Kraft Obsession

This is a card I made a while back using the vintage couple collage from Create with TLC.  Paulette is SUPER generous with her beautiful work and she also has an online shop where she sells her digital stamps, backgrounds, papers, etc.  I love all her vintage style stuff.  If you're a crafter, go take a look at her blog and shop!

I printed the digital stamp directly on kraft cardstock using Microsoft Word - which, alas, no longer works on my computer for whatever reason :(    I used rose and silver metallic gel pens (dollar store!) to accent the image a little.  The sentiment ticket is from Sentiments 4 You, printed out on kraft as well and outlined with the silver metallic pen.  The flower/rosette in the top left hand corner is my own creation - kind of an experiment.  I cut out various sized circles of cardstock, scrunched them, folded them and messed them up before inking the edges and putting them together with one of my tiny round gunmetal brads from Making Memories.  

My next card uses a silhouette image from  The Graphics Fairy.  I also used MS Word to print this image right onto the half-fold (8 1/2 " by 5 1/2 ") card.

I made another "shabby kraft rosette" for this card.  The sentiment ticket is also from Sentiments 4 You.  The sticker along the bottom is a dimensional sticker from one of my dollar store packs.

These two cards were quite an experiment for me.  I'm not entirely satisfied with how they turned out, but I enjoy trying new things.

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Black & White Cards

Another quick post today!  I made a bunch of cards using this digital stamp from TLC Creations
http://createwithtlc-createwithtlc.blogspot.com/2011/03/happy-sunday.html.

It's a pretty simple card!  I thought it could be used as a thank you card or a thinking of you card.  I used a glossy white card blank (from the dollar store), black cardstock (Recollections brand from Michaels) and patterned paper (Deja Views Wedding WD-806 Faded Paisley 8" x 8"), then the stamp on top.  You can see the silver pen accent on the stamp in the second photo.  The finished card is about 5 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches.

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Long Day = Short Post

I made a card using one of the digital background stamps from TLC Creations and Paulette was kind enough to put it on her blog!  http://createwithtlc-createwithtlc.blogspot.com/2011/03/980-followers.html

It was a really quick card to put together.  It is rare for me to put together a card so quickly, but it came out okay.  I am learning it is REALLY HARD to take a good photo of a card!  Hopefully my photography skills will improve with practice.

A super short post tonight because I really need to get to bed!  It's been a long day.  Thanks for visiting.

Spring has sprung!

Such a beautiful day!  Spring has certainly arrived.  I have a couple of cards to show you - both using images and sentiments from Create With TLC.

This is a lavender half fold card.  The light purple polka dot paper is from a pack I picked up at Michaels.  The image of the little girl and the sentiment are both from TLC Creations.  I coloured the little girl with Berol Canadiana and Laurentian Metallic pencil crayons.  The pink flower is from the dollar store, of course!

This one is a white half fold card, the light blue polka dot paper is from the same package as the light purple, and the image of the little girl is the same one as above.  The verse is from TLC Creations as well - I cut it out around all those little curlicues and gave it some colour with a blue pencil crayon.  The blue and cream flowers are heavy textured paper die cuts from the dollar store and the tiny little brads in the centres are All My Memories round brads in gun metal.

I really enjoyed making these cards.  I love the picture of the little girl on the swing - it makes me think of summer!  Thanks for visiting!