A Quick Thinking Of You Card...

Here is a quick little thinking of you card, I made for a friend of mine that used to live here in North Carolina.

In the video I used the North Carolina Everyday Life Stamp Set, the Short & Sweet Stamp Set and the Enchantment Fundamentals Paper Pack. 

For a little extra dimension, there is some sponging around the circle with the sentiment on it.

The North Carolina stamp, is part of the entire United States collection. There is one for every state. And at only $2.95 for the set, you can't beat that at all. 

Here are a few of the others states:

Again each stamp set for the states is only $2.95, the perfect little stocking stuffer. It is not too early to start thinking about Christmas!

A Quick Birthday Card...

Had a chance to play for a little bit with some new goodies, that arrived today. 

Come join me, as I make a quick birthday card. 

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Part 2:

Hope you find these useful. Please let me know if you have any questions at all. 

To purchase the paper pack, I used, click here.

My Little Man Will Be Turning One In A Few Months...

So as many of you know, I am a mom of 7 children. We have six daughters and one very special little boy. He is the baby and my heart for sure. Well that little baby will be turning 1 in just a few short months. I have no idea where this last year has gone, however I have started trying to plan his birthday party.  

So for his 1st birthday, we decided to go with a Cowboy theme. I knew that one day If I ever had a boy, eventually one of his birthdays would be Western/Cowboy, so I purchased this set and held onto it. 

Just so happens I have recently joined a few more swaps...

So I decided to pull out that set and play. I ended up creating a few Western/Cowboy themed elements for his birthday pictures to go in his first year album.  I will of course post pictures of those later. 

However, for this card, I kept things rather simple. A few layers, some sponging around the edges. I added eyelets in the corner for my embellishments. I used Memento Tuxedo Black Ink for the Birthday sentiment and for the cowboy hat outline. I hand cut the cowboy hat out.   You will notice I made two different styles as well. 

These cards were made for "children's birthday" swap over at Splitcoaststampers. 

The inside is just a layer of white cardstock with some sponging as well. 

I chose to submit this card to a few Challenges as well:

4 Crafty Chicks: #358 Stampin No Digi's

Jo's Scrap Shack :Fun Day Friday #196 Anything Goes

It's Been Ages Since I...

It's been ages since I made a one layer card. Honestly the last dozen times or so I did, they were always white, white and black, or white with a small pop of color. 

I don't believe I have ever made one with a colored cardstock base, so the One Layer Card, Colored Cardbase Challenge over at Less is More really was a challenge for me. 

I tried to keep things simple. I used white ink on a navy card base. I went with a snow theme, and lightly sponged around the edges. I did round the corners of the bottom of the card as well. 

I also submitted my card to the follow Challenge:

AAA Cards: CAS Game #94 - A Collaboration with Less Is More

Christmas in July

When you have a large family and plenty of friends, you have to start your Christmas card making early...  

So this evening I sat down and started making a few Christmas cards.

I utilized the Jack Paper Packet from Close to my Heart, for the red and green patterned paper. 

The sentiment is a simple, "Just for You" which is perfect for a gift card inside or a card attached to a gift.  This versatile stamp is part of the Petite Perks "Just For You" stamp set. This cute little set has 4 different sentiments. 

As an incentive from me, any order placed in the month of July on my personal website or with me, for $20 or more, will receive a free Petite Perks "Just For You" stamp set. 

How fun is that? A FREE stamp set! 

Once your order is placed, I will ship you the set absolutely free! If you do not already have a 2 x 2 acrylic block or larger, you may wish to add that to your order. It is the recommended block for this FREE stamp set.

I kept the embellishments simple for this one, and only added two Rhinestones, and added a bit of ink sponged around the edges. 

I also added this card to a few Challenges:

Cardz TV: Christmas in July Challenge #1

CraftyHazelnut's: Christmas Challenge Extra for July 

Christmas Cards All Year Round: July Challenge Anything Goes

Jo's Scrapshack: Fun Friday Challenge #196 Anything Goes

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog: #158 Lots of Layers

My "Red" Cards for the Rainbow Swap at Splitcoaststampers

Yesterday, you had an opportunity to see my "Green" cards,  for the Rainbow Card Swap over at Splitcoaststampers. Today I present to you, my "Red" cards. 

Originally, I had planned to go with a Christmas theme, since you know it's already July, and Christmas will be upon us before you know it... However, as I was reorganizing some paper kits and what not, I came across a pack of paper, that I just had to use. 

For this swap, all 8 cards are different, but for the most part they have the same basic components. They are all stamped with the same sentiment from Close to my Heart. I used the "Just for You" stamp from the Petite Perks set "Just For You". They were all stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. All of them have a white or beige layer inside for the sender to write a message. 

Here is my main card, I am submitting for a few Challenges as well...

The challenges are:

Cards In Envy: Red White & Blue Challenge

Cute Card Thursday: Anything Goes #484

Jo's Scrap Shack: Anything Goes #195

Here are a few extra photos of some of the other 7 cards. 

I hope the other ladies in the group enjoy them.