This is the thank you card I made after the birth of my daughter. It was a very difficult time in my life. I was recovering from an emergency caesarean along with suffering from sever postpartum depression. It was amazing how many people came out of the woodwork to help me and my family. I had meals delivered every night for 2 weeks. Groups came over to clean my house. They donated diapers and two years worth of baby clothes. Needless to say, I made a lot of these cards.

The image was rolled with a wheel in black ink and color washed with aqua painters. I layered it over torn cardstock. The "Thanks" tag is anchored with hodgepodge hardware treaded through twill tape and set off with grosgrain ribbon.

I stamped the sketched image with Stazon black and added color with an aqua painter for a watercolored effect. Embellishments include pieces from the copper hodgepodge hardware kit and grosgrain ribbon.

This simple scrapbook page features a color blocking layout and is embellished with stamped snowflakes to match the colors in the layout. Although not traditionally colors for winter layouts, I chose them because of their strong masculine feel that complimented the photo of my son, Brandon.

Created for one of my stamp camps, this card used craft ink on a flower chipboard piece as the focal point. For additional embellishments, I used twill tape, stitched ribbon and silver brads.

Every year, when a new SU idea book and catalog is due to come out, my group always gets together to swap cards made with the new hostess sets. The sets I used for this one are from the 2006-2007 catalog. What's cool about this card is that it incorporates a color from each of the 4 color families, yet they work well together.

Last spring, I participated in charity event for breast cancer survivors. The ladies in this group meet once a year for fun, relaxation, camaraderie and support. My friend Dave and I designed and prepared several projects for them to make and take home with them. What a blast! This card is one of the projects we did.

This card was fun to make for a demo swap. However, we were suppose to pick a card that was featured in the Fall Collection and create a replica or slight variation. Oops. Somehow those instructions escaped me, and I did my own thing.

This masculine birthday card features the jumbo eyelet and antique brass hodgepodge hardware. After cutting out the baroque motif stamped image, I set the eyelet using my crop-a-dile (love this tool) before layering it on it's background so that the blue would pop through.

The hardware frame was attached with hemp twine which was tucked behind the layered stripes before adhering it to the base of the card. All edges were sponged with chocolate chip ink for added depth.

I love the color combinations on this one. Setting it off with black makes it look very classy. I added undyed Bella fancy fibers and a pink rhinestone brad to finish it off.

This is one of my favorite photos of my son who was 5 months old. We had spent the week of the 4th of July at a small resort in Winter, Wisconsin. The day of the local parade, I captured this awesome shot while my friend Missy was holding him.

I created the left border with with the stars using VersaMark and embossing with white powder. The red cardstock was also embossed with white using the Simple Stripe background stamp. The red and blue stripe on the white cardstock was achieved by coloring the stamp with Real Red and Night of Navy markers.