A card I CASed!!!

This is an idea I "borrowed" CASed from an card I received several years ago. I wish that the person I received it from in a "mingle" had signed the original so I could give them credit. I used some DP to give me the colour pallet, then tried my hand a tearing the edges of it and the green CS. This is something that I am always leery about doing.  I usually obsess over whether or not I've trimmed everything exactly even!!! The two circles embellishments are some I had in my stash and the "thinking of you" is a rub-on.
The card itself is off in the mail to a friend who I just want to know that she's in my thoughts.

Sandy

Birthday card for a friend

This is a card I have made for a friend's birthday this week-end. She is an avid gardener and loves flowers as much as I do.  This stamp of a old fashion bearded iris reminds me so much of those I used to have in my garden. Not to mention that right now in south westerner Alberta we are still waiting for the warmth of Spring to arrive!!!
The base for this card is a "match book" idea a saw on Susan R.'s blog http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/  last week (June 6th).  I changed it just a little by embossing the front using my CB.  Then after colouring my image with  prismacolor pencils and OMS I cut it out and mounted it directly to the embossed front.  The five little flower brads that hold up the closure flap are some I had in my stash.
I want those of you who know me well to notice that there is absolutely nothing pink on this card!!!! That brad that looks pink is actually orange, honest, it just scanned looking pink.
Enjoy!
Sandy

Once a month is not enough?

Ok, I know that once a month is really not enough for me to be making a card, however, that seems to be what I'm up to these days.
This is a "little flower pot" idea that I saw on Papercraft Planet Cuttlebug Challenge #73.  The top four flowers and leaves pull out of the flower pot to reveal a note card.
Had fun making it...thanks to M-J for helping me out with the tiny heart shaped brads in the centre on the flowers.  I can always rely on her to have "just what I need" to finish a card.
Enjoy,
Sandy

"Asian Inspired" first of many!

This is the first of what I know is going to many of the cards I will make using this wonderful Fiskars stamp set called "Asian Inspired". I had to put a black piece of paper behind it in the scanner to get it to show anything close to the actual colours of the blossoms.  I did the colouring using my "rose" prismacolor pencil and blended with OMS.  I mounted it on black CS for a border then onto a pre-cut A2 card. The inside of the card is left white with a couple of blossoms stamped and coloured, then finish it with the Japanese "peace symbol" stamp.

I'll be sending this off to a card buddy who just needs a little "something".

Thanks for dropping by,

Sandy

I'm So Blessed

I'm so very blessed! Mary-Jane went on a trip down to Boise, Idaho to take a class from Michelle Zindorf and did some shopping along the way. She brought me back some wonderful stuff as you can see by the picture. The Fiskars clear stamps are called "Asian Inspired" and they definitely inspired me. I'll share with you in another post the card I've already made with them. Also, included in my goodies was a MS pansy border bunch (I have a passion for pansies), a package of Georgia-Pacific 110 LB CS (we can't get it in Canada), Tombo Mono glue (again unable to find here), a great stack of pre-cut card bases and a Signo "white" pigment ink pen. 

Here's a sample of what the MS punch can do...

How much fun is it going to be to play with this?

Thank you so much M-J!

Sandy

It's been a long time!!!

This card represent a lot! It is a Birthday card for my cousin, however, is a lot more than that.

I usually don't share much about my personal life on my Blog, but due to health issues I have not been able to do much in the way of card making for almost a year.  This is my first card since May of last year and it feels so good to be back!!!

Two Cards to Share

After a very long break from posting I finally have another couple of cards to share with you.

The first is a card I did last month for a "mingle" on one of my yahoo groups. The theme of this mingle was a card for a female. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the flowers on the front. The CS is a pink shimmer, with a black matte finish used for the borders. The wording "Happiness-Joy-Bliss-laugh" is one of my many clear stamps. Thanks to M-J for the little black bow, she had just the right ribbon to give this card the finishing touch.

The second is one I made yesterday for my niece's birthday that is coming up next week. I got the idea for this card layout from one I received in a mingle. I used my Cuttlebug twice to emboss the front of the card and then again for the border. The ovals were made with "nesties".

A piece on red with white polka dots grosgrain ribbon ties it all together.

Thanks for dropping by,

Sandy