Easter cards featuring pretty stickers...

One of my preferred ways to use one-dimensional stickers on cards is to adhere them to cardstock and then emboss the cardstock. Here are three cards where I used that idea:

Each of the four flowers on this card is a separate sticker. I simply adhered them all where I wanted them on the white rectangle, stamped the sentiment, and then added some texture with an embossing folder.

The front of the card is an inch narrower than the back. I used a border punch to create a scalloped edge, then added some pale pink polka dot paper so that just the scalloped edge showed. I added a strip of deep pink cardstock to the inside right edge and rounded the corners.

After matting the white rectangle with the same deep pink, I adhered it to the card front.

I think the texture nicely camouflages the stickers, making them look as though they are printed on the cardstock.

The sentiment on the inside was printed with my computer.

This tulip image is a single sticker that was adhered before embossing. 

I added a die-cut sentiment and a few purple Nuvo Drops.

A stamped sentiment on the inside finished this card.

This card was made similar to the first card. I added some printed cardstock to the front, along with a thin green strip of cardstock to finish the edge. A wider strip of green was added to the bottom inside edge and the corners were rounded.

I curved the sentiment stamp in my stamp positioner to match the curve of the die-cut oval. After stamping the sentiment and adhering the sticker, I embossed it. The embossing caused the coin-edge detail from the oval die to nearly disappear, so I put the oval back into the die and ran it through my Big Shot again. That did the trick and it didn't flatten out the embossing too much.

A simple stamped sentiment on the inside finished the card.

These were all donated. I've made quite a few Easter cards for the thrift store, so now I have to buckle down and get some more cards made for my own use. Easter is coming up so fast. It will be here before we know it!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl

Sweet birthday wishes...

This is the card I made for our oldest granddaughter whose birthday is tomorrow. She is a lovely girl who lives and works in New York City.

I started with a piece of green cardstock that measured 4 1/4" X 5 1/2". I cut two of the red checked pieces of DSP that measured 1 3/4" X 4" and adhered one on each side of the (landscape) green panel.

The center gatefold began with a piece of green cardstock that measured 4 1/4" X 11", scored on the long side at 2", 3 3/4", 7 1/4" and 9".  After burnishing the folds, I added glue to the back of the center section and adhered it to the center of the green panel with the red checked pieces on it. Note that it will overlap those checked pieces a bit on each side.

Two pieces of the cherry DSP were cut to 1 3/4" X 4" and glued to the two front panels of the gatefold. 

The center panel with the die-cut cherries and stamped sentiment was created with dies. I simply chose some that would fit nicely on the card front. The left half of this rectangle was glued to the left hand front of the gatefold.

I cut two more pieces of the cherry DSP that measured 1 1/2" X 4" for the inside spaces of the gatefold flaps. I would have liked to use the checked print here, too, but I didn't have enough of it.

A piece of white cardstock was cut to 3 1/4" X 4", stamped with a sentiment, and adhered to the inside center area. And that finished my card.

This was fun to make and just a bit different from the usual gatefold. I hope you'll give it a try.

We are looking forwarad to warmer weather for the final days of this week. It only got up to 20 degrees (Fahrenheit) yesterday, but we should reach at least 40 today and be in the 50s tomorrow. Come on, Spring!!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl

Two purrrrrfect birthday cards...

I have a set of stamps that includes a few stylized cats and three or four sentiments. I haven't used it much, so I decided it was time to ink up some of those cats!

This is the first card I made. I used a black card base and added a panel of woodgrain-patterned DSP in shades of pink. Before adding the panel, I wrapped a sheer black ribbon around it and tied it in a bow.

I cut an oval from some pale pink cardstock and stamped it with one of the cats and one of the sentiments in the set. The oval was popped up with some foam squares.

I added three black enamel dots in graduated sizes to the upper right corner for a little embellishment. 

The cat stamp did not originally include eyeballs--just two blank round circles. I decided he needed a couple of eyeballs, so I used a finepoint black pen to add them.

This sentiment is from another cat-themed stamp set that I have, and the pawprints are from a pet sympathy stamp set.

This card features my favorite cat stamp from the set. The floral paper was a final scrap that needed to be used. The border at the bottom was also a leftover piece on my desk, so I applied it to my card front. I did bend that little piece in the center back up and glue it down after I looked at this photo. I just didn't bother to retake the photo!

I dug through my flower dies to find one that looked most like the flowers in the DSP. I added some bright pink gems to their centers.

The stamped oval was popped up with foam squares.

The inside of this card was the same as the previous one.

We have survived our raging weekend blizzard that closed businesses, school activities and churches, shut down the bus system and caused a lot of aching muscles from shoveling--including mine. We are fortunate that the city has an entire army of snowplows that jumps into action at the first flake. They kept the city streets open for emergency vehicles. We got about a foot of snow at our house. Areas south of us got 20+ inches!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl

A last St. Patrick's Day card and a first Easter card...

 

My last St. Patrick's Day card (I actually made two of them) featured some heat-embossed fancy four-leaf clovers and shamrocks. 

This picture shows the embossing a little better. 

