Thank you

Our local Joann's craft store still has a bunch of stuff on clearance, so I bought a pack of embellishments for $2.97, which is where this flower embellishment came from.

The patterned paper that I used is from Dots and Stripes paper pad.

The sentiment is from Flowers stamp and cut by Hero Arts.

The butterfly is a hand punch. I added the pearls and sequins to give this card a little bit of integrity and texture. 

This is card #2 for this week's freshly made sketches challenge. I hope you like it.

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Lucky Clover

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I thought that I would try a little something different and go outside of my comfort zone. I usually don't use my die cuts this way. I usually just use them for my sentiments.

As you can see in the second picture, I used the clover die from this set of holiday dies. The other die I used is from Ribbon Messages by Hero Arts stamp and cut.

I cut a piece of St. Patrick's Day paper and adhered it to the back of my card front after using the ribbon die. Then I used a double sided sticky circle to adhere the clover and added some sequins and a green gem.

The sentiment is a wood mounted St. Patrick's Day stamp.
The third picture is the same card, however, I replaced the green gem on the clover with a yellow-gold one. I think it looks better than the green one and it brings out the clover better.

I am posting this card on this week's freshly made sketches challenge.
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With Sympathy

With Sympathy

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Supplies used are :

I used a white blank card with a red cardstock from my Shimmer Matstack. The main background I used my cherry blossom embossing folder on white cardstock.

The small red and white strip is paper from my Snap Color Vibe paper pack from Simple Stories.

I used red paper with my scalloped squares framelits with a white background behind the red roses and the sentiment is from my All Year Greetings clear stamp set. I used Garden Green Stampin' Up Ink. 

Then I added some sequins on the cherry blossom flowers. I used my photo editing software to add the green border to my card after I scanned it and saved it to my computer. 

This card is the 507th card I have made since 2011 when I first started making cards. You can also find this card posted in this weeks http://www.freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com card challenge. 

I hope you have enjoyed my card as well as your visit to my blog. Thanks for stopping by.

Be Mine

Be Mine

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This is another card that I made for this weeks http://www.freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com card sketch challenge.

A midnight metallic blue blank card, silver twine, sequins, a metallic silver heart that was cut out using a star framelit die cut, a pink scalloped heart that was cut out using a scalloped heart framelit die cut, and some red heart gems make this card complete. The sentiment is stamped on metallic silver paper with a pink border and with using Night of Navy Stampin' Up ink. I used single alphabet letter rubber stamps for the sentiment. 

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Today makes me smile

Today makes me smile

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Supplies used :

Cardstock : Pastel green, green marble, Dots & Stripes paper pack, white, hunter green

Framelits : stamp & cut butterflies, stamp & cut flowers, scalloped squares

Die cuts : branch w/ leaves die cut

Stamp sets : stamp & cut butterflies, stamp & cut flowers, handwritten sentiments

Inks : Perfect Plum, Lavender Lace, Elegant Eggplant

Other : sequins

I decided to make another card for this weeks http://www.mojomonday.blogspot.com card challenge.

However, I decided to make a square card instead of the normal 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card.

I used a scalloped square framelit with pastel green cardstock for the blank card. Then I used green marble cardstock for the first layer or background. Then I cut a strip of a striped paper from my Dots & Stripes paper pack and used it behind my flowers.

I used my branch w/ leaves die cut with hunter green paper to go behind my flowers, which are stamped onto white paper with Lavender Lace ink and cut out with the matching framelit.

I used Elegant eggplant for the 2 butterflies, which are also cut out using the matching framelit.

The sentiment is stamped on using Perfect Plum ink. Then I added the sequins to give my card an added look.

I hope you will enjoy this card as much as I enjoyed making it. Thank you for stopping by.

 

Today Makes Me Smile

Today Makes Me Smile

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Supplies used :

Cardstock : Pastel Green, Hunter Green, Green Marble, Dots & Stripes paper pad

Ink : Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum

Stamps : Handwritten Sentiments clear stamp set, Stamp & Cut Flowers

Framelits : Stamp & Cut Flowers, Branch w/ Leaves Die Cut, Scalloped Circle framelit, Circle framelit.

Accessories : Sequins

This card is also posted in this weeks http://www.freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com card sketch challenge.

I decided to try using a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" scalloped circle framelit to make a circle card for this weeks challenge. I used a pastel green for this. 

Then I used a green marble paper and I cut out a large circle to use as my background.

The striped strip on the side is paper from my Dots & Stripes paper pad.

I used my branch w/ leaves die cut along with my Stamp & Cut flowers set, which is a clear stamp set that comes with the matching framelits. For my flowers, I used Perfect Plum ink and for the sentiment, I used Elegant Eggplant ink, which are both Stampin' Up inks. The sentiment is from my Handwritten Sentiments clear stamp set. I added the sequins to give my card an added look.

And this completes my card for this weeks card challenge. Thank you for stopping by. Your comments are appreciated.