Birthday card for my sister-in-law.  I used the Anna Griffin Flower Bramble die and the Sizzix Ornate Label.

Feminine graduation card.  This was cased from PartiCraft (Participate In Craft).

I made this card for a young woman moving to Seattle.  The city was a die cut (Memory Box Cityscape) with color vellum behind the windows.  The Space Needle was cut with my electronic cutter.  The moon was a new Altenew "To the Moon" Stamp.  The moon stamp is pretty realistic looking (up to three layers), but as you can see, I still need some work on my masking technique.  I think next time I'll use liquid masking at the edges so I can see what I'm doing a little better.

Sympathy card created using Papertrey Ink's "Leaf Prints".

5x7 top fold card trick

I like to make 5x7 top fold cards.  You can't do this with regular 8.5x11 cardstock without gluing two cut panels together.  I cut the front at 5x7, but cut the back at 5 x 7.5 (or longer, up to 8.5).  This usually leaves a unattractive glued flap at the top.  To disguise the glue flap, I realized I could turn it into a decorative element by die-cutting the edge before gluing the panels together.  I think I may like this better than if I had a piece of cardstock 14 inches long.  What do you think?

Elsie

Gilding Flakes

I just discovered gilding flakes after watching Sue Wilson's you tube video.  I think it may be my all time favorite!  You can't appreciate the shimmer in the photos, but it's quite reflective.

The stamp was a Penny Black "Wistful".  I used a gold leaf pen (Krylon 18K) to trim the outside edge of the card stock she was stamped on, then inset it into a co-coordinating color card stock frame (to keep bulk down).  The sentiment was embossed in gold. 

Sue Wilson' Gilding Flakes video 

My husband is a veterinarian and we had some very sweet clients get into a wreck.  We wanted to send them a special card with room for all our staff to leave personal messages.  This is what I came up with.

I made the dog using paper piecing.  The inspiration was a card found on Pinterest.  The link is here:  http://mypaperjourney.blogspot.com/2012/02/thinking-of-you-lawnscaping-challenge.html 

I layered the oval on top of the cardstock which gave me a edge to run liquid glue against and then lay the bakers twine against.  The inside had our message and some space for people to sign, but I also had a white piece of cardstock on the top half for more people to sign.  I didn't adhere it until after people had signed so the front of the card didn't get smushed.

Crafty Ann "Funny  Dog" die

Cheery Lynn Grass Border die

Spellbinders Grand Oval die

Fiskers flower punch