Just a Note

I needed a card for my 9-year old grandson. He's in 4th grade and loves Legos.

I used the Notebook Paper embossing folder by Darice and ran some light blue ink over the lines. I die cut a Lego figure from some paper I had and attached it with dimensionals.

Of course, I had to make a matching envelope with "notebook" paper from a Mambi pad.

He loves receiving snail mail, so this will be a nice surprise!

Flowers and Bling

I have spent the last few days reorganizing my supplies, and I went through my "inspiration" folder. This card is based on one I received and wanted to recreate.

I drew the lines and stamped with a small dot. I used my Sharpie markers on rhinestone gems to match my flowers.

This would also be cute using a snowflake theme.

It's a Chicken!

I needed a chicken-themed thank you card. I don't have the "rustic" look in my stash, so I used what I had.

The chicken was made with heart dies. The nose is a banner die with Glossy Accents. The chicken, "thank you" and heart are attached with dimensionals. I don't have anything chicken wire, but I thought my Honeycomb embossing folder mimicked it well enough. I distressed the edges and added the brown gingham ribbon and bow.

There are several versions of chicken cards on Pinterest.

Thanks

I'm using Lawn Fawn's A Birdie Told Me stamp set and coordinating die again. I obviously love this set!

The base is white cardstock, and the black panel was stamped with Champagne VersaMark for a subtle background. Then I used bright colors for the talk bubbles, all embossed with white embossing powder.

 

 

Thanks to Jennifer McGuire for this card idea.

 



Hot Air Balloons

I used Lawn Fawn's Blue Skies stamp set and coordinating die set. I love the Lawn Fawn line--they have a lot of stamp/die sets.

The kraft cardstock is 4x4. I used the die to cut a cloud out of the blue paper and placed white behind it. I stamped the balloon with black and used the die from the set. The "thanks" stamp is also from the set, which I heat embossed with white powder.

Merry Christmas to all!

Glitter & Snowflakes

I used navy blue for the cardstock base and stamped a white panel with snowflakes. The oversized tag was inked with Dusty Concord, Broken China and Tumbled Glass distress ink. I covered the tag with Glue N' Seal, then sprinkled it with Clear Rock Candy dry glitter. I used three sizes of snowflake stamps on top of the glitter in various shades of blue. I added a navy blue bow and the thank you stamp from Avery Elle Oh Happy Day set. I stamped it in Turquoise pigment ink by Color Box and heat embossed with clear powder. It is attached with dimensionals.

The clear glitter is beautiful! And the dry glitter by Tim Holtz is easy to work with--not nearly as messy as other glitters.

Talk Bubbles

I love the Lawn Fawn stamp and die sets. I tried to use every stamp from the A Birdie Told Me set!

I used navy blue and lime green on kraft cardstock. I'm pretty sure lime green goes with everything, and this ribbon almost glows in the dark! It's cloudy and raining here today...that must be the reason I chose electric lime green.

Some stamping, heat embossing, one die cut and some ribbon. I used dimensionals on the green talk bubble.

Cheery Thank You

I've put away my Christmas paper for the year, and today I'm using pink and yellow. This is one of my favorite combinations for bright and cheery.

I've added a satin ribbon with three pink brads. My Lawn Fawn stamps and die make the banner, which was heat embossed with white.

Gingerbread Man Christmas Card

Red and white -- one of my favorite color combinations. These teeny tiny cookie cutters are so cute! Two embossing folders, some ribbon and it's done!

Next up...thank you cards.

Christmas Card

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Today's card has a dark purple background panel embossed with Wood Grain. Some triangle die cuts make up the tree. I used Stickles on the star and scalloped edge for a little sparkle.

I have another Christmas card to share tomorrow and then I'll be working on other occasions.

Gift Card Holder

It has been a busy week! I'm making gift card holders, both special orders and for myself. There are so many variations, and I like that I can make different cards for everyone.

 

I've seen several variations of this card. I love red, white and silver.

 

The gift card is tucked in the pocket and there's plenty of room to sign it. And this one needed a silver envelope.

A Bright Thank You

I was busy last week with some custom orders and Christmas cards. I decided to do bright pink and yellow today and accidentally created a nice effect with the background.

I wanted to do tone-on-tone, adding a die cut to my background panel and then running it through my "Thank You" Cuttlebug folder. The embossing was too busy and my die cut wasn't showing very well. I ran it through "Swiss Dots," thinking it would flatten the previous embossing. Here's where the accidental creation comes in...it did somewhat flatten the previous embossing and I thought it was interesting.

The photo doesn't exactly show the subtlety of the first embossing, but you can see the dots and part of the die cut (the cursive "thank").

 

I added a 3 layer butterfly with pink Liquid Pearls on the body. I love how it turned out and the brightness of the colors!

 

 



Silver Ornaments Card

I love this die from Impression Obsession! I used it with patterned paper, and now I'm using it with aluminum foil. I think the color combination is stunning.

I finished it off with narrow red ribbon on a white background panel with my favorite embossing folder (Swiss Dots) and some stripes.

Reindeer Card

I was busy last week making Christmas cards for an Open House/Craft Fair. This reindeer card with the red gem on his nose is always popular.

 

Now...to get these Christmas cards listed at my online store!