Palm Trees in Florida

I am just in love with this card!  This is great for any occasion and for anyone.  I like having a stack of these around for those unforeseen (or forgotten) occasions.  It is hard to tell but the base card is Very Vanilla and the Embossed Chocolate Chip sits on top of the base.  The palm tree is colored with Stampin' Pastels and I always go "out of the lines" to create a soft look to it.  I used Linen Thread as my emblishment because, for some reason, boys dont like bling as much as girls do.

Supplies:
Stamp Set(s) - Plant Hope
Card Stock - Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke
Ink - Stazon Black
Accessories - Big Shot, Lattice Lace Embossing Folder, Linen Thread, Stampin' Pastels

A Good Egg Easter Card

I CASEd this card from the Demonstrator Community Website.  Of course, now that I go back to find it again to credit the creator I cant find it.  I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it.  This card ended up being a little more difficult than I anticipated.  For the window I punched the 1-3/4" Circle punch.  Each layer had to be punched separately.  I started with the top layer then glued it and lined up and punched the second layer, etc....  This would have been much easier had I had the Circle #2 Die for the Big Shot.  Once I had the window punched out I had to figure out how to line up the chick on the inside.  I drew a little pencil circle so I could line him up.  I couldn't stamp him straight through because he is a little bigger than the circle.  I used Ruby Red Ink and a Blender Pen to 'paint' in his egg.  I used Stampin' Pastels to color in the chick giving him a soft fluffy look.

  

You can see from the inside shot the little chick and the Happy Easter message.  Of course, after all this work, I dropped the Happy Easter Stamp and made an extra mark...just my luck :)

Supplies:
Stamp Set(s) - A Good Egg, Well Scripted
Card Stock - Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Retired DS Paper
Ink - Ruby Red, Basic Black
Accessories - 5/8" Pretty In Pink Satin Ribbon, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Blender Pen, Stampin' Pastels