Polka Dot Birthday

 I have been spending time in my craft room going thru everything.  I do this every once in the while and it was overdue!  I came across a bunch of pre-cut pattern paper.  I can't remember what it was cut for specifically, so I used that paper for today's card.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up's retired Express Yourself stamp set.  The sentiment was stamped on white cardstock and cut with SU's Decorative Label punch.  I did sponge the edges to give the die cut a little bit of a distressed look to match the distressed look of the paper.  Many years ago, I made a "layer" which was a bit larger than the label punch.  I cut many of this "layer" on my Cricut in just about every color SU had at the time.  When I showed these layers to my friend, Paula, we had a good laugh over what was I thinking when I cut out so many of every different color of SU's cardstock!  And now, one of hundreds got used!  You might be seeing this punch/layer combination a lot in the future!  Have a great day!

No Stamp Easter Cards

The other day I saw a card on the internet and the layout caught my eye.  The fact that it was an Easter card made me think about a pack of paper I purchased a few weeks ago.  I went down to my scrap room yesterday and took out that package, a collection from Echo Park by Lori Whitlock, Celebrate Easter.  In the package there are a number of different papers.  Included is a page of journaling cards. Rather than stamping, I cut those little cards and used those cards as the center of my cards.  I think the cards are adorable and I will be making more.  Have a great day!

Easter Eggs

Today's card was created after seeing a card on Sunny Studio Stamps' Facebook page.  Since I have a few 6-1/2" x 3-1/2" envelopes, I decided to make a smaller slimline card.  I used Lawn Fawn's Eggstra Special Easter and Sunny Studio Stamps Chickie Baby and Eggs To Die For stamp sets and coordinating dies for this card.  The eggs were watercolored lightly and just as on the card on Facebook, I did not completely watercolor the eggs.  A few adhesive dots were added.  Have a great weekend!

47 Years

Yesterday John and I celebrated our 47th wedding anniversary.  I have a hard time thinking that 47 years ago we said, "I do!"  Old people celebrate 47th anniversaries!  We are getting up there, but not old yet!  We enjoy the bluebirds that come around our house in the summer and last year we had them in the winter.  Since I have been looking for them again, I thought a couple of little bluebirds would make a cute card for John.  I used the Springtime Critters stamp set from Simon Says Stamp because of the cute birdhouse with the heart and the little birds.   I colored the images with alcohol markers and cut them with my Scan N Cut.  After adhering the images to a piece of white cardstock that was cut with a scallop die from Lawn Fawn, I adhered that to a blue background layer.  The sentiment is from a retired Stampin' Up set.  It is the perfect card to take our mind off of the snow and cold and to know that Spring is not far away!  Have a great day!