Daisy Day

Today is a dreary day, cold and with little hope for seeing daisies anytime soon.  But, hope springs eternal, so I decided to make a daisy card.  I found this gorgeous blue paper on a clearance rack with 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch matching envelopes.  I could not pass them up.   So I wanted to make something that would really be great on the blue.  I spotted some of my white glitter paper and my Quickutz daisy die cut and now the card is done.  Not that it was quick or anything...   I tried several different borders, but liked this fiskars one the best.    I kept thinking of the "He loves me, he loves me not" but couldn't think of what type of card I would sent with that saying on it, so I thought the "I made a wish and you came true"  would be more useable.  I stamped words on the edge and just as I lifted the stamp it shifted.  SO... as you will note if you look closely, I had to improvise.  All stampers know a mistake is an opportunity for something even better.  The inside now has a scalloped border too!!     

Hope all of you have a great Easter - celebrating the REAL reason for this season - Jesus death and resurrection.  That is our true Hope!

Paper:  Juniper blue "Petalics"

Die cut:  Quickutz flower

Border punch:  Fiskars 

Stamp:  Hero Arts

Had a day at home today.  It was fabulous not to get up to the alarm.  Spent a little time and came up with this card.  I think the Fiskars Egg punch is fun.  The second picture is the inside.

The fun thing with this card was finding the buttons and ribbon.  I found it in my stash of vintage stuff I kept from when my Mom cleaned out her house.  I guess "What goes around, comes around," works for card stuff too!!

Easter/Spring cards

Today I am finally posting some cards I made on Sunday.  I love the Easter one.  It was SO easy.  Even though it appears to be just your regular secular Easter card, it is not.  Check out the inside.  Easter is not about bunnies, chicks and eggs even though they are so fun!  It's really about Jesus, the one who suffered and died, and returned to life to reconcile us to God. 

Happy Spring and Easter to all. 

Birthday Cards and Invites

Some new cards I worked on this week.  The first one was a little boy's birthday invitation.  He loves cars, so I decided on the old corvette.  It just looked a little plain, so I added the road signs.  My friend loved them. 

The second and third cards were so much fun to make.  I had been waiting since before Valentine's Day to get the Quickutz Nesting Flowers.  I went to Archiever's and got the pop-up flower border the last Thursday in January.  Asked my DH to buy the Quickutz Nesting Flowers the next week to "surprise" me for Valentine's.  He did - but they were out.  He is so sweet about these things.  So, as you fellow card makers know, I was one the hunt.  Looked and looked, called stores.  No one had them in stock.  All backordered.  SO frustrating.  

But, amazingly, the Scrapbook Page (local, home-owned, KC store) finally had them this week.  And for GREAT prices!!  Wow!

So, the first one was just for fun.  I made the second card for my little niece's birthday.  I have a shot of the inside too.   Hope you enjoy all of them.

Welcome to my blog

Welcome to my new blog.  I decided to start a blog to communicate with other card makers.  I have been making cards for over 15 years.  It is my creative, stress-reducer.  Some people in my life, namely my DH, consider it somewhat of an obsession, and it is.  Better than some obsessions, right?  So I plan to occasionally put one of my creations on this blog and chat with other creative card makers.  Thanks for stopping by.