Birthday Card

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.

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!

Here is the second page that went with it. I love making these pages. I love the memories they bring back!