Plaid Floral Birthday Wishes

Welcome to my new follower Darcy. I am having fun playing with my inks...especially my Distress Oxides.  For these two birthday cards that I made for co-workers for this week I used two pink shades and blended the inks and stamped an old set of Hero Art stamps that I have had in my collection for a LONG time along with a retired Verve sentiment.

Patterned Paper: Core-dinations

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamps:  Hero Arts Fashion Flowers

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

      Distress Oxide - Spun Sugar & Picked Raspberry

Ribbon:  Stash

Challenges

AAA CAS - Ch. 170 Use maxi white space with optional flowers

Creations in Pink - Ch. 24

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 360 Flora or Fauna

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 517 All Occasions

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 171 Birthday

Thanks a bunch

On Sunday when I went for my brother's surprise party and I was talking to my Mom about the cards that I will make for her stash, I was asking if she wanted sentiments on the inside or blank like I made for my daughter. My daughter said that she needed more cards and so did my son. So I guess I need to increase everyone's quota of "stash" cards.  So I have more work than I thought, lol.
Since my daughter is a teacher she wants thank yous to give to her kids/families that help her or do something special.  So this one is made with an image from Imagine That Digistamp called Punny Thanks.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Imagine That Digistamp - Punny Thanks

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Jute:  May Arts

Challenges

Creative Playground - Ch. 6

CRAFT - Ch. 519 Thank You

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 392 - 393 Anything Goes

QKR - Ch. 354 Anything Goes

Polkadoodles - Wk 26 Anything Goes

Butterfly Thanks

I like to make Thank You notes for my daughter who is a teacher.  Her students/parents are great to her.  Even when I went to a few weeks ago they had treats for Valentines Day and they had A LOT!  One of the parents sent money instead of sending a treat so that she could purchase something.  Obviously she didn't need the money so she wrote a thank you note and sent it back to the parent.
For this card I used some dies that I haven't used in some time.  Again, I am hoping that Spring comes soon.

Patterned Paper:  Pebbles
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dination; Recollection
Spellbinder:  Words
Dies:  My Favorite Things - Butterflies
Pearls:  Michael's

Challenges
Atlantic Heart Sketches - Ch. 254
QKR - Ch. 286 Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 370 Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 324 - 325 Anything Goes
Polkadoodles - Wk 10 Anything Goes

Butterfly Floral Sympathy

I wanted to make a card for the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge since I love the colors of this week.  I used a pre-colored image from Image that Digistamp called Freda's Flower Basket.  This is a great set because it comes with three patterned papers, four sentiments as well as the black and white image to color.  This sentiment is from another set called Sentimental Thoughts and I inked the edges.  I always like to have some sympathy cards on hand for when the occasion arises since you don't like to make them when you are emotional in time of need.

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Image That Digistamp (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  Image That Digistamp (see above for direct link)

Ink:  Memento - Rich Cocoa

Spellbinder:  Small Circle

Die:  Sugar Pea

Punch:  Fiskars

Twine:  Darice

Challenges

Cupcake Inspiration - Ch. 417

CHNC Patterned - August

CRAFT - Ch. 428 Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 93 Add a butterfly

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 341 Anything Goes

Mojo 477 Leaf Gold Sympathy

Unfortunately, I am need for a couple of sympathy cards for a Celebration of Life on Monday for a friend's Father who passed away.  I made one card for my friend and one for the family.  You will have to let me know which version you like better the one with the leaves or the floral.

Patterned Paper: Echo Park

Carstock:  Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Verve - Beautiful Things

Versa Mark

Embossing Powder:  Stamp Craft

Twine:  Lawn Fawn

Flowers:  Recollections

Bling:  Recollections

Leaves: Celebrate It

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Challenges

Mojo Monday - Ch. 477

CHNC Patterned - December

Sparkle 'n Sprinkle - December

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 260 - 261 Anything Goes

TY from the bottom of my heart

My daughter is done with her student teaching and is ready to move on to her own teaching.  She was a hit with the students and was sooooo lucky.  In her classroom they collected money and bought her books and items for her fall 3rd grade classroom and she was in tears.  They also gave her a gorgeous bouquet of flowers and made her cards and stickers for her books.  I gave her all the thank you cards that I had, but this is another one that I made for her.  The vintage picture and sentiment are from TLC.

Cardstock:  Recollection

Stamp:  Vintage poppy floral post card

Sentiment:  Thank you from the bottom of my heart

Ribbon:  Hobby Lobby

Spellbinder:  Opulent Oval

Challenges

Sketch Saturday - Ch. 415

Craft Your Passion - Ch. 315 Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 115 Anything Goes

Dream Valley - Ch. 133 Vintage

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 232-233 Anything Goes

Have a Warm Birthday

I have been working lots of hours and haven't had a chance to craft.  So the other night, I just had to make a quick card to try to relax.  So I used the Mojo Sketch and stamped a sentiment for a birthday card since I need several for this month yet.  This is what I was able to save my sanity with this week.

Patterned Paper:  Authentique; Recollection

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Stamp: My Favorite Things

Ink:  Versa Magic - Real Red

Spellbinder:  Label Twenty Six

Rose:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Challenges

Mojo - Sketch 435

Melonheadz - Birthday Challenge

Card Mania - Ch. 77 Add some red

Naughty or Nice - Ch. 24 See some red

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 220 Anything Goes