Isn't he the cutest???

 I made this sweet card from a stamp set created by Joy, from Create it with Joy.  You can find her on youtube.  She does a week long series of shark themed cards for her shark week.  She created this stamp set last year.  This year, she has created a new and bigger stamp featuring this cute little guy and also procured a card kit that can only be ordered from now until May 14th. Then, in August when she starts shark week you can make along!!  So fun!! Go check out her channel to learn more here . She is an incredibly talented card maker/ creator.  

I dry emobossed this background with an old cuttlebug folder, colored this little shark with spectrum noir triblends, added some water droplet embellishments, and it's hard to see, but I coated his great big smile with glossy accents.  I added some gel pen highlights to finish it off.  

Let the AUDventure begin

 I was asked to create a card for a young lady graduating from audiology school.  Her parent said she loved travel and wanted something unique.  I have to thank pinterest for the play on words, but this is how the card turned out.  She loved it and I hope the recipient does too.  It was quite large and I used Cricut DS to create the outside and stamped the sentiments on the inside as well as her name (not pictured)

The moment I saw these flowers...

 I knew I wanted them.  I just fell in love with the design and size.  I think I may have mentioned that I make a lot of thank you cards.  This falls into the category.  Since my husband had surprise open heart surgery in March, I have a long list of people I need to thank for their love, support, and generosity.  I don't think I'm quite half through my list, but after wiping out my card stash, I made this card to go out to someone on the list.  I pray and kind of wait for the Lord to direct me to the right person.  A lot of times, He has already spoken it my spirit while I'm in the process.  

There are SOOO many things I love about this card.  I love the arched details I made using my arched dies from Spellbinders.  The flowers are a set from Simon Hurley and Spellbinders.  The papers are from my stash.  The sentiment is from a gratitude stamp set I got from scrapbook.com. I embellished with white pops of colors.  (if you like nuvo drops, check out pops of color from scrapbook.com, they have quickly become my goto, such a great product.) 

Personalized Card

 I love to add personal  touches to a card.  I think it just makes it a little more special.  I had the opportunity to make a card for someone I also happen to know.  I took some time studying photos of her pets and incorporated them into her card.  I love how it turned out.  So fun.  She really enjoyed the card and that makes me so happy!!

I will never tire of making these butterfly cards

 You know I love my butterfly dies.  I had a request for a beach themed birthday card.  I went straight to my butterfly dies and decided to build a scene.  There are so many things I did to make the scene come to life.  I inked the name in the sand to give it some attention.  I used a snow pen to create the surf on the beach.  (is that the right word?) I heat embossed happy birthday in the water to give it a "wet" appearance.  I was really pleased with the outcome.  I like a good scene and to top it off I got to use my butterflies too!  

When your words come back to bite you

 I made this beautiful sympathy card for my Mom to have on hand in her card stash.  The flower is a Tim Holtz color layering set.  I got it at Hobby Lobby, several months ago, at a deep discount.  When I pulled out the die set, I was astounded at the number of dies there were to create the composition.  It was a time-consuming process.  As I showed my Mom the card and described it, the first words out of my mouth were, see this card, this one here will not be a repeat. There were so many teeny pieces it took me forever to assemble.  Well, don't you know, my Mom sent that card to a friend of mine who suffered a recent loss.  She reached out to me and asked me for 4 of those same cards....I just have to giggle.  I guess the Lord is building my patience/tolerance level and maybe teaching me to never say never...LOL.  I will joyfully make my friend those 4 cards and be glad in it!  

I love to make cards for kids

 A friend of mine reached out to me for a birthday card for her little granddaughter.  The theme of the party was mermaids.  This particular friend will also send me a party invitation so I can kind of match the theme.  I also enjoy making the cards interactive because I want the child to love the card until it dies...LOL if you get my drift.  This card turned out so stinking cute.  I used an old Spellbinders card kit ephemera  for most of the sea pieces.  I cut some of the sea weed with dies and the mermaid is a die set that came in the same kit.  When I make a kids card, I like to add glitter, dimension, and like I said interaction.  This card, when pulled on the sides, the "swimming" creatures move back and forth.  The background papers are from a paper pad I purchased at Hobby Lobby many years ago.  Everything came together so nicely for this card.