used the Cricut cartridge George, Plantin' Schoolbook for the envelope & card, and Tags, Bags, Boxes & More for the flower box. I filled the box with chocolate Skittles. I've since heard that chocolate Skittles are rather gross...Whoops!

Thank You Card

So I got this new House Mouse stamp, and couldn't wait to use it. I decided to make a Thank You card for my mom, because she's just a great mom, so I thought it would make a cute image to use for her card.

I'm trying to learn the colored pencil/mineral spirits technique, and while I AM getting better, I'm still learning/struggling. I chose a textured cardstock and it didn't occur to me that it wouldn't stamp or fill well until AFTER the fact...I went ahead & used it though. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the pink paper, and another stamp for the Thank You. The red/white dotted brads are from Queen & Co.

Graduation Card & Gift Card Holder

A friend of mine has a daughter that is graduating from high school this year, so I made this card for her in her school colors..the GC are the initials for her school. I used textured cardstock from ColorBok in gold, black & white; cap is from Locker Talk, and letters are from DoodleType & George. The card holder is made from DCWV Pocketfull of Posies stack, and TBBM cartridge. I added the light blue ribbon, Prima flower, and "skittle" decorative accent. Hope she likes it!