Happy Birthday Sister

I have the sweetest Sister.  Sadly we are all that is of our family.  When I was very little she took care of me a lot. She is an amazing Mother, Grandmother, wife and sister.  She is also a Breast Cancer Survivor.  She called me Sunday. She lives in Minnesota and they were having a blizzard.  Saturday, she had baked 5  cakes (all different and most likely from scratch) for her church which was canceled due to the storm.  I haven't baked 5 cakes in the last 5 years.

When I saw this stamp, I just knew I would have to use it for her birthday card.  She loves all things Victorian and she has a little area just outside her kitchen, that this image fits perfectly.

This Impression Obsession stamp is large, so there wasn't much room for DP, but I did manage to use some from my scrap bin for matting. This was colored with Copics, Prisma Pencils and Gamsol then did a little sponging with green an blue. The "Sister" stamp is from Vere Stamps. And look, I did a little embellishing with flowers by Sandylion Essentials.

For the inside, I used the same DP and used a Martha Stewart boarder punch. Then I cut an oval with my Spellbinder die for my inside.  This sentiment is one I got from a neat little book I bought, Ultimate Guide to the Perfect Card by Linda LaTourelle. A must have.

Every Day is a Gift

How true is this sentiment from Paper Trey Ink?  When I was driving home from work tonight, I thought.everything is just dirty and ugly.  But there is Spring and a promise of making everything clean and new again.  The temp  climbed to 40 today.  This card reminds me of Spring, although I think it would also make a pretty Fall card.

Lately, I have been making cards just because it makes me happy.  I will have to focus on some challenges if I want more fellow stampers to visit my blog.  I really do love those nice comments from my fellow card makers.  Before I got my own blog, I use to spend a lot of time viewing many blogs. I would be in such awe of their talent, but it never occurred to me that I should leave a comment.  Things look a lot different to me now.  So for all of you that stop by and leave a comment, thank you so much.

This barn belongs to Impression Obsession.  I colored with Copics, pencils and Gamsol.  The sentiment is from PTI.  The dies I used were from Spellbinders (1/2 label die) and an unknown oval.  The corner punch is from Martha Stewart.  The paper is from my scrap bin.