Orange, not my favorite color to work with but it did give a punch of color to this card.  I cut out some daisy shapes that I embossed with the small polka dot folder and added it to the doiley which I embossed with the swirl folder.

I loved how this one turned out.  It feels a little country.  I colored the tulips with copic markers and added a few pearls in the corner along with the doiley.  I used pink card stock and layered red and then the gingham on top.  The tulips are popped up with foam dots and the doiley is neatly tucked in behind the tulip banner.

I had the opportunity to attend a couple of card making classes from Stampin Up and here are the cards I made.  The purple birthday card uses the new embossing folder from Stampin Up.  It adds so much texture to the background of the card. I lightly colored over the embossed area with ink before mounting the balloon section on top.  The yellow thank you card has some dimension on it as well.  The flower is cut out so that it pops up on the petals and Stampin Up’s designer paper adds a lot of pizzazz to this card.  The bright yellow and blue green flowers just pop with color.

Not trying to give a plug to Stampin Up but they do have a good deal going on right now, if you make a purchase of fifty dollars or more you get a free set of stamps.

Happy New Year everyone. Oh wait the month is almost over.  Oh well this year has already started out like a storm with family issues but I think we are all back on track.

Now for the cards I have been making, yes I still have been making them just not posting them until now.

Both of these cards deal with winter,  yes there is some snow where I live and I do have winter birthdays in my family.  This first one is a digital stamp from Bugaboo stamps, it is of a boy sledding on a tire tube.  I duplicated the boy and colored them with my copic markers and added some glitter along the torn edge of the paper.

For my next card i made it into a birthday card but it could also be an all occasion card too.  I used the new fun flip fold technique and added a wooden snowflake on silver cardstock. The second picture shows a closeup of the silver mirror paper.  This is a really fun fold card and can be used in so many ways.

I have some Stampin Up cards I have made that I will show real soon, so stay tuned.