Sweet 16

My first card in the new year!  I made this card for Julie's daughter and this was a great motivation for me to get a little crafty!  I'm an admirer of her work and hope to bring some cheer to her daughter!

My card base is aqua mist cs from Papertrey Ink. I used patterned paper by My Mind's Eye and embellished a few flower centers with some rhinestones.  I cut the rick rack embellishment using a Papertrey Ink die.  I die cut the letters using Cuttlebug's Red Tag Sale font set, the numbers using their Harmony font set and a tag from their Tiny Tags die set.  I stamped the interior with images from Fiskars' Birthday Cheer stamp set.

  

Jazzy Inspirations 18

I created this card for the Jazzy inspirations #18 color challenge. The colors to use are gray, black, white and a pop of green.

I used a technique, inking a Cuttlebug folder, for the main panel of the card. I inked up the Happy Birthday embossing folder with black ink to add color to the white card stock. I added my pop of green by coloring part of the embossed image with a green and black marker. I distressed the edges of the card stock to add a bit of grunge to tie in with the look of the main image panel. As I looked at this card, I thought this could be a great masculine card without the ribbon.

Supplies: Card stock - Stampin Up (going gray, basic black), Papertrey Ink (white); Ink - Brilliance graphite black, Marvy LePlume II markers (black, leaf green); Tim Holtz paper distressor tool, Ribbon - Offray, Cuttlebug Happy Birthday embossing folder

National Alzheimer's Day

Here is the card (interior and exterior views) I made in honor of National Alzheimer's Day. I will send this to the Artman Home Staff. More information can be found in my previous post titled Cammie's Heart to Heart Blog Candy.

Supplies/Tools:
Card stock - Stampin Up
Paper: My Mind's Eye
Vellum: from my stash
zig marker
Fiskars circle and square templates
Cuttlebug die cut word "Thanks" from the Olivia font set

Edited to add: Oops, this should say World Alzheimer's Day.

KW's Color Inspiration 16

I participated in another of Kristina's color inspiration challenges. This was probably the most simplest card I ever made. I try not to stress over any challenge because it's supposed to be fun. So once I got the layout out in my mind, I just went with it. I embossed the card with the Cuttlebug swiss dots folder. I used the Cuttlebug flower die and DCWV card stock for the flowers and leaves and then I added a strip of Offray ribbon to the top of the card. For the scalloped edge, I used my Fiskars template to trace the scallops and then cut out the shape on both the front and back of the card.