Here are some cards that I made for a friend's for an upcoming special birthday. I used a gorgeous paper from my stash, it's embossed, stamps: SU, ink is CTMH, ribbon is from an old chatterbox kit.

For this card, patterned paper is Heidi Grace, CS and ink is CTMH, stamp is CTMH, floral is Prima.

and one that was a quickie for a little boy's 2nds birthday. Stamps are Memory Box and fontwerks. Ink is CTMH.