A Girl's Favorite Things!

My Dear Friend is a Valentine's baby (actually the day after but who's counting) and I wanted to surprise her with a gift card bouquet. After brainstorming on how to do this, I came up with the flower pot with the scallop edge (can't remember which cartridge it came from) and the flowers from Accent Essentials. I glued styrofoam in the box and and added shredded black and brown paper to look like the dirt. From there I assembled several sizes of the flowers to a wood stick and curled the edges in different directions. I inked the edges and sprayed them with my own concoction of glimmer mist.  Then I attached her two favorite splurges.....A wine gift card and a Cold Stone's ice cream gift card. I figured what girl wouldn't want flowers, wine and ice cream for her birthday.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look and I would love to hear your comments.

Valentine's Cards

Here are a couple of Valentine's Day cards I made for my husband and son this year.  The heart card I stamped with a heart stamp and then heat embossed it.  The heart I cut from the "Accent Essentials" cartridge.  I added pop dots for a dimensional look and Stickles to the heart.  The picture did not do the Stickles justice, it made it look streaked. 

For the Bee card I used the "Opposites Attract" cartridge for the saying and the bee was from "Just Because" Cards.  I cut two sets of the body with the wings out of vellum and then bent them for the dimensional look.  And of course I added pop dots to the bee.  The bee in the center of the bow is a brad. I hope you enjoy these cards.