Cottage Garden...

I feel in love with this paper as soon as I saw it! It is from K & Company, Designer Paper by Tim Coffey called Cottage Garden. I bought the pad of paper with 36 sheets so I got 3 of each design which allowed me to create the 3 dimension look. I made these cards for Mother's Day, huge hit!!

The birds are also from K & Company which I found at Michaels. The cool thing about this line is that they have die cuts, buttons & brads, tags, ribbon and other papers that all match and coordinate with each other.

To create the 3D affect I cut the first flower as the whole flower then I cut the other two a bit smaller to fit inside. I used pop up's to give it the raised 3D effect. On the birds I used thicker pop ups so that they would sit just infront of the flower.

Enjoy your day....Michelle

Cupcake JJ

Another favorite of mine from Totally Stampalitious....Cupcake JJ.

I used my new cupcake punch as well. I punched it out in pink and blue and then I was able to use the blue as the frosting....love it!! The inside saying on the card says, "Cupcakes are CALORIE FREE on your Birthday!" Of course they are, it's just like when someone else brings donuts to the office they are completely fat free too. Well that is what I tell myself but somehow I still feel guilty. Why is that??

Enjoy your day, Michelle