Bringing Back Simple!

It's time for another birthday card - this one is for my son. He'll be turning 12 in two more hours, yikes! I follow former Angel Jennifer Carter's blog - she has a great, clean style and this week she featured some terrific sports cards. They really inpsired me. Every year I use this retired set from The Angel Company for my little guy, so it's important to change the layout. The baseball is popped out on a pop dot!



Card Materials: all stamps from The Angel Company
Stamps: All Season Athlete, Ordinary Greetings
Accessories: DCWV Pet stack, pop dot

Regarding my last post: You know how some folks post "removed for publication", I thought I'd post "removed for ugliness!" I asked the ladies in my hostess club for their honest and brutal opinion of my card. They all agreed that it was better in person, mainly because you could not see that the flowers were clear embossed so that you could see the text and colors through the images. Here's one more go at a better photo.



Here's hoping you have a great weekend! I got some new stamps from the May/June Jubilation that I plan to cut and play with - crossing my fingers for some "free" time!

Busy Week!

Today is my son's birthday and I'm still trying to put together a last minute party for him. Between the holiday weekend, baseball games, coach's cookout and my daughter's confirmation coming up - I'm juggling every free minute I have!

Yesterday I made him a quick birthday card. It's hard to see in the photo but I actually cut an oval in the green card base and then have the cream layered underneath on the inside. It was easy to stamp because I just laid out my 3 images where I wanted them, stuck a block down on them to pick them up exactly in place, inked up and then stamped final. I love the unmounted system! Oh dear, I am feeling another Nestablilities order coming on. My scalloped oval and plain oval were too close size-wise to make one cut - I had to use another system to cut out the inside oval on the black frame and after 3 tries, I thought this one was "close enough". Hey, the card is just going to my kid!! (wink, wink) The star is from the Somebunny set and I like that little pop of red on the tag. Happy Birthday is from a retired Gift with Purchase stamp and I find myself grabbing it the most often. I just love the size and font.

The inside stamp is perfect for a child...it's one I had from my daughter's stamping kit when she used to enjoy sitting with me and making cards for her friends.

While I was doing my last minute birthday shopping, I found a clear shoe organizer at Ross (it's like TJ Maxx) and thought this may work better for me than curtain rods to store my punches. They were in a huge heap in one of my plastic drawers and it was difficult to remember what I had and to find it.

Have a great weekend! We're going to see Night at the Museum this weekend (with a group of 10 and 11 year old boys!) ... should be fun.