Anniversary and Birthday Cards

Hi everyone!

I hope you're having a beautiful day.
As I write this we are having a warm, but

rainy day here in Western NY.

Hopefully, these cards might brighten your day.

This is an Anniversary card I made for my hubby.

I got the die from Temu and just love it.

The yellow background was embossed with a 

folder from my stash with little hearts on it.

It was a fun card to make and inside I wrote a

personal message.

This card I used the same die and made a card for my

daughter, Kelsie, for her birthday.

Inside, I stamped a birthday sentiment and 

wrote a personal message.

I totally loved making both these cards and will

be using that die for more.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

have fun being creative.

 

Art Swap Christmas Card 2023

Hello and welcome!

I know this is past the Christmas season,

but I wanted to share this card I made for 

a friend.

Our swap group had a Christmas card swap and this

is the card I made.

I made this with a set of dies I got from Temu.

I will admit that it took me a while to figure it all 

out and get it together.

It's my own fault though, as I made it much more

difficult than it needed to be.

For instance I wanted the cut out areas to show gold on

both sides of the card, so I had to do a double layer of

the center panel and position the gold behind both sides.

I ended up using a whole piece for one side and gluing the

cut out pieces into the open areas on the other side.

A tedious task, but I got it done.

I also cut out snow for the bottom of this panel and

also cut the deer out and adhered it to the deer that 

was originally green.

I put a small panel in to write my greeting,

then decided that some birds would look

really cute and cut them from another die

and adhered them to the top of the small panel.

I was very happy with this card in the end and love

how it turned out.
It was a lot of work and figuring, but it was well worth

it.

I'm glad you stopped in today and hope you have been inspired

in some way.
Please do come again,

until then,

make something you love.

 

Birthday Card For My Friend

Good day blog friends!

I have a friend who recently turned 50,

her family threw a surprise party for her,

so I needed a card and gift for her.

She is an avid reader and book lover,

and I had bought this stamp specifically

to make a card for her.

For the back ground I used a napkin.
Here is a link if you are interested in the  

process.  I layered the background onto 

a white card stock base.

When I made the background, the second layer

of the napkin had a light image on it,

I used that also and then stamped onto

it with VersaMark ink, then embossed with

gold embossing powder.
In the picture, the image behind the stamped image

doesn't show very well, but it's very subtle and pretty

in person.

On the inside of this card I wrote a personal message

and included a gift certificate for Barnes and Noble.
I thought that was appropriate, especially with this card.

I'm glad you have come to spend some time here today.
I hope you have enjoyed your visit and have

been inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

read a good book!

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.

 

be yourself

Hello crafty friends!

Today I have a card to share with you.

This was made with some things I had on my desk

and in my stash.

I had gotten this hexagon die from Temu

and was trying it out in different ways.

It was sitting on my desk and I decided to 

use it for a card.  I had cut the "outline" with the

die and cut another with different paper.  I simply

glued the pieces into the outline on a piece of

pink card stock.
I cut that to size and adhered it to a card base.

The "be yourself" was from a set of printed sentiments

 from my stash and layered onto another piece of  pink 

card stock, and my card was done.

This card is only 3.25" x 4.50"

so it's a small one but I love it.

Thank you for spending time here today.

I hope you will come again soon.

Until then,

use your stash!

 

Masculine Card

Hello creative people!

Today I have a masculine card to show you.

I recently got these little gears from Temu

and thought it was time to use some of them.

I love how this card turned out.

I have this wonderful burlap "paper" in my stash and wanted 

to use some of it.  It has a paper lining on the back,

so I frayed the edges and cut the edges of the paper off.

I then glued it to the card base with 3 in 1 glue.

3 in 1 glue is one of my favorites and holds just 

about anything.
I then arranged the gears and used the 3 in 1 to adhere

them also.
The "thinking of you" sentiment was stamped onto a 

scrap of kraft card stock, trimmed down and inked around

the edges, then adhered to the front of the card.
I'm very happy with how it turned out and next time I

need a masculine card, I'll have one at the ready.

Thanks for stopping in today to see what I've been up to.

I hope you have been inspired in some way

and will come back soon.

Until then.

use your stash!

 

Father's Day or Any Time Cards

Hello crafty people!

Today I'm showing you the cards I made for Father's Day.

I think they would work for any occasion, just change

the sentiment and you'll have the card you need.

I used a die that I have in my stash for this card.

I cut the hexagon shapes in a few different papers.

I then glued the outline to a piece of burlap paper,

I used different sizes and patterns to fill in some of

the spaces and glued them down.
Added the sentiment and glued the whole thing

to a kraft card base.

I really love how this turned out.

Great masculine card.

This die was one I bought from Temu.

My friend Judy gave me the die to cut this one

out.  I used a blue piece for the outline and a piece of

the Disney paper for all the inside pieces.
Now I also have the outline and blue pieces for another card.
My grandchildren gave this one to their Daddy for Father's day.

This die is great for all kind of cards.

This die is from Kokorosa but I wasn't able to find

it on their site.  Maybe it's just me, or they have discontinued it.

Thanks for stopping by to check out what I've been up to.

I hope you've been inspired in some way and will come

again soon.

Until then,

play with some dies.