A Card for a Dear Friend

This card I made for a new friend of mine. We met on a Facebook game. She is a remarkable woman who has been through a lot. Since I am not sharing her name I think I can share part of her story. She is a survivor of Sept. 11, 2001. She was on the 73 floor of Tower 2 on that day that will never be forgotten. How we began talking about her story is beyond me, but I am extremely honored that she confided in me. Well we stayed up late last night/early morning chatting and I knew I wanted to make a card letting her know that I am thinking of her. This month has to be extremely difficult for her and I wanted her to know she wasn't alone.

Now as far as the card itself goes, I made it using Sweet Sketch Wednesday's sketch # 13. All supplies are SU except the flower and pearl.
I used dimensionals to raise sentiment.

I colored a white paper flower black with my SU marker.

Rockabilly Anya

Hey everyone, I just want to start out by saying this week has been filled with ups and downs. First there was Stampin Up's news of a new Agreement that all Demos must sign in order to remain Demos. Well I personally have decided that by the end of this month I will no longer be a SU Demo. For me it is about not wanting SU to have control over my blog or Facebook account, others see it differently and I am fine with that. Then there was my Anniversary... hubby and I went to a nice dinner without kids. And then I had the pleasure of getting to know this amazing woman, who has forever touched my heart. I will talk about her in my next post :).

On to my card. I made this card for Inspirational Card Sketches Challenge #32. I used my cute little Anya from The Greeting Farm and I colored her in withe my SU inks and my aqua painter ( I need some fancy markers). All supplies are SU except Anya stamp, bling on here dress, and my nestabilaties.

Butterfly Thanks

Yeah, I got to actually used a stamp today! I was so excited as I was making this card because it was looking like I was doing an SU only card. I forgot I was adding the charm for Stamp Something Challenge, oh well next time I will get an SU only card done. I used the sketch from CPS128. I think it came out okay.Supplies: Cardstock SU Old Olive, DP SU Cottage Wall, Ink SU Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry, and SU elastic silver cord

Team Edward All the Way

Yes from the very beginning I have been on Edward's Team. He is just so mysterious and lures you in so that you want to know everything about him. I made this card for Twilight Tuesday's Special Bonus Challenge. I also made it for Friday Sketchers 62. I'm sad that I had to chop off Edward's legs to get him to fit on this card. He is still a cutie pie so it is okay.Supplies all SU except Edward

Changito Birthday Card

I made this card for my father in law. His birthday is on Saturday. I got the sketch from The Pink Elephant Challenge #25. I am really enjoying all the different challenge blogs that are out there. It keeps me stamping so I plan to keep playing in them.

Supplies all SU except for Changito stamp

Lovely Melon Mambo Flower

I'm very proud of myself, I managed to make a card using only SU product (exception is my circle nestabilities). I'm a SU demo (just to get my goodies at a discount) so it is about time a make something with just SU product. It was hard not to stick other things on it but I didn't so yeah for me. Oh and I managed to to stay far away from anything Twilighty, another hard thing for me to do. Ok I made this card for three challenges. First A Spoon Full Of Sugar (awesome sketch don't you think), Second 365 Cards Day 149 I made some boo boos with smudged ink so I sponged it to cover it up. Third Challenge this is for is Stamp Something which was to use bugs butterflies or other wing somethings.Supplies Cardstock SU Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White. Stamps SU's Flight of the Butterfly, SU's Lovely Lines rub-ons for flower and sentiment. DSP is from SU's Lovely Flowers Bundle (level 3 hostess set)

My Edward Doesn't Sparkle, LOL

Here is another Edward card but this time he doesn't sparkle. I made this card for 2 challenges. The sketch is from CPS126. The other challenge this is for is 365 Cards Day 149 try a new technique- sponging. I sponged both grey panels on my card. Usually I only sponge the edges but I felt the grey needed a little more, I don't know the word. I just know it needed more if it, lol. I really like the way it turned out.This pic is just to give you a closer look at the sponging.
Supplies:Cardstock SU Riding Hood Red, Basic Black, Going Grey, Pattern paper from Michaels, Edward stamp from The Greeting Farm, Sentiment from retired SU rub-ons.

Swirly Razzleberry Anya

Wow, this card took some time to make, but I love the way it turned out. I made it for ICSketches#26. I used some of the new SU DSP Cottage Wall, that I LOVE. Finally SU has the perfect purple in Rich Razzleberry. The main image is an Anya from The Greeting Farm. I colored her with my blender pen and Soft Suede and Blush Blossom ink pads, for her dress I stamped it on DSP and cut it out. The sentiment is from Happy Harmony ( retired SU).

TTSC6 Card for Jacob

Here is my card for http://twilighttuesday.com/2009/07/brand-new-twilight-tuesday-sketch-challenge-2/. This is a card that Bella would give Jacob, after all he is the best friend a girl could have.Supplies:

Stamps SU Best Yet (retired hostess set) and Friends 24/7

Cardstock SU River Rock and Rich Razzleberry

Ink SU Rich Razzleberry and Versamark

Pattern paper from Michael's

Ribbon SU River Rock

Twilight Challenge #38 ~ The Honeymoon

Ok, here is my entry for http://twilighttuesday.com/2009/07/twilight-challenge-38-the-honeymoon/. The challenge was to create something that represents Bella and Edward's honeymoon. This is from when Bella is trying to seduce Edward. If I remember correctly she wore a little black number that Alice had packed. I think the sentiment speaks for itself, lol.

The main image is from here http://thegreetingfarm.com/stamps/dressup.php. I cut out the main panel with my new nestabilities., all other materials and stamps are from Stampin Up.