A first time for everything

I have had this stamp set from the Stamps of Life for at least 10 years.  I have never used it because I just couldn't think of a way to do so.  I made a thank you card for a friend of Matt's who has become like family to us.  I wanted to thank him for his constant prayers and support.  I feel honored to be his friend and humbled by his generosity to our family.  

This is an old school phone, you know, the only way we used to phone a friend???  I guess it might be considered retro by now.  HA!  I colored the phones with my triblend markers.  Added some doodles around the sides.  I added enamel dots from my stash. I hope he enjoys this card, a token of our appreciation.

For my Mom

 My mom has been such a great help to me in attending all of Lillian's doctor appointments.  She buys our meals, listens to me, and I know in spite of anything she is always there for us.  I made her this card to show her a little bit of appreciation although it does not compare to what she does for us.  

I found these card bases at my local goodwill and I thought I might find a good use for them. While I couldn't find the exact measurement for the window with my dies, I created a frame with vellum to highlight the opening in the card.  The cards themselves are on the flimsy side, so I reinforce them with other cardstock.  The floral is a piece of ephemera from a Tim Holtz package. (my mom loves sunflowers) I used clear pops of color and a clay heart that I color matched with an alcohol marker.  

The same but different

 I like to post my cards on Facebook to have another record of them.  Sometimes, it's easier to find them there than scrolling through my phone, cause you, know, they go to the cloud and all that jazz....

After posting the cards from my last blog, I was asked, by another friend, if she could purchase these.  I set to making her a set letting her know colors may change and have little variances.  I think that's the only caveat to being asked for something I've already given/sold.  I may not always be able to recreate the very same card.  That being said, here is set two.  Same, but different. 

Working in my zone

 This is truly where my style leans, butterflies, delicate, scripture added.  As I've previously mentioned, I enjoy working with butterflies and the Craft Consortium Ink Drops papers.  I guess I sort of work backwards.  I chose my design, laid out my papers, cut the focal image backdrops, assembled then looked to see what I had on hand that would match each design.  It works for me.  Then, I perused through my scripture stamps finding a perfect size for each card. It had been a while since I dipped into my memento dew drops and added sentiments with color, I love how soft and pretty they are.  I finished with coordinating colors of pops of color to finish the design.  I added thinking of you inside the cards.  This set was purchased by a friend who loves my work.  I so appreciate her kindness and generosity.  

More Whimsy goodies

 I have loved this donkey set since I first laid eyes on it. I love the goofy grins and faces he has.  When I won the vlog hop I was able to add this stamp set and selfie dies to my gifts. 

 I had a friend request a card for her husband's friend who recently gifted them some very expensive hearing aids.  I found the sentiment "did you hear?" in one of my old Stamps of life stamp sets.  I thought it was perfect for the occasion.  I did some dry embossing.  Popped the polaroid's onto foam tape for dimension.  I colored both donkeys with my triblend markers.  I added pops of color in marine and glossy accents over his eyes for final touches.  I think this makes a nice masculine card and I hope the recipient gets a kick out of it.  

Thank you

 I had been playing around with my three scrapbook.com inks doing some ink blending on a stencil. Those did not turn out to my satisfaction.  So, as not to waste the ink on my sponges, I just swiped them onto a panel of card stock I had on my desk.  It sat on my desk a few days and I figured I could make a card out of it, but just wasn't sure what to do.  Then, as I was scrolling through Facebook I happened to scroll past a post by Amy R and all I saw really was the rainbow and hearts.  It was just a glance, but that put my mind in gear.  This card was totally inspired by her card.  I have followed her work for years and just love it.  It wasn't until I watched her video a few days later that I realized how much I replicated her design. Sort of.  Different mediums, but same concept.  I am using my card as a thank you for a friend.  Thanks, Amy R for your constant inspiration.   As I stated my card is ink blended with three primary colors making the rainbow.  I splattered with gold watercolor paint and added a variety of gold glitter hearts. I  stacked three thanks die cuts and covered with shimmer brush pen and added a gold heat embossing sub sentiment. My card is a mini slimline.

Happy Birthday

 I wanted to make a quick card for one of the office gals at my chiropractor.  This was my second ever infinity shaker card.   I love how it turned out. I dry embossed the letters of her name with the Spellbinders birthday candle embossing folder and covered each letter with a spectrum noir glitter brush pen.  The inside sentiment says Happy a teeny weeny bit late Birthday.  It is a 4x8 slimline card.  I used DS to cut the letters of her name.  The background paper is something old from my stash.