Anniversary Gift

This is the anniversary gift that I made for Jim's parents. It's a layout that we did at a workshop a while back. I uploaded pictures to Wal-Mart.com and had them printed in wallet sizes. This layout uses the Silhouette paper (love that paper!). The frames are from Hobby Lobby and are especially made for layouts. You should be able to click on the individual photos to better see the detail. I apologize for the poor quality of the photos. The sun was really bright and made shadows. They are true 12 x 12 layouts. I was pretty pleased at how they turned out.

You are Close to My Heart,
Yvonne

Happy Golden Anniversary!

In a couple of days we'll be helping Jim's parents celebrate 50 years of marriage. We're so happy for them. Being married for fifty years is a rare thing. Here is the card I made for them so mom Wickenkamp, if you're reading this...stop :0) The colors are bamboo and chocolate with gold embossing. I'm at work typing this so I don't know the exact stamp sets. The pattern paper behind the hearts if from the silhouette paper pack. When I get a chance I'll post their gift that I made, but we leave for Colorado in 4 hours and I haven't packed for me or the little ones. Besides, I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise in case mom Wickenkamp is reading LOL.

I keep waiting for Kristina's color challenge to come out, but I'm going to have to miss it this time since I'd be even more crazy to try it with all I have going on.

You are Close to My Heart,
Yvonne

I'm Soooo Crazy!

Ok, this is a super quick post. Our oldest graduates from High School tonight and I really didn't have the time to mess with this, but I couldn't help it! It's another color challenge. This was a harder challenge for that reason, but also because I just didn't see the colors working together as well. That being said, here's the result of Kristina's color challenge #9. I wish I had time to post the details, but I don't. I hope you like it.

You are Close to My Heart,

Yvonne

Old Meets New--A Real Post This Time

Hi everyone. Hopefully you won't get four or five notifications from this post. For this card I've combined new stamps and old paper. The stamps are from a set called Summer Sweetness. It was one of the first sets I bought when the new catalog came out. A long time ago Close to My Heart had a watermelon stamp that I absolutely loved. I was sad to see it go. This set has all kinds of variations and possibilities.

The sweet leaf paper comes from a combo paper pack that we no longer carry and the hollyhock paper comes from the Stylin' paper pack--another oldie, but goodie. I was going to use paper from Boom-Di-Ada and it would be perfect, but I need those papers for another workshop card so I substituted. The message is from a set that was a stamp of the month set a few months back called "All Occasions". I love that one and still use it a lot. And the sweet little flower is one of my new favorites. It's from the Cottage Flowers set. I stamped it in black and colored it in with a white gel pen. I had a pink glitter pen that I used for the centers which you probably won't be able to see.

What else?... Oh, the black ribbon is Close To My Heart and the polka dot is good 'ole Wal-Mart. I used a scallop punch to take a "bite" out of the watermelon and I used liquid glass on the seeds which again, might be hard to see. The watermelon was stamped in black and then I created a reverse mask to sponge the color into the area for the rind. It's on a dimensional. That's about it. Let me know what you think.

You are Close to My Heart,

Yvonne

Not sure why...

I'm not sure why, but I think Blogger sent out a duplicate post saying that my blog has been updated. I will post some more pictures soon I promise :0) This week our oldest son graduates from High School and family is coming in so it's going to be a bit busy, but I do have some cards made that I just need to take pictures of and post. I'm working on a workshop for next week. Stay tuned...

You are Close to My Heart,
Yvonne

More Color Challenges

Are you tired of them yet? I know this about myself. I work best under a deadline or a challenge. So, here is the next color challenge offering from Kristina Werner's blog. She usually posts every Wednesday night. You should play along!

This card uses some pattern paper from the Free Spirit paper pack. I stamped the message from Love Quotes directly on the paper in Moonstruck. I also stamped a couple of flourishes on the paper from the flourishes set...once in Moonstruck and once in White Daisy. I outlined the Moonstruck flourish with a silver gel pen. I'm not sure if you can tell from the picture.

The colors included a light blue so I chose a close match with our Lilac Mist. I stamped some small white dots on it in white with a stamp from our Spot On Backgrounds. I lightly sponged around this piece with some Moonstruck.

The star is from a set called Star Struck and is in Moonstruck as well. It's on a dimensional to pop it up.

This was a more difficult challenge for me, but I like how it turned out. We may or may not be able to do this one for workshop. It all depends on if I get some more Free Spirit paper in my stash.

There you go. I hope you enjoy. Hop on over to Kristina's blog and check out all of the submissions. They're fabulous!

You are Close to My Heart,
Yvonne

Sliding in Under the Wire

Here's another color challenge from Kristina Werner's blog. I'm sliding in under the wire to get it in on time so I will post details later.
You are Close to My Heart,
Yvonne