You Make My Heart Smile Valentine Cards

Hello everyone!
Today I have a couple more Valentine cards to show you.

I used a piece of alcohol inked card stock from my stash

as a background.

I cut the heart our with a die and my Cuttlebug,

stamped the sentiment onto it and added little

dash lines around the heart.
It was adhered with foam tape to the front of

the card.

This card was even simpler to make.

I found the paper with the red flower petals around

the edge in my stash and used that as a front panel.

Stamped the sentiment, I adhered it to

a red card base and it was done.

For both cards I stamped 

Happy Velentine's Day

on the inside with a
Dyan Reavely alpha set

Easy peasy cards,

just use what you have, use up that

stash and people will love these cards much more

than something bought from a store.

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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.

 

Wedding Card

Hello!

Welcome to Kristie Kreates.

Today I have a special wedding card to show you.

I have known Brian since he and my son, Jaryd,

were 3 yrs old and met in nursery school.

Our families have been close ever since and

Jaryd and Brian have been best friends since.

They were best man in each others weddings and

Brian is my #2 son.

He recently got married to a lovely young lady.

  I wanted to make a special card for them

and this is what I came up with.

I cut the 

"wedding couple and arch"

was cut on my Silhouette Cameo with a file

I bought from the Silhouette Design Store.

I then stamped the Poppies from Stacy Stamps

 onto terracotta colored

card stock with VersaFine Onyx Black ink.  

I shaded the images with Arteza colored pencils

and fussy cut them.

Their wedding colors were olive and terracotta, so

this combination worked our perfectly for their

card.

I used foam tape and 3 in 1 glue to adhere the flowers

to the card to give it some dimension.

For the inside of the card I wrote a personal note.

I absolutely LOVE how this card turned out

and I hope they did too.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you like this card as much as I do

and have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

create something outside your box.

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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.

 

Daisy Card

Hello blog fans!
Recently I saw this video on Jennifer McGuire's
blog and had to give this technique a try.
Mine didn't turn out nearly as beautiful as hers did,
but it was my first try and think it turned out nice.

The idea is to stamp, color and cut up a piece and
add it to the front of a card.  There are several ways
she shows in her video that I linked to above
and they all are beautiful.
I just wanted to try the simplest one,
so I cut my stamped piece and added
the pieces to a card base with foam tape.
I used the Daisy Thanks stamp set from
Stampendous.
For the sentiment I used
Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words

I'm glad you stopped by today and I hope
you'll go check out Jennifer's video on this technique
and give it a try.
Until next time,
Happy Stamping!

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.

Kelsie's Card

Hello!

Today I have a card to show you that my daughter made.

She wanted to make a card for her boyfriend's father

for his birthday.

First she made the striped background with my 

MISTI stamping tool, 

Simon Says Clear Stamps - Basic Stripes

and 

Faded Jeans Distress Ink

She then stamped the cupcakes onto white card stock

with Onyx Black VersaFine Ink

The cupcakes are an old set from Inkadinkado

and I can't find them anywhere to link to.

She fussy cut the cupcakes, adhered them to the 

striped panel with foam tape 

and adhered that to the card base.

Inside she simply stamped 

'happy birthday' 

from 

Lawn Fawn Big Scripty Words

stamp set.

She then made an envelope to go with the card 

using my We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

I think it turned out great.

We had a nice time and I got to teach her some new things

which I know she will use again for future cards.

Thanks for stopping by,

have a wonderful day

and learn something new.

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.

Pop Up Panel Cards

Hi blog friends!

Today I'm excited to show you a 

couple really cool cards.

(click on the pictures to see them larger)

I saw a video on another blog the other

day and had to try making some

"pop up panel cards"

(I'll link to that video below)

First I wanted to make a

get well/ encouragement card.

For the front of the card I stamped 

"Lacy Butterfly"  from 

Eureka Stamps.

I colored it with colored pencils and

fussy cut it.

When I added it to the front of the card,

I used Glue Dots on the body of the butterfly

and put a couple layers of foam tape

under the wings to give dimension.

The exciting part comes when you open the card

and a panel pops out.

The sentiments are from

Simon Says Stamp Titled Banner Sayings

The little flowers are from
TaDa Creative Studios

I have no idea if it is available any longer.

I decided that I should also make a Christmas card

with a pop up panel inside.

I used card stocks from my stash.

Sorry I don't know the name of the stamp set I used

for this card.

The dotted border stamp that I used along the left side

is from Winnie and Walter's 

Scenery; Stripes

All the stamped images were stamped with 

Red Versafine Ink

On this card I didn't use as many layers and it

still turned out beautifully.

I weighed each card and this one would be able to 

go through the mail on a regular stamp,

the other one is much heavier with the extra 

layers of card stock and would need extra postage.

For an excellent video on how to make this style of card

go to this post on Dawn's Stamping Thoughts

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you have found some inspiration here

and maybe you'll give this style of card a try too.

I hope you'll stop by again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

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,

and you may find better prices elsewhere.

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Somebunny Loves You

Happy Easter!

I wanted to make a cute card for my Mom

for Easter and here is what I came up with.

I used some of my deli paper and alcohol ink

background paper for the base panel.

I stamped and colored 

Daydreaming Bunny

and

Tulips

with colored pencils, 

fussy cut them and adhered the 

bunny directly to the background panel

with ATG tape.

I added the tulips with 

foam tape.

The sentiment is 

Some Bunny

and is stamped with

Onyx Black Versa Fine Ink.

I'm sure my Mom loves her card.

I hope you have a beautiful and blessed

Easter.

Thanks for stopping by today,

see you again soon.