August Stamp of the month Happy Birthday

Hello Everyone!

I have been waiting and waiting to show you this card but I made it for my special friend's birthday and couldn't show you until I actually sent it to her!  Now her birthday is over and I can share!

This card is also using the Framed August Stamp of the month set that I introduced earlier in the month.  I used the frame and the Happy Birthday from this set.

I am also using the brand new Zoe Paper Packet from our upcoming new Close To My Heart Catalog that comes live on September 1st!  You will LOVE it!

I used the Shower Flowers Stamp set for the flowers. 

I used the Sorbet and Pigment ink from the Whimsey Mini Pigment Ink Set along with the  Clear Super Fine Embossing Powder to create that shiny, glossy look on the Frame and the Flowers/leaves. 

I also added some of our brand new Coral Shimmer Trim.  I used the  

Dot Embossing Folder and the Clear Sparkles to make the flowers pop!

Blogging Vacation

Good Morning everyone!

I just wanted to let all my faithful followers know that I will be taking this week off from showing my creations!  It is going to be a  busy, busy week and I just don't have the time to post.  Don't worry though.  I have been busy making some really cute cards and creations and can't wait to show them to you.  You will be really surprised when I do start posting again.  Maybe even this coming weekend!  Until  then have a great week everyone!  Hugs!

Easy Birthday Card

Good Morning! 

Today's card is a very easy birthday card.  I was in a crazy mood and choose colors that I normally wouldn't use for a birthday card.  I tend to lean towards primary colors or very bright cards to celebrate birthdays because I think birthdays should be fun!  I usually add sparkles, or embellishments to brighten the card up as well. But today I didn't do any of those things and think it turned out good.  Hope you enjoy it. 

I used the Brushstrokes Stamp Set for the background.  The colors I used are:  Lagoon Stamp pad, Canary Stamp Pad and the Gypsy Stamp Pad for the background colors.

I also used these same colors for the birthday cake and stand as well as the Sunset Stamp Pad.  I also used the Sunset stamp pad to sponge around the edges of the card.

I used the Build-a-Cake Stamp set for the cake.  

I cut some tiny cute flowers with the Cricut Art Philosophy Collection and sponged the edges with the corresponding inks.  I then took a fine line black journaling pen and made the border around the edges of the card and then drew little black middles to the flowers and then I took the Liquid glass and put a tiny dot on the candle flame and the middle of the flowers to give them a little bit of  sparkle and shine.  

Thanks for stopping by and seeing my card.  Have a great day!  Hugs!

Thanks oodles card

It is already Wednesday?  Just where did Monday and Tuesday go?  Ah well..see you never know when I am going to post and so you can be surprised!  LOL

I don't know if you are like me, but sometimes I get a stamp set and use a couple of stamps from the set and then put it away and don't use all of the stamps on the set.  So I challenged myself to look through some of my sets and find a stamp on set that I haven't used.  This is result of that.  I had used the message and the butterfly on another card  but not the cute flower stamp from this set.  ** Remember to click on the links so you can see the stamp sets and products used in detail.**

I used the Capture The Day stamp set for the flowers and and I used the  Oodles of Doodles Stamp set for the thanks sentiment. 

I also used our Score Board to do the lines on the front and to line up the flowers.  

Colored the flower chain with our Shinhan markers.  I also used some of our Pixie Extra Thick Twine and some of our Bitty Sparkles to make it pop!

Thanks for stopping by!  Check back later for more creations!  Hugs!

Sympathy Card

Today I am showing a sympathy card. 

 I do not like to do sympathy cards.  I love making all kinds of cards.  Sympathy cards are hard! I never know what to say and knowing that the reason I am making one to send to someone because they are sad makes it even harder.

I know the reason to make it a card like this is to share your love and concern but it is always tempting to go out and buy a card instead of trying to figure out what to make and to say! Since I have a whole room of card making supplies the idea of going out to spend even more money on a store bought card really doesn't make a lot of sense!  So with that in mind here is the card I came up with:

I used our new Framed August stamp of the month.  I love this new set.  I has nine fun sentiments to go inside three very cute frames.  Once I started using this set, I am finding lots of excuses to use it!

I also used stamp set Sincere Expressions for the inside sentiment  of the frame. 

I cut the front of the card out with our Cricut Cartridge Artfully Sent Collection.  The inside of the card I used a piece of background paper from our Seaside Paper Packet.  I love this paper and will miss it when it become unavailable at the end of the month!  

I stamped the label from the above set with our  Desert Sand Stamp Pad and the Sympathy Sentiment with our Glacier Stamp Pad.  I took a scrap piece of the 12 X 12 Glacier Cardstock and ran it through the Chevron Embossing Folder and sanded it a bit to get the white core to slightly show through.  Took small strip of our 12 X 12 Desert Sand Cardstock and sanded that as well to put on the top.  Added a few of our Gold Sequins  to finish the card. 

Thank you for looking today.  Have a great weekend!  Hugs!

Pretty Petals Card

Good afternoon!  I am back once again sharing my cards.  It has been a fun and crazy week.  I have been hard at work finishing up my backlog of card kits that I have accumulated over the years and I think I am almost done!  Whoo hoo!  I'm am not posting pictures of the kits to my blog because they are no longer available for purchase and I might decide to use some of them for gifts in the future! 

I have also had the privilege of helping my oldest son and his wife pack up the truck for their new adventure to moving to a different state.  My son will be pursuing a Masters degree and my daughter-in-law a teaching job at a local elementary.  So fun for them.  

Now I am back in the swing of things!  So for today's card I will be showing a simple little Thank You card.

I used Pretty Petals Stamp Set for the flowers.  

I also dug through my stash of stuff and found these cute little buttons. I remember years ago when buttons were all the rage and I just couldn't resist adding them to a card. I realize that it would be hard to mail them but since I am planning on giving this card instead of mailing it. No problem!

I used the Crystal Blue color and the Smoothie color of our Paper Fundamental Whimsey Assortment on the front of the card. These papers are two-sided.  One side with a white design and on the other side a glossy design.  So much fun to play with. 

I stamped the flowers with Crystal Blue Stamp pad, Smoothie Stamp pad and the leaves with our Sweet Leaf Stamp pad.  

I took our Score Board and did the top right corner of the card with some lines to give a dimensional element to it. 

I hope you like this card. Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!   Hugs!