The Third Card From the Gift Set

Here is the third card in my gift set. I used this sketch from a challenge before and liked it so I decided to use it for this card. I really like the colors on the card as well as the layout. What do you think? Here is my creation. inside of card Stamps: Garden Greetings (retired) Paper: Almost Amethyst, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, white, Tea Party DS Ink: Pretty in Pink,…

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Another Quick Gift Set Card

Here is the second card that will be part of the gift set for my chemo friend. I took the ladybug card from my July workshop and paired it up with a black and white striped paper. This is a really cute card. I just may have to make some of these for myself! 🙂 Here is my creation. inside of card Stamps: Itty Bitty Backgrounds, Itty Bitty Borders Paper: Basic Black, Real Re, white,…

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Some Simple Quick Cards for you

Since I was going to be gone for a few days and knew I wouldn’t be able to do some challenges, I decided to make some quick cards. My chemo friend loves stationary and her favorite color is blue. At my July workshop we made a card box that holds invitation size cards. I am planning on making one of the boxes and putting some of my cards in there. The cards are simple and…

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Splitcoast Grid Technique

Well as you read this we are leaving Memphis and heading to Tulsa. We have about 6 hours ahead of us today. It will be nice not to be sitting in a car for a few days. Today’s card uses the Grid Technique on Splitcoast Stampers for their Try A New Technique challenge. I had fun with this one. You should try it as it is only 2 layers – card is one and the…

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Card Patterns Bonus Sketch Card

As you read this today my sister and I are headed for Tulsa, Oklahoma for a cross stitching class. My posts over the next week will be short as I will be posting them while I am on the road. Yesterday I posted a card made using the sketch from Card Patterns. They also posted a bonus sketch which I used for today’s card. I chose the image on this card to also go with…

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Regal Rose Embrace Life

Today’s card is very girly-girl. I wanted a very feminine, pretty card so I set out to design one. I used the sketch from the Card Patterns blog and chose Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink for my colors. I used an aqua painter to color the flowers. For the stamen I used a white gel pen and a Sakura clear gelly roll pen. Here is the sketch and my creation. inside of card Stamps:…

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