A Touch of Sol

This is a card box I made for a Eve a friend of mine. She is actually my husband's Special Advisor...I should call her Dr. Sachs but it seems so formal...I learned how to make this card box from Dawn over at Stampin with Dawn She has videos for EVERYTHING. Later tonight or tomorrow I will show you an Explosion Card that I learned from that same site. This card box holds 4-6 cards depending on your embellishments. 

These are the Thank Yous I started to mail out for family/friends that attended Joaquin's baptism. I made a few different colors...I got this from Laurie from Inspired Designs. It wasn't a warm day as I anticipated but it wasn't raining. I had everyone come over for lunch and the ceremony was at 2PM. My sister in law and best friend Renee helped me OVER and BEYOND. We had an assortment of paninis (YUMMY) and she made macaroni, potato and a garden salad. Here is a picture of the cake that we ordered from Whole Foods.

I made this beautiful card for my Mom, Abuela (grandmom), Renee (FAV SIL), and MIL...The technique is called Floating Re-Inker Watercolor Technique. YUP, found out from Gretchen Barron there is a name for it and I cased this from her...Hers is HUGE and different colors...This is my first time making it so I think I did a good job...I had a GREAT Birthday and Mother's Day. How about you? Although Joaquin is sick...We have a doctor's appt at 10:50am today and Solimar may have Asthma...

TUTORIAL: http://pattystamps.com/pattys_stamping_spot/2009/04/watercolor-roses-technique-and-video-tutorial.html




Stamp: SU Fifth Avenue Floral
Paper: SU Shimmery White, Creamy Caramel, Apricot Appeal DSP, Green Tea DSP (retired)
Ribbon: SU Old Olive grosgrain
Ink: Versamark, Elegant Eggplant, Rose Romance (retired), Brilliant Blue, Summer Sun, Orchid Opulence
Accessories: SU Eyelet Border Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Holographic EP

SheetLoad of Cards would LOVE to see the cards and other projects you have designed from May's sketch! If you are picked as a winner, you will win one of these totally cute stamp sets from THERE SHE GOES stamp company! This is my submission. You have to make a square card and a scrapling. What's a scrapling? Its the leftover scrap that you have after creating a square card. My scrapling is called a Slice of Happiness. Cute, huh? These are great to add to gifts.



Stamp: SU Fifth Avenue Floral
Ink: SU Chocolate Chip
Paper: SU Creamy Caramel, Taken with Teal, Candy Lane DSP, Chocolate Chip DSP, Very Vanilla, Old Olive
Accessories: SU Silver Chunky Glitter, SU Summer Sun Marker