vintage Hello card and mini album to England

This card was made for a lovely lady in England named Layne and her hubby.  They are a couple that Brian met online.  They play an online game with him.  I've spoken to her a couple of times and she's just the nicest person you could meet.  When she and I were talking and she asked about my interest, I told her scrapbooking, of course, and she said that she didn't know what that was.  She said they had card making where she was from but she had no idea what all went into the books. So I made her this mini album to show her.

It's just a basic board book that I used the Whimsy line by Making Memories on.  I also used a few Prima that i had layered to make them look like that and then glimmer misted them.  the paisley die cut is a cricut cut.  I used Bazzill card stock. I also included a little accordion fold album with some embellishments for her to give scrap booking a try. 

Memorial Day card for Brian

Wow this must be some kind of record, three post in one day!!! I really should practice making post more often. I know that Memorial Day is really a time to remember our fallen solders of war but I wanted to just make a small token of appreciation for my Hubby, Brian who so bravely fought in the Iraq war.  He has sacrificed so much for this country and I like to tell him that I haven't forgotten what he went thru for our freedom and for us to live at peace, just every chance I get.  I love to honor him for all that he has done.  I want him to know that I am proud of him and altho I missed him terribly and worried about his safety non stop while he was gone, I was at the same time just bursting with pride in him.  so, thank you, Brian, for all you have given to your country and to me.  I love you, Baby.

I made this card from a napkin that I collected one year that Brian and I went to the Marine corp Ball.  The card base is watercolor paper that I stained with coffee. I then used modge podge to adhere the napkin to the watercolor paper and then added a coat on top.  I had never tried this myself before altho I have seen it done with tissue paper.  I like the effect it gave.  It had a texture to it that felt like masking tape does on the surface.   The "Thank You" stamp was one from Making Memories; the cardmaker clear stamp set.  I stamped it with Versa mark and then heat embossed it with gold and I also used the versa mark to emboss the gold around the edges of the piece.  I also used just regular old pigment ink to color the back ground. the red and blue and I used distress inks in Antique Linen for the middle color.  Finally, the America quote is a stamp from Inkadinkado.  I also used Walnut Stain distress ink all around the outer edge. I think this card turned out great and had a great classic look to it.  Hope you enjoyed it!!!