More Butterflies

One of my colleagues in Toronto has just lost her husband after a long illness.  Obviously a card is in order, so I tried to make something soothing, and I think butterflies are the ticket. Plus I still had all my stuff out from the last card I made so thought I might as well continue with the them.  A few have asked which SU set the flowers come from --- Abundant Joy.
Materials:  Stamps: SU: Sentiment: SU; Inks: Momento - Tuxedo Black and London Fog; Colours by Copic

Butterflies

One of the women in our region is sick, so I made this card for the Director to send to her to hopefully cheer her up.  I had John find me a picture of a Monarch butterfly so I could copy the colours and I'm very pleased with how it turned out.  I coloured the big butterfly; airbrushed the 2 smaller ones.  All in all, I'm happy with the way the card turned out!
Materials:  Large Butterfly and background stamps:  SU: Small butterflies - Martha Stewart punches; Colours by Copic.

Sweet Nick's Tooth Fairy Card

My sweet little Nicholas has just lost his first tooth!  Another in his long series of steps toward adulthood -- and as his extra proud grandmother I had to make him a card, which I can because the wonderful Jenn, CTMH Consultant was able to get me this out-of-print (or whatever) stamp set - Thanks again Jenn!!! Anyway, I tried to make it boyish by colouring everything blue -- I wonder if he'll notice --- he's 5 and a half!
Materials:  Stamps: Close To My Heart; DS and CS: SU: Colour by Copic and Glitter by Stickles. I should mention that there is a toonie under the tooth in the bottom right corner!

Thank you Angel

Lucky for me, a woman I work with accidentally bought this stamp twice, so I, very selflessly (!!) offered to buy the extra from her.  I just love her and have Melanie Holtz  to thank for the inspiration and I think my wings turned out better because of her!  The bow looks perfect because of that nifty "Bow Easy" otherwise, I'd take the credit!
Materials:  Stamp:  Wiff of Joy; DS: Miscellaneous from stash; Bling: SU: Colour by Copic

Grazie!

Recently, I had dinner at my boss's house (together with the rest of our management team), where he served dinner made by his mother -- a genuine Italian feast!  It was delicious so decided to make a thank you card that would let her know how much I appreciated her work.  It was also a good opportunity to use this Magnolia Stamp - Baking Tilda!
Materials:  Stamps: Magnolia; DS: Cosmo Cricket; Colour by Copic

Get Well Bear

One of our guys is recovering from a fairly crumby injury/illness so I hope this will cheer him up.  He is a fisherman, and had I known it, once caught a "pink" fish --- if I had known, I'd have coloured his fish pink.  Nonetheless, I hope this makes him smile!
Materials:  Stamp: High Hopes; DS: CTMH: CS: SU; Colour by Copic

With Sympathy

I find making sympathy cards to send to men to be extremely difficult and when you couple that with the need to make a card for a man to give to another man it's even worse.  But I think this one says sympathy, or sad at least.
Materials:  Stamp: SU: Bling: SU: Spellbinder Frame; DS: CTMH: Colour by Copic

Rapunzel

I'm finally posting this card which was my entry into the Kraftin' Kimmie Krafty Day contest.  Unfortunately for me, Chantal submitted an absolutely amazing creation, so I didn't win, but I still like my card anyway.  Note the lovely curtains which I made myself!  One of my work colleaues had also given me some embellishments, so I was able to use one that looked like a little picture frame to complete my tableau!
Materials:  Stamp:  Kraftin' Kimmie's Rapunzel; Background materials --- from my stash - don't know where I got that purple paper which is too bad because I love it; Colour by Copic; Glitter by Martha Stewart.