MIM: Drop Shadow Die Cuts

  Betsy Veldman has an awesome PTI video this week showcasing shadow die cuts. I just loved the color combination she used on her card. I too made a birthday card for my brother-in-law who is celebrating a birthday on the 15th of this month. I used two of the same die cuts as Betsy; the happy and banner.

 The only die I used pop dots on was the banner.  Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

Oh My Stars!

   My niece is graduating from college next month. So I decided that I would combine two challenges by using the sketch from this week's Retrosketches challenge and play along with the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays.

    Here's this week's sketch.

 My card is a little non-traditional for a graduation card since it is lacking the traditional images which convey graduation. (cap, diploma)

    I rotated the sketch and used my zipper die as my focal panel.. The diagonal stripes Impression plate from PTI was used to add some texture to the background. Here's a shot of the sentiment under the zipper strip. It's from the Celebrations stamp set.

 
The challenge this week at CAS-ual Fridays is to use glitter.

 Of course, my stars meet that criteria. I used Lilac, Silver and Kiwi Green Glitter Ritz.

I can't believe that I have this card made a whole month before I need it.  Now I just need to remember to mail it on time.Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

PTI Blog Hop: January

  Although I am in Florida about to leave on my Carribbean Cruise, I still wanted to play along with this month's  PTI Blog Hop since I didn't participate last month due to all the hustle and bustle of the holidays. The challenge this month is to create a card with Black as a background.

I must admit, black backgrounds are not my thing. The card I posted was my 3rd attempt. I began with a Valentine theme, but decided I couldn't send anyone a Valentine with a black background. My 2nd attempt was a floral card which I nixed. Finally, I needed to make a birthday card for my nephew who has a birthday in early February and decided a black background would work.

After much ado, I like this card. If you look carefully, you'll see I used the herringbone IP to add some texture. the sentiment is stamped in Fresh Snow.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoy the Blog Hop. I will comment on people's blogs when I return.

Happy Birthday DH!

 Today is my husband's birthday. We didn't really have a chance to celebrate it since I just returned from a quick trip to NJ where I attended my uncle's funeral. He turned 90 this past September.
  I'm planning on having a family dinner on Sunday (hoping no one gets sick in the meantime). It's a good thing I had made his card a week ago. I still had to find time to go shopping to pick up a present so I could give it to him today.

Never really sure which way to position the ribbon on the cracker. The tiny stars are from the Heart Border Die. He really liked the card. Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

Greatest Fan

 My brother-in-law is a big Yankee's fan. I wanted to make him a special card for his birthday. This is what I came up with.

  I used my Wishblade to cut the words greatest & fan. The Yankee logo was fussy cut using some Free Clip Art I found on the internet.  I curved the happy birthday sentiment from Enjoy the Ride.  The words in red were generated on the computer. I found the background paper at Hobby Lobby, altered it a tad in order to get the look I wanted with the side stitching.

 A peek of the inside sentiment also generated with my computer.

 I really liked how this card turned out. So did my brother-in-law. thanks for stopping by.