I am posting these in the order that I opened them! This first one is by my 14yo, Kai.
She stamped the top portion with a background floral stamp to create a
tone-on-tone look. She also used direct ink to paper distressing on the
type area and incorporated a punched flower and border...who says they
don’t pay attention to what you are doing. Maybe I should watch
and learn a few tips from them! Can you say talented? Is it
o.k. for me to proudly state that I’m her mom?!!
detail view of punched flower with button and stamped background...
This card is kind of a tag team effort. You see, several years ago I stamped this pretty 2 step stamping floral background for a friend’s gift. I had one long strip left and stashed it away for safe keeping to use on a special project. Truth be told, I was having a tough time parting with it!
Well, while I was cleaning out my supplies and reorganizing my studio, I put this strip into the patterned paper scraps file, and guess who quickly snatched it up — Ashley! I LOVE how she used it and LOL over the fact that I was saving it for something special, which it did turn out to be, only I wasn’t expecting to be the recipient!!!
How lucky am I that Ashley made me such a gorgeous Valentine card.
O.K., try not to get too jealous. My husband has only twice attempted to make me a card, both of which turned out great and meant so much to me. I am sure it is pretty intimidating for him in truly being out of his element (sort of like me on a bicycle, his specialty). He kept it simple and sweet. Doesn’t this rock!!! Poor sweetie discovered some little glue smears on it while we passed it around for everyone to ooh and ahh over. He was so heartbroken that it wasn’t perfect. Says who? Too me, it was perfect and appreciated more than any store bought card.
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