And she's back... with Birthday Cards!

Hello Friends!

Well, I took a much needed break and didn't do much creating!  I tried a few times but I just didn't have my mojo going ya know!  Well, I had my niece and brothers birthday dinner to attend Saturday night and so I knew it was a chance to get back into my studio.  I made these cards today, two were cards that I was going to give and the other four were two each for my brother and dad to give to the birthday girl and boy.

They are very basic cards and I used lots of scrap pieces I had on hand and even though they are simple cards I loved how they turned out.  Hope you are having a great weekend and I hope to be back on more regularly!

The cards can be seen closer by clicking on the photos, I am sharing the front and inside of most cards. Thanks for looking!

 So I know that the card stock behind the cake looks red but it really did match the fuchsia diamonds.
Not sure why it looks so red in the photo.

The Papers for the Card above are Soiree from House of 3 via Pink Paislee

The Papers for the Card above are Soiree from House of 3 via Pink Paislee

The papers used for the card above are from Authentique , Blissful

The papers for the card above are Daily Junque by House of 3 via Pink Paislee

The papers used for card above are from Authentique, Blissful line.

All stamps used are from Stampin' Up 

The stamps sets are from Bring on the Cake and It's Your Birthday

A card for MOM

Wanted to share a few cards that I created last night using the freebies found at Rhonna Farrer's Blog HERE.  I used both of the freebies, when using the banner freebie I simply cut out some of the banners and made them into strips.  Also, some of the cards have the cute round pieces found on the banner freebie. I simply reduced them to a size I wanted then hit the print button did some cutting and inking and gluing.  I did grab some vintage sewing patterns, ribbon and extra embellishments I had on hand from the line "the girls paperie" by Margie Romney-Aslett.  On a few of them I used a Mother's day stamp and punch from Stampin Up and I think they turned out adorable and so easy to make! 

I don't have kids so I will be celebrating my mom, sister and sister-inlaw this Sunday.  I am actually hosting a luncheon for them, nothing fancy mind you.  The hubby will be grilling burgers and for dessert I plan on having an ice-cream Sundae bar, yum!  I will of course use more of Rhonna's freebies to decorate, I have a banner started already.  I will be sure to post photos hopefully Sunday night.

 Happy Mother's Day to all you Moms!

If you click on the photos they will come up in a larger size for you.

The card below was simply printed inked and a little bit of stickles added for some bling.

The card directly below is made like a matchbook cover

Father's Day Cards

As promised here are a couple of shots of the Father's Day cards I made. I wanted to keep them simple so I used card stock and some paper I had on hand and used Stampin' Up stamp. The blue area is where I will write the sentiment. On one of the cards I used my new glitter from Doodlebug purchased at my LSS and applied it to stampin' up sticky tape, worked great!