The first is a congratulations card for a baby boy. I used my favorite "boy" colors and papers that I had originally purchased for a baby shower (also for a baby Nolan).
I love my daughter-in-law and wanted to make her a special card for her birthday. I was inspired by a similar card that I saw online that used "inches" stamps (each image is one square inch) and white embossing. I created the background color for the squares using Distress Stains, then stamped and embossed several full size collage stamps. To create my faux inches, I punched out sections of the images with a one-inch square punch. I added a stamped pear on the background paper of the card since it was rather bare without it. I added a tiny Eiffel Tower charm to the ribbon.
This last card is an anniversary card for my son and his wife. It was inspired by a box lid decoration I saw at candycreates.blogspot.com. Her work is outstanding, and the dragonfly she created using fantasy film is breathtaking! I had the Tim Holtz dragonfly stamp already and didn't want to invest in the film (a bit pricey and I didn't want a lengthy wait had I ordered it), so I experimented with some iridescent cellophane. I stamped the image using black archival ink on several sheets of cellophane that I had sandwiched between sheets of parchment paper and fused with a warm iron. I also followed her directions for creating the frame using the fleur de lis rectangular Spellbinder dies. Please check out her completed project because it is awesome!
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