Happy Mother's Day!

Assorted Christmas cards gift set

Hello my crafty friends, 

This past weekend I finished the cards for the silent auction that donated cards for.  I did 15 cards and put them all in a nice gift basket. 

On this first card, both the tree and Merry Christmas are popped up for dimension. There are 3 of these. 

In this next card, the whole tan panel is popped up for dimension. There are 3 of these. 

On the set of 6 thank you cards the words are popped up for dimension. Three of the cards, the corners were rounded and the other three were left square. 

I love snowflakes! This was fun to put together! There are 3 of this design and the center larger snowflake is popped up for dimension. Each has a bling or a sparkle to them. The 3 larger snowflakes have a "diamond" gem stone and the smaller ones have sparklies in them. 

Here is the basket with all 15 cards in it ready to hand over. Someone will have a head start on their Christmas cards!

Hope you like and thanks for looking! 

Bully (Bullmastiff) Thank You

Hello my crafty friends, 

I needed to make someone a thank you card. Decided since she did some very special things/helpful for my girls, I would use their image. 

But my question is: why do I always have trouble coming up with dog theme cards? Hmmmm and their poor face, I can never seem to get that right. SIGH 

I popped up the dog image and the frame behind it and left the inside blank for my note. 

Hope you like and thanks for looking! 

Peaceful Thank You

Hello my crafty friends, 

I did the last 4 thank you cards for the second lady who had commissioned me at my church this past weekend.  The first 2 are both exactly the same except for different colors and direction of the card. The dimension on these cards are the layers in the center with the flowers (just the bottom layer is popped up). The only thing I added to the insides are the corner pieces to match the front. 

On the last 2 thank you cards, I decided to make them masculine. The difference between the two are: one opens from the bottom up and the other from right to left; one light house is grey and the other is black. 

Hope you like and thanks for looking! 

Thank you birdies

Hello my crafty friends, 

I did 2 more thank you cards for the second lady at my church. I'll post the last 4 thank you cards together once they're done. 

These 2 cards only has 1 dimension on them - the bird's wing.  I love these colors together! What do you think?

Thanks for looking! 

"Elegant" Thank You

Oops! Cyberspace wouldn't let me send all the pictures at once so here are the others that were mentioned in my last post.

Thanks for looking!

Tulips & "Elegant" thank you

Hello my crafty friends, 

Yes more tulips and "elegant" cards! Guess those were a BIG hit!  LOL  Commissioner #2 wanted some thank you cards (10 be exact! LOL). I have 4 done so far. 

The flowers on each are popped up for dimension. 

Come back soon...still more to show you!!! But must take those pictures first.  

Hope you like and thanks for looking! 

Thank you ... and you ... and you!

Good evening my crafty friends,

The next set of cards I decided to do the same technique as the last set of cards but these had a different image from the first set and with this second set the only thing I changed in these from the next one is the color. 

Decided also to not add embellishments to them this time. Left them on a little of the plain side. 

Hope you still like. Thanks for looking and Happy Crafting!

Square Thank You

Hello my crafty friends, 

I had 2 base cards left over from a previous card-making session and decided to use them. Remember the 2 recent birthday cards? This time I decided to make them into Thank You cards. 

This technique is so versatile - the card and sentiment can go in any direction; change the color scheme and sentiment and poof...you can have a card for any occasion and for a man or woman. These just happens to be for a man and a woman! LOL 

The "Thank You" is raised for dimension. On the woman's, I added 2 gem stones and on the man's, I added 2 buttons. The insides were left blank as I will just write my personal note to them. 

Check back real soon - still more to come. 

Hope you like and thanks for looking! 

Thank You Owl

Hello my crafty friends, 

Here is the thank you card I needed to make. It just wasn't coming together till I added the fence, tulips and grass. I knew what I wanted to do but didn't. Does that make sense? LOL Once it was completed, I have to admit, I think it turned out pretty good! 

The fence (along with the tulips and grass) is raised for dimension. 

Hope you like and thanks for looking! 

Thank U

Hello my crafty friends, 

I needed to make a thank you card. I came up with this and it came together in a SNAP! I love when that happens. 

The "thank u" is raised for dimension. I left the inside blank so I can write my message. 

Hope you like and thanks for looking! 

Lime Green & Yellow!

