Sitting Here...

Hello Friends!  I am so excited to tell you about a wonderful new Swap I am participating in!  I just received a whole batch of beautiful new cards to share with you from our brand new Catalog!  

Here is my contribution to the swap...

I really love this new stamp set called Sitting Here.  There's a dog, a cat, and a bird.  And coloring!  What could be better?  

I embellished using the new Ruched Ribbon in the gorgeous new In Color, Flirty Flamingo.  

The flowers are from the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set.  

I fussy cut the pillow and puppy, then used my fingers to plump them both up a bit, creating a 3-D effect.

So much fun to play with.  I can't wait to use the other pieces in this cute new stamp set.

Birthday Card for Alzheimer's Dad with lots of Texture

This was a special Birthday card I made for my dad who is an Alzheimer's patient.  He loves to touch (and take apart) cards, so I tried to use as much texture as I could.  I used some retired textured Bermuda Bay (turquoise) paper for the sky and some Certainly Celery striped DSP for the grass.  I used some retired Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon for the dirt (lots of texture here!) and a retired metal star brad (these are really heavy!).  I attached the sentiment with two antique silver brads to look like nails (my dad loved woodworking).  And of course, I included his favorite of all things, a running dog (from the D is for Dog stamp set), stamped in More Mustard, to look like a yellow lab.  I think he liked it.