Freshly Made Father's Day Card

I'm playing along with this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  The sketch looked pretty simple so I thought I'd give it a go.  I was able to make this card in about 20 minutes.

I embossed the black base with the PTI Linen embossing folder to give it a subtle dimension.  The sentiment is a digital stamp that I created.  

You can find the Freshly Made Sketch challenge HERE.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Father's Day card!


I'm sharing the sentiment for my blog readers.  Just right click on the image and save it to your computer. 

Get Well Card

I've been struggling to find time or inspiration for making cards lately.  I started my new job 4 months ago and I've had to focus so much on learning the job that when I get home I just can't think anymore.  I don't know if that even makes any sense.  The learning curve for this is huge.  My coworkers tell me it will take a least a year to really know what I'm doing.  I'm not a person that is used to having more questions than answers.  It's a bit out of my comfort zone to not know what I'm doing.  I'm just going along with it because while the learning curve is huge I really love this job.  It makes me think.  Every day I learn something new.  Four months into this things are finally starting to make sense.  I'm getting some of it.   

Okay so now that I've explained my lack of blog posts, I have a get well card to share with you.  I've spent quite a bit of time fussing with creating digital stamps.  I used my digital band aid stamp to make this get well card.  I punched out a heart and popped it up over the heart on my band aid.

I used Microsoft Word for the band aid and the sentiment.  The get well soon sentiment is typed in Will & Grace font that I downloaded HERE.

I really appreciate your stopping by to check out my get well card.  As a little thank you, I've included the digital band aid stamp for you to use below.  Just right click on the image and save it.  I'd love to know if you were able to use it. 

Thank You!

Paper, Scissors, Chevrons

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  I've been working on a special tutorial for Splitcoast Stampers and it's finally LIVE.

The tutorial is for making chevrons using a paper trimmer, scoring tool (or trimmer with bone folder) and scissors.  A few months back I wanted to make a card with chevrons and I didn't have a die or embossing folder.  After a few hours and many failed attempts I figured out a way to use the tools I already had to create a chevron shape.  You can find my Splitcoast tutorial HERE - including a really cool video of me making the chevrons.  I was unable to get a hand double for this video - it's all me.

My chevron tutorial uses strips of paper that are 1 inch wide by 5 1/2 inches long.  For today's card, I took my original dimensions and reduced the width to 3/4 inch and the length to 4 1/4 inch.

FINALLY - here is the card I have to share today......

Supplies -
Stamps:  Hero Arts Everyday Sayings
Paper: Baja Breeze, Naturals White
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories:  Blossom Party Die, Dazzling Diamonds
  
This week's challenge at Cas-ual Fridays is to make a card using Chevrons and Flowers so I'm also including this card in the challenge.  You can find the challenge HERE.


The Youtube Video is here:

 

10 Minute Craft Dash #13

I've been so busy getting acclimated to my new job that my craft time has really suffered.  I decided the best way to get some crafting done was to play along in the 10 Minute Craft Dash. 

Here's the challenge:  It's  a color challenge.

I thought these colors would be good for a masculine birthday card. Here it is....

It's clean and simple without a lot of fuss and I got it finished in 8 minutes and 5 seconds.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card today!