One Card--Two Ways

As I continue my summer project, I created these two cards based upon the same idea. When I am working on cards, I often make them in sets...once I figure out the measurements, it doesn't take much time to cut a few extra pieces. Alas, my supplies got in the way today though. I only had a certain number of flowers in each color and then my green flowers were larger than my yellow flowers so I needed to make some changes. I changed the orientation and modified the sentiments, but still definitely ended up with two related items that I'm happy with.

Stampin' for the High Seas

Again this summer, I am working on a project to send cards to US sailors who are deployed overseas. This is the first card that I created for my project.

I played around with a couple of different ideas, but ended up going with a hostess set of paper from Stampin' Up and a Hero Arts stamp set I purchased at Christmas time but had yet to find a use for--who doesn't love Cotton Candy?!?!?!(thank you to person I live with that thinks it's a large kid with hat and one of those streamer horns that unravels when you blow on it).

Congrats on a New Little One to Love...

I made this card for some friends who recently had a baby. The card was an "under 15" card (hand cutting takes FOREVER!) I cut the 'onesies' from a piece of DP and used rub-on letters to create the greeting.  Ever yother letter is mounted on dimensionals to give it some shape. I also included 'onesies' with letters on the inside of the card that spell the baby's name, along with an internal greeting that is the title of this post.

Parisian Bonjour--Monday Makeover Challenge

When I was shopping a couple of weeks ago in Lake Geneva, I found this really neat paper tape. I wasn't sure what I would use it for, but I knew something would come up...

So enter this week's Makeover Monday challenge on Paper Crafter's Library...I had found the perfect project.

After cutting the paper, I adhered the paper tape, stamped the bottom image, and added the rhinestones. I then used my Big Shot and Spellbinders dies to cut the mat for the "bonjour" stamp (it's a little hard to see, but it is mounted on dimensionals).

My inspiration card from the Paper Crafter's Library blog is below:

I'M BACK...with a Monday Makeover Challenge--Birthday Card

After a long break from posting, I'm back! It definitely helps that it is summer time and I have time to actually work on my crafts!

This card is my entry for this week's Paper Crafter's Library Monday Makeover Challenge. The premise is to take a card they show and use it as an inspiration for a project of your own, using things from your own stash. I'm actually pretty happy with how it turned out, especially since my products are from three different companies (Hero Arts, Stampin' Up and Martha Stewart) but they all seemed to match pretty well in color.

The card I used for inspiration can be seen at the link below.

http://blog.papercrafterslibrary.com/project-ideas-newsletter-growing-family/