Just a note card

Hello and welcome.

I'm glad you've stopped by today.

I have a friend whose father is in rehab after

some health problems, so I wanted to send him

a card that would hopefully bring a smile to his face

and let him know people care and are thinking about him.

For the sky and grass I used 
Salty Ocean and Mowed Grass

Distress Inks with blending foam.

I cut a piece of scrap card stock with several

"bumps" on it and used it in different positions

to create the clouds.
I used colored pencils to create the grass.
The train is a stamp available from

Stamp On It

I stamped it with 

Onyx Black VersaFine Ink

I used Black Soot Distress Ink

and colored pencils to color it.

I fussy cut the train image and adhered it

to the background piece.

I liked the silver card stock and black 

card base, I think it really sets off the image.

Inside, I wrote a personal note.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way and

will come again soon.

Until then,

brighten someone's day.

 

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Sympathy cards

Sadly, I have needed some sympathy cards recently.

I didn't have a sentiment that was exactly what I wanted and

decided on "Just a note..." from Eureka Stamps

This way I could write my message inside the card.

These cards could easily be used for any type of note.

I stamped the poppy image from

Stacy Stamps

onto watercolor paper and used my watercolor

crayons to color them.

I have both Lyra and Neo Color water color crayons 

and love them both.

The difference doesn't show up a great deal

in the pictures, but I tried using different combinations

of reds, oranges and purple to color the flower

and a few greens for the rest.

I fussy cut the flowers and adhered them to 

a blue background paper,

then onto the white note card.

I varied the size of the card a little bit

and I like how they both turned out.

Sometimes simple is best.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Until next time, make something beautiful.

Studio Calico Color Theory Inks

Hello blog fans!

A little while ago, I posted about winning some inks

from Jennifer McGuire's blog.

Today I have a couple more cards I made with those inks.

These are very simple cards.

I wanted to see how all the colors looks and how well they worked.

I stamped several of them onto white card stock and made a couple note cards.

I used "Filagree Border" (#57703) and

"Just a note" (#6405) from

Eureka! Stamps

Two very simple note cards, 

I love the colors and I love how this ink stamps.

And by the way, Studio Calico did not ask for this endorsement,

I just wanted to share these Color Theory Inks with y'all

Thanks for stopping by today.

Come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Just A Note Of Thanks

Today is the start of another challenge on the

Eureka! Stamps Blog

The theme is

"Just a note of thanks"

I have used

"Just a note"  (#6405)

"Parachuting Squirrel" (#27402)

both from

Eureka! Stamps

I stamped the image with Versa Fine Black Onyx ink

and colored it and the background with

water color crayons.

Just a note... was also stamped with the same ink.

I love this image, so cute and fun to color.

Eureka! Stamps has so many 

wonderful images and lovely sentiments!

Pop over to the Eureka! Stamps Store

and see what you find

that you'd love to work with,

then join in the fun of this weeks challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you'll stop by again soon.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

I love this feather!

When I made the card that I showed you a couple weeks ago 

with the feathers, I didn't use all the feathers that I had stamped. 

This one was left over,

so I colored it, fussy cut it and used it on this card.

This is "Feather on Side" (#6303) and

"Just a note" (#6405) are both from Eureka! Stamps.

For the sky background,

I punched scalloped circle from a scrap of card stock. 

I laid the circle onto white card stock and inked over it with Distress Ink. 

I moved the circle randomly around the card stock piece

 and continued to ink until

 I had a beautiful sky with clouds.

This is a very simple technique and makes a lovely background.

 

I hope you have been inspired, maybe you'll try making a sky for a card using this technique.

Leave me a comment if you will and feel free to ask questions if you have them.

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Just a note...

I remember when I was little how I loved lacy paper doilies!

Especially at Valentine's Day! I remember my Mom making a Valentine's Box for my classroom at school and there were doilies on it.

