I invite you to sit back and take a peek at today’s card.

Go ahead. Peek.

The patterned papers, ticket and words are all from Making Memories’ Vintage Findings line. The pin is from Heidi Grace. The lace around the ticket is from my Great Aunt’s sewing basket.

Oh, and the aging to the paper and the tag?  That was pulled off with a cosmetic sponge and an Old Paper Distress Ink pad from Ranger.

I’ll be back tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by.

Hello! Hello!

Meet today’s card.

That red paper might look familiar. It was leftover from another recent card making adventure.

All the papers here are from Imaginisce. The ribbon is, too.

The gems are from Zva Creative. Have you tried their Crystals yet? I was so pleased when I applied the “smile” word here. None of the crystals came off, and the word retained its shape. Hooray! Those are some problems I’ve had with some gemstone words and shapes I’ve used in the past.

Anyway, that’s all I’ve got for today. My card making binge is still going strong so I’ll be back tomorrow! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Hello!

Meet today’s card.

I had some serious fun making the background paper here. It started as just a plain piece of white cardstock.

I dry embossed it with a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder. I think the folders are the most wonderful invention ever for those (like me… hee!) who like the look of embossing but totally don’t have the patience to much of it.

Then, I whippped out a pen and highlighted some of the raised areas.

This might sound like that process was a bit tedious, but it really wasn’t. It only a couple minutes. The trick was not applying to much pressure on the pen when I tapped the paper with it. If you really look at the actual card, you’ll see there are a few spots where I got ink on the non-raised areas of the paper. I didn’t think the misplaced ink distracted from the overall look of the card so I went with it.

The rub-on is from Melissa Frances. The gems here are finds from the dollar bin at M’s.

That’s all I have for now. I’ll be back tomorrow.

Happy 4th of July to those in the States. And happy weekending to the rest of you.   

Thanks for stopping by!

Howdy!

So glad it’s Friday. 

And so glad to share with you  today’s card.

 When I made it, I was thinking of a friend, who has brought many smiles to my face over the last few years.  The words pretty much say it all.

The patterned papers and flower are from Imaginisce. The words are a rub-on from Melissa Frances.  The gems are from Zva Creative.

Well, that’s all I have for now. I’ll be back over the weekend!

Hello friends!

Meet today’s card.

It’s a little hard to tell from the picture, but the texture paper behind the patterned paper panels is vellum. I just used a Cuttlebug embossing folder to give it that bubble texture.

Whatelse to tell you? Oh, the papers. They are from Cosmo Cricket’s Early Bird collection. The sentiment is a rub-on from Melissa Frances. The eyelets are from my stash of 10,000 or so that I tucked away many moons ago,  

Anyway, that’s all I have for now. I’ve been on a bit of a card binge so I’ll be back tomorrow.

Have a super day!

Boo!

Today’s post is short and sweet.

Meet today’s card.

See those half green circles? I cut them from packaging leftover from a sheet of Twitterpated chipboard circles.

The patterned papers are from the Imaginisce’s Twitterpated collection. The sentiment is a rub-on from Melissa Frances.  

Well, that’s all for today. I’ll be back tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by.

It’s a new week. And I’ve got a new card to start it off with.

Meet today’s card.

It’s a simple one so I just don’t really have a whole lot to say about it.

The hello, black circle and flowers are all images from Technique Tuesday. The scallops were made with a Scalloped Scallop punch from EK Success. Say that Scalloped Scallop phrase 10 times fast. I dare you.

The Hello Hello is actually just one word. I inked the stanp  up once and then stamped it twice so I could get kind of a two-tone look.

For those of you are just learning to stamp (I know a few of you are out there), here are a couple pictures of the two-tone process. (For those of you experienced stampers, this probably won’t excite you.)

1. Ink up stamp. Stamp once.

2. Stamp again.

3. Woolah. The end result.

Well, that’s all I have for now. Thanks for stopping by. I’ll be back tomorrow with a new card.

Oh yeah, there’s still time to leave a comment for a chance to win a copy of Card Creations 7 from Paper Crafts. Just leave a comment on Friday’s post and I’ll randomly pick a winner Tuesday.

Happy Friday everybody!

So glad you stopped by today.

Meet today’s card.

It comes courtesy of Paper Crafts magazine. The nice peeps over there invited me to be part of their Card Creations Vol. 7 blog tour. That means me and 14 other gals are sharing a project on our blogs today that were made just for the magazine.

This card is one I made. It appears in the Mother’s Day section.

It’s a little different than the same old card.  You know how most cards consist of single sheet of cardstock that is folded in half?   I tried something else for this one. I used two single panels of cardstock and bound them together with a binder clip. Not exactly revoluntary, but different no less.

 The magazine doesn’t show it so here is a peek of the card’s inside.

The inside sentiment says:  Because of that, life couldn’t be better. Thank you.

Ok, so, I’ve shared the card. Let’s talk about the good stuff – the giveaways.

I’ve got a copy of Card Creations Vol. 7 for one of you.

All you have to do is leave a comment here. I’ll randomly pick a winner on Tuesday. Please know that your comment might not appear right away. Sometimes I have to approve them. It’s a WordPress thing so never fear. I get a notice everytime someone comments and I will be sure to approve as soon as I see it! It will show up after I do that. I promise.

And be sure to stop by the blogs of the 14 other tour participants because they each have a copy of the magazine to give away, too! Hooray!

Just click on their names here, and you’ll be taken right to their blogs. (Pssst… Go. Do it. You know you want to. )

Charlene Austin

Kim Hughes

Ashley Newell

Beatriz Jennings

Carla Peicheff

Dawn McVey

Betsy Veldman

Alli Miles

Kim Kesti

Maren Benedict

Layle Koncar

Melissa Phillips

Sherry Wright

Debbie Olsen

And there’s more. You are also going to want to go to the Paper Crafts and Moxie Fabs blogs. Let Cath, Kelly and the rest of the Paper Crafts gang know which card you liked best from the tour.

They’ve put together 10 prize packs.  Five prize packs will go to people who leave comments on  the Paper Crafts and Moxie Fab blogs about their favorite cards. The remaining five prize packs will go to some lucky guys and gals who leave comments on this blog as well as my 14 tour friends’ blogs. The PC bunch has some secret method for picking those winners.

Whew. That was kind of a mouthful!

Anyway, thanks for stopping by today! I wish you the best of luck!

I’ll be back over the weekend with a new card.

Dumm… dummmm… dummmmmm.

Meet today’s card.

This card came to be after I found a cool pack of circle cards in the dollar bins at M’s the other day. Having a long love affair with all things circle-y and polka dot-y, I declared they had to be mine.

 Rather than sending them out as they came, I decided to doctor them up first. I am pretty sure you’ll see the others on here eventually.

The papers on today’s card are from Carolyn Gavin’s Greenhouse collection for K & Co. The letters are from American Crafts. The ribbons are from my stash.

That’s all I have for you today. I’ll be back tomorrow. Be sure to come back. A giveaway and a bigger giveaway are all tied to tomorrow’s post.

Thanks for swinging by.