I matted the green panel with some gold metallic cardstock, popped it up with foam tape, and then added a gem to the center of each clover and shamrock. Pretty simple.

The sentiment was stamped and die-cut. I added a thin foam strip to the back and tried to place it where it wouldn't cover up too much of the intricate designs.

I printed out a sentiment for the inside with my computer and added a little die-cut shamrock to the top.

This is the first time I've used this shamrock stamp set, so I'm adding this card to Darnell's NBUS Challenge Blog, Challenge #84.

At Darnell's suggestion, I am also linking this to the current Color Hues Challenge #128: Green & Gold.

I had some springlike colors of DSP scraps in my stash and three little doilies with a pretty scalloped edge. I cut the DSP so that three equal pieces (1 3/4" X 4") would fit nicely on a card front. I turned them over and taped them together at each seam with a couple pieces of tape. You could also glue them to some copy paper, if you preferred. Then I used a plaid embossing folder to add some texture.

I stamped a sentiment on the doily before adhering it to the card front.

As a final embellishment, I die-cut a tiny bow and added it along with a little orange gem.

I stamped a panel for the inside and matted it with some orange cardstock.

Since I had three little doilies, I made three of these cards. It's a small start on my Easter cards, but at least it's a start!

We are bracing for a big snowstorm this weekend. Since my DH is still dealing with a fractured wrist, I get to do the shoveling. Lucky me!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or lot--every day.

Cheryl

Celebrate your special day...

 

The purpose for making this card was to use one of the blue flower stickers in my stash. I like to place them on a piece of white cardstock and then die-cut them. Running them through my Big Shot helps to embed the sticker onto the die-cut piece.

I cut a 4" X 5 1/4" panel of blue patterned DSP and then cut a V-shaped section out of it as you see in the photo above. I didn't measure where to cut, I just eyeballed it. I backed the two resulting pieces of DSP with some white cardstock for some nice contrast and then glued this to my card front.

I adhered the die-cut circle with its flower image to the narrow end of the V-shaped cutout, popping it up with foam squares.

I stamped the sentiment on the exposed white area with dark blue ink. Since there were gold accents on the sticker image. I added three tiny die-cut gold hearts.

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment and an image at the top that was from another stamp set. Since the image had a heart in the center, I added another one of those tiny gold hearts.

I like the way this card turned out, and I wish I  had made several more of them. I have four different sets of the flower stickers, each set in a different color. It would have been fun to make similar cards with each of them. It seems I only think of these mass production ideas after I have put all the supplies away!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl

Sending hugs...

Sometimes you need to send someone a virtual hug, and these two cards were made for that purpose.

The "Big Paper Hugs" die did all the hard work when it came to making this card. I simply die-cut the sentiment from a 4" X 5 1/4" panel of DSP and then glued the DSP to a cardfront.

I stamped "sending you" (it was part of a longer sentiment stamp), cut it out and popped it up with some foam tape.

Sorry for this blurry photo.

I stamped another sentiment on the inside.

I kept this card quite plain, as I wanted it to be appropriate for a male or a female.

This simple octopus scene was a small section of a 12" X 12" sheet of patterned cardstock. I used other parts of the sheet for these cards and for one of these Valentines. 

The sentiment was stamped, cut out and popped up with foam tape.

I used my computer to print out a sentiment for the inside to finish the card.

Have you adjusted to Daylight Savings Time? I'm just glad I'm retired so it really desn't affect me much at all. I do enjoy light for more hours in the evening. It makes the days seem longer.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl

A few St. Patrick's Day cards...

 

For this card, I went to my scraps box to find some pieces of DSP that had at least some green in them. I cut some 1 1/8" wide strips that were 4" long of the leafy green pattern and added these to my card front. Then, I measured the space that was left and cut two striped pieces that were also 1 1/8" wide and just long enough to fill each space.

I measured the center space and cut a piece of green cardstock to fit.

Then I stamped the image and sentiment with Versamark and heat-embossed them with gold embossing powder. I used a gold pen to color the coins and a green marker to color the four-leaf clover.

I also added two small holographic shamrock stickers for a little shine.

I stamped a sentiment on the inside and added two more shamrock stickers.

For this card, I embossed a narrow piece of green cardstock with a shamrock EF. I glued it to my card front and finished the edge with a gold sticker strip.

Once again, I heat-embossed the image with gold embossing powder. I colored the hat and the clovers with alcohol markers.

After die-cutting the image, I die-cut a larger shape from metallic gold cardstock for the mat.

This sentiment was printed with my computer.

This book binder card was made with an AI image. I thought this little mouse was so cute (I actually made two of these). I added some patterned paper to the "binding" section along with some light green twine, tied in a bow.

A stamped sentiment finished the card.

I think I made at least a dozen St. Patrick's Day cards. All but one of them were donated to the thrift store, and, surprisingly, they all sold quickly. It makes me happy to think that folks are sending St. Patrick's Day cards, or any other kind of card, for that matter. In this age of texting and instant messaging, it takes an extra effort to send a card. Kudos to those people who do!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl