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.  

Blessed

 I make a lot of thank you cards, and I love a heart motif.  Being that it is the month of love (and also my birthday month, bring on 47) I thought I'd share a few recent cards.  My medically fragile daughter  was ill over Christmas and each day someone blessed us in some way shape or form financially, groceries, or meals and I whipped out handmade cards to express our appreciation.  I saw this particular technique on Natasha Foote's youtube channel using Nuvo drops.  I have several Nuvo drops but have found that I prefer pops of color from scrapbookcom, so I wanted to use up some of my Nuvo drops.  Basically, you scrape the blobs of drops down the cardstock and you get this really cool mixed media...very, very neat.  I started and just couldn't stop.  Any of these would make cool valentine cards for anyone you wanted to share with.  

If you haven't seen the ink drops paper from Craft Consortium, go check them out, they are GORGEOUS.  This is one of the papers on the background of this card.  I purchased mine from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

 This card was my attempt at a rainbow look. Inked the edges with black ink and I think it helped it to pop.

And this little beauty is my favorite.  I really got a wide variety of looks on my hearts.  Added some embossing on the background sheets to complete the look.  I enjoy mixed media, but I just hate waiting for stuff to dry...love how these turned out.

Love is in the air

 My mom recently asked me to make some cards for her to put in her stash.  She requested a card for her hubby for Valentine's Day.  They live in the woods and he's a skilled builder.  I thought I would fashion a card that appeared as though their initials had been carved into wood.  I stamped the background with a Stamps of Life stamp set.  Heat embossed their initials on the heart "wood" which I inked on the edges with black soot distress ink.  His favorite color is yellow, so patterned paper to the rescue!  I realized that I really enjoy stamping.  I tend to die cut a lot because that is what I have access to most.  The goal this year is to get back to more stamping because I really love that aspect of card making.  

Galentine's for my gals

 Been a hot minute since I posted...HA!  That's the understatement of the year.  I'm going to try to stay on top of this blog. Hopefully, it will inspire you or just give you a smile.  Today I'm sharing a couple "Galentine Day" cards I made for two very dear friends.  These cards were CASed from Joy from her youtube channel, Create it with Joy.  She is an amazing cardmaker and she inspires me LOTS.  I used my Cricut to cut my tic tac toe board and my lay out is a touch different than hers, but really loved how they turned out.  I know my "gals" will too.  

Twins Baby Shower

A young mother at my church is about to have twin girls.  I was able to attend a baby shower for her last week and had the opportunity to make this card for her. I used the Baby Steps cartridge to create the cuts for the inside.  She adored the card and actually passed it around the room.  It's so fun to be able to see the joy on someone's face when you can give them such a unique card.  Thanks for stopping by and be blessed.  :)

Shape Card Sunday

Time for another shape card sunday challenge over at Sarah's.


We were to make a birthday shape card.  I used the Paisley cartridge.  I just love the two little owls that are on there.  I welded two shadows of this owl and then made his normal cut and the layers minus the black layer.  I knew I'd be put on some google eyes.  You know these little creatures just cry out for google eyes! 

I then welded two little rectangles to the shadow shape so it would look like her little feet were holding the sentiment.  I inked the rectangle with ink pads in two colors that matched my main cardstock.  I also inked around the entire card.

I added a little black twine bow and also some black jewels.  It is stamped with a scrappy mom's stamp for the owl set...it says another year older...and wiser. 

Take the challenge with us, it's always good to have birthday cards on hand! :) thanks for checking out my project and be blessed!
Michelle

Crocs Rule?

I recently purchased this Cricut Lite Crocs Rule cartridge at my local Walmart.  It was clearanced out for 20.00.  I kept passing it up over and over again becuase it's not really my style, but I finally caved in and got it..  Being a mom of five girls there is not a lot of opportunity to use a "croc" theme.  Anyway, this is my first attempt using a cut from the cartridge.  The little fish is embossed and I just HAD to add some google eyes to my croc.  It's a fairly simple card.  The meaning is also simple...just when it feels like there is no hope...all things are possible with God!  Thanks for checking it out and be blessed.