Whoo's Birthday? Card

Here's a birthday card that I put together for Andy's mom. I was inspired to use the forest animals because I had seen a really cute book with Owls that my sister had made for her daughter's outdoor camp. She did a great job with Owls and I thought I'd give the little guys a try.

The forest animals and printed paper are from Friendly Forest by Colorbok, cardstock from Club Scrap (of course), and the frame & letters were all Sizzix dies. Fun!



Since they live near Forks,WA, we got her a copy of Twilight and some Moonlight Path lotions & shower gels from Bath & Body Works. I usually go for the fruity scents, but I spritzed some on my wrist and have been loving it all day -- probably not the scent that Edward found so attractive of Bella-- ha ha!!


Not sure if the Owl card goes with the Twilight theme or not, but it was fun to make! (I took the photo at pretty low resolution so it would post up to Blogger -- I'm not especially happy with the photo, though.)




Thanks for taking a look at my card!

Teresa

Birthday Card

Here's a birthday card I made for my friend Kathy -- who shares the same birthday as me, but she is 9 years older!!!

I think the fun foam is, well, really fun! I used the fun foam for the brown background for the stamped image and for the stars (Sizzix die cut). The stamp & ink are from Stampin' Up. Striped paper from my scrap stash and the blue-ish paper is Club Scrap (also a big stash of that but such wonderful textures).

The picture is with my new D700 -- I have some more to learn and need to get Photoshop for editing. I had/have a bit of learning to make my SB28 flash work with the new camera since it won't work in TTL (through the lens)..... The built-in flash is too close to the body of the camera and casts a shadow if I don't remove the lens hood.

Keep watching for photo improvements!!

Thanks for looking.

Rodney's Retirement Card

Usually, Andy doesn't say much about the cards I make ... just the obligatory "that's nice." Boy was I surprised when I got in the car the other night to go home from work and he asked me if I'd make him a card for Rodney.

Rodney is retiring at the end of June from a major petrochemical company and was a star on one of the championship LSU football teams (a virtual religion in Louisiana!). Remember that Mardi Gras colors are green, purple, and gold, too.

So, I've combined these elements for a retirement card. The oil gusher is from Cricut My World, the state of Louisiana from Cricut 50 States (and the purple paper from Cricut Tags, Bags, Boxes collection). The football paper and football stickers were recent purchases from Michaels (but unfortunately, I've already thrown away the source info). Congratulations from Alphalicious cartridge. I put some Stickles on the oil gusher and "skittles" from Sierra Pacific Crafts (in Wilsonville, OR) to look like players on the football field and to mark Baton Rouge on Louisiana. Ink was the cool chalk ink from Quick Quotes. Andy wanted me to add the Friends metal sign. I also thought the Phillips head "screw" brads were a cool touch for an engineer (yeah, yeah, we're true nerds...)

This was a fun little card to make. I hope Rodney and Miss Mary enjoy his retirement!