Tom's Birthday Card

I made this card recently for Tom's 12th birthday. It was good to use the Owl Punch again. The cake and sentiment underneath is from the Stamp Set Happy You. The top sentiment is from Petite Pairs.
I used Pacific Point and Real Red Card Stock. The Pacific Point Card Base was embossed with a Wood-grain Folder.

Best of Flowers Card.

At the Training Day in Telford we were given the Best of Flowers Stamp Set. I decided to combine it with a Sentiment from the Trust God Stamp set. I love Melon Mambo and I have not used it in a while so I decided to do a monochromatic card with it.
One of the finishing touches Edgelits was used for the border and the flower was made with three flowers from the Fancy Flowers Punch. A Vintage Faceted Button was put in the middle with a flower stamped with a stamp from Tiny Tags before it was punched out using one of the Itty Bitty Punches.
A Rhinestone Basic Jewel finished it off.

Here is a close up of the flower.

Two Cards.

The first card was made for a friend at Church who is going through a difficult time with depression.
It is so encouraging, when we are going through trials like that, to believe that God has created each one of us and that He has a special purpose and plan for our lives.
 I used part of the peacock paper from the Birds of a Feather collection with Island Indigo Card Stock. The Adorning Accents Edgelits and matching Embossing folder give it some added texture.
The Papillon Potpourri Stamp set and matching punch compliments any lady's card.
I also used the Decorative Labels Punch to punch out the sentiment which is from the Trust God Stamp Set.
Pearl Basic Jewels finish it off with some retired Daffodil Delight Grosgrain Ribbon.

I cased the second card from one of the Demos at the Telford Training Day last Saturday.
I used the Distressed Dots Stamp with White ink for the dots on the Crumb Cake Label.
I also used Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon instead of the Raspberry Ripple Stitched Satin Ribbon which I do not have.
The tiny Baja Breeze band at the top was made using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch.
We are making this card at my team training day, here, tomorrow morning.

Summer Silhouettes Cards.

 I am aiming to be organised so I have prepared some cards for my Summer Silhouettes Class  next week.
I have used Soft Subtles Card Stock and inks with the addition above of the Large Scallop Edgelit and the matching Delicate Design Folder.
The sentiment has been stamped using the Made For You sentiment stamp set.

The second card has Marina Mist for the card base. I stamped it before embossing it on both sides with the Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder. I used a sanding tool and a Creative Memories Paper Tearer to roughen up the edges.
I cut out the Framelit for the sentiment with one of the Dies from the Apothecary Accents set.