Caardvark Challenge, SLT

Using a new card sketch from Caardvarks I created this card for their challenge and I am sending to a friend with Send Love Today.  I used the ribbon to divide up the card a bit and then added my four sections.  The image is from European Papers, I added pink glitter glue and a blue button to the pink and brown section.  My flower is a transparent material so you can see the background paper and then using my Dymo I added "Dreams" and a couple of stars from  Really Reasonable Ribbons.  The stars are a ribbon, I just cut them apart.

Give this four part sketch a try, it was really fun to put together.

New Cards

I know I have been very slack in getting some of my work here so today I am adding a couple of cards I have recently done.  The first one is a birthday card for a friends little boy that was turning 4.  His favorite cartoon is Diego and I found these really cool stickers to use.  The leaf ribbon was given to me by a friend, the Happy Birthday ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and I put a little Distressed Ink on it in Faded Denim, the 4 is GrungeBoard from Tim Holtz and I painted it with a green Paint Dabber and covered that with Crackle Paint in Aged Mahogany to give it kind of a jungle look.

The second card is for a little 3 year old boy with Send Love Today.  He really likes Disney so I thought Micky was the perfect chose for him. I stamped some flourishes and added glitter glue in GunMetal with a few dots of Liquid Pearls in Gold for added color.

Thanks for taking a look and I hope to keep updating often so please come back to visit.

Send Love Today

Here is my card for this week for a friend with SLT.

I used a Navy cardstock for the side and to matt my image. The stripe paper is from Scenic Route -Rockland collection. I used three different alphabets and the image is from European Papers from a sheet called Natural Magick. I love Giraffes and when I saw this I knew I had to use it in one of my cards. I used a blue and green ribbon to tie in the two sides.

Thanks for taking a look.

Send Love Today

I have my card done early this week - Yeah. I saw this great card shape in a magazine and wanted to try it. It came out so good I have already used it to make a few cards I needed to get done.

I created the card my cutting a piece of cardstock 5 x 12, at the center, 6" I cut out a half circle and then folded the card in half. For this card I embossed a paisley design and added a small felt flower with a pearl center. The paper is from K & Company and I added glitter to all the flowers. I stamped the Hello and heart with Coffee Bean and Rocket Red inks. The stamps are from Hero Arts. I also added a little pink glitter on the kitty's ears and nose.

Thanks for looking at my work and I hope it gives you ideas for something special that you want to make.

Send Love Today

I am finally getting back to sending my very dear friend cards again from SLT.



This looks a lot better in person and the pink flower laser cut overlay is all covered with glitter and is very sparkly just like I like them. The background paper is a blue from Basic Grey and the butterflies are from Altered Pages.

Thanks for looking.

Send Love Today

Here is another card for a friend at SLT. I know that he love to fish with his son and I found these 3-D stickers and I put it together.
The papers are all from Hot Off The Press and the stickers are from K & Company. I added a little glitter pen to the trophy fish. Have to have just a little bling!!

Thanks for taking a look and I hope it will inspire you to send someone special a card just to say "Hi!"

Send Love Today

Here is my newest card for SLT . I got to play with a new product for this card - Glimmer Mist and Glimmer Screens from Tattered Angels. The Mist is a really cool spray with lots and lots of sparkle to it and it come in a wide variety of colors. The Screen is a stencil that you spray over to get the design. For this card I used Glimmer Mist in Pink Taffy and once the design was dry I added Silver Glitter using a Glitter Pen. You can never have too much sparkle!!! The words were made with my trusty Dymo Labler and I added Distressed Ink in Pine Needle for a little contrast in colors. I the flowers are from Bazzill and Prima and once again I have added glitter with my Glitter Pens. The background paper is from Fancy Pants and I made the glitter design on white cardstock.

Thanks for taking a look and I would love to see you comments.

Send Love Today

It's the beginning of a new month and I have a new Friend at Send Love Today to send cards to. This is the card that will go out tomorrow. If you click on the picture you can see more of the glitter that I have used.

The background paper is from Prima - Whisper Collection - Adored. I used the section of the paper that had this bird on it and outlined it with green glitter glue. I used yellow glitter glue to write above the bird "FLY FREE". The bird on the bottom is chipboard from Maya Road and I covered it with the other side of the patterned paper which is a green pattern. I used a glaze pen from Sakura in orange to outline the pattern and green glitter glue to outline the whole bird.

Thanks for looking.

Send Love Today

I made these two cards over the week end for my friends at Send Love Today.

This first one is for Emily - when I saw the cutest pink elephant I just had to make a card with it. The paper, elephant and heart are all from BasicGrey Sugared collection and the buttons are from Foof-A-La. I added pink and copper glitter glue to the elephant and pink and green dots at the top using Glazing pens from Sakura.

This is for my friend Diana. The background is a cardstock in Rust, patterned paper is from Cosmo Cricket - Fleuriste collection, image from Altered Pages, the flowers are from Prima and the lace is just from my stash. I used Distressed Ink, Tea Dyed on the lace to give it a more vintage look. Bubble letters spell out "Friends". The small brown flower is from BasicGrey - Sugared collection.

Thanks for looking.

