Gal Pals

I made this ty card for the wife of a patient I have.  I am a nurse and was off for 3 months for back surgery.  They were so happy to have me come back that she gave me a bottle of lovely wine and a box of candy.  Not that I am accustomed to recieving gifts from patients but sometimes it makes them feel good and we meet friends along our way.  I thought this was appropriate d/t the nature of the present.  I also love this stamp from Art Impressions and it is so appropriate for gal pals.  The background doily was a new Spellbinders die cut I just recieved and I used the paper that wrapped the Fannie Mae candy.  The thanks alot is a Club Scrap stamp.  Hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it and of course drinking the wine and eating the candy.      http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2011/09/gc117-chestnut-theme-challenge-gal-pals.html

Back To School Challenge for Creative Inspiration

This card was made for the Creative Inspirations Back to School challenge.  I used a embossing folder to emboss the metal background after using alcohol blue to tint the metal background and then sanded the embossed area.  I used a Artistic Outpost stamp and painted it over with Creative Inspirations Fairy Dust. http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.com/

Bloggers Challenge Monachromatic Blue

This card is a little bigger then usual because I didn't want to loose any of the metal background.  I used blue colors of alcohol ink on silver thin metal and then put it thru an embossing folder.  I then sanded off the embosed area.  I cut out the background silver paper with Spellbinders die and then used the Artistic Outpost stamps and cut and placed on silver paper.  I colored  the stamped  with copics and then painted them with Ivory Creative Inspirations paint.  Blue is my most favorite color.

Bookmark, any prior art exchange

The bookmark was also made for the friend that sent me the cards during my recent back surgery.  She is a good friend.  I was in a bookmark exchange and I thought a bookmark was a good thing to make for this challenge and also for her.  The plant and butterfly stamp I do not know who it is from.  I used a small piece of websters dictionary, stamped the butterfly on it, colored it with copics and then stamped on a piece of acetate and colored it with stickles.  The back of the bookmark was stamped with a ODB Sewn with Love stamp. saying.  http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2011/08/gcsp09-once-in-blue-moon-any-prior-art.html

primary colors

This card I made for a friend who has sent me a card every week that I have been off of work for my back surgery.  I used Our Daily Bread Pincushion Tag Set to stamp.  The background is a brown kraft paper and the red is the primary color of red.  I love the saying of these friendship stamps.  http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2011/08/gc116-color-challenge-primary-colors.html