With a new month comes a new Kit of the Month over at Unity Stamp Co.! I couldn't resist these cute shamrocks and decided to create a slimline card.

 Obsessing with my Winnie the Pooh collection, I just had to pull it out again to make a baby card when we went to meet my friend's baby, Theodore!

 It was our nephew, Lucan's 15th birthday on the weekend! Can't believe it! He is getting more into playing golf these days and we got him some golf balls for his birthday so I thought I'd better make him a golf themed card :).

 I am up on the Studio Katia Blog this morning sharing a birthday card featuring the Daisy Bunch stamp set. I have so many daisies around my place right now that I just had to take this set out! I took out Dotted Slimline Set 3 and cut out two scalloped backgrounds in white cardstock. I took one of them and cut off the scallops along the dotted lines and set aside the one still in tack to use later. I stamped the daisies at the bottom of the panel in black ink and added a mask on top so that I could stamp another daisy bunch above. I added another mask on top and stamped a third daisy bunch at the top of the panel. I removed the masks and set them aside for later.

 Here is another slimline card I made while I was trying out the ghost embossing technique! I cut out a background using the Dotted Slimline Set 1 base in kraft cardstock.

 I am up on the Studio Katia Blog today featuring a new technique I wanted to try: ghost embossing! The name sounded interesting so I just had to check it out. I started out with the Dotted Slimline - Set Two large stitched rectangle and cut it out in some kraft cardstock. Next, I took out the Sunshine of Hope sunflower and started in the middle of the card. I inked up the sunflower with Vintage Photo distress ink and stamped the image twice. Then, I shifted the slimline panel over to the right and down ever so slightly. Next, I inked up the sunflower with some white pigment ink. I stamped the image 3 times. This produces the 'ghost embossing' effect by giving the illusion that the sunflower has been embossed!

*TIP* the amount you want to shift your panel to achieve this effect really depends on the thickness of the image you are using; the lines of this sunflower are not very thick, so I did not shift it very much!

 I am up on the Studio Katia Blog today with my first shaker card project! I am fairly new to the world of shaker cards and let me tell you, Studio Katia is the perfect spot to get all of your shaker card needs! With Mother's Day coming up soon, I wanted to make some personalized cards for both my Mom and my Mother-in-Law. What do you call your grandmother? Grandma? Nana? Nonna? Gigi? Oma? This written tutorial will detail how I made the 'Grandma' card and my YouTube video tutorial will show how I made the 'Nana' card. Supplies for both cards are listed and linked below.

 It's my baby's 2nd birthday today!

*update* I am thrilled to be featured on the Lawn Fawn blog this week!

 These cards were made for my students out on practicum! I wanted to create a little scene with these sweet Lawn Fawn goats and decided to make a mini slimline.