Sunday cards

Last week, when I was sick, a friend called in pizza and wings delivery for us. That was awesome all by itself, but she lives in HOUSTON and we live in KANSAS! How's that for friendship? A simple "thank you" just didn't seem like enough for that, so I made her a card.

I was really happy with how it turned out.

In addition, I had seen a stair-step card pattern a week or so ago (over at My Creative Exposure) that I wanted to try. I'd like to do Isaiah's birthday card (Star Wars, of course) and Easter cards for the grandkids in WA so I thought I'd better get started practicing. I have a friend who is going to have a baby girl in June, so I thought this was the perfect theme to practice with.

The images were cut with the Special Delivery cartridge at 2.25 inches, except for the baby, which is 2.5 inches, and the b-a-b-y letters, which were cut at 1 inch. It's a bit hard to tell in the picture but I also used a clear glitter gel pen to do some outlining on the items. I think it's cute. Not great, but definitely cute for a first attempt. Now, I have to figure out what size envelope this baby will take. The overall dimensions are approximately 6.25 x 4.5.

I look at lots of cards and card ideas and I think how beautiful they are - wishing I could create such beautiful objects. Part of the reason (I believe) that my cards are not as beautiful is the amount of supplies that I have on hand, and the amount of supplies others have on hand. It takes money to buy the papers, the embellishments, the Cricut cartridges, etc. - and then you have the talent factor as well. Put the two together, and you have the makings of some very fantastic cards that are more like pieces of art. I will get better with what I have to work with. I can see a gradual evolution of the cards that I've made in the past year. They are getting better and my supplies are still about the same.

I would like to invest in some really nice papers but not sure of brands and line and quality. It's nice to read what others are using as it helps direct me to things that I didn't know existed.

Hello

I have a friend who needs a little "pick me up" so I made this card today for her. The owl and sentiment are cut from the Stamping cartridge. The owl is 2 inches and Hello is at 1 inch. The tree is cut from Country Life at 5 inches. The tree trunk is actually part of another tree because I didn't think far enough ahead to use the whole tree. I was playing around... Next time, I'll just use the whole tree from Country Life and call it good. What I wanted to do was have a trunk with a limb coming off and use "hello" as leaves and have the owl sitting on the limb. I'm not an artist so that didn't work out.

The owl's eyes are black buttons (they just don't look like it) because I couldn't find my googly eyes. The red buttons at the bottom of the tree are apples. LOL - use your imagination.

I trimmed the side of the tree off after I had it mounted. I wanted it to just look like it was a part of the side of the card.

What do you think?

New cards

I liked the Crazy 4 Challenges card sketch so much, and my friend liked it too so she ordered a 2nd card. I didn't think I had enough paper to do another exactly the same, so I made some changes.

I also have a co-worker who is graduating from college in May so I decided I'd make her a card, too. This is a sketch design that I'm sure other people have come up with, but I like to think "I" designed this card. LOL! Maybe - maybe not. I have no idea. I see so many cards and card ideas out there that it's really impossible to decide if I thought of it or not. I know the card I made my nephew last year was similar to this and I thought at the time that I'd "created" it, too.

I cut the mortar board from the Wild Card cartridge at 1.25 inches and trimmed off the extra piece that would have made it a card. I made the tassel from red and black thread that I wrapped around a nail file and then tied it and cut the other end. It's attached with an iRock stone. Then, I highlighted the brim with gold glitter pen.  I actually think it's quite nice. The inside will say "congratulations".

Crazy 4 Challenges Card Sketch Challenge

One of my friends ordered a card for another friend, with the request that I incorporate a bee on it, and which was on my list of things to do this weekend. As I was browsing through my blog roll, I happened upon a card challenge using a particular sketch on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog.  The sketch looks like this:



This is my version:

I think it turned out very cute. I think both of my friends will like it.

The inside says "For You!"

I used my Create a Critter cartridge from Cricut and cut my bee at 1.5 inches. The scalloped circles are cut at 3.5, 3.25, and 2.5 inches. The overall card dimensions are 5 x 5. The papers are scraps that were left over from other cards I've made (LOL - if you look back at my paper blog, you'll probably find those cards there).