Trip To Health

Inspiration

I seem to be in the mode of creating masculine cards lately, for the standard birthdays, etc. This week I needed a card for a friend recovering from a serious illness. I'm also into using digitals - quick and easy! Unfortunately, I don't remember where I got the motorcycle image, but it fit the sentiment from Create with TLC so well, I decided to use it. I like the way it turned out, don't you?

Ingredients

Note: finished card size is 5" x 7"

Stamps

Sentiment (freebie from Create with TLC)

Cycle (unknown)

Paper

Not Quite Navy	7" x 10", score at 5"
Well Worn DSP	4" x 6 7/8"
River Rock	3" x 3", and 1 1/2" x 7"
Stamper's Select White	3" x 3", and 3" x 4"

Ink

Epson RX620 Printer

Accessories

Fleur De Lis Accents (Spellbinders)

Fleur De Lis Motifs (Spellbinders)

Classic Circle Nestabilities - Small (Spellbinders)

Grand Calibur (Spellbinders)

3-D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives)

Dries Clear Glue (Art Institute)

Scor-Pal

ATG (3M)

Cutter Bee Retractable Knife (EK Success)

Cutter Bee Scissors (EK Success)

Rotary Trimmer (Fiskars)

Instructions

BASE CARD and MAT

Start with a piece of dark blue card stock measuring 7" x 10", score at 5" and fold. Cut a piece of patterned paper to 4" x 6 7/8", and mount on the top part of the card front. Cut/emboss the Fleur De Lis edge from light green card stock. Trim to 7" long, and mount on the card front, covering the edge of the patterned mat.

IMAGE

Print the motorcycle image on white card stock, and trim closely. Use a craft knife to cut out central spaces. Mount on the left card front using foam squares.

SENTIMENT

Print the sentiment image on white card stock, then cut/emboss using a classic circle die. Cut/emboss light green card stock using the Fleur De Lis pendant shaped die. Glue the die cut on the right card front, and the sentiment on the die cut.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend!

Get Well Wishes

Inspiration

Here's a card I made for a friend who had a serious surgery last week - I thought it was a cheery image perfect to send to make her feel better.

Ingredients

Note: Finished card size: 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Stamps

You Are the Bestest (Penny Black)

Paper

Daffodil Delight (SU!)	5 1/2" x 11", scored at 5 1/2"
Certainly Celery (SU!)	5" x 5"
Delicate Dots DSP (SU!)	4" x 4 1/2
Stamper's Select White (Paper Trey Ink)	3 1/2" x 3 3/4"

Ink

StazOn Jet Black (Tsukineko)

Accessories

Ribbon (SU!)

Peg Bow Maker (Unity Stamps)

Colored Pencils (Prisma Color)

Glue dots

Zip-Dry Glue

1/4" Double-sided tape (PK Glitz)

ATG (3M)

Scor-Pal

Rotary Trimmer (Fiskars)

Instructions

BASE CARD

Cut a piece of yellow card stock measuring 5 /12" x 11", score it at 5 1/2", and fold.

MAT LAYER

Cut a piece of green card stock measuring 5" x 5", and a piece of patterned paper measuring 4 1/2" x 4". Mount the patterned paper on the green mat so that when you place it on the card, the green mat will be centered, and the patterned mat will reach the left side of the card. Mount a strip of ribbon vertically along the left side of the mat using double-sided tape, with a twist in the ribbon where you will adhere the bow. Tie a bow of matching ribbon, and use glue dots and Zip Dry glue to mount it on the twist in the ribbon.

IMAGE

Using StazOn ink, stamp the image on white card stock measuring 3 1/2" x 3 3/4". Color with colored pencils. Mount on the card front so that the image panel is centered over the patterned paper, and reaches the right side of the card.

Thanks for stopping by!

A Basket of Best Wishes

Inspiration

Here's a basket of flowers created by combining two lovely sets from Heartfelt Creations' August release, the Decorative Basket Collection. The basket is the Woven Basket - a nice basket image you can fill with any set of flowers to set the mood!

