Just FORE you

 I love a good theme card.  I love to personalize a card with someone's name and fit it into the design or make it the centerpiece of the design.  This one I fit it in.  Sometimes, it's easier for me to create a card if there is a theme involved, especially for a masculine card.  I mean, I'm all about the froo froo, flowers, butterflies, hearts...I can go on forever with those. 

 I do like how this card turned out.  I hope the recipient enjoyed as well. 

 The image is from Cricut DS.  The tiny letters are from a Spellbinders card kit die set in my stash.  I dry embossed the golf ball with the swiss dots embossing folder and used the debossed side.  I used some glossy accents on the golf tee and it wasn't dry when I took the picture, that's why it doesn't look smooth.  The was a 5 x 7 card.

When someone asks for over the top

 I was asked to make a personalized card for a person celebrating his first year work anniversary with a company.  The company wanted to the card to be over the top.  I wouldn't typically use glitter card on a man's card, but she said to do it up big.  So, I did. I even added a shaker element to the front. The funnest thing about doing this project was I knew the recipient and it was a lot of fun to personalize the card to him.  This is a 6x6 concertina fold card card.  It was more like a book when finished.  I cut all the elements with my cricut from design space.  I'm told he really enjoyed the card.

Easter Bunny Fun

 I have a sweet friend who runs a daycare and she saw this item and wondered if I could make it.  Mine is different in regards to how it's made, size, writing style, and die cutting, but they turned out adorable.  She plans to give them to her kids for Easter.  I used a die from spellbinders for the rabbit and the carrots are an SVG from Cricut DS.  I even used tiny pink poms poms for their tails, though I'm not sure you can see them in the picture.  I used stickles glitter glue in pink for their little noses.  These are 4.5 x 5.75 finished size.  

Another special birthday

 I think one of the best things about making a handmade card is making it for someone I know.  A friend reached out to me for a birthday card, and I used these bright, bold colors.  Once again, I reached for Bibi's butterfly collection and made a shaped easel card.  This card fits into a 5x7 envelope.  I heat embossed the sentiments from several stamp sets.  I can't wait for her to receive the card, even though it's not from me, it does contain a lot of thought and love.  

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. 

Why dandelions bring me joy

I have a special place in my heart for dandelions.  You see, most people see a weed.  I see a child's ability to blow the seeds.  Our fifth daughter, Lillian is 16 and nothing in this world has come easily for her.  Many years ago, I found myself crying as I mowed down the dandelions in the yard. All I could think of was the joy I had as I watched her pick one of those "weeds" and be able to make the seeds fly off. It took her years of therapy to be able to blow.  She is 16 and cannot blow up a balloon, but I'll never forget the day she blew the seeds off the dandelion AND to this day, she still loves to pick them.  When I saw this stencil at Scrapbook.com, I knew I had to have it.  I'm fairly clueless to mixed media...but I have a huge youtube education...HA!  I had purchased these Vicki Boutin stencil butters at Tuesday Mornings at least four years ago and never used them, so when the stencil arrived I practiced with the gold and silver.  They were beautiful in and of themselves.  I did little else to them so the stencil could shine.  I kind of regret adding all the pops of color to the gold version, but live and learn.  The person who received it, loved it and that's all that matters to me!

A "quicker" card

 I made this card using an older, spellbinders die set.  It came together a bit faster than my usual cards because I already had a card base ready.  Picking colors is something I struggle with from time to time, so that is usually what takes me a long time.  I didn't use every single die in the set, but it does lean toward a 5 x 7 card.  I'm also a fan of roses.  I like ALL flowers, but I do love roses.  I wound up die cutting a lot more flowers than I first intended, and was happy with the final result.  I stamped a sentiment from a stamp set from Stamp Simply, embellished with some gold, flat back pearls, and added a thankful die cut cut 3 times from a scrap of gold cardstock.