Mo Manning - Bernard - Get Well

Where, I wonder, would I be without Mo Manning's delightful images?  Some things are just better left not knowing I think! This little get well card was made for a friend to give to a friend in a package of cards.  The nice thing about it is it's generic enough to give to either a male or female and gets the message across!
Materials:  Mo Manning - Digital Image - Bernard; CS/DP: CTMH: Sentiment: SU: Corners by SCACD and colour by Copic

Cased - Simple Butterfly Thank You

While cruising around on Pinterest I came upon a beautiful, simple design for a card - unfortunately, my numerous attempts to find the originator of the design were unsuccessful, which was too bad because I loved it enough to copy it - mostly.  The original design had a different butterfly and different words, and different flowers, but basically this card is close enough to be considered a copy I think.  This is a 3.5 x 5" note card that I made a few of to give away to a friend who needed a few thank you cards.  I love the simplicity.
Materials:  Stamps & Sentiment: SU: (French Script Background; Garden Silhouettes) and the butterfly is Memory Box. 

Cased Card = Close to My Heart

I was looking for something to make with this Close to My Heart Stamp Set so went to my favourite inspiration site -- Google.  A search of images brought up a card, very, very similar to this one - in fact other than changing the corner designs, it's pretty much the same except the person who originally did it seems to have had darker blacks - I'll have to work on that.  Regardless, the originator of the card is The Stamping Banana at  www.bananastamper.blogspot.ca . The card is a simple black and white number using the above set - white mounted on a black mat, and stamped with black ink.  I quite like the simplicity. I made it for my mother-in-law's friend Helen for her choir master.

Beautiful Horses

Here is a stamp I seldom use -- not because I don't think it's beautiful because it is -- moreso because I never know who to send it to.  This time it was easy.  One of my work friends recently had a birthday - and she's absolutely crazy about horses.  She has a gelding named Remington -- he's a source of much joy and stress-relief for her.  I thought she's appreciate receiving a card with some other beautiful horses.
Materials:  Stamp:  Coronado Island Stamping; Ink: SU: Embossing Folder: SU/Sizzix; CS: SU

Get Well Soon Nicki

Another of my colleagues (and yes I have an awful lot of colleagues -- big organization the government) is off   sick for the next few weeks -- she's had a bad year - mother died while my friend was on vacation; then her world slowly began to unravel on her.  I thought this little butterfly might cheer her up.  You can't really see it in the picture I don't think but behind the purple butterfly is a sliver glittery one -- looked quite nice in person.
Materials:  Scroll Die: SU: Butterfly: Memory Box; Sentiment: SU: CS: SU (Both the purple and the glitter)

Miles & Maisie & Birthday Cake

 One of my old bosses (and I use the word old advisedly as I am actually older than he is) recently had a birthday and while I don't get to see him that often anymore, I still like to send him a card so he knows I still think of him fondly.  I really like these little Kraftin' Kimmie (I think Stephen Leary is the artist) critters and although I don't use them as often as I used to, think I should more often!
Materials:  Stamp by:  Kraftin' Kimmie; Spellbinder Dies; CS: SU: DP: ??: Sentiment: CTMH: Colour by Copic

Get Well Soon - St.Bernard

Where would I be without Mo Manning I ask?  Yet another super cute digital image -- and I know I've said it before but I'll say it again - I love digital images (much to my surprise) because I can make the image whatever size I want to suite whatever card size I want to make. And, let's face it, sometimes you just want to fill up the card front with the image.  This card is for one of my work colleagues who recently had an operation --- she's kind of an unknown entity to me and this card is for my boss to send to her -- I figured a St.Bernard was cute and likely a safe image to send -- he's soooo cute!
Materials:  Digital Image by Mo Manning; Embossing Folder: SU/Sizzix; Sentiment: SU: CS: SU: Colour by Copic; Spellbinder Die