Birthday Banner Card

Back today with, in my son's words, an "easy peasy lemon squeezy" card crafting project.  Run (don't walk) to your local Target store and score this adorable American Crafts card kit in the scrapbooking aisle.  They are marked down to $3.98 in the clearance section, so for an 8 card kit, that makes for 50 cent cards!  Woohoo!  These babies were super fun and simple to put together with my 6 and 4 year old kiddos, too.  Look closely and you'll see that the pennant flags are actually stitched together in a chain (nice detail), and we popped them up on included foam dots (click photo to enlarge) for some added dimension.  The kids also did a great job with the rub-on sentiment.  Fun...clean...graphic...looove!

August's SU Paper Pumpkin Card Kit

Hello friend!  Back today to share with you the cards I made from this month's SU Paper Pumpkin kit.  The kit came with this banner thank you so much stamp, the bicycle stamp, pennant and strip stickers, and also baked brown sugar ink (a new color for them this year; sentiment) and bermuda bay ink (bicycle).  The card above is the way the kit had you design the card.  I made a few horizontal ones using the same sentiment, too (not pictured).  Below, I got a little creative by using one of their past sentiments, from their June paper pumpkin kit here.  I like it because it is a little bigger and graphically fresh.  Which do you like better?

 

Well, hope you have a very creative day, my friend--thanks for stopping by!

For Always Romance Card

Here's an easy and lovely card that is perfect for telling your spouse how much you love him!  I used the For Always paper packet and white daisy diecut cards from CTMH.  The sentiment is from the zipstrip atop one of the papers in the pack--I just trimmed it to fit my card front.  The flower embellishement was created with SU's blossom punch and modern label punches, with the center being a cluster of black adhesive gems.  Of course, it uses my favorite pattern--chevron!!  Can't wait to surprise my hubby with this one in his lunch one day this week :)

Monogrammed Die-Cut Cards

 These cards were fun and truly easy to make using CTMH's diecut white daisy cards.  I started with the black and white patterned paper from CTMH's For Always paper pack.  I simply adhered the patterned paper to the front flap of card and trimmed.  Then I used a coordinating black patterned paper from the paper pack (sort of a subdued print...black lace and black text) for the black band across the front.  Next, I punched a scalloped circle from silver glitter paper (CTMH) and stamped out the monogram R stamp in black ink (CTMH) and punched out with a 1 1/4" circle punch.  I attached the R monogram to the silver scalloped circle and popped it up on foam tape.  Last, I used black and gray adhesive gems to finish out the look!  Love the shine and the sophistication of these cards!

Monograms are fun to play around with--check out this post for more card ideas!  Thanks for stopping by, my friend!

June Paper Pumpkin Kit

 I was super excited to score this Paper Pumpkin kit the other day--got it at a discount online since it was the month I received the welcome kit.  It has one of my favorite design elements right now...hexagons!  I think the little hexagon cut outs are super cute, too--they create little windows for the stamped hearts to peek through!  As you can see below, the suggested card design was horizontal--I made a few of these, then flipped the design to make a vertical one.

 

I was even feeling generous and shared one card from my kit with my four-year old son.  He made his and wrote in it to send it to Grandma.  So cute!

 

Hope you have a creative weekend, my friend.  Thanks for stopping by!

Hello Badge Button Cards

Saw these adorable little hello badge buttons on clearance at Target--American Crafts makes them and they are already stacked atop scalloped circles and pennant flags--so cute!!  I simply paired these embellishments with matching cardstock--Island Indigo blue and Pool Party aqua (SU), Pear green, blush pink and a bit of Pemberley yellow patterned paper (CTMH) (brown houndstooth patterned paper--source unknown)...and wallah!  Adorable "hello" cards in about 10 minutes!

This pink and yellow card (above) uses a diecut card base from CTMH.

Added just a bit of chevron stripe from SU's Tea for Two patterned paper collection for this one (above). 
Other supplies used: scallop edged scissors.
 

Hello to you my friend and thanks for
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Crafting the Blues

 Okay, this post closes out this series of cards using cute clips, hexagons, washi tape, and pennant banners!  I've had a fun time using up my scraps and creating some "happy mail" for friends that is a bit trendy and "with it" ha ha!  These cards highlight a BLUE color palette, using pacificia blue (CTMH) and black. 

Just got back from vacation and am excited to scrap some cherished memories and play around with some new paper packs--CTMH's new fall catalog just went LIVE and Stampin Up's Paper Pumpkin monthly kit is set to ship in a few days! Woohoo! Enjoy these last little beauties and I will be back with some fresh artwork next week!

Hello Hexagons

Back today with another trendy look--hexagons!  Love this polka-dot look with the hexagon shapes--sort of a visually geometric smorgisboard!  Added some striped washi tape (SU, Epic Day collection) and another cute clip (below).  Stamped sentiment is in slate ink (CTMH) using a wood-mount bargain stamp from Michaels.  Easy peasy! (note: hexagon punch is from CM...and SU has one now too!)

Pennant Thanks Card

Here's another take on the cards from the previous post, just turned a bit.  Also added the ink splatter stamped image (stamp from SU paper pumpkin welcome kit) and this card is stamped in black (rather than gray)--so many options to use up scraps you've had on hand--and be sure to mix colors and patterns--there are NO rules!  Have a creative one! Thanks for stopping by!