Good luck Mr. F!

Hello and happy Tuesday!

Today I'm sharing the card that I made for Dominick's band director.  Dominick graduated and the teacher retired in the same year so he wanted to give him a goodbye and good luck card.

I printed the verse from the internet and cut the instrument from part of the paper that I didn't use on the card.

Monique goes to Italy!

Hello Ai fans!

The current challenge at Art Impressions is called Trips Ahoy!!  Who doesn't love a vacation or have dreams of visiting a far off land?  My dream?  Italy.  I'd love to see it all from Rome, to Venice, to Tuscany.  I can't even imagine what an Italian winery must be like to visit.  So...since at this time I have no plans to go...I've sent Monique (Sku#U2828) on my behalf!

WHEN I finally get to go I plan to enjoy every moment of it.  Poor Monique looks like she got stuck working.  She seems to enjoy her work though.  I'm going to imagine it's ME she's bringing that bread and wine and cheese to!  Also, did you notice?  They're playing my favorite Billy Joel song...Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.

Here's the inside.  I totally agree with this verse The Queen (Sku#H4263)!

The cork paper and wine bottle on the front and this Italian hillside were both printed off the internet.

The flourish is a Sizzix Bigz die but I couldn't find it to include a photo of my supplies listed below.

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I Brake For Pianos!

Hello everyone!

Today I'm sharing a birthday card with you. I sell a lot of my cards and the two biggest requests that I get are birthday and sympathy. 

 I love Pinterest and find a lot of inspiration on there.  I recently came across THIS card and thought I'd like to make it my own.

 I used 5 different I Brake For Stamps images/verses on the card.

Good Example

Best Wishes Birthday

Live, Laugh, Love

Music Sheets Background

Music Notes

Here is the back side of the music insert.

This is where you can personalize it.

Don't forget...you can always save 10% off your IBFS order when you use my coupon code

SAVE10RENEE.

Just click on the coupon code or picture below to start your shopping spree!

 

I Brake For Dancers!

Hello everyone!
Today I'm sharing a card that I made for my daughter's dance teacher.  Over the years she's become a friend to us and fortunately only lives 2 miles from us.  She brings Makena home for me on many nights freeing me up to do, well, unfortunately nothing very exciting...laundry, grocery shopping etc...

I completely appreciate her for this and each year at Christmas and at the end of dance season I give her a thank you card and a little gift.

This is the card that I made for her most recently.  I've used BALLERINA #2 from I Brake For Stamps on her card.  

Don't forget...you can always save 10% off your IBFS order when you use my coupon code

SAVE10RENEE.

Just click on the coupon code or picture below to start your shopping spree!

 

Happy Birthday from Betty!

Hello Ai Fans!! 

Today I'm sharing a super fun birthday card with you!

When I saw  Betty (Sku#U1527) I just knew she was singing "Happy birthday to you..."  That's why I paired her with the music themed paper and die.  Doesn't she just make you think of the old lady down the street who gives piano lessons and her living room is full of piano music books and smells musty?

On the inside I used Fabulous You (Sku#G2987).

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Dance like no one's watching...

I felt like making a purple card yesterday. I know that probably sounds strange
but that's how this card started. I flipped through my index book of all my
Art Impressions stamps and thought the girlfriends would look good in purple.

I paper-pieced their leotards and colored the rest of them

with Copic markers.
The image and verses are from a set called

Dancers set of 4.
(they're also sold separately if you prefer)

 Here's a picture of the inside

and don't forget about the challenge at Art Impressions

challenge blog right now.  This week it's all about
anything relating to fitness, workouts or dieting.

Tools & accessories...

Dancers Set of 4 (Sku#3580)

EK Success music border punch

Spellbinders rectangle

flowers

brad 

lace

 

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Butterflies are like music dancing in the wind

My card today is a birthday card. 

I was inspired by this card.

I just cut the piano and inset out freehand

and then added the keyboard.

(I'm not a pianist so forgive me it the layout

of the keys makes no sense!)

I then added my flowers and butterflies 

which were cut using a Sizzix die and some

punches.

Here's the inside.  I used a beautiful verse from

My Sentiments Exactly and a cheap $1 wood stamp.

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