You Are So Special card.

Here’s a card I sold recently.  That pretty purple background is actually made from a Fiskars stamp that i stamped in purple (Staz On ink) onto white cardstock and then cut down to fit the card. 

The polka dotted paper is from BoBunny’s Peacock Lane line.  The stamp is from Hero Arts.  Inside I stamped happy birthday, but it would also be nice as a card just to tell someone they’re special.

Have a Jolly Holiday card.

Here’s another example of trying to use up my older Christmas stuff. The pretty metallic tree sticker is from Imaginisce. And on a side note, sooo hard to try to take a photo of a metallic sticker! ha ha

Yeah….so how many of you noticed the darn thing is crooked?  I didn’t notice it until it was all finished and glued down, and there was no way to fix it! 

But how about we forget that and notice how I distressed the edges ever so slightly….. see?

Celebrate the Season Christmas card.

I’ve been trying to use up my older Christmas stuff, and for this card I used a BoBunny Christmas sticker.  I like that it looks layered but really isn’t.  I added a little extra to it by outlining it in green Stickles. Love my Stickles!

Joy Christmas card.

I had an assignment at Practical Scrappers of doing a Christmas project for last Saturday and this is what I came up with.  I went with very simple, using scraps of things I already had and trying to use up what I have too. 

That’s American Crafts Christmas paper that I used as the base, an OLD Dude Designs journaling card, then an American Crafts thicker metallic Christmas tree on top.  The JOY is a really old Deja Views rub on.

And here’s another one:

This one actually uses packaging from Imaginisce products (maybe rubons…can’t remember) .  I also used a metallic Christmas tree sticker from Imaginise (very hard to take picture of this!) and a sticker from BoBunny.

Floral hello card.

Here’s a card I made with a scrap from a sheet of Daisy D’s floral paper.  I tried to pretty it up some more by using Stickles on the big blue flower and all the leaves.  See?

I think Stickles makes everything prettier!

NOEL Christmas card.

Today Practical Scrappers is showcasing Christmas cards from us designers. Here’s the card that I made:

I used Basic Grey paper (reindeer), a Dear Lizzy poinsettia sticker, and the NOEL is actually a glittered transparency from Fancy Pants.  I used my edge distresser (Heidi  Swapp) on the reindeer paper for the first time ever successfully!  I don’t know why I had so much trouble getting the hang of this thing!

See the edges?

 For some Christmas inspiration, check out all the cards from the other designers too right here.

I’m sharing this project here:

Blue Cricket Design

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Happy Fall Crow Card.

Here’s a cute card I made for someone last week.  I used a crow digital stamp from Scrappin Doodles (they provide free stamps every Friday). 

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I used a black patterned paper scrap for my background and a yellow leaf paper doily from the Dollar Tree store.  He’s holding the little flag that I made by using a sewing straight pin with a yellow head and attaching the flag I wrote on with a glue dot.  I also used Stickles on the lines of the pumpkins and the crow’s beak and feet to add a bit of sparkle.

Oh!  I also glued on a couple googly eyes (with eyelashes!) just for fun.  What do you think?

I’m sharing this project here:

Paper Issues

Pansy anniversary card.

Back in August I showed you a card I made for my hubby after his surgery.  He was in a lot of pain and kept calling himself a pansy because he couldn’t take it, so I made him a pansy get well card.  You can see that here if you missed it.  I had actually intended to make him another later, but never got around to it and then decided after I looked at it closer that these 2 birds could be lovebirds and I used it for an anniversary card last month!

Of course, my favorite thing Stickles makes it sparkly.  Here’s another angle.

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See?  I love what you can do with a tiny little bottle of glittery glue!

Butterfly birthday card.

My hubby needed a birthday card for an old friend, so I went through my scraps and found this pretty polka dot paper.  I stamped the butterfly onto a white paper doily (it’s a Jenni Bowlin stamp) with ink to match as best as I could get it.

I love that ribbon from Little Red Cottage on etsy.  I took a glitter pen and outlined all of the butterfly’s lines with it.  Can you see the sparkle?

On a side note, there is a post at Practical Scrappers with some great pet layouts and cards.  You can check that out here if you’re interested.

Sympathy card.

Here’s another recent card I made.  This time I again used a cover from a catalog.  The rose and leaves are a stamp from Papertrey Ink and I stamped the flower onto sparkly My Minds Eye paper. 

See the sparkle?