Celebrate Sunshine!

Hello Friends!

The sun is shining and the breeze is gentle. It is a beautiful day in Faribault...yeah! The red, orange and green skies have disappeared for now. My neighbor Patt and I went for a walk this morning, the kids are riding their bikes and the dogs are chewing their bones in the front yard, now this is summer!

I have had a chance to get busy in our family's art room for the past three days. I have a couple of orders to fill for birthday cards. Here is what I came up with.

The first card is a birthday card for a man. The stamps and impression plate are from Papertrey ink http://www.papertreyink.com/ and the layout idea from Maile Belles http://mailebelles.blogspot.com/.

Inside: Happy Birthday $1.50

My niece, Sydney helped with the staging of the next card. I am still

trying to figure out lighting, setting, etc. so the cards look nice on my blog.

Today since the sun was out, I thought I would take the pictures with natural light

by putting the cards on the little table by my front door. The lighting was great, but

I had a hard time getting the angle just right... that is when

Sydney saw that I was getting frustrated so she gets off her bike, grabs the

card and plunks it in the pot of flowers that were right next to my white background board.

What a fantastic idea! What would I do without her?

Here is the results of her staging idea- brilliant!

Happy Birthday $1.50

Happy Birthday $2.00

I just love this summer basket set...it is very versatile.

The napkin hangs over the edge.

Kick Up Your Heels & Have FUN!

Inside: Happy Birthday

$3.00

I made this card for a special friend who will

 forward it onto one of her close friends.

 I wanted to make it really fancy.

I purchased this stamp set Archiever's.

I am going to get back to "work".

But first I must send the kids off to camp then put a little music on,

grab a hot cup of coffee and stamp the day away...total bliss!

I will post more cards later on today...stay tuned!