Envelopes To Match Recent Cards I've Made.

I thought it would be a fun idea to decorate my envelopes, so here are some photos of my recent cards.

 I stamped some of the elements from the card front on the lower front left of the envelopes.  I think it adds a little something to the envelope!

 
This photo shows the lower front left of the envelopes in blue, and the flap on the back of the envelope in green.  Both envelopes have the stars both front and back, in the color that matches the stars on the card front. This was just a little something to make the card special.

I Don't Need a Reason--Another card from the SOA box

Today I used the the Paisley Peacock stamp set from the Perfect Reason Stamp of Approval box for this month.  While I didn't use the Peacock, I definitely used the Paisley!

There were three paisley outlines, and I stamped all of them to cover a 5.5 inch by 4.25 inch piece of white card stock.  I then used my Catherine Pooler inks in Orange Twist, Lime Rickey, Fiesta Blue, Party Dress and Tiara to stamp three different insides for the paisley outlines.  In between the paisley, I stamped little leaves in Grass Skirt and Flirty Fuchsia, and some dots in Party Dress. I attached this to the card base.

I think the card turned out great!  I love bright colors and this one definitely was bright!  I stamped the sentiment " I don't need a reason" on a circle die cut, and used foam tape to attach to the front of the card.  Inside, I stamped "Because of course!".

Worry Less Giggle More from the SOA box

Still making cards from the Perfect Reason Stamp of Approval Box, and haven't even gotten to the Peacock/Paisley stamp set yet.  There are so many different possibilities in this collection!

For this bright and colorful card I started off with a sheet of Recollections card stock from Michael's, a lovely animal print, and die cut an oval from it.  I matted it with black, then cut the oval in half.  I attached it to the upper left card front, and cut off the upper section even with the card front, and attached that piece to the bottom right hand side.

Using black to ink the worry less stamp from the Perfect Reason stamp set, I stamped it more or less in the middle of the card front, then set it off with a couple of flower stamps from the same set.  I used the Catherine Pooler inks in Fiesta Blue and Tiki Torch on the big flowers, stamping it off once before stamping the card front, and using Orange twist and Party Dress for the small flowers.  While I also stamped off once with the small flower, for the center I used the Party Dress full color.

After attaching the card front to the white card base, I was done. 


Sorry about the shadow on the photo, the card front is actually white card stock.

Another card from the SOA Collection

Still playing with my new Perfect Reason Collection.  Using a border design from the Everyday Mod stamp set, I used the Catherine Pooler inks in Rockin' Red, Orange Twist, Tiara, Grass Skirt, and Something Borrowed in a rainbow color scheme across the card front measuring 4 1/8 inches by 5 3/8 inches of white card stock.

I stamped in Midnight Black the Congrats and seriously stamps from the You Did It stamp set on a 2 inch by 4 1/8 inch piece of white card stock, and attached it to the front. This was then attached to the card base with foam tape.  It was finished off with an assortment of colorful sequins scattered across the front fairly randomly.  The inside says I'm so happy for you, also from this stamp set.

It is a bright and colorful card, and makes me happy when I look at it!

SOA Perfect Reason Collection First Cards

My Collection arrived a few days ago, and today I got the chance to play with it.  I decided to start pretty simply, just to get used to the new ink I also ordered from Catherine Pooler.  I wanted to see how well it blended for me, so started off by blending Something Borrowed, Aquatini, Lime Rickey and Grass Skirt diagonally through the Mod Squared Stencil included in the Perfect Reason Collection.

It seemed to blend pretty easily, and looked good when I was done.  I matted it with white card stock I had colored around the edges with Lime Rickey, leaving a small border of 1/8 inch. I then cut it in half diagonally, resulting in a mostly green half, and a mostly blue half.  Attached them to card fronts at an angle, trimming off the overhang, then stamping with a sentiment from the You Did It Stamp Set included in the collection.  Using the stars stamp from the same set, I stamped them in colors matching the stenciled section.  On the inside I stamped You Are Fabulous, from the same set.

I think they turned out pretty nicely, and will make nice graduation cards or will be good to congratulate any one for their success.

Back to blogging

The holidays are over, and hopefully everything else that was keeping me busy for the last few weeks!  I have managed to do a little crocheting, but the card making was a little more difficult to slide into my schedule, but now I'm able to do some!

I've been working on a couple of cards for our card making day. My daughter, daughter-in-law, and I have an Etsy shop where we sell our hand crafted card creations. Once a month or so (skipping November and December), we try to get together to make cards.  We each design 2 cards, and provide the materials for them.  When we get together, we each make one of each of the cards up.  It's a lot of fun seeing what each of us has come up with.

Sometimes we come up with an idea we all try to work with, like a sketch we've found online or in a magazine, sometimes a theme, like birthday or love, and sometimes color ideas.  This month we did a color idea, using a bright pink, aqua blue, white, and light and dark gray. My first card was a Miss You card.  The inside says You make me smile. You can't really tell in this photo, but the hearts have a little Wink of Stella glitter on them, really looks sharp in real life!

We thought it would be cute to add a little decoration to the envelope, too.