Ingredients

Note: Finished card size is 5" x 7"

Paper

Bermuda Bay (SU!)	7" x 10"; scored at 5"
Linen Closet ivory patterned paper (DCWV)	4 7/8" x 6 7/8"
Pale Plum (SU!)	4" x 5"
Very Vanilla (SU!)	7/8" x 2 5/8"
Linen Closet brown patterned paper (DCWV)	4" x 5"
Stamper's Select White (Paper Trey Ink)	4" x 5"

Inks

Soft Suede (SU!)

Bermuda Bay (SU!)

Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Stamps

HCPC 3411: Woven Basket PreCut Set

HCPC 3362 Angel Trumpet Flower PreCut Set

Accessories

HCD 714: Decorative Layered Basket Die

Grand Calibur (Spellbinders)

Fancy Tags 2 Shapeabilities (Spellbinders)

Handsome Hunter marker (SU!)

COPIC markers (Imagination International)

Wild Pansy adhesive gems (Bazzill Basics)

Xyron

Stamp-a-ma-Jig

ATG

Foam squares

Zip-Dry

Scor-Pal

Scissors

Rotary trimmer

Instructions

BASE CARD

Cut blue cardstock to 7" x 10", score at 5", and fold.

BASKET

Stamp the basket on the brown patterened paper in brown ink. Cut out the basket using the basket outline die.

MAT

Cut ivory patterned paper to 4 7/8" x 6 7/8". Use the green marker to color just the leaves & swirls on the trumpet flower stamp.

Use the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to stamp the swirls on the ivory paper, positioning them where they will show outside the edges of the basket.

Stamp the same swirls/leaves in black ink on white paper. Cut the leaves out closely, and color them with a G29 COPIC marker.

FLOWERS

Stamp the flowers on white paper in black ink. Trim the entire bouquet closely. Stamp the bottom three flowers again, and trim out just the fronts of the blossoms. Color the leaves in the bouquet with the G29 COPIC, and the flowers with V91 and V95 markers.

ASSEMBLY

Mount the ivory mat on the front of the card, and the basket lined up with the stamped leaves/swirls. Glue the individual leaves over the stamped leaves. Mount the bouquet in the basket opening. Use foam tape on the individual flower fronts to mount them to the matching blossoms. Adhere 3 purple gems in the centers of each flower.

SENTIMENT

Cut/emboss a fancy tag from the light purple paper. Cut a rectangle out of vanilla paper measuring 7/8" x 2 5/8", and stamp the sentiment in blue ink in the center of the vanilla rectangle. Mount the sentiment on the tag, and the tag at the bottom center of the card front.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheery Cherries

Inspiration

Here's a "get well soon" card featured on the Heartfelt Creations blog. It uses stamps from the Springtime Cardinal Collection, but no birds in this one! Just some "cheery cherries"...

Ingredients

Note: Finished card size is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Paper

Dotted Swiss green (Bazzil Basics)	4 1/4" x 11"; score it at 5 1/2"; and 3" x 4 1/4"
Cranberry plaid (CTMH)	3 3/4" x 5"
Real Red (SU!)	4" x 5 1/4"
X-Press It Blending Card (Imagination International)	3" x 4"

Inks

Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Stamps

HCPC 3387 Luscious Cherry Swirls PreCut Set

Accessories

Grand Calibur (Spellbinders)

Beaded Ovals Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

COPIC Markers (Imagination International)

Sponge

Scor-Pal

ATG 714

Rotary Trimmer

Instructions

Image

Cut and emboss a white oval using the second-largest Beaded Oval Nestabilities die. Lightly sponge red ink around the edges of the oval. Stamp the cherries image in black in the middle of the oval. Color the cherries with COPICs (R21, R24, R29, YG91, YG93, YG95).

Image Mat and Sentiment

Cut a solid red rectangle (4" x 5 1/4"), a plaid rectangle (3 3/4" x 5"), and a green rectangle (3" x 4 1/4"). Adhere them together to form the mat. Stamp the sentiment in black in the center of the bottom area of the green rectangle. Tie a red ribbon around the stack, using the single knot as decoration. Mount the image oval over the ribbon.

Assembly

Cut the base card from the green card stock, measuring 4 1/4" x 11", and score it at 5 1/2". Mount the image stack centered on the front of the card.

Thanks for stopping by!