Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone!

Just a quick post to send greetings and show you

the cards I made for my grand babies.

This one is for Marie, 5 yrs old.

Open and inside is a pop up chick.

Here's a better look at the "sky"

His one is for Asher, 2 yrs old.

Inside is a pop up rabbit and lady bug.

I know these aren't perfectly shaped, but I drew and cut them free

hand,  The eggs, butterflies and flowers were all punches or fussy

cut from card stock.  I love the carrots and lady bug, fussy cut from 

scrapbook paper.

I sketched the bunny and chick, then cut them and drew the face

on the bunny.
I think the kids will like these cards.

Thanks for stopping in.

Come back soon and I'll have the results of our

"Annual Maynard Family Egg Coloring Contest."

 

Card With Dimensional Circles

Welcome!
I'm glad you are here to visit for a little while.

Today I am sharing a card that I made using a 

technique that I saw on a You Tube channel that
I follow.

In the video, she uses rice paper, but I didn't 

happen to have any.  I did, however, have another

type of paper that was fairly thin, so I decided to

give it a try.

I punched circles from card stock with punches that I had handy,

then glued them together to give them a bit more 

depth.  I think I used 3 for each circle.
The circles were glued to a piece of card stock.

I then used alcohol inks to color the paper.

The panel was then covered with glue.

I used glue stick, as I didn't want it to dry before

I got the colored piece in place as I wanted it.

I used a bone folder to smooth the paper down and over

the circles.  I had to be sure to press around the circles

to have that paper adhere around them and show the dimension.

The "joy" was stamped onto a piece of card stock and punched

out with an oval punch.  I inked the edges of the oval with

the same color I used to stamp the sentiment, then

adhered it to the front of the card.

A simple white card base set it off very nicely.

I'm very happy with this card, something a little different

and I think, very pretty.

Thanks for stopping today, 

I hope you have enjoyed your time here and 

have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

try something new, even if you

don't have the same supplies in the 

example you see.

 

Alcohol Ink Stash Card

Good day to you all!

Today I have a card that I made when I decided to 

just use papers from my stash of  background papers 

that I made in the past.

I challenged myself to use this background piece that

I wasn't all that crazy about.

I decided to embrace the circles, so I punched out

the scalloped circles from another piece from my stash,

then the small circles from a scrap of the orange piece.

I layered them up and adhered it to a scrap of yellow card stock.

I stamped the sentiment on another scrap of yellow card stock.

Added onto a white card base and it was done.

This is a little different than my usual style,

but I think I did pretty good with a piece I didn't care for.

Thanks for coming by to check out what I've been creating.

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

try working with something different and out of your

comfort zone.

 

Birthday Card

Hello!

It looks like fall is here, at least in our area it is.

How about in your area?

Today I'm showing you a card I made for my daughter's 

boyfriend for his birthday.

I started by embossing a piece of brown card stock

with an embossing folder.  I don't know who made it

as it was just in my stash waiting to be used.

Here are a few embossing folders with a similar

theme.

After it was embossed, I used a sanding block over

the trees to give them a bit more detail and dimension.

I cut the Happy Birthday! with my 

Silhouette Cameo and punched the leaves with 

a punch from my stash,

using pieces from my recycle box.

Great way to use up some little scraps.

On the inside I wrote a personal note 

to him.

I, like many, struggle with masculine cards in general.

I'm not totally crazy about this card, but I think it

turned out nice and I think he appreciated it.

Thanks for visiting!

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

use some scraps.

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

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and you may find better prices elsewhere,

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