An "I love you so much, Sweetheart" card...

Hello!  I was so grateful I already had a project planned to share with you yesterday.  My allergies have been awful and the medicine I've been taking has been making me so drowsy and making my brain all fuzzy.  The last thing I wanted to do yesterday was sit down and make a card.  That is a feeling I'm not used to.  So, I held off on taking my allergy medicine until after I made a card (and had my grocery list finished) and it worked out so much better today.  

So, about my card.  The awesome layout comes from this week's Mojo Monday sketch.  I wanted to keep this card masculine since I'm giving it to my husband for dealing with my crankiness and mood swings all weekend.  I had to keep apologizing for being so moody.  I'm blaming it all on the allergies.  

The tag I used comes from Creative Cuts & More.  It was a minty green, so I sponged it with a little brown ink so it would go better with the color scheme of my card.  I'm sure you've noticed how much I've been using this burlap string.  Gosh, I just love it and now I'm completely out of it.  Why did I only order 3 yards of it?  I should have ordered a whole spool.

I hope you are all enjoying your day!  Thanks for visiting today!!!

{I love you so much, Sweetheart}

Stamps: Signature Greetings, Daily Designs Sentiments (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Creamy Caramel (SU)

Patterned Paper: Basics Manila (Basic Grey), Apple Cider (Imaginisce)

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip (SU)

Accessories: Tag, Burlap String, Edge Distresser (Heidi Swapp), Stampin' Sponge (SU)

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OCC Challenge - ABC's & 123's

Hello!  I'm here with a fun challenge from Our Creative Corner.  This month Lori Rider is our hostess and her kids go back to school this week (mine started three weeks ago).  So, the challenge for this week is to use numbers or letters on your card.  I chose to use some glittery letters from Me & My Big Ideas and paired them with some "Hippy Girl" paper from Kaiser Craft.  Hopefully you can interpret this card to say "Love you, Sweetheart".

Make sure you check out the other Design Team creations over at Our Creative Corner.  Thanks so much for visiting me today.  I hope you are enjoying this gorgeous weekend!!!

{Love You, Sweetheart}

Stamps: Daily Designs Sentiments (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Ripe Avocado (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: Hippy Girl (Kaiser Craft)

Ink: Blue Lagoon (Colorbox), Old Olive (SU)

Accessories: White Gel Pen (Sakura), Curly Label Punch (SU), Edge Distresser (Heidi Swapp), Heart Punch (Paper Shapers), Jewel Alphabet (Me & My Big Ideas)

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A "Home Sweet Home" Card...

Hello!  I have a quick and easy card to share with you today.  I didn't use any foam dimensionals on this card, so even thought it has layers, I'm gonna consider it a one layer card.  This would be perfect for mailing since there's no bulk.

The papers I used today all come from the Echo Park "Life is Good" collection. The strip of houses comes from a sheet full of borders.  The blue sentiment panel was cut from a narrow strip of paper that had a very subtle pattern on it.  I curved the edges of the sentiment panel by sliding the ends through one side of a circle punch.  I love that little trick.

Thanks for stopping by!  See you tomorrow for the Clear & Simple Stamps release day!!!

{Home Sweet Home}

Stamps: Daily Designs Sentiments (Papertrey Ink)  

Card Stock: Creamy Caramel (SU)

Patterned Paper: Life is Good (Echo Park)

Ink: Close to Cocoa (SU)

Accessories: Raspberry Fizz Ribbon (Papertrey Ink), Circle Punch (SU), Pink Rhinestones (Michaels), Stampin' Sponge (SU)

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A "Just a Note" Card...

Hello!  Hello!  We received a cute card from our neighbor over the weekend thanking us for her graduation gift. The card was store-bought but it was just my style, clean and modern.  So, I decided to steal the layout and make a card of my own.  Here's a picture of the store-bought card on the left.

I knew I wanted my card to be colorful and decided to use all of the colors from my Colorbox Queue stack.  I punched the circles with white card stock and stamped them with the PTI stamp set, Dot Spot.  All of the circles are glued directly on the kraft base, this is truly a one layer card, no dimension at all.  How'd that happen?

This card was super quick to make until I decided to add faux stitching around the circles.  I think all the faux stitching took longer to do than the card itself.  Plus, I had to take a break after my hand cramped.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day everybody!!!

{Just a Note}

Stamps: Dot Spot, Daily Designs Sentiments (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Kraft, SS White (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Yellow Citrus, Lime Pastel, Orchid Pastel, Lipstick Red, Blue Lagoon, Lavender (Colorbox), Close to Cocoa (SU)

Accessories: White Gel Pen (Sakura), Circle Punch (SU)

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A "Birthday Wishes" Card ...

Hi there!  I received some happy mail earlier this week from Paper Maniac and couldn't wait to play around with these new clear stamps from American Crafts.  This stamp set is called Enjoy.  This card is super clean and simple with no layers, just good old stamping.

I created the square using one stamp repeating it 4 times.  The rhinestones are a sage green color.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I'll be back bright and early tomorrow with a card sample for this week's Our Creative Corner challenge.  Have a great weekend!!!

{Birthday Wishes}

Stamps: Enjoy (American Crafts), Daily Designs Sentiments (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Perfect Plum (SU)

Ink: Lovely Lilac (SU)

Accessories: Light Green Rhinestones (Kaiser Craft)

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Hello...

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Hello!  I've been away from my studio since last Wednesday, so I thought I would ease myself back into card making with a very clean and simple card.  This card uses this week's CPS sketch.  This card started out completely black and white and then I took it apart and added some color.  The tree branch image I used is from a pack of rub-ons that came with the Green at Heart Card Kit by Basic Grey.  The striped paper ribbon is from the Green at Heart collection as well and is sold with two other kinds of tape.

The center panel is white with the edges sponged in black and the entire rest of the panel is sponged in green.  It's hard to see in the photo, but it really brings in the green from the ribbon.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

{Hello}

Stamps:  Daily Designs Sentiments (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: True Black, Raspberry Fizz, SS White (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Gable Green, Basic Black (SU)

Accessories: Stampin' Sponge (SU), Green at Heart Doily Ribbon (Basic Grey), Green at Heart Rub-ons (Basic Grey Card Kit), Pink Rhinestones (Michaels), Foam Dimensionals

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