Ombre die cutting

This beautiful die came out of a set of borders I have from spellbinders.  I am a huge fan of spellbinders and bonus their dies come detached.  I cut a 4x6 rectangle and lined it with 4 of the die cut pieces.  The flower die is a favorite of mine from a Simon Hurley Die set.  I inked the flower to give it just a little dimension as well as doing some shaping with my stylus set.  The stamped and die cut greeting is one I've had forever.  Actually, I think one of the very first sets I purchased many years ago.  The butterfly is a sticker from a set I purchased at Hobby Lobby.  Gems from my stash were added as well.  Loving the white space which is not usually my jam. This might be as clean and simple as I can be.  HA!  What do you think?  Yay or nay.

Butterfly feel better

 My Grandma will be 91 this month.  She fell a few weeks ago, and thankfully didn't have major injuries, but did incur many stitches in her head.  I was able to throw together a quick 5x7 card to send her to hopefully lift her spirits.  I used Bibi's Butterfly collection from Spellbinders.  This might possibly be my favorite collection ever.  The inside contains a pop up butterfly.  I dry embossed the inside panels so it appears the butterfly is in a field of flowers.  She enjoyed the card and I especially enjoyed making it for her.  Unfortunately, in my haste to get it in the mail, I did not allow my sentiment adequate drying time, so it smeared the inside. 

How about a heartfelt feel better?

 I was inspired by a card on pinterest that used colored card strips to make a birthday card.  The pinner made her card a celebrate card.  I put my own touch on the card.  I used a die from Scrapbook.com and their warm slimline paper pad for my color palette.  Each color is represented.  I used some vellum as a shadow.  I used some enamel dots I've had in my stash, but the Rose pops of color match this paper pad very nicely.  The heart die is from Simon Says stamp, I purchased it a long time ago on one of their special deal days.