Cute Inspirational Card...

Today's card, I made for a friend, going through a rough patch right now. 

The card stock is all from my stash. 

The Shaker Window Foam and Acetate and Thin Cuts Shaker Window and Confetti for the thin Pink Circle trim are all from Close to my Heart.

The silver sequins are from Close to my Heart.

The adorable "Hello Baby Giraffe" digital stamp is from A Day for Daisies.

I printed the giraffe on photo paper, with my Canon Selphy Printer. 

I then colored it in using a few different Copic markers, to give it a water colored look.

I distressed each layer of cardstock with Toffee ink from Close to my Heart.

The background stamped hearts in Toffee, is from the mini heart stamp in the Dream Catcher hostess rewards stamp set from the Holiday Expressions 2018.

 I received the hostess stamp set for self hosting a party in December. 

The sentiment stamped in Toffee, "Everything Starts with a Dream" is also from the Dream Catcher stamp set. 

I entered my card into the following challenges:

Pile It On! Challenge Blog (Design Team Member)- #150 Land Animals 

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes Challenge the Week of 1-1-19

Crafty Catz- #443 Anything Goes 

CAS(E) this Sketch!-#303

As always if you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact me or leave a comment below. 

One Last Thank You Card For The Year!

I'm so excited with amount of layouts and cards I have been able to get accomplished the last few days. 

Time, like many people, is something I struggle with. 

I often look for great and easy sketches to work with, to give me inspiration and even motivation. 

Today's card was inspired by #302 at CAS(E) This Sketch! 

This creation uses the Grateful Heart Cardmaking stamp set. 

With an awesome color combination of three main colors, Emerald, Mint, and Toffee. 

My card base is made of Emerald cardstock.

I then layered a piece of Toffee cardstock.

I took two pieces of Oh What Fun Patterned Paper, layered them with Emerald cardstock and offset them on the card. 

While the Oh What Fun Patterned Paper Packet is sold out, many of you may have purchased it. 

It's so versatile and really can be used for more than Christmas photos. 

I used the "Thank You" sentiment from the Grateful Heart Cardmaking stamp set as well.

I stamped the sentiment in Toffee on the strip of Mint cardstock. 

Then mounted the sentiment on a piece of Emerald cardstock.

I distressed many of the edges of the layers with Toffee ink. 

I hope you enjoyed today's card, please let me know if you have any questions at all.