Your celebration is one of Life's Adventure(s)

 

I love the striking simplicity of black and white - especially on a card, like this birthday one.

 

I started with a Whisper White card and added a 2-1/8" x 5-1/2" piece of Back to Black designer paper. Then I stamped this image with a sentiment from the hostess stamp set Life's Adventure in Jet Black StazOn and die-cut it with an Apothecary Accents framelit. This was another design from my 20-card class. We added bling with a 2-way glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds glitter, as well as a silver paint pen and some rhinestones.

 

 



 I feel like celebrating! Looks at this beautiful rose embellishment on this necklace. Do you believe I WON it from my friend, Donna's, blog. Isn't is gorgeous?

 

I have to admit I'm not the best photographer of jewelry. There's a little heart on there too.

 

Donna wrapped the box beautifully and included this tag. I can't believe it took me so long to take photos of this necklace and get it on my blog. I've had it on my kitchen island, where I look at it every day. I love it! Thanks so much, Donna.





This sympathy card Blooms with Hope

 

I love this green and purple color combination. It's Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive on some Park Lane designer series paper.

 

 

Unfortunately, we all need sympathy cards at one time or another. Death is an inevitable part of life. I started with a Whisper White card, and hand-cut the flower from Bloom with Hope. The sentiment was punched out using the Modern Label Punch.

A little birdie told me...

 

I recently had a 20-card class. The projects were half Christmas cards, and then a mix of birthday, sympathy, etc. This card uses the hostess set Hello Love.

 

I started with a Whisper White card and added Lost Lagoon card stock (punched with a scallop border) with a layer of Flowerpot designer series paper. The bird and sentiment were stamped above that, and then the bird was stamped a second time on Crushed Curry and just the belly was cut out and adhered.

 

Here's what the little birdie told me. I gave this card to my 8-year-old niece yesterday. We watched her play a soccer game in the morning, then went to dinner with her family at Azteca - a favorite Mexican restaurant here in town.

 

 

It was fun! I hope you're enjoying your weekend.