Friday, June 26, 2015

Can't Make 2 Cards Alike

I have a real problem when making cards that I just can't make cards exactly alike (except when making for a requested occasion like rehearsal dinners). I get into a card making marathon and I want to make as many cards as I can so I set up a production line.  This was the result of one of those marathons, cards are alike except for the sentiment and where I placed it, no time at all and 2 pretty cards. Hope you like them and thanks for stopping by.

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Stately Flowers

Gina K has a series of stamp sets called Stately Flowers and if you have a Silhouette cutting system there are free cut files and frames for them.  This frame is from the 8th set and the flower is from the 5th set.  The stamp sets are really beautiful and the cut files make for a more interesting card. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Fat Cat

Papertrey Ink came out with this Halloween set called Superstition. I have a few family members who are cat lovers and when I wanted to make my sister-in-law a birthday card I thought of Bonnie and her cats and decided this would be perfect for her. I cut a circle into a piece of scrap card stock and created this sun for the cat to watch then drew in the horizon and using daubers created the land and the sky. After that was all done I stamped the cat using black ink. After I had it all done I realized that I had stamped the cat using the back of the stamp hence the Fat Cat. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Smile Little Boy

I was going thru my stash of cards and found a couple of them that had been hanging out in the box for way too long. I looked at them and thought to myself  'What on earth were you thinking'. I guess it was a moment of absolutely no inspiration. One card there was no redeeming it so into the trash it went, this card base was still good so I removed the DP that was on it and went looking for a DP that would work with this card stock. I found this in a My Mind's Eye paper pack called PLAYDATE. It is an old one from 2012 but I still had a few sheet left and this one kind of tickled me. It is a 6 x 6 pad so I trimmed it down and decided to let the S M I L E be my sentiment and leave the DP be the focal point. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Monday, June 22, 2015

Fleece Navi-baa

I tried to combine a white wash technique with humor and like washing something red in with the whites I got pink sheep. A couple of years ago Gina K Designs came out with this set Fleece Navi-baa and it is just so cut I had to try it out. Well it sort of worked, pink sheep for Christmas??? Hope you like them and thanks for stopping by.

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Happy Father's Day to the New Dads and the Experienced Dads

We have two new Dads in our family this year, my youngest nephew and my oldest nephew both became first time fathers in the past few months. My brother-in-law and my middle nephew are the experienced Dads. It is an exciting time for our family right now so I'm so happy to salute them all.

Saturday, June 20, 2015

A Wheelbarrow of Flowers

Both Gina K designs and Papertrey Ink put out small stamp sets that fill a niche. This wheelbarrow stamp is from Gina K and the sentiment may be hers or Papertrey Ink ( I can't find the stamp at the moment because I've been cleaning and everything is out of whack). I've been trying to make 2 of every card I make just changing them slightly to help fill up my stash of cards. Hope you like them and thanks for stopping by.

Friday, June 19, 2015

Double Whammy

Oh boy, with this card I got a double whammy. Making a masculine card using existing supplies. The tree was left over from Christmas cards is a die cut from Papertrey Ink's In The Meadow set and the deer are stamps from the same set. I'm not sure where the sentiment is from,

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Wedding

Continuing with my quest to use up existing supplies I made a few simple wedding cards using crosses from a Nestablities set.  I wanted to keep it very simple to allow the sentiment from Wordsworth and the Cross to be the focus. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Choo Choo

Since we have young boys in the family I needed to come up with cards for them, Trains are always a good way to go with the little ones (and I shouldn't be sexist and say this would be good only for boys since girls can be interested in trains also). So anyway I stamped this with Memento London Fog using the Papertry Ink stamp set Train Tracks. It is such a cute set with a variety of options. I wanted to keep it neutral and the DP from Basigrey"s Hey Boy paper pack was just perfect for this card. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Apple Blossom Time

Gina K Designs has a series of stamp sets called Stately Flowers, this is from #9 of the sets and it's Michigan's state flower so of course I had to use it. There are both a small and a large flower in the set and I got the idea to randomly stamp the small one as a background stamping off once with Memento London Fog but oops I forgot on one so I went to plan b and stamped 3 of the small ones to color and one of the large. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Monday, June 15, 2015

Fab Birthday

I had such fun making this card, again it was inspired by trying to clean up my desk.  The DP is some that I've had hanging around for a while and since I wanted to make some black and white cards this worked out well.  Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Sunday, June 14, 2015

The Iris

Flowers are so easy to make cards with, they can cover a multitude of occasions.  This Iris is a fun one to color.  Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Sail Away

I've been trying to use up supplies that I have on hand and this card is a result of a burst of card making I did the other day.  I had some card bases made up and I found a stash of die cuts from Gina K's Ship to Shore set.  I went looking for DP to use as water and hand cut the waves. The cloud was from I don't know where and the bird is part of this same set.  Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Tipped Bowls

This is the other card I made using the Bowl of Sunshine set from Papertrey Ink. The DP is from Gina K Designs. I love these bowls and I remember seeing similar ones on tables in the past so it brings back happy memories. Hope you like the card and thanks for stopping by.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

The Old Covered Bridge

This image is from a Gina K set Country Road and the sentiment is from the same set.  I colored with Copics and kept is very simple to make is a somewhat quiet card. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Pretty Bowls

I've been working making some cards for a friend (that's you Nan) and had fun putting this card and another one together (one for Nan and one for me).  The DP is from Gina K and the bowls are from a Papertrey Ink set.  Hope you like them and thanks for stopping by.

Monday, June 8, 2015

Ribbon and Flowers

This has got to be one of my favorite stamps. I've had it for years, I think it's one of the first ones I bought. I think it is great for any occasion.  Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Sunday, June 7, 2015

Happy Birthday Dylan

I needed a birthday card for my youngest nephew (he's 23 today) and a new father. Not sure how much of a party animal he is now but I thought this one would be cute for him.  Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Happy St. Pat's

Here's one of the cards I made to celebrate March 17th. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Friday, June 5, 2015

Joy to the World

Another Christmas card from last year. I just love the colors.  It's another Papertrey Ink set colored with Copics. Thanks for stopping by.

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Autumn Hello

It has been cool enough the last few days that one would almost think we skipped over summer and went right to fall. Luckily it's warmer today so I think we are safe. This is a Papertrey Ink set that I've had for a few years and I thought it would be really pretty embossed with copper/bronze embossing powder. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

White Washed Tulips

I've posted cards with this technique before but I love it so much here it is again. Thanks for stopping by.

Monday, June 1, 2015

Houses on the Hill

I didn't post any of the cards I made for Christmas this year (otherwise busy in the chemo chair), so I wanted to share one now.  The houses are die cuts from Papertrey Ink colored with Copics and the hills are another die cut from Papertrey Ink. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.