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.

The image of the girl in the field was inked with watercolor techniques using an aqua painter. I ran the base of the image through a paper crimper and then across a perfect plum ink pad. The top is embellished with a faux knot.

This was one of my favorite stamp sets and I was sad when it didn't make it into the main catalog. I layered torn and crumpled cardstock that had been inked for texture and depth. The corner fold-up is anchored with moss eyelets and tied with black gingham ribbon.

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.

I made this simple Father's Day car for one of my brothers a couple years ago. The dragonfly image was stamped with mellow moss ink on a vellum copper tag. I used a heat gun to dry the ink and set it in the vellum so it wouldn't smear.

This card is a variation of the previous one.

There are a couple techniques going on here. The top center piece is a 3D shaker box. The main piece was cut at 3x3 and stamped with the flowers. The center was punched with a 1.25 square punch. Next, the word "Celebrate" was masked out by inking the stamp with a marker. I then stamped over the open square (this works best with the stamp upside down so you can center it better.)

Next I stamped the full image on a separate piece to fit behind the opening. A window sheet was adhered to the back of the opening on the main square. I then used the edges found on the dimensionals sheets to add depth. I filled this area with beads before removing the dimensional backing and placing the full "Celebrate" stamped image onto it.

Finally, the center "U" was inked with the "rock-n-roll" technique. I first inked the stamp with Pretty in Pink ink and then rolled the edges of the stamp on my basic black pad before stamping the image.

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.

I created this card for a spring contest in 2005 after spending the holidays in Maui. The stamp image was purchased in Hawaii along with the papers. I created the tag image using popin' pastels, hemp twine and a shell that was picked up on the beach. The flowers were stamped with Pretty In Pink ink and fastened with barely banana eyelets.