Valentine Treats

http://pocketsofinspiration.ning.com/
You can see the instructions for this great project at the above link. I just love it don't you?

Celebrating Your Love

Celebrating Your Love is not your typical white on white wedding card. This would be great for those really elegant black tie affairs! The stamps used were Michael Strong's Mosaic Frame & JustRite Stampers Horizontal frame & sentiment. A few jewels give it some pizazz as does the curly gold wire that was curled around a pencil & flattened.

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This card was made using a  segment of Michael Strong's Cloisone Mosaic Frame and JustRite Stampers Friendship Nested Sentiments. I also added red glittered shimmer stickers from Making Memories for some added pizzaz.

Chinese New Year-Year of the Rabbit

The Chinese New Year begins in Febuary 3.2011.  

Legend has it that in ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal's year would have some of that animal's personality. Those born in rabbit years are popular, compassionate, and sincere.

My card to celebrate the year of the rabbit began with the making of the medallion on Print Shop. I added some gold eyes to the rabbits as well as clear dots over the Chinese symbal for rabbit and the muti-colored circles. I then stamped the outside frame using a JustRite stamp. The Chinese symbols for Health and Happiness are depicted on the lantern and inside the card. Martha Stewarts Lattice punch provided an interesting background.

Open Sesame!

 This cathedral style card was created after seeing a similar card on
        http://scrapbookshowgram.com/?p=951
 I again used Michael Strong's Christmas Tree and small Cloisone pot.

This beauty was also created using Michael Strongs Christmas Tree Stamp. After stamping with Versa Mark and clear heat embossing, I bleached lighter areas on tree. The printed paper is from Stampin Up. I printed the greeting on Photo glossy paper and cut out using Stamping up's 3 in scalloped circle punch.

First I stamped the Magenta filigree oval frame on beige paper with Versa Mark, then heat embossed with clear. Next I cut out the oval and placed a lighter shade of paper on the inside of the left side of card. Using Michael Strong's mini Cloisone container, I stamped it on red paper with the Versa mark, and  heat embossed with clear. I then cut off the top

third of the container for the tree stand.

I used the smallest of Michael's trees and again used Versa mark & clear embossing powder. The green paper is a specialty paper. Thin like tissue paper but kinda feels like fabric. It has veins of darker green running through it. I then glued the tree & stand down and added the tiny star stickers. Very easy!