Just Believe

 This stamp set has been available for a while but it is a recent acquisition for me, I do love the silhouette images.  I wanted to make use of the 2010-12 In colours while we still have them, they retire at the end of September, so this is a combination using Pear Pizazz and Concord Crush.
I used lots of layers on the front of this card which meant that it was very heavy so to counter that I added a couple of layers to the inside!

Of course I then had to stamp a coordinating image on the inside too but here is where I had a disaster! When I mounted my stamps onto the wooden blocks I had inadvertantly stuck one upside down to the image label on the reverse side which means that I stamped it upside down! Now I could have turned over and used the emergency side but after remounting my stamp I decided to stamp again in the opposite corner. It still leaves lots of room for writing :)

How Many Candles?

Today's card is from last months  Make, Do and Send Card club. The "Celebrate" papers are now sadly retired but the stamp set, Party this way, lives on; I'm very glad about that 'cos I love it.
I took the cue for colours from the designer paper and stamped the candles in red, pear pizazz and bashful blue.  The sentiment was punched from card in those colours too.

Happy Balloon day!

An offering from the 2010-11 in-colours today. You gotta love concord crush and it goes so well with pear pizazz.  The in-colour designer paper pattern stack was one of the hostess gifts last year and I used it here to make the balloons.  I used a technique called paper piecing; I stamped the image on the card and then again on the designer paper.  I cut the image out from the paper and "pieced" it onto the card.  The sentiment is from sincere salutations and punched using the decorative label punch.  I daubed around the edge in concord ink to soften the edges

Origami Shirt

I think something similar to this may be my Father's Day card this year but it could equally be used for a birthday.  We did this at card club too; the folded shirts aren't nearly as difficult as they look and make an effective topper for your card don't you think?

I used copier paper for the shirt, stamped both sides and then run through the Big Shot in a textured embossing folder before folding into the shirt shape. It is matted onto some Pear Pizazz designer paper and Pumpkin Pie and mounted onto Crumb Cake card stock.  The sentiment is stamped in matching Pumpkin ink, punched and 3d mounted.