Valley of Green...

When one card order leads to another card order...  I posted on my fb page the thank you card that I made for my friend to thank you for her card order.  Shortly after I got a message asking me if I could make some thank you cards...why of course!

These are CAS cards and fairly quick to put together.  I used Crumb Cake, Shaded Spruce, Black and White card stock.  Denami Design Thank You Circle Stamp in Shaded Spruce, stamping Hero Arts bicycle in black in the center.  

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Purple Power...

A custom card order and a thank you for the card order.

A dear friend of mine asked me to make some thank you cards for the local triathlon club.  I just happened to have a custom stamp with the club's logo from when I was on the board a few years ago.

 

Gorgeous Grape was perfect as the clubs color is purple!  I stamped my image in Gorgeous Grape and ran the main image panel through a cuttlebug folder in Gorgeous Grape.  I did two sets of 3, one set in Smoky Slate, the other in Black.

I made a coordinating thank you card to thank my friend for the order and to also thank her for her patience/delay it took for me to make them.  We have been working on our home so my card making time has been limited.  I stamped the Thank You Circle in Gorgeous Grape from Denami Stamps and the bicycle from Hero Arts in black.

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Merry Christmas 2021...

My Christmas Cards for 2021.  I made 43 this year.

 I went back and forth on making Christmas cards this year.  I haven't had a whole lot of time to spend on creating cards this year with all the home improvements we've been working on.  This was a last minute quick card I put together.  I used the My Favorite Things Merry Christmas Tree stamped in black, I went over the star with a glitter pen.  I mounted that layer on Smoky Slate.  I ran a piece of white card stock through the cuttlebug using the snow fades folder and adding a piece of silver glitter ribbon then mounting it on a black card stock base.

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For My Sister at Heart...

For my bestie for her birthday

I follow Emily Midgett on Instagram and just lover her card designs and creations.  Several months ago she offered her images up for purchase.  I was just thrilled to purchase some of her artwork and use them to make my cards.  This is one of her pieces in the "Framed Florals" collection from her company, Sixth Street Sundries.  I colored the image with copics and mounted it on a Rich Razzleberry card stock base.  I finished off the card with a few iridescent bubbles and a sentiment from My Favorite Things Sassy Pants Birthday Greetings #3.

Me and Kellye.

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Sending Warm Birthday Wishes...

For my best friends mom for her birthday.

I started out by stamping my images on Neenah with Memento ink then die cutting my images with coordinating die-namics.  I colored my images with copics then mounted them with foam dots.  For the next panel I ran a piece of Pool Party card stock through snow fade cuttlebug folder.  I then die cut snowdrifts die-namics.  I put the two together and die cut them with the A2 Stitch Rectangle Stax die-namics.  I mounted the layer on a white card stock base.

Me and Linda waiting for our Cruise in 2020.

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Happy Birthday BadA$$ Brooke...

For one heck of a BadA$$ for her birthday!  If you have the pleasure of knowing Brooke, then you know that this girl does it all and puts it all out there.  She's a wife, a mom to two beautiful girls, a triathlete, a ride leader, and the list goes on.  She juggles a busy schedule with her family and still manages to train hard, do all the things and is a complete and total BadA$$ at it.  I wanted to make her a card to represent her badA$$ery and got her a t-shirt to match! 

I found a digital image on etsy that I purchased, and had my hubs print out 'case I'm so not tech savvy!  I colored it with copics.  I found a piece of EP paper that I used and had her age visible on the side.  The sentiment from My Favorite Things Sassy Pants Birthday Greetings #3 was just perfect for her card!!!

"BadA$$ Brooke" 

She said this was her knew favorite shirt, ha!

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Happy Birthday Ryan!!!

For my best friends step dad for his birthday.

I started out by stamping Lovely as a Tree from Stampin' Up on Neenah with Memento ink, running it through the die cutter, then coloring with copics.  I mounted it on a die cut Wonky Stitch Circle Die-namics in Mango Melody.  I used a Cherry Cobbler base, layering it with Chocolate Chip that was put through a woodgrain cuttlebug folder.  Mounted my main image on foam squares and finished it off with Stamping Bella baubles.  

 Ryan and me a couple Thanksgivings ago.

Wish I Could Heal Your Heart...

I shed many tears making this, sympathy cards are truly the hardest to make.  If  I could take away the grief and pain that someone is feeling, it would be that of which my bestie is feeling for the loss of her mom.  Their relationship was so special, one I wish all daughters could have with their mothers.     

I stamped My Favorite Things Freshly Picket Bouquet in Memento ink on Neenah, then colored it with Copics.  Sentiment is from SU Heal Your Heart.  I layered my panel on Cherry Cobbler.

 My bestie and my "mom by love".

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Happy Birthday to my Beautiful Daughter...

For my beautiful daughter for her birthday.  We are so incredibly proud of the woman she has become.  She's such a hard worker, a go getter, an amazing mother, and I honestly couldn't have asked for a better daughter than her.  I have been truly blessed to have her not only as my daughter but also as my friend.  I love her with all my heart.

My daughter loves lilies so I had to make her a card using My Favorite Things Lavish Lilies.  I started out stamping my image with Memento ink on Crumb Cake, coloring with prismacolor pencils.  I layered my panel on Purely Pomegranate.  Stamped the sentiment from Sassy Pants Birthday Greeting #3 from MFT, then finished off the card with a Purely Pomegranate bow and some sequins.

My beautiful daughter.

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Some Days You're the Dog...

For my best friend for his birthday.  I make him a funny card every year.  I already have next year's card planned for his 50th.

I saw a card this card on pinterest and knew I wanted to recreate it.  I stamped and masked my images from the MFT set You Make my Tail Wag.  I used the Watercolor Wash Free Form Stencil from MFT then used blender brushes to blend versamagic chalk ink for the sky and ground.  I then colored my stamped images in copics, and made some highlights with a white gel pen.  I stamped my sentiment then mounted my panel on a Real Red card base.

Me and Jeremy.

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Birthday Wishes...

Sending birthday wishes to a sweet lady I met through My Favorite Things.

I used this week's sketch, MFTWSC573 from My Favorite Things. I started out stamping Knitted Sweater from MFT in white ink on Crumb Cake.  I layered white and Pool Party that was run through the pin dot cuttlebug folder.  Next, I die cut Wonky Stitch die-namics in white, then die cut a Crumb Cake circle that was stamped with Knitted Sweater in white.  I die cut Essential Stitched Sentiment die-namics then stamped my sentiment from Cool Day (masking the sentiment, only using Happy Birthday).  I stamped the bear from MFT Sweater Weather in the Woods on Neenah with Memento ink, coloring with copics, die cut it, then mounted it on foam squares. 

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Happy Birthday Eileen...

For one the gals in our cycling group for her birthday...

I started out with a white card base.  I then die cut the bike, used a gel pen on it to make it shine and sparkle.  Next I die cut the snow drifts, hello sunshine, and cute cloud outlines die-namics and placed them on my card.  I used white opaque gel ink and silver glimmer mist.  Stamped my sentiment from Festive Old Friends in white pigment ink and embossed with white embossing powder.  

Me and Eileen after one of our GABA rides.

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Happy 75th Birthday Erin!!!

For my dear friend Erin for her 75th birthday.

I worked and worked on this card, didn't exactly go from my vision to paper.  I used My favorite Things die-manics, copics and copic opaque white gel ink for the background.  Mounted my panel on Real Red card stock.

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