Wreath Builder Class With Gina K

I was so fortunate - I was able to take a Wreath Builder class with Gina K (and Rina K) at Photo Scraps in Eldersburg, MD.  The class was so much fun! And these are fun, and quick cards to make.  My sentiments weren't perfectly centered, but I'll get better after making many more of these types of cards!

Here are the cards I made:

And of course, the obligatory picture of me with both Gina K and Rina K!

Altenew Peony Bouquet

I had a plan - make a birthday card using only stamps and inks from one company - Altenew.  It was going well, until I realized that I didn't have a Happy Birthday sentiment from them.  Oh well,  I used one of my favorites from My Favorite Things.

Here is the card:

I used the following for the card:
Altenew - Peony Bouquet
Altenew Inks - Evergreen, Forest Glade, Butter Cream, Warm Sunshine, Carmel Toffee, Paper Bag
MFT - Handwritten Happiness

Valentines Day "Card"

I always struggle when making cards for my Husband. Its just hard making masculine cards, especially for Valentines day.  He does love a joke, and this year, Jennifer McGuire made available for download a bunch of Valentine jokes.  (See the full post here).  I thought maybe I could use these in a different way for his "Card".  I printed them all, and selectively trimmed them out.  They were foiled (although it doesn't show in the picture).  I cut a bunch of hearts using my Cricut and added the joke on the front of the heart, and the punch line on the back.  I added a sentiment to the cover heart, then punched a small hole in each, and then bound all the hearts together with ribbon.   Now he will have a "book" of jokes to tell the grandkids.

I used the following to make the "card":

• Cricut Home Accents - for the heart 
• Download from Jennifer McGuire available here
• Minc Red Foil
• Stampendous Detailed White Embossing Powder
• Versamark
• MFT - Loves the Ticket

Northwoods Rubber Stamps Flower Cards

Quite a while back I stamped and colored several Flowers from Northwoods Rubber Stamps.  I had struggled to figure out how to use them, and they were on my desk for a while.  I finally decided how to use them, and here are the cards I made:

I used the following to make the cards:

• Northwoods Rubber Stamps - Cosmos, Gerber and Bachelor Button Stamps
• Various Copic Markers
• Various Prismacolor Pencils