I'm so Lucky!

 Over the past 10 days I have been so lucky to received some very wonderful cards from my cardmaking friends.

 

 Thank you so much to Mary-Jane, Sharyn, Nancy, Doreen, Mary, Kris and Irene.

Aren't I lucky to have such talented friends?

Now its time for me to get busy making some cards too.




Thanks for dropping by,
Sandy

Two Cards Today

I started trying to make a card for the CCB plaid challenge yesterday. I had the idea of using some plaid DP I'd for quite awhile in my stash to make some flowers. Today I went up to M-J's to play and managed to get that card finished. The frames around the 2 flowers on the left side of the card were made by embossing only using square nesties. The idea for these frames came from Lynette's blog http://mystampingaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/03/simple-card-parts-birthday.html
The flowers are a CB die set with the 4 different sizes of flowers (sorry I have no idea its name as I bought it second hand). The pink strip on the right was embossed with the ever popular Swiss Dots embossing folder. Inside the card I've used the largest of the flowers, mounted on the pink and green.

This second card  uses a new set of die cut/embossing frames by Nellie's Multi frames. The flower stamp is one of M-J's that went so very well with this die cut. The DP is from a Making Memories pad called "just chillin". The edge has be punched using a MS punch.
This card is another one of those that takes my out of my favorite pink's and green's. Something I must do more often!

Thanks for dropping by,
Sandy

Tim Holtz Make and Take

Well, I can't believe that I went all the way through February without posting at all. To be sort of fair to myself, I was away visiting family in B.C. for a little over 2 weeks. But where the rest of the month went I have no idea.

The card that I'm sharing with you today is one I did a "make & take" at a local store here in Calgary called Scrapbookers Paradise. Every Thursday the have what the call "Toonie Thursday". It is a drop in demo between 11 and 4 and you make a card in less than 1/2 hr for $2. It is something that I've been meaning to do for awhile and so made a special effort to get there today. This card was made Tim Holtz embossing folder and die cuts. The one thing I did learn about his embossing folders is that they emboss very deeply on CS. This card was made with Bazzill which is a good weight. However, the 'postcard' embossing folder was actually cutting through the CS when going through their CB until I suggested that we only use one B plate and a couple of shims. We still got a deep embossing, but no holes to be repaired. I know that Tim Holtz does a lot of embossing a other media that is much thicker so I that is why his embossing folders are designed that way.
I did enjoy trying out these supplies and created a card that I will use for someone I know who needs a card to let them know that they are being thought of.

I have stamped some images since I got back and have some of the coloured. Now I must spend sometime getting a few cards put together. Hopefully, that will happen this week-end!

Thanks for dropping by,
Sandy