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.

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Once Upon A Time

My sister has asked for an Anniversary card for her Mother and Father-In-Law. I believe this is 51 years for them but I'm not positive. I had just picked up some very pretty stamps in the A.C. Moore dollar bin and thought they'd be perfect for what I had in mind for their card. The two stamps were "once upon a time" and "home is where your heart lives". The Happy Anniversary is from PSX. I used the 'Aged Sheet Music Scrapblock for the background. On the front I stamped it in Versafine Black Onyx and on the inside where I knew my sister would be writing I used Stampin' Up's Going Gray. All of the mattes were cut with Spellbinder's Nestabilities and the flower swirl is from Cuttlebug. The beautiful roses on the front are from Stampin' Up and they are colored with a combination of Copic markers and watercolor pencils. The corners on the inside and out were cut from an EK Success Paper Shapers punch.

Damian's Thank You

This Christmas at school was quite touching for me. It was my first Christmas there since I started last March. The teachers, aides, parents and kids were quite generous to remember me. So much so that I joked that I'm going to have to spend my entire break making thank you cards. One boy gave me this angel. I took it home before his aide was able to see it and he wanted me to bring it back to school so she could see it. I figured posting it here and showing her my blog would be easier. Plus, now you all get to see how sweet he was. I used the Inkadinkado "You Rock" set. I think he'll really enjoy it. Merry Christmas and thank you Damian!