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.

Here are two quick birthday cards that I made.  The lighthouse is cut out on the side to show a white background.

For this second one it was a little bit more time consuming because I had to piece all of the parts onto the minions to create them.  I loved how they turned out and I know the recipient will love it just as much as I do.