Memorial Day Memories

I am really excited to have these images from Artistic Outpost. As soon as I saw them, I knew I had to purchase them. I have used them to welcome home a soldier, and plan to use them to create cards to show honor to veteran heroes this November. Over Memorial Day weekend, I plan to pause and give thanks to all those who gave their lives for the United States throughout the centuries. This card and sleeve were for a Template Challenge by Stampers' Sampler. Happy Holidays to you and your family.

Birds of a Feather

I made this card for a Take Ten Challenge using stamps from Artistic Outpost. I love these images. They are appropriate for so many occasions. I added a couple of soft, fluffy feathers tied together with Scrapper's Floss. The finishing touch, a line of vintage buttons!

Vintage Clown

Just finished 7 cards for a Take Ten Challenge. The basic template included the triangle and rectangle in the center of the card. I turned the card vertically and used images from Artistic Outpost. Just love these vintage images! We'll see how I fair with the challenge!

A Girl and Her Dog

I have been admiring the images of a company call Art Declassified for some time now and just recently started acquiring some of their vintage, often quirkly stamps. Shortly thereafter, I stumbled onto the fact that they went out of business. I have been frantically scouring the web to find any remaining images that I hoped one day to own. I selected the image above, Girls Best Friend, for a card for a girl I work with. She and her husband are the proud parents of four red minature poodles. Today is her birthday and I thought of this stamp when putting a card together for her. Hope she likes it!

Get Well Wishes

One of our friends just had surgery. She and her husband are from a German background so I thought that this plate by Artistic Outpost with what appears to be German text would delight both of them. I usually use the image, which has the eggs built into it as is. This time, I choose to stamp them, again, on a coordinating colored cardstock for an accent. For softness, I colored the robin in with chalks. I finished with three simple buttons and a piece of vintage seam binding that I tucked under the sentiment.

You're a Keeper, Nephew!

For my husband's nephew's birthday, I decided to try using some images from a plate called Keeper by Artistic Outpost . I like the rustic feel of these images and think the ruler really looks real! I colored the images in with Copic Markers. Hope he likes it!

A Birthday for a Queen!

I really love the Lovely Day plate of images by Artistic Outpost. In addition to using many of them for Easter Cards, I think they work well for feminine birthdays. Here I simply stamped with Sepia ink on turquoise cardstock, added some gold photo holders, paper flowers, highlighted the dress and hat with a glitter pen and finished my card with a sentiment and ribbon. One of my husband's staff members will be the lucky recipient of this card. Hope they like it. Enjoy the day!