Bigger cards for the time being

So, I have almost used up all the 5 x 7 card bases that I inherited from Mimi in 2004. Here are a few of the cards I made with a 12 x 12 pad from Michaels'.

The birds are a die from Paper Smooches, the hello is unbranded.

This is made with a combination of dies from Spellbinders and Gina Marie Designs.  The sentiment is from a very old set from Lawn Fawn.

Let's hear it for the butterfly from Honey Bee Stamps. The oval die is from Gina Marie Designs.

The "hugs" die is unbranded.

No dies, all the patterned paper. The sentiment has been stamped a while and was just waiting for a card to hop on!

The die was cut with a Gina Marie Designs die and embossed with a folder from Spellbinders.  The "thanks" is from an unbranded die.

 

Sunshine and shadows

 So here's what happens when I take my cards out on the front porch in the late afternoon to photograph them.  Shadows, that's what happens.  And it was so hot that I knew it was happening and I didn't care.

This is the layered sunflower from Honey Bee Stamps. The sentiment is from the "My Favorite Flower" stamp set with matching dies. The gingham paper is from Honey Bee Stamps, too.

Here are two more from the impressionist paper pad I was trying to kill recently.  These panels were cut already and in my scrap box. Imagine that! And the flying birds were in my sequin dish on the side of my desk.  They've got to fly!

Last (for now) is the cute Whittle pig and sunshine from Poppy Stamps.  The ink smooshed background was another panel that was in my scrap box. I was determined to use it this time.  See, I'm still on my "use it up" spree, even if the sunflower die and the whittle animals are not old (to me anyway).