First ATC's - spring theme

So here are pictures of my first ever ATC's (artist trading cards).  The theme was spring.  Compared to some I've seen, they are pretty simple.  All paper is DCWV, but the clips are from MM Chloe's Closet collection.

And this is my personal favorite of the bunch:

Mother's Day cards

Here are the Mother's Day cards I made this year for my mom and my sister.  They look pretty simple, but I think they are really cool.

This is a close-up of the punch detail.

For this card, I decided to fold it a little differently to see how it would look.  I also added an embossed image on the inside flap.

Thank you Cards for 2010 Breast Cancer Walk

So last year I decided to make the majority of my thank you cards to the donors for my breast cancer walk.  Here is a picture of them.  I also took close up pictures of each design, but that would be too many to upload here.  So here is just the overall collection of them.  All of them have some sort of pink in them (and some have purple just to mix things up a little).

These were a lot of fun to make and I am planning on making more for this year's donors.  So if you want to be the recipient of one, I would suggest you donate (see link to the right).

March Crop Chocolate project - Vacation challenge

At first this was a tough one for me because we don't take that many actual vacations yet.  We're waiting for the kids to get a little older so they can appreciate the places we go.  However, every year we go to Knoebel's Grove and Amusement Park for our family reunion.  So I decided to do 2-page 12x12 layouts for both kids.  While I'm doing one, I may as well do the other.  Saves times later in trying to remember what I did.

I like the way they both turned out, and might have to use this layout again and again for other events.  Great ways to fit in lots of pictures (which I have a lot of as I can't seem to pick and choose).

Here is the one I did for Sam:

It uses cardstock from Stampin' Up, Echo Park's Sweet Summertime, banner from Sassafras.  I had a lot of fun trying to fit in so many pictures.

And here is the one I did for Mary:

It uses cardstock from Stampin' Up, Echo Park's Life is Good, banner from Sassafras.  I had a lot of fun trying to fit in so many pictures.

Other Valentine's Day Cards

Here are some other Valentine's Day cards I made for family members - my parents, my sister, and the hubby,  They used the Slice for all of them, and as you can see, used the same color palette for all of them.  I had a lot of fun making these.

February Crop Chocolate project - Valentine's Day card

For the February Chocolatiers Challenge, the theme was love.  So I did the sort of obvious and made a Valentine's Day card.  I used my new Slice for the first time on this one - cut out the hearts and the words.  I still need practice with the adhesive because my word stuck a little too well.  I will just have to make more things so that I can get the hang of it.  I also used my tag maker for the middle heart.  That was pretty easy.

BIrthday Cards

Here are some other birthday cards I've made over the last year.  The first two are use all Stampin' Up products.  I think it was actually a kit I got from them that included the stamps, ribbon, and cardstock.  Unfortunately, the second one didn't upload correctly and is rotated.

Here is a birthday card I made for a friend.  I used my newest large purchase - MM Slice.  I love this machine!!!  The papers are from DCWV.