Once I helped my Aunt Zel get ready for a shower and we put a doily over the top of a cake and sprinkled powdered sugar over it, then when we remove the doily, there was a beautiful lace pattern on the cake.
The doily I used for this card isn't lacy, but it brought back lots of memories when I saw them in the store.

I bought a package on clearance, very cheap!

This is actually a Christmas doily, but I just thought it was a beautiful pattern that could be used any time of year.

 

I used some ATG tape to adhere it to a brown card base, then trimmed around the edges.

The "Just a note..." (#6405) is from

Eureka! Stamps

I embossed it with white embossing powder then cut to size.

The dash marks around the sentiment banner and doily were done with a white gel pen.

 

This is a pretty basic card that anyone could replicate.

How pretty would this be with a lacy white doily on a bright colored card base?!?!

Why not try it out and let me know how it goes?

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Upcycled Card

Hello blogger friends!

Today I have a card to show you that was very simple to make.

I used "Just a Note" (#6405)

from  Eureka! Stamps for this card.

I was playing around with papers trying to match up some colors and patterns, which I sometimes have a tough time doing.

My friend, Marie, had just opened a package of paper that she bought and gave me the "cover sheet"

You know the one, it shows little swatches of the papers inside.

Now I didn't have to hem and haw over what would match,

the work was done for me and I was upcycling too.

I punched squares out of the different patterns with a punch,

arranged and adhered them to a piece of paper from my stash.

I then ran it through the Cuttlebug in an embossing folder.

I love how it looks with the embossed flowers on the patterned paper!

This I adhered to a white cardstock base.

I used the "Just a Note" stamp on another scrap and trimmed it down.

Blue and pink embroidery floss were wrapped around it and tied into a bow then it was adhered to the card.

What an easy note card!  And I think it's quite lovely.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you've gotten some inspiration.

Leave a comment if you will and come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Tender Thoughts from Eureka! Stamps

Hello!  Hope you are having a better than average day today!

Eureka! Stamps has a wonderful line of stamps called "Tender Thoughts"  These images are a set of 3 that work together.  The stamps can be purchased individually and used separately or together.

 Today, I am showing you just one part of the set, I have used "Butterfly & Sunflower" (#20801) on 2 different cards.

This image from the set can be used as a "stand alone" image or when used with the "On My Heart" (#55901) it would be used as a layer over the "On My Heart" image.  The third part of the set is a sentiment for the inside of the card.

These Tender Thoughts sets are very versatile and absolutely beautiful.

For both these cards I stamped onto watercolor paper and colored with watercolor crayons.

I used the "out of the box" technique to cut the purple image. 

You can find a couple great tutorials on my fellow design team member, Roxie's blog (Here or Here)

She does a great job of explaining 2 different ways to achieve this look.

The sentiment is "Just a note" (#6505) also from Eureka! Stamps

On this 2nd card I added a little "Niji Pearlescent Watercolors" that gives the butterfly some shimmer and shine.

I decided to make this card simple, I cut the image to size and rounded the corners.  A simple but beautiful card, ready for any occasion. 

To see this "Tender Thoughts" image and all the others that Eureka! Stamps has to offer pop into the shop, click on the "go shopping" link at the left side of the page and then the "Tender Thoughts" link.  There are several different sets, one more beautiful than the next.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you enjoy my cards as much as I enjoyed making them.  Leave a comment if you wish.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Just a note... 2 cards

Hello Blogland friends!

Today I have 2 simple cards for you. Very similar using a different border stamp on each.

This first one is using

"Filagree Border" (#57703) and "Just a note" (#6505) from Eureka! Stamps

I like the clean and simple look of this card.

This second card is using

"Heart Chain Border" (#35902) and "Just a note" (#6505)

I adhered the green to some kraft card stock that I stamped with

Baroque Background" (#57701) using VersaMark ink to give it a bit of texture.

All these stamps are from Eureka! Stamps.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you like these simple cards.

Be sure to stop in at the Eureka! Stamps Store and see what other wonderful stamps they have to offer!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!