A Jolly Good Time!

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend!  This weekend we attended a surprise birthday party for my good friend Monika.  Monika just traveled to England on vacation, so we had a British themed party for her.  It is only fitting as she is the chair of our Jane Austen group as well.  I love how everyone pitched in, and made food.  I made shepherd's pie, and my sister's delicious strawberry cheesecake trifle.

I thought I would share with you the card I made for Monika.  It was fun to make and used 3 different stamp sets to make it.

Supplies:
Stamps: Stampers Anonymous, Artistic Outpost, Technique Tuesday
Ink: Archival Inks, Distress Markers
Paper: Gina K Designs
Misc. Bingo Marker Tim Holtz

While shopping for Monika's gift I came across a cool British themed suitcase like box to house the goodies in.  I made a faux luggage tag for it as well. I love this picture as I love that she enjoyed the card so much.

It was such a perfect day.  Friends, laughter and plenty of yummy food.  Here is a fun shot of our Jane Ladies.  One member is missing, but she was there in spirit!

That is some cake, right?  Just awesome!

Unfortunately, Benedict Cumberbatch must have lost his invitation, as he was a no-show.

Until next time!

No Face Like Holmes

Hi, guys! Hope you had a great weekend.  It was a very busy one here.  Friday evening was fun as I got to celebrate a friend's birthday with a great group of ladies.  We spend the time laughing, telling stories and eating yummy food.  We celebrate together for each of our birthdays, and the birthday gal picks the restaurant.  This time it was a lovely French restaurant.  I thought I would share the birthday card I made the birthday gal.  My friends and I love Jane Austen, the BBC, British movies, etc.  My friend got me enjoying the BBC Sherlock Holmes series (Benedict Cumberbatch, oh my! I never thought I would love a modern-day Sherlock, but this one is just fabulous), so I thought I would make her a Sherlock card!

Supplies:
Stamps: Artistic Outpost
Paper: Gina K Designs
Ink: Versamark, Distress Ink
Misc.: Clear Embossing Powder


I heat embossed the focal image and all the various background images as well.  I made text boxes on the computer for the sentiment.

Hope you have a great day!