Mushroom Birthday Card

I saw a card this morning that used a mushroom as the focal point and it caught my eye to such degree that I wanted to make one of my own.  I kept playing around with different papers to use for the background and any patterned paper I chose was far too busy so I stayed with a clean piece of white.  Only problem with that was when I tried to take a picture.  ;o)

For this card I used:

Tinkerbell and Friends for the mushroom cut at 2 1/2"

Paper Doll Dress Up for the fence cut at 1" (I painted over the fence with white distressing paint and then lightly inked over it with a light shade of brown and gently used a distressing tool along the tops of the pickets)

Pooh and Friends for the sun cut at 1" and butterflies cut at 3/4"

Accent Essentials for my background - this piece was skewed to measure 3 3/4" x 5 1/4"

The cloud I had cut some time ago and then never used so it's from my non-used cut stash.  In other words, I have no idea what cart it's from.  lol

Once put together I turned this into a birthday card.  The inside sentiment says, "It's your day and I hope it's as special as you.  Happy Birthday!"

Tinkerbell New Home Congratulations

This card is a combination of two assignments in one:

Becky said, "I would love to see you use the Tinkerbell cart with an image of Tinkerbell. The card would say something like DREAMS DO COME TRUE. This could be used for a card of encouragement when someone has something exciting has happened to rejoice with them. Pregnancy, first job, vacation to Disney...whatever"

And Donna said, "I'd like to see you do something with Jubilee using the house feature. It can be any type of card. I was so excited to get this cart, and now I just can't do anything with it. "

The inside sentiment says, Sharing in your happiness today and wishing you a future filled with dreams come true. Congratulations your new home.

Let Go...Let God - Encouragement Card

All week this phrase has found it's way to me whether through me saying it to a friend or a friend saying it back to me in our times of need. And I know that the Lord has something in store for me and my family

In the meantime, I sat down and designed this card so as to encourage and remind myself to Let Go...Let God.

The hand is from Making the Grade and cut at 2 1/2",

the bird is from Indie Art and cut at 2",

the flourish is from Tinkerbell and Friends and cut at 1" and size to what I needed.

Pop Up Thank You Cards

Since I'm still not able to do much of anything for a couple more days I decided that today was as good as any to begin making thank you cards for the wonderful ladies at church that have provided us food this week.

I also decided that it was a good time to try my hand at a couple of new techniques: serendipity (using the cuttlebug - looks better in real life) and making pop ups.

For this first card I used the butterfly from the Tinkerbell cartridage. The outside of the card is the serendipty technique and the butterfly is a plastic barrette that I cut the back off of for use.

The card itself is 5 1/2" x 4" closed.

Free Standing Card With Tinkerbell & Hearts

I finally decided to try my hand with making one of the free standing cards that became so popular around October of last year. A tutorial for this card can be found on Splitcoast Stampers - just click here --> http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/freestandingpopupcard/d/

For my card I used the Tinkerbell and Happily Ever After cartridges.

Tinkerbell was cut at 3.5" and because the pieces for the eyes and mouth were so small I didn't even bother trying to cut them. Instead I used a toothpick and straight pin to paint those areas in. The hearts were cut at 1".
I apologize that the picture has a glare to it but because of the shimmer of the paper I was unable to get a crystal clear pic - with or without using the flash.

Birthday Wishes

This card was inspired by a picture I saw in a card magazine that utilized one of the Sizzix butterfly die cuts. Of course I changed the layout and all around too, but I think this turned out pretty good.

For this I used the Butterfly 1 cut at 3" from the Tinkerbell cartridge and the words were created using Design Studio and Platin Schoolbook.

Fawn Birthday Card

So I bought the new Tinkerbell cartridge last week at AC Moore since they were on sale, and this is my first creation using that cart. This is a birthday card that I made for my mother-in-law and while it is simple in design I thought that it turned out quite well. After all sometimes simple is better.

The background paper I chose is from Sugartree, and unfortunately I only bought one sheet of it (it was a clearance item). But as I was cutting it to the size I needed I thought why don't I scan it and save it to my computer for future use? After all I can save it at higher resolution so that I can enlarge it if needed without pixilating and then I can just print it and go from there. So now when I have papers I really like and use for card backgrounds I'll start doing this.