Happy Mother's day

I awoke to breakfast in bed this morning and my son Dylan went into my craft room and came out with this card for me:

The best part were the thoughts written inside:

Now here is my card I made for my husband for his mom:

Too all the moms out there, I wish you Happy Mother's Day!

glittery surf's up

The new summer mini catalog started on May1st.  This is a set called Summer Splash, I actually won it at Regionals last month.  In a recent Stampin Success magazine they showed embossing with multiple layers by using a piece of paper to block out or mask different sections.  I decided to do something similar with cosmo glitter and heat and stick powder.

I used Stamping 411 sketch this week and it worked for Late night stampers challenge of using 3's.  I used 3 rhinestone brads (I cut of fastners with scissors and used glue dots) and used 3 ribbons.

It makes me want the warm weather and summer to get here soon!

first communion

It is First Communion time of year.  The kids always look so cute and angelic dressed in white.
Here are some simple cards I came up with using Crosses of Hope stamp set embossed in gold and embossing folders for the big shot.  I could really dress them up with some taffeta ribbon and pearls.

more punch art shares

I have some more swap card shares for you...  These are great versions of flowers you can make with punches!

punch card swap shares

It's spring vacation this week, so with kids home I have not had much free stamping time.  I thought I would share with you a punch swap I recently participated in.

This is my card using punches to make a mouse, I sponged with white craft for shading:

Here are two more fun ones (sorry don't have names on them, but they all did not provide names)

Love the use of heart punches for bride and groom card!

And a frog punch art!

I love designer series paper

Playing around with some more new stuff, as it the title says- I love designer series paper.  This paper called Paisley petals  is so pretty, but I cut into and let the be more of the main image.  I also used four frames a new stamp set.  The rest came out my scrap box of left over projects from stamp a stacks and workshops.

The design is this weeks sketch challenge over at splitcoast stampers, SC328.

2 challenges in one

Late night stampers challenge this week was to use flowers and I also used Stamping 411 sketch challenge this week.  It is a rainy day, so I decided to play with my new stamps that will come up in Summer mini.  The stamp set is fabulous flowers and the designer paper is called "beyond the garden".  Love the bright happy colors.

I also did one for my blue mood of the weather using same stamps and paper: