A Couple of Cards

I have a hard time using purple for some reason.  The card never turns out the way I originally anticipate it will.  But here are two cards with different shades of purple.  One a thank you card and the other for a birthday.  They're not my favorite, but thought I would post them anyway.  Does anyone have any tips with using purple?  I'd love to hear them!!  Have a great weekend everyone!!

Details:

Card Size - 5X7

Image - Sending A Big Thank You from PTI

Embossing - Preserves Cuttlebug Folder

Dies - Spellbinders Large Scalloped Octagons

Flower - My Favorite Things - Upsey Daisies

Paper and Felt - PTI Royal Velvet

Details:

Card Size - 5X5

Image - Gina K Design's Stately Flowers 1 - Wood Violet

Copics - V12,V15,V17YG93,YG95

Die - Spellbinder's Floral Doily Motifs

Paper - PTI - Guide Lines and Coredinations

Thanks!

Happy New Year! Along with the usual loose weight, exercise resolutions, I made a couple blogger ones too.  One....I'm going to post more and two....make a Christmas card every 25th of the month.  I did this in 2010 and it was great to have several Christmas cards when the holidays rolled around.  Something that I didn't have this year!!  Besides that, I have so many stamps that are just waiting to be inked, it will be good to get them out and actually make something with them!! LoL!  Here is a thank you card that I made with these great new Loopsy-Daisy Dies from Papertrey Ink.  They were so much fun to make and ohhhh the possibilities.

Details:

Card Size - 5X7

Image - Flower from PTI's Loopsy-Daisy Die

Sentiment - Cuttlebug's With Gratitude

Paper - From DOTS - A friend of my gave me a bunch - love the color

Embossing - Swiss Dots

A couple of cuts from the Filigree Border Die from PTI

Thank You So Very Much

I needed a thank you card and thought I would practice with my Copic coloring. I'm taking three Copic classes this week and I'm so excited to learn more about how to shade, feathering, color hair and anything else I can learn.  So I'm sure you'll be seeing more copics on my blog after this week!  Stay tuned and thanks for stopping by.  I hope to be back with another card later in the week.   See you soon!

Details:

Card Size - 5X7

Image - Purrr-fectly Delightful Stamp Set from Gina K Designs

Sentiment - Take Three Spring from Papertrey Ink

Colored with Copics - BG000, B000, RV21, RV25, Y11, Y17, YG11, YG13

Nesties - Classic Ovals Large and Scalloped - Long Classic Rectangles Large and Scalloped

Paper - Gina K Designs

Embossing - Cuttlebug Folders Polka Dots and Victoria

Ink - Memento Angel Pink

Pinwheel

So am I the last card maker on the planet to do a pinwheel??  And to find out they are so easy!! OWH (Operation Write Home) had a tutorial a while back and I've been wanting to give it a try. Here are the details in case I'm not alone.  Cut 2 squares 2 5/8 inches. Place these two squares at right angles and adhere together. This becomes your base for your pinwheel.

Cut eight squares (4 each of contrasting colors) at 1 1/4 inches. I wanted to add some texture to my small squares, so I embossed four of them with Swiss Dots.  Layer the squares alternating colors and adhere.

Here is the finished project.  You could do so much with these. You could add a bird, different flowers, the possibilities are endless.  I think this would be great for fall with a pumpkin and just think of the things you could add for Christmas!  I will definitely be using this technique again!  Thanks for stopping by!

Details:

Card Size - A2

Paper - Patterned by Imaginisce and plain paper from Coredinations

Embossing - Cuttlebug Swiss Dots

Stamp - White squares were stamped with PTI's Bitty Background Blocks in ColorBox Scarlet Ink

Sentiment - A "thank you" stamp set from Joanns

Nesties - Double Ended Tags

Flower - Tim Holtz Tattered Florals

Heartfelt Thanks

I have always loved this image from Mo's Digital Pencil of an angel holding a puppy.  So I thought it was a perfect image to use as a thank you card for someone who donated money to a favorite animal rescue in memory of our dog Miles.  Isn't she just the sweetest thing?  Have a great week everyone!!

Details:

Card Size - 5X7

Image - Angel with Puppy from Mo's Digital Pencil

Paper - SEI's Black Orchid

Embossing - Cuttlebug's Swiss Dot folder

Nesties - Labels Eight

Punch - MS Vine Trim & Flower from EK

Copics - BG000, BG10, C1, C2, E000, E00, E30, E31,

E37, R20, R21, W0, W1

Misc - Prisma Ultra Fine Glitter, Flat back pearls

Thanks a Bunch!

It's been a busy week, but I did manage to finally get a card finished.  This is another cute digital stamp that I got from Di's Digi Designs. I'm becoming very fond of these digital stamps (if you haven't noticed). They are inexpensive, no storage and so many to choose from.  I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Details:

Card Size - 5X7

Image - For-You from Di's Digi Designs

Sentiment - From Azadi

Nesties - Labels One

Embossing - Folder is from Preserves

Copics - R59, R81, R83, R85, YR31, YG95, C0, C2

Paper - Coredinations

Flowers from my stash



Thanks!

I find you can never have enough thank you cards around. I made this card to thank my husband's aunt and uncle for taking us out to dinner the other night. We had a lot of fun and great food! Thanks for stopping by!





Details:


Card Size - 4 1/4 X 5 1/2
Embossing Folders - Swiss Dots and Polka Dots
Sentiment - Cuttlebug With Gratitude Die Cut
Punch - MS Around the Page Round Lattice
Flower - Spellbinder Shapeabilities - Sunflower Set Two
Paper - Misc that I had on hand

Thanks a Bunch!

Here is another thank you card I made for a co-worker of my husband's. She wanted it for a kindergarten teacher. This new Simply Charmed cartridge is fun! I forgot to write down the details....oh well! Thanks for stopping by!

Thank You Berry Much

I finally got around to using my new Simply Charmed cartridge. It has so many cute images. I was making a few thank you cards for someone this weekend and thought this one turned out kind of cute.

Details:
Card - 4 1/4 X 5 1/2
Image - Simply Charmed Strawberry cut at 4 1/2 inches
Paper - Cosmo Cricket Mini Deck-Garden Variety
Sentiment - Rubber stamp from The Cottage Stamper
Embossing Folders - Swiss Dots and Divine Swirl

Thank You For Your Service

This post goes out to all the men and women that are serving in the Armed Forces to keep this great nation free. I also want to remember those who have served in the past, including both our fathers, grandfathers, aunts and uncles. Thank you for your service. God Bless You!!

"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord" Psalm 33:12

Kitty Thank You Card

Thank you card made with kitty from Everyday Paper Dolls, scallops from Mini Monograms and sentiment from The Cutting Cafe'. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!

This was a very simple Thank You card I made for a friend I work with. She was so sweet to make a donation in memory of our cat Murray to MARL (Michigan Animal Rescue League) http://www.michigananimalrescueleague.org/ which is a great organization that believes that every animal should have the highest quality of life. They do great work!