Sarita Card Workshop

 Howdy!  I have been so blessed to receive some FREE goodies from CTMH recently as a hostess!  Wahoo!!  I have had a ball scrapping pictures from Disney, birthday parties, and ordinary life...and also making LOTS and LOTS of cards!  Today's post features a card workshop from the pages of CTMH's Wishes cardmaking book.  Believe it or not, ALL these cards were made using ONE sheet of patterned paper and some cardstock scraps!  I made an assortment of thank you cards, sympathy, encouragement, and thinking of you cards.  Scroll down to see a variety of cards, made from the patterns of this workshop...

 Inks used: Lagoon, Goldrush, Outdoor Denim (all CTMH)

Papers used: Sarita paper pack (1 sheet patterned paper, lagoon, goldrush, and outdoor denim cardstock scraps)

Sentiment (above): Look to the Light stamp set (CTMH), rhinestone flourish (Michaels)

 Sentiment/image: Year Round Cheer (CTMH, retired)

 Sentiment (above): Look to the Light stamp set (CTMH)

 Sentiment (above): Look to the Light stamp set (CTMH)

 Sentiment (above): Look to the Light stamp set (CTMH), durable round stud embellishments (CTMH)

 Sentiment (above): Look to the Light stamp set (CTMH), background image (2nd generation lagoon ink) Trees and Things (CTMH, retired)

 Sentiment/image: Year Round Cheer (CTMH, retired), durable round stud embellishments (CTMH)

 Sentiment: Card Chatter--sympathy (CTMH)

 Sentiment: Card Chatter--sympathy (CTMH)

 Sentiment (above): Look to the Light stamp set (CTMH)

 Sentiment/image: Year Round Cheer (CTMH, retired)

Sentiment: Card Chatter--sympathy (CTMH)

 

See what you can do with just a SMALL amount of paper!  I feel like the boy with the two fish and five loaves in the Bible--God really multipled what I had to encourage a LOT of people with happy mail this week!  To check out another card workshop like this, check out this past post. 
 

Blessings to you and yours my friend, and thanks for stopping by!

Flirty Card Workshop

Hello there--so nice of you to stop by today!  I have been working on a card workshop this weekend--I followed the simple cutting guide and directions found in CTMH's Wishes book (retired) for their Holiday Card Workshop.  Basically, you need 1 full sheet of cardstock (I used flirty raspberry, CTMH), 1 full sheet of patterned paper (floral from Flirty paper pack, CTMH), a quarter sheet of Colonial white cardstock, and 16 colonial white cardbases to create 16 cards, 2 of each design (I actually ended up with 2 extra designs, due to having some previous scraps).  Feel free to click on any of the pictures to get a better, upclose view.

This card set features a new paper pack called Flirty from CTMH which features unique colors of cardstock.  I LOVE the Flirty raspberry color, but was a bit disappointed because there are really no ink colors that are close to matching it.  I did end up using a secondary color from the paper pack, Sunset, but even that ink color was not a great match (too bright).  For the stamped flowers and leaves, I used the coordinating stamp set, Love Blooms, which I LOVE--it is fresh, fun, and contemporary.  I think I will love using it, probably even more so WITHOUT the matching paper, as then I won't feel so confined to using certain ink colors (and being frustrated when they don't match the paper).

Sentiment: Card Chatter--sympathy (CTMH), ink: olive (CTMH), black, sunset (CTMH)

Sentiment: Happy trails--PTI

Sentiment: Fiskars Thank you

One of my unique designs

Sentiment: Card Chatter--birthday (CTMH)

Sentiment: PTI, ink: Melon Mambo (SU)-was NOT happy with the new foam stamp pad as it was patchy and bled

Sentiment: Card Chatter--sympathy (CTMH)

 Another original design

Sentiment: Fiskars  Thank You

Sentiment: Just for You (CTMH)

Sentiment: Happy Trails--PTI

Another group shot :)

By using stamped embellishments, these cards ended up costing me pennies!!  Love that!
Hope you, too, have a creative day and perhaps get some happy mail in your mail box soon!