Artsy Girlz - Ribbon

The challenge at Artsy Girlz this week is to use - Ribbon

This is a card I am sending out for Send Love Today. I made little bows with a crystal on each one. The hearts are felt from Fancy Pants and I put a little glitter glue on each one. I also stitched a border around the whole card - not happy with the way that came out, but since Emily in only 4 I don't think that will be her main focus

Thanks for looking.

Send Love Today - Dora

This month one of the friends I will be sending to is Emily, she is 4 years old and has brain cancer. In her Bio they mentioned that she liked Dora the Explorer, so here is a card and tag I did for her.

I used a pretty pink paper from BasicGrey and added Dora Stickers, a pink and white ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon and I used my Quikuts for the letters cut out of a purple cardstock. I made the pocket for the tag with matching paper, tore the top edge and edged it with Fired Brick and Antique Linen Distress Inks. For the tag I used a purple and a pink glitter mist that I made and added more Dora stickers. I topped it off with a bunch of pink and purple ribbons.

Send Love Today Card

This card is going to a little girl that is only four years old. My love and Blessings go out you you Emily

The background paper is by SandyLion - Disney Faeries, I used a pink cardstock to put the Tinkerbell sticker on. I did the frame by using Technique Tuesday, Back Rounds - Medium. I used a combination of inks - Stream by Adirondack and Pearlescent Ice Blue by Brilliance. The inside of the circles is done in Silver by Color Box. I added blue buttons, that Emily's favorite color. The sayings are also from the Faeries paper.

Thanks for looking and please leave me a comment.

Send Love Today Card

I just finished this card and wanted to get it posted. I will be sending it off on Monday to a lovely young lady in WA.

The background paper is from Creative Imaginations, designed by Marah Johnson. I have used GunMetal Glitter Glue on the bird and Blue and Lavender on the felt swirl. I also used Distress Ink in Faded Jeans on the swirl to give it a little color. The button at the top of the page says "Dream Big". I have also added a small bird button above the swirl. Here is a blow-up of the button:

Thanks for looking and I would love to see your comments.

Send Love Today Card

I just sent out this card to a friend at SLT. The background paper and the card with the saying on it is from the new Fancy Pants Sweet Spring Collection. I used a matching glitter glue on the diamond pattern and cut little slits to weave the ribbon through. The ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon. It is reversible, brown on one side and a real pretty blue on the other. The buttons are from Foof-a La.

Thanks for looking and I would love to see your comments.

SLT Cards

I finished both of these cards last night to send to my friends with Send Love Today. I enjoy doing these cards so much because I know it brings a bit of a smile into their day to receive a little card from someone that cares. Even though we all started as strangers and we all live in much different places, I feel very proud to say they are my Friends and I support them all in their journeys.

I was looking though some die-cuts and found this butterfly and thought it looked very Springlike. The paper and butterfly are from K & Co. I took glitter glue in Fruit Punch, Yellow and Lime and outlined the butterfly and attached it with foam adhesive for a 3-D look. The ribbon I used is a orange fading into a yellow. I then added all the works, from 7 Gypsies and used a silver glitter pen around each one.

I have made this card before, but this time I added the car, plane and little train. I painted each with a different color of Crackle Paint, Fired Brick, Peeled Paint and Faded Jeans. The paper and paint are from Tim Holtz. I added glitter pen accents on the railroad track and on the train. I also added a grey and red ribbon to the top and bottom of the card. I cut a second train and attached with the foam tape for the 3-D effect.

Happy Everything Card - Created Byhand

I made this card this morning, I will be sending it to one of my SLT friends.




I just saw the theme for Created Byhand and this card will work perfectly. The Theme is:
Create art using sprays, spritzs, mists or spatters! Use a spray, spritz, spatter or mist along with stamps, inks, paints, embellishments, fancy papers to create art.

The background and blue swirl papers are from BasicGrey. The paper that I used to stamped on is just a plain cream color sprayed with a pink and green sparkle mixture that I made from Distress Re-Inkers, Worn Lipstick and Pine Needles and MoonGlow iridescent powders. I then stamped the flowers, from Hero's Arts with Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate. I added the ribbon and the felt flower with a crystal.

New Cards

Here are a couple of cards that I have been working on over the last few days

This is a birthday card for the head of the Accounting Department, yes my boss. We make a big deal with birthdays, we decorate that persons area for the day, go out to lunch and have a yummy desert of the birthday persons choice. It makes for a fun day. There are ten of us in the department and I do cards for everyone.

The post card for this one is from Distressables Elements CD from Tim Holtz.

This card will be going to a friend at Send Love Today. The papers and butterfly are from K & Co and the beautiful Lace flowers are from Prima, which I got at Memoryvilla.com. I added glitter glue to the design that was on the paper.

Send Love Today

Here are a couple of cards that I have done for Send Love Today. This is an orginazation that sends cards weekly to Brain Cancer Patients.

This was made with a med green cardstock from Bazill and a piece of coordinating striped paper. the stamps are from a new paper from Tim Holtz, I cut them out and matted them on small bits of paper. For the Dream square I used a piece of velumn, used a few drops of alochol ink in rust, yellow and green. I kind of spread them around and then put Blending Solution on my Blending tool and dabbed that around. I stamped Dream with Staz-On Jet Black ink.

For this card I used this paper from Prima- the Iron Orchard collection added a brown satin ribbon with another cream ribbon on top of that. The words and sayings are from 7 Qypsies and I added Diamond Glaze to them to ad depth to the design.