RAKs Received

4/24: edited - see below correction for "Happy Spring" Card from Yvonne
It is always so nice to receive Random Acts of Kindness (RAKs). This is a Thank You card from Kimmie. She is an amazing scrapper and makes awesome cards and invitations. I am lucky to get one of these! The back of her envelope reflects the card inside. She knows Red and Black are my very favorite colors. This is a "keeper". Love the washi paper she used at the bottom of the card.

Below is a Thank You card received from Frances. The watercoloring is way cool and there's a little bit of glitter on the flowers, too. I love the embossed swirl background and co-ordinating ribbon.
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This is a card made by Carol. She is a fellow Demonstrator (Yippee). Love her card layout and color combination. Hey, I don't have this stamp set!

Here's a card I received from a monthly swapper: Yvonne. You can visit her blog site at picturetrail.com/dailystamper. She does amazing watercoloring!

Thank you for stopping by today............have a great weekend!

March Swaps

These are some great swaps I had received but am just posting now.
Sharon made this cool card with some glitter across the message and on the flowers. Susan made this silver embossed card using the Embrace Life stamp set.

OK- This is a mysterious stamper - who made this? The Pink floral card is from Vickie

Manhatten impression floral is from Donna and Soft Summer Floral is from Ginger. Note the cool way to use ribbons for both cards:

The floral card is from Desiree and the Koala is from Denise:

Thank you for stopping by today.

Slider Card Swap

COOL slider card: this is MY version of it. The original version below is using the Boatload of Love stamp set (which I did not have). Below photo of card "closed".
After pulling the slider, message revealed:

Close-up of card below:

Below is the original swap I received from a fabulous friend: Denise. Way COOL! The size of this card is 6" X 3". Note the cool brad used to thread the ribbon pull! Love how she made the "waves".

Pull the slider and message revealed:

Here's a close-up of the "pull":

Supplies (for my version):

• Stamps: Great Friend, Sweet Little Sentiments (Level 1 Hostess)
• CS: Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Whisper White
• Ink: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze
• Accys: Big Shot Matchbox Die, Stamp-a-mahjig, 1" Circle Punch, Round Tab Punch, Word Window Punch, Dimensionals, Tombow Adhesive, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

Like it? I LOVE it! Hope you do, too. Swapping provides great inspiration. Thank you for stopping by.

Another Birthday Cake Card

Here's the cake card that was made for a guy friend. Inside: doesn't it look like a chocolate cake? The card front is "guy friendly":

Close up of cake details: LOVE those Naturally Serif Alphabet dies to be able to spell out his name. i kept the "center of the cake solid chocolate chip and the outside Pattern Design paper.

Card message at top:

Card message:

Top view of the cake card unfolded:

Supplies:

• Stamps: Seeing Spots, Outlined for Fun, Big Bold Birthday, Celebrate Everything
• CS: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip Patterns Designer Series Papers, Whisper White
• Ink: Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze
• Accys: Big Shot Pop-Up Cake Die, Big Shot Naturally Serif Die, Stampin' Write Yo Yo Yellow Pen, Dimensionals , Sticky Tape

Thank you for stopping by today............RAKS and swaps being posted tom.........stay tuned...

Happy Birthday Cake Card

This is a birthday cake I had sent to a dear friend last week - it should have blow her away! I kept the front of the card simple:

Below shows the card unfolding to reveal the surprise:

Here is the cake completely unfolded:

The back of the card:

Message for my dear friend:

Close-up of the cake details: The candles are using the Stampin' Write Yo Yo Yellow Pen and the Alphabets from the Big Shot Naturally Serif die to spell her name.

Supplies:

• stamps: Happy Everything, Big Bold Birthday
• CS: Walk in the Park Designer Paper, Cameo Coral, Baja Breeze, Whisper White
• Ink: Cameo Coral, Baja Breeze
• Accys: Big Shot Pop-Up Cake Die, Big Shot Naturally Serif Die, Eyelet Boarder Punch, Designer Label Punch, Yo Yo Yellow Stampin' Write Pen, Dimensionals, Sticky Tape, 5/8" Organdy Ribbon (non SU)

Thank you for stopping by today......................