Today is my brother-in-law's birthday. So I whipped this card out this morning. I used the CTMH Serendipity paper pack from last year. I hope he doesn't mind the flowers on the front!! HA HA I never understand why they waste a perfectly good masculine color scheme on flowers...leave those for the pansy colors!!:) It was a quick card and fun to make, though.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Fathers Day Pages
I am now full swing into my school year. I am doing pretty well at balancing family\home\church life with school. I have NOT, however, learned how to make time for my craft time. I have missed it so much. Oh, well. I always have the weekends:) I spent a fun day last Saturday making these pages. I was really scared of using CTMH's new Emporium bulk paper. Now, after using it and seeing it up close, I LOVE IT! This is the paper pack that is highlighted on the front of our new Idea Book. I love the blues and greens, I was just scared of the chocolate piece.
I chose to use the kiss method with my alphabet solos stamp set. This is when you ink up your solid stamp, then press it onto another detail stamp to create a texture on your solid stamp. In this case, I inked up the "D" and pressed it onto a swirly stamp from the "Western Flourishes" stamp set. I twisted the "d" while pressing it, but other times I have just pressed without the twist. It turns out to have a little more white showing when I twist. I think I like it better with just pressing...no twisting:) 
I also added some little charms that were available with our Connection Club last year. I love these little guys. They are sooo cute!
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