Bearly Blooming

  Image by Lynn Stansbery 
  From:  Squigglefly
  Named:  Bouquet Bear

For Claudia P.  Another was done the same way with a black bear for Amelia:

For Terrie R:

I never have a birthday card when I need one, so I made a stash b-day card with this image too:

For Carson:

"But pleasures are like poppies spread --

You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed;

Or like the snow falls in the river --

A moment white -- then melts forever."

                                          Robert Burns

LOTV

             Main Image:  Lili of the Valley
        Sentiment:  ?
        Sent to:  Karen O.
            

Happy Birthday!

Recent b-day cards:

A card for an actual birth DAY.  To welcome Josie's new granddaughter into the world:

Stamp:  House Mouse

Colored using Copics.

The inside:

A card for a Queen's birthday.  A Queen Bee that is.

Main image stamp:  Rubbernecker

Sentiment stamp:  High Hopes

Colored with Copics

Glitter Added

This is what happened when I colored over the top of the embossing using a Copic marker:

Live and learn.  On the actual card, I carefully avoided the smear - and didn't add as much Copic color as I had envisioned.

Sweet little Maria sent me some stamped images for my own birthday (along with a great card and other treats) and I tried using one of them for a return birthday card to her:

A tiny Sassy Cheryl for Claire's big day:

A pink birthday:

And a birthday tag:

Happy Birthday!

Photographing the Baby Mice

Stamp Used:  "Say Cheese" featuring Maxwell by House Mouse Designs

Other Stamps Used:  Also by House Mouse

Embellishment:  Laser cut film strip from my scrapbooking stash and photo corners

This little card goes out to Josie:

Blow Me a Kiss

Stamp Used:  "Blow Me a Kiss" by Lynn Stansbery from Squigglefly

Other Stamps Used:  "Friends Are Kisses..." by High Hopes

"Hugs and Kisses" by Serendipity

The Cards:

For Denise Q:

 

The same colors with a K & Co. embellishment for Cathy R.:

 

Still using yellow and blue, for Claire E.:

My goal on the preceding cards was to use the same color combo and even the same design papers and try to give each card a unique look, while still being the same.  On this next card for Vicky O., a little mustard yellow was added:

On this birthday card, I used the mustard yellow with greens (I'll probably send this card to my mother on her bday):

This image for Theresa G. is colored exactly the same as the b-day card image, the embellishments and the turn of the card are the only differences:

Shauna P. gets a card designed exactly like the b-day card, even down to the K & Co. embellishment, but with more green on the image:

Not willing to give up the mustard color yet, I tried mustard with a "dirty" blue on this card for Ann M.:

 A different shade of blue for Jill A.:

The back panel of the card is a little wider than the front, so if it was closed the white of the back panel would show through the holes in the punched border.

Cindy P. gets a card in purples:

Notice, I went back to the mustard yellow on it somehow.

All of the above cards are the traditional 4 1/4 X 5 1/2, this last card is about an inch shorter.  Hot pinks for Mary G.:

(I wish I would have embossed a design in the pink panel that has the buttons on it, I think that would have made it better.)

And now for the Goof of the bunch:

Once I was done coloring, I realized that I didn't like the background  and I thought, the black tinted edging made it look "dirty."  I started to cut out the background, thinking I might save the image -- then thought "Nah."  So, this image goes in the trash.  And it is the reason that all the others have a plain white background.
Happy Crafting!