Silvery Simplicity

Easy layering... silver embossing... simple, yet beautiful stamp... done.

Sympathy

The Lord heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3

Valentine's Day Revisited

Well... I couldn't show you this card until after I gave it to my dearest husband! (Not that I think he checks out my "card" blog often... or at all. And that is fine.) Anyway... got the idea from a card I saw at Target. Almost bought the card at Target... but then decided to dedicate the time and the love and make a card with my personal touches.
This shows the card all opened up. Basically it is patterned paper adhered to heavy cardstock... with embellishments added. This shows the card with the main features... I used the computer to make the words... I added some small silver hearts to the "My Husband" section... and decorative brads to the "My Friend" page... and a fastener that said "forever" I added to the "My Love" page. (I did not show you those things in a photo here because I had also written personal note to my husband, too, that I did not want to show here... sorry!)
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Anyway... I think you should be able to click on the photo if you want to see it up closer.
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More again soon!

Last of the Scraps

No, no, no.... I did not get through ALL my scraps when finishing this card. This is just the last one in this series I did of cards-I-made-for-church-using-my-scrap-bin. Simple, easy... I maybe would change some of the colors/where I used the colors in the little stamped image... but overall I think it turned out pretty cute.

Scrap-a-doo!

Another card made from scraps found... (Sorry, photo not in focus.)

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I found these 4 little hearts in the bottom of the scrap bucket. Where I cut them out from, I have no recollection. I just put them with a couple of background pieces and the card base. Wah-lah! (Jaimie, does this remind you of Michaelle's Kleenex boxes or what?!?! For others who might happen to check out this blog, I will explain... I have a friend who recycles a lot of paper scraps and other items with the inspiration to someday use them in a card. One day she -Michaelle- showed up to our Hope Stampers group with the pretty floral designs cut from leftover Kleenex boxes. We thought, at first, that she was silly... but then saw the remarkable cards she turned out using the bits... it was inspiring... and Michaelle is, too.)

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Let the scraps continue!!!

Hit and Miss

Perhaps this is the card that "missed" (above). I started with the scrap piece that had the wreath of roses stamped on it. I remember that this was a stamp that my friend had... and I just made a couple of black ink on white paper images of it to use at another time. Well, this was probably easily 6-7 years ago!!! (I really need to learn to throw things away, eh?) Anyway... it was already colored and I tried to do something with it and that is what I got.
Here is the other black ink on white paper image I had of the same stamp (above) and I had already colored that at one time, too. So I paired it up with this cardstock and I think that this result is a little better... a bit like a card I just posted a little bit back, but... oh well!!! Both cards should be alright for my stamping group at church, though.

Lone Star

I wonder if once a long time ago I made some cards with yellow stars on them... because I ran across this lone star in my bucket of scraps. So, with the simple way I like to do things, this star on craft color cardstock is matted with black and put on the yellow card.

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Still more Scrap Mania to come!

Scrap Mania!

So, I mentioned in the last couple of posts that I would start showing cards that I made by using just scraps. Here is the first one!

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The base paper is from church and all of these cards will go towards the Hope Stampers ministry supply. I just used my scraps from home to adorn the cards. (I have 3 HUGE scrap buckets... I think that they are huge... maybe not huge to some people...)

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So this card has just some leftover, printed vellum paper (even the scallop edge was already there) as the bottom layer. The next layer is a leftover piece from another card I have posted HERE. And the top layer is a stamped image on a mat piece (both scraps).

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Easy stuff!

Hope Stampers

That is the name of the group at church that I stamp with twice a month... Hope Stampers. I have mentioned before on this blog that we stamp cards to send to people on our church's prayer list. We have some gems of people who join us (although there could be more *smile*) and it is really a good time doing what we like to do... and we get a chance to support fellow members of the church in Jesus' name. Very special.

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Here is a card I made the second to last time we met... Jaimie (my regular inspiration) helped me out with the adornment on this card. I had it all done and it needed something... and there came the idea to add the ribbon to this card. Wah-lah!

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Not much longer and I will have a bunch of cards to show you made by using just scraps! (Working on a few more to get a few posts out of it!) Later!

Hi!

This card was made kind of on demand. A friend called to ask me if I would send a card to her daughter's class... and to do it in time to be there for their celebration of the 100th day of school. She said that I did not have to make it or be fancy... that they were mainly interested in getting cards from different places so that they could locate them on a map (kindergarten style). "Of course," she added, "I bet you will make a nice card anyway and she would love that!"

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So here is what I came up with... I tried to keep it bright and cheery and this was the first time using this stamp set that I purchased on a used stamp sale.

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I don't feel comfortable using such bright colors and if I were to make the card again I might color the smaller images differently... but I think this was alright.

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Coming soon... using up that scrap bin!!! Taking my odds and ends bits of paper and putting them to work!

Don't Look, Bro!

Well... I suppose if you are reading this, my dear brother, then you have seen the above card. Hopefully, you have received it already in the mail for your birthday. I love ya!

Fun with punches! And with my trusty stamp positioner... I don't leave home without it!