Birthday cake

It's hard to believe my baby girl is now 18.  We celebrated with a birthday cake today.  She has always wanted to have an ice cream cake, so I had to try my hand at making one.  I thought it turned out cute...she thought so too, so it was a winner!

Masquerade...

My daughter has her senior prom tonight and she went with a big group! Looked like they were going to have so much fun!  The theme this year is a masquerade ball, so I got to make her a mask.  I started with this:

I spray painted it gold and then went to town with it.  I had way too much fun and she was very pleased!

Her dress was an olive green color and it went very nicely with the mask. The black design is done with a sharpie; the flower and peacock feathers are put together with a gluber (two really); I used green stickles for the lips and around the eyes, and lots of bling from my stash.  The beads around the top were glued on and were just a string of beads directly from the store.  I love it!!

outstanding

Here is my final card playing with my new Memory Box dies.

I think it's a cutie.  You can't tell from the picture, but the burgundy tie is standing out a bit on dimensionals.  It makes the sentiment all the more fitting.  I scored the 1/4" border with the scoring board and stamped the word with little cheapie alphabet letters.  I am so looking forward to making more!

Another butterfly card

I really, really, really like this one! I originally did some sewing on this card to have a "butterfly trail" but then I didn't like how it looked, so I took it out.  I did like the holes left behind though.  This is the Memory Box butterfly die again, but I also used the Macarena Corner. I cut that apart and snipped it apart...using the bottom for the bottom of the butterfly and the top swirls for the antennae. I used the Leafy Branch that I adore.  I added some dimension to the butterfly so it pops up off of the page...and I added some gold ink around the edges.  So pretty!  I have the umbrella Memory Box die on order, so be looking for some cards made with that die soon!

More Memory Box

I really like how this one turned out.  I cut the large butterfly out of the black paper so the patterned paper could show through.  Then I cut out butterflies that were on a matching piece of cardstock, dyed some baker's twine for the antennae, and embossed a black line around the edge.  It's basic and bold...not usually my style, but I really like it.  One more butterfly card to go.

Memory Box dies!

I LOVE Memory Box dies! Is that too strong of a word?  I think not.  I've decided that one can really never have too many dies!!! I recently was able to get a few more (thanks to my amazing hubby that gave me a gift certificate to Stampin' Cat!!!)  So here's one of my new cards...

I really like how the butterfly turned out...and the leafy branch as well.  Not sure about everything else.  I popped open the wings a bit, and that part looks really pretty.  I haven't decided if I'm going to post all of my new cards today or spread them out a bit.  But one thing is for sure...I love me some dies!!!

A Valentine card that the ladies loved!

A Valentine card that the ladies LOVED!  It's not my brain child, but isn't it just gorgeous? The ladies at the senior center just loved it.  One of them even said this was the best creation we've made over the years!  The first card is what you see from the top when it's sitting up.  The next picture is what it looks like when you remove it from the envelope. It's extra cool because it lays semi flat for mailing.  Then the last picture is what you see looking straight "in". It's a bit deceiving because both ovals (both layers of ovals) are the same size...even though that black one appears to be a size smaller.