Lion Punch Art

One of the schools that I taught at was King High School.  The mascot was the lion, like the king of the jungle.  I wasn't doing punch art back then but this would have made a great card to give to my teacher friends there.  I am not interested in going back though just to make a lion card.  I like what I am doing now, not that I didn't like teaching, but it was time to move on to the next phase of my life.

Mr. Pelican

 

When Jim's aunt was alive she and her husband spent a big part of the winter at a beach near us. We would go down to visit them and usually they would take us out to dinner.  They asked if we had ever seen white pelicans.  Now we have lived here a long time but had to answer no.  So that decided where we would go to eat.  A group of white pelicans hung out behind the place they took us for lunch.  Too bad the restaurant is now closed.  Not sure if the pelicans are still there or not as we haven't been down that way in awhile.

My Bike

I had been riding my bike everyday for awhile.  You know how it goes though, I missed a couple of days and then it became harder and harder to get out riding again.  So the bike has been neglected.  This stamp has a similar story.  It was one of the first ones I ordered when the catalog came out that it was in.  It stayed on the shelf a long time before it got used.  This is the first card I made with it.  Better late than never.

Squirrel

We have so many squirrels in our yard.  We used to have a bird feeder but got tired of the squirrels stealing all of the bird food.  One lady requested Jim make this little guy for her father because he was always trying to keep them out of his birdfeeders too.

S'More Birthday

We all have some more birthdays ahead of us, we hope.  I remember liking s'mores when I was young.  I was a girl scout and they were a popular food to make while sitting around the camp fire.  I don't sit around many camp fires anymore and making them on the grill just isn't quite the same.  Today just happens to be my brother's birthday and two of our nieces.

Yellow Glass Design

Jim made two of these pieces one in yellow and one in blue.  I  posted a picture of the blue one  a few days ago.   I like the blue one the best.  Which one do you prefer?

Blue Glass Design

Jim made two of these panels one in blue and the other one in yellow.  I will post a picture of the yellow one in a few days.  The white in the center is actually a clear bevel.  It looks white because he covered his work grid with white cloth to take the picture.

Look Familiar?

This stamp should look familiar to you if you looked at my Easter posts.  The Easter greeting is attached to the tulips.  I didn't want the Easter greeting, so I used the black marker and just didn't ink the greeting.  I used blender pens and ink to color the tulips.

Religious Sympathy

These crosses should look familiar to you.  I made a card that I published on Good Friday that used the same DSP and cross dies.  I saved the paper that I cut the green DSP cross out of.  If you look close you will see the negative of that cross.  I then cut out the large yellow cross with the same die and adhered it using dimensionals to Then I cut a different cross out of the same yellow and a tiny cross out of the same DSP.  I added a pearl to the center.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to all of our friends and family.  This is the card that I sent our brothers and sisters this year.  I hope they liked it.

Holy Saturday

Since Easter is a religious holiday, I always make a few cards with a cross.  I bought this set of dies  for this year.  There are 4 different crosses in the set of dies and I used two of them for this card. 

Good Friday

 

 

 

Happy Easter Blossoms

I love this little girl with her flowers and Easter basket.  I use her for Mother's Day cards too by just putting some pearls or flowers inside her basket.  Many people don't even notice that her basket has eggs in it but look close.  That is why I cover them for other occasions. 

Wishing You a Blessed Easter

 

This is the beginning of Holy Week.  I will be spending this week with my brother and my  DH.  We will be spending quality family time together.  When we get together we play games, go to the beach, and eat. I am sure we will spend some time thinking of Easters of the past with our parents.

A Glass Bunny

Since yesterday I posted a paper bunny, I thought today would be a good day to post a glass bunny.  I took some pictures of Jim's glass so I plan to post a few more of his things.  He has been spending a lot of time in his glass room the past month.

Easter Bunny

I enjoy making punch art and have made punch art bunnies each year.  So that they don't look the same I always change some things.  Sometimes it is the orientation of the card or the designer paper.  This year I used the DSP to look like grass and gave the bunny an egg. 

Change of Pace

There will be quite a few Easter cards coming up and I know I've done some darker colored birthday cards so I thought it was time to make something bright.  This can be used for many occasions but I am going to use it for a birthday card.  I like all the bright colors in the banners and grunge marks.

Modes of Transportation

Here are two more of the flip cards that I made.  I thought they looked appropriate to send to guys.  They both have birthday greetings on the inside. 

Beautiful People

I saw a card like this in one issue of Stampin' Success.  It was made with vellum that has gold stripes but I didn't have that paper.  So I embossed with a retired folder that had similar stripes then inked using gold Encore.

Records, Do You Know What They Are?

I finally order the flip thinlette die for the Big Shot.  The outside of the card looks like the left side of the picture.  When you open the card, the circle flips and you see the birthday greetings on the inside.  I have another of these cards made that I will publish in a few days.