I have two brothers and their birthdays are in January. I needed some inspiration so I got on Pinterest to see if I could find some masculine cards. I've never spent a lot of time on Pinterest but I did that day. It is a wonderful resource to find inspiration and to display your creations. This is my take on a couple of cards I saw that day. I hope my brothers will appreciate them.
I embossed both card bases with the Cuttlebug Birthday Embossing Folder. The paper is Blue Awning by K & Co.
I used the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge for the Label on this one,then inked everything with Outdoor Denim Ink by Close To My Heart.
On this one, I used the Cricut Artiste Cartridge for the flags. The label & sentiment was made with the Silhouette Cameo. I love how you can add your sentiment to a label, then print and cut it. Everything was inked with a chestnut colored ink.
Now if you know anything about me, you know that I have a hard time with masculine cards. So much so that I sent my grandson in CA a store bought card for his birthday in November thinking it doesn't matter to him. When he was home for Christmas he let me know how disappointed he was. He said he had saved all my handmade cards through the years and then I send him a store bought one. I promised I would do that again. OOOPS!!
Thank you for visiting with us. God Bless You!!!! Peggy
Challenges to enter my cards in:
Deep Ocean Challenge - Birthday
Shopping Our Stash - Winter Blues
Through The Craft Room Door , - Always Anything Goes
Try It On Tuesday - Celebrations)
Card Mania - Anything Goes
Creative Creations Challenge Blog - Less is More
Make it Monday - Always Anything Goes
Ooh La La Creations - A Man Card
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Today's post is a birthday card for my niece. Remember the little dancer I made the picture frame for? It's for her Mom.
Card Recipe:
5.5" X 8.5" card base
Background Paper - Lemon Flower by DCWV
Digital Image - Peace Rose available at Aurora Wings
Frame and Label for sentiment were cut using Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge
Ribbon
Flower
Stickles for flowers and digi
Promarkers used to color digi:
Hair- Tan, Cocoa, Caramel
Skin - Ivory, Satin, Baby Pink
Dress - Tea Green, Gray Green
Roses - Sunflower, Yellow, Primrose
Leaves - Leaf Green, Forest Green
Here is a close up of the digi. I hope you can see how I highlighted the roses with stickles.
Thank you again for visiting with us. God Bless You!!! Peggy
Even though I'm a little put out with Provocraft I bought one of the Cricut Craft Room Exclusive Mini Cartridges. It is called Easter Blessings and has some nice Easter Images. Most everything on this card came from it.
Card Recipe
5X6" Card Base. That was the size of paper I had so I just made it work for my card.
Cuttlebug Folder - Scalloped Edge for the embossing.
CCR Easter Blessings - Dove - I believe I cut it at 4 in. The "He Is Risen" is also from the same cart.
Cricut Cartridge Art Philosophy for the Label.
Gems
I hope you are enjoying these Easter cards as much as I have enjoyed making them. Thank you for your visit today. Hope to see you again tomorrow. God Bless You!!! Peggy
Challenges:
Crafters Digital Art Center is having the final phase of their Progressive Freebie Challenge. Here is a link to the free digital image you can get to enter this challenge. It is a beautiful angel and sentiment by Shelly Parker of Shelly's Images. I enjoyed working with it and I hope you will give it a try. Here is my card I made using this lovely image.
I found out this week a dear friend lost her brother so I plan to send it to her as a sympathy card.
These are the components of this card.
Background Paper is Classic K Bailey by KandCo.
Digital Image - Angel and Sentiment by Shelly Parker of Shelly's Images. Colored with Promarkers and highlighted with Pebbles Chalk.
Scalloped Square - Cut from basic cardstock with Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.
Lace
Prima Flowers -I used pearls for the centers
Pearl Flourish
I'm sorry I forgot to take a picture of the inside. The sentiment says, "Angels have wings to carry your prayers." I framed it with a pink frame that was left from a previous cut made with one of my Cricut cartridges.
Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope your weekend is great and relaxing. Your comments are appreciated. God Bless You!!! Peggy
My beautiful daughter-in-law's birthday is Friday. She is not a froo froo girl like me and she loves blue & brown. I used Art Philosophy and the Close To My Heart "Pemberley Workshop on the Go" to make this card.
Using the card feature on Art Philosophy I cut this card at 5 in. The center label was cut at 4" and the center label with the sentiment was cut at 1.5". The blue accent strip is 1" wide. All the paper, the wooden embellishments and the stamped sentiment are from the Pemberley Workshop on the Go. This packet has some beautiful paper. This is a picture of the stamp set.
The inside sentiment is from the Cricut Artiste Collection.
Here is a picture of this stamp set.
Thank you for visiting with us today. I hope you enjoyed the wreaths Donna and I posted yesterday. We had fun working together on them. Donna has been a regular visitor to Pinterest so we may be trying something else. LOL God Bless You!!!! Peggy
I have so many thank you cards to send, I was thinking how am I going to get all this done. I decided to make a set of Thank You Note Cards. This set was made using Close To My Heart Roxie Paper Collection.
I chose one sheet and cut all cards from it, strategically cutting to get the prettiest parts of the paper and added off white lace. The labels are embellishments that came with my Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge. I covered them with some of the Roxie Paper. I cut the covers from the Art Philosophy cartridge at 1.5" and 1.2". All edges were inked in CTMH Olive Ink. The Thank Yous were stamped with the Olive Ink also. Here are closeups of the cards. You can purchase these CTMH products by clicking on the links. Thanks.
Thank you for stopping by today. We appreciate your comments and suggestions. God Bless You!!!! Peggy
I'm beginning to think I've been out of commission too long. I don't really like anything I've done lately. Donna asked me to make a birthday card for one of her volunteers. She is coordinator for over 600 volunteers and does a wonderful job. It can be hectic but rewarding. They give her all kinds of love. What's better than that? This is the card I made.
Card Recipe:
4X5.5" Card Base
Background Paper - Green embossed paper
Label - from Close To My Heart Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge
Ribbon & Pearls
I wonder if the reason I'm not happy with my creations is the interruptions I have. This afternoon I had one sitting on my lap. I had to leave Max alone for a couple of hours so when I got back he wanted to stay by my side. The pictures tell the tale. LOL
Thank you for visiting with us today. Donna and I love to read your comments. God Bless You!!!! Peggy
