This card was a make an take at Stamper's Ink on Saturday 7/17. The stamp is from Great Impressions. Inside the card I used the following stamp: "Life is like a walk in the sand, sometimes you flip and sometimes you flop". I added stickles (stardust) to the lei, the hibiscus, and the sunglasses. This card will go to one of my friends for National Friendship day which is Sunday, August 1st. I'm just not sure which friend will get it. I also know I need to make several more cards for Friendship day. I very blessed to have many friends.

My great nephew, Caden Waters, was hospitalized last week at Children's Mercy Hospital. Luckily he is feeling better and is now at home recoverying. I made this card for him and it will be in the mail to him tomorrow.

Riley with the wagon is another new stamp from the Summer Fun release for Riley and Company.

To make the sun I used yellow rick rack ribbon and added a yellow button. Can you believe that out of all the stamps I have, I don't have a "sun" stamp?

Bouncing RIley

As many of you know I work part time for Stamper's Ink and the store is home to Riley and Company. This past week there was a new release called Summer Fun. The stamp used on this card is Bouncing Riley. I was looking at Riley and Company's blog and saw this card made by Laurie and tweeked the coloring (Laurie had all the balls colored yellow) and I left off the ribbon. I also used glossy accents on the balls.

I'm proud to say that when I showed it to Tanya at Stamper's Ink, she wanted me to put it on display to help sell the stamp.

Hi everyone. I have five cards to share with you today. I'll post each separately. This first card I made for my sister, Kay, and her husband, Terry, 30th wedding anniversary which is tomorrow.

The pear is from Hero Arts stamp set Simply the best. The letters I used for "Perfect Pear" are from a letter set from Stampendous. The pears were stamped on green cards stock and cut out. I applied some Vintage photo distress ink to the pears and then sprayed with Glimmer Mist, Gold.

I've been busy making cards today.

The dog gone card is an idea I got from looking at cards at Archiver's. The stamps I used for this card are from Craft Lounge Pat the Bad Dog crafty clear stamps set. I reworked the stamp that originally said "A dog gone happy birthday". I used nestabilities to make the dog tag. Tuxedo Black Memento ink was used for the stamping and I used Copic markers for the coloring. The dog and bone were popped dotted to raise them on the card.

The bear stamp is from Penny Black. I used Tuxedo Black Memento ink to stamp the image and used Copic markers for coloring. I used Nestabilities and popped up the image on the card.

Here's another card that I've made using Sophie the moose this time. Sophine is from Riley and Company. The wishes are from Impression Obsession. Sophie was stamped using Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colored with Copic markers.

This card will be a Make and Take soon at Stamper's Ink in Shawnee Mission, Kansas.

I sincerely hope everyone is having a great summer.

Hi everyone. I'm surprised it's been a month already. I made this card a few weeks ago and showed it to Tanya at Stamper's Ink and she grabbed it so quick I didn't have a chance to take a photograph. It's going to be one of the six card for August quick cards.

Riley is of course from Riley and company. He was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers.

The wester town background and the Happy Birthday Pardner are from a The Cat Pajama's company. The striped paper is from kaisercraft. I distressed the white card stock with Vintage photo distress ink.