Baby Shower Invitation

My son is expecting his first child at the end of August.  This is the invitation for his baby shower.  The gender of the baby is unknown, so Aaron and I designed the card with all the appropriate colors!

Birthday: Star Quilt

Mossy Meadow is a warm green; I think I will use it a lot. 

I cut the star out first. Then, using the kites from Stampin' Up's You Send Me Soaring stamp set, I pieced together the quilt.  I used both glue and snail tape to hold the edges down. 

When I first envisioned this design, I thought the star should have the point up.  But it just didn't look right.  So I put the the star askew; I like the visual much better.

Then I ran the entire piece through the embossing folder for the quilting effect.  I sponged the edges, added some layers, and added the sentiment. 

Wedding: Card in a Box

The wedding's colors are coral and blue.  I don't think I would put these two colors together often.

I used Calypso Coral and Island Indigo.  I used Very Vanilla for the neutral color.  I went with the journey  theme, using trucks filled with hearts, the bride and groom driving, a bicycle built for two, a rustic truck.  The other designs were hearts and scallops.

I used some Tim Holtz metal pieces.  The key to my heart and two sentiments attached with brads.  The sentiments were too large for the size of box I have made in the past, so I had to enlarge the box.

The back has a stamped sentiment and a money holder.  I still really enjoy making these cards!

Challenge Card: Window Frame Sixxiz Die

The card challenge this month was to use a scrap cut from the Sixxiz Window Frame die.  I created a scene using the tree stamp and sponging the rest.  Then I cut the piece into four unequal pieces.  I adhered them on a black cut creating the window frame appearance. 

I used black, bermuda bay, and coastal cabana for the colors.  I made the card 5"x5" because I wanted the card to be symmetrical.

Wedding: Happy I Do Day on Honeycomb

This is wedding season!

The colors for this couple are red, black, and white.  I used Cherry Cobbler for the red.

The honeycomb die with Gorgeous Grunge underneath gives the base for the flowers.  

I added a "diamond" to the ring in the sentiment.