He's turning 30!!!

A smiling computer....

   I have been working on my son's 30th birthday card...He works at Unum on computers all day.. He loves it...so I tried to think up a card using a computer as the theme. I typed in computer image and found one with a smile on it.. so I gave it a try. This is what I came up with for his card.
   I used Stampin Up's Pretty Petals background stamps to make it look like wallpaper. I pieced together the monitor screen: easy enough. Then I use SU word window punch for the place for the computer's buttons. I printed out and scaled down the computer keyboard and added it below the monitor. The smile was a little tricky , but I think it came out okay.
   I started working on the inside of the card by taking white paper and folding it for a pop up card. I again made a simpler monitor screen and attached that above the keyboard. I used Cuttlebug's embossing folder to make the table look wooden. I used Distress Inks from Tim Holtz to accent the raised wood.
   The balloons were punched from Martha Stewart's punch in different colors and patterns.

The mouse I thought was a clever addition!

   I used Stampin Up's Baroque Motif's flourish to add a little birthday look to the inside. I used SU real red ink and added touches of many colored dots.
   I found the sentiment online and thought it was perfect: "Another Birthday? That Bytes! Happy 30th"
Wicked fun making this one for him.. Hope Nathaniel likes it....

An Anniversary to Celebrate.

Happy Anniversary to The Doughtys!

   My mom asked me to make an anniversary card for her sister, Carol and her husband, Harry. I loved the Stampin Up stamp set : Baroque Motif. The swirls seem so elegant. I added pearls from Want 2scrap that almost matched the swirls that I stamped.  A few more gems and pearls were added to give just "a touch" more bling.
   I stamped the swirls with Stampin Up's Going Gray ink. The scalloped edge is from a Martha Stewart border punch. The flowers I picked up at Tate's in Bath. The paper I purchased at JoAnn's Fabric on one of my excursions there.
   On the enveloped I stamped the Baroque Motif swirls in Going Gray and added blue stickles. I really like how it all came out. My mom loved it, too. I have to get going and make my anniversary card to them.  Check back to see what I came up for them.