May 3rd, 2011
Another little kid’s birthday card! This is for a little girl that told me that my son is HER boyfriend and she’s going to marry him. I told her to go for it! Don’t you just love 4-year-olds?

All items from Close To My Heart unless noted otherwise:
Stamp set: Forever In Love
Papers: Tinkerin’ Level 2 paper pack
Inks: Brown Bag, Black
Other: Copic markers, Paper flowers (unknown brand), White Big Brad
And Mittens says,

“I’ll stand guard! But after you fall asleep, I’m leaving.”
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May 2nd, 2011
For this little boy’s birthday card, I had to channel my inner Noah. Success!!

All items from Close To My Heart unless noted otherwise:
Stamp sets: Extreme Caps, Star Struck
Inks: Tulip, Honey, Crystal Blue, Brown Bag
Papers: Rustic Trail and Back Country level 2 paper packs
Other: Silver eyelets
Happy Birthday Noah!
And Kit says,

“Don’t make a move, or I’ll have to swat at you.”
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May 1st, 2011
Here’s a birthday card for a little girl that doesn’t necessarily like the usual “girly” things. I figured, what kid doesn’t like ice cream? Happy Birthday Erin!!

Stamp set: Sweet Scoops by Stampin’ Up!
Inks: Black, Brown Bag, Buttercup, Blush, Chocolate by Close To My Heart
Papers: Tinkerin’ Level 2 paper pack by Close To My Heart
Other: Glitz liquid glitter and Sparkles by Close To My Heart
Here’s the close-up. You can see how the Glitz actually pushed away some of the ink underneath it:

And Kit says,

“I will NOT look at the camera.”
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April 24th, 2011
Happy Easter everyone! Here’s a quick 3″ x 3″ card using the Hope for Japan stamp set:

All items from Close To My Heart unless noted otherwise:
Stamp sets: Hope, Dreams Come True
Inks: Cocoa, Desert Sand, Bamboo
Papers: Colonial White cardstock
Other: Copic markers
This stamp set is only available until the end of April, so get your order in soon if you want it!! 100% of the profits from this stamp set will go to the American Red Cross efforts in Japan.
And no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t caption this photo:

Is it just me, or is this photo too weird to caption? Jax is in a laundry hamper wrapped with a red pom pom blanket. Any suggestions? Please help me caption this and put your suggestions in the comments!!
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April 16th, 2011
I have had the Bunny Love stamp set for at least a year, and only used it JUST NOW. Ha! It is primarily for Easter, but there is this one image that can be used for any occassion:

All items from Close To My Heart unless noted otherwise:
Stamp sets: Bunny Love, Connections, Togetherness
Inks: Sorbet, Pear, Sky, Creme Brulee, Black
Papers: White Daisy and Sky cardstock
Other: Copic markers, designer ribbon, mini brads, Marvy scalloped square punch, corner rounder
You know, there are more stamps that I have had for a long time but never used…maybe I should count them. Or not. It might stress me out to think I have soooo many unused stamps. So the world will never know! *evil laughter – bwah ha ha ha!!*
And Jax says,

“Why are you making that weird laughing noise?”
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