Well this thank you card is totally different from what I was thinking before I started from start to finish. LOL. Now that it's complete it's okay and is not going into the gift package that I'm putting together...I now have a totally different idea for those. So I will give this to someone else who has given me some unexpected gifts. It all works out in the end.  :o)

The vase and the yellow piece behind the the words are raised with dimensionals. The white layered pieces (outside and inside) are distressed in the lime green to match the base of the card. 

The front reads: {thanks so much}

The inside reads:  Just a little note filled with a whole lot of gratitude. 

Check back soon and see what else was happening on Saturday!

Hope you like and thanks for looking! 

Thanks

Last night I needed to make a couple  of thank you cards for orders I received. 

I did them the same but changed the card base colors and one border trim was uniquely transformed to have a step to it. LOL. The sentiment says: just a little thanks". The scalloped circled is popped for dimension on these cards. 

Hope you like and thanks for looking! 

Thank you sunflowers

I wanted to make a thank you card for someone who does so much for others - people she doesn't even know. So Saturday night I made this card for her.  

Okay I know this isn't very Spring-like but I made the outside sunflower and just had to use it! I scalloped the edges on both the yellow and brown. The brown  inner part of the sunflowers I embossed with Swiss Dots for that not so plain look.  For my dimension, both sunflowers are popped and the front yellow scalloped piece is also popped. On the bottom right side, it says: "(Just had to write to say)"; inside it says: "Thank you". I thought it was perfect for her. 

Hope you like and thanks for looking! 

Swaps galore

What a great weekend! Friday night a friend stopped over and we did some  creating. Saturday I attended a 13-hour scrapbook event (what a FUN time!) then Sunday I did a little more on my own. 

Saturday I was able to complete a swap that consisted of 15 card fronts and 2 months of ATCs - 8 each. 

This first was for the 15 card fronts  swap. For whatever reason I knew exactly what I wanted to do as soon as I knew about the swap. Wish it was always that easy! LOL   The "thank you" is raised for dimension. Once I added the thank you, I looked at them and it just didn't look finished. It needed something. After I rounded the corners I knew that was it - it then looked complete. 

This next was for last December's ATC swap. The theme was: "Leaves".  When I think of leaves I think of Fall so it could also be the perfect fall idea too. Each leaf was done in a different fall color but they were all distressed around the edges to add a little more fallish look to it and are all raised to add a little real ness. 

The last is for January's ATC and this theme was "Coffee".  The "lace ribbon" was suppose to give the look that the cup is sitting on a table and the dotted background was intended as a wallpaper background. Hmmmm whatcha think? They say Miss U and each have a different color flower with a gem stone in the center. Ha the other 7 participants will have to fight over which color they're getting! LOL The cups are raised and have sparklies on them.  Most of you probably have realized that I like dimension and sparklies on my creations. :)

 I had other things I had wished to have gotten through but with eating, chatting, learning from others and teaching things to others and looking at everyone else's wonderful projects - where does the time go! Looking forward to another fun-filled event sometime. Or maybe I'll host one. ??? 

Hope you like and thanks for looking! 

Thank You!!

Here are my thank you cards for my first orders. They're a cute 3x3 and  were just as quick and easy to make! A punch here...a stamp here...add a little distressing...another punch then attach all! Then poof! Done!! Aren't they cute? 

The "thank you" is raised for dimension. 

Hope you like and thanks for looking! 

Thanks!

Hmmmm... My last thank you card - for now anyway - is for someone who was a HUGE help to me in the preparation of my recent move. I just can't thank her enough for what she did for me. "THANK YOU!!"

TFL
(Thanks For Looking)

Friendship

This thank you card was made for a dear friend who has been there (and continues to be there) for me every time I need a shoulder to cry on, someone to listen to me or to get another opinion during some pretty dark days in recent months. "THANK YOU!!"

TFL
(Thanks For Looking)

Lots of sparkle

This thank you card was made for someone who likes the 3-dimensional look of my cards. I hope she likes her 3-dimensional flowers. :) There's also lots of sparkling going on in the background. What woman doesn't like shiny and sparkling things in her life that is just for her?

TFL

Bird watch

My apologies, but I just didn't think this card needed much explanation. After the eye was added on the bird, it all just came together and nothing else was needed. I thought it was perfect just the way it is.

TFL