Grammy's Birthday Card

My Grandmother turned 80 yesterday. She is still full of life, and her personality is a cross between espresso and lemonade. LOL! This is the card I made for her. Are you sick of looking at this paper yet? I am crazy about it. I used the sketch that Jen del Muro shared this weekend. You can see it on her blog----> I {heart} 2 Stamp. I used the gift stamp from You Take the Cake by My Favorite Things. (I am experimenting with adding edges to photos...not sure I like the way this one turned out. You'll also see a very faint watermark...still working out the kinks on that.)

Details:
Paper: Bazzill tectured cardstock, and Basic Grey Perhaps
Ribbon: Pink Velvet from Michaels
Punches: Marvy Uchida Scallop Giga and Mega
Stamps: You Take the Cake - My Favorite Things

Peek-A-Boo Card!

I love how this card turned out! It is one of the samples I created for a tutorial on hand-stitching that I wrote for A Shade of Blue's Blue Heaven E-Zine. Blue Heaven is a subscription benefit from which the funds go to support the site. It is a very small way to help keep the site running.








I call this style of card a Peek-A-Boo card. It opens like a standard card but there is a little card on the front where you can hide a sweet little secret message.



This tutorial is for a future issue. I'll be sure to let you know when it is published!! :-)

Details:
Stamps: Wild About You (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Almost Amethyst, Lovely Lilac (Stampin' Up!) Premium White Cardstock (TAC)
Ink: Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Almost Amethyst (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Mega Scallop Square Punch (Marvy Uchida) Embroidery Floss (DMC) Stitched Ribbon (Stampin' Up!)
Misc: Pop Dots