First things first...happy birthday, Mikey!!! Mikey is my awesome younger brother and he turns 41 today...rock on, brother:)!!!
I had to hope to post before Christmas, but, quite frankly, I was exhausted...wedding, craft fairs, holidays...I was a wreck. So, for once, I took my husband's advice and took a little time to just relax.
Yeah, that was good for a couple of days...then, I got tired of trying to relax and went back to my crazy schedule...good times...
Anyway...when I do craft fairs, I am usually concentrating on gift giving ideas and forget how much fun it is to just sit down and make cards. So, that's what I did today.
I finally got to play with this stamp that I got from SU! and I love it! Hello, Doily is the name of the stamp and it is pretty big, too...the card on the left is done in Pretty in Pink and Melon Mambo. I stamped the image in Early Espresso and used a clear embossing powder and then took a sponge dauber to it with Blushing Bride ink - I think that color is discontinued. I layered two paper daisies to the middle of the image and added a pink pearl to it.
The card on the right was simpler...just stamped in black ink and embossed with clear embossing powder and added a large pearl to the middle and some smaller ones around the image. I stamped the quote on the pink card direct to the front and used the curly label punch for the other. I used the Petite Pairs stamp set for the wording.
I've got a couple of more cards to work on and, hopefully, I can get those posted by the end of the week.
Oh yeah...did I make any resolutions for the new year? Nope...I set goals...I have a better chance of accomplishing it...I hope...first one...get rid of the belly I gained from all of the holiday pigging out I did!
Goodnight, all!
