Tiffany Blue Flowers Card

Tiffany Blue Flowers Card.

Similar to the precedent card, but I skipped the stem part and just glued the flowers in a row, a little askew.

This is a smaller version, 4bar, and it would be perfect for a quick note.

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Tiffany Blue and Flowers in a Row

Tiffany Blue and Flowers in a Row.

Once I begin with those floral embellishments, I can't stop!

 I used my tiffany blue paper so that the creme flowers would stand out, and stamped the stems with a Rubber Cafe stamp.

I then masked the flower part with a paper flower and added puffy paint in the middle.

Instead of using linen card stock, I finished a stack of already made cards with a recessed middle part, where the blue paper fits just right.

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And here is the same card on a white background:

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Life is a Beautiful Ride

Life is a Beautiful Ride.

Oh yes, it is... you look back on the years behind you, and funny as a human being is, you only remember the good times.

Better it is this way, or the human race will be extinct... if a woman could just remember the pain of childbirth. Right?

No, what she does remember, is the first time she held her baby in her arm, the first time he smiled, or the first time he handed her a flower he just picked up in the garden.

Yes, life is a beautiful ride. And a fast one too....

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I chose to use  Kraft paper and added a stamped sailboat from ITTY BITTY as well l as the stamped sentiment from the same set on white linen.

I added two flower brads and used a stencil and a white marker to draw waves under this sailboat on its wonderful ride....


Here is another version of the same card:

Get well soon.

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I added a Papertrey Ink stamped sentiment and a lone wavy line made with a white marker and a stencil.

The sun and the cloud are made with punches.

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Basket of Green Flowers Cards

Basket of Green Flowers Cards

This was a gift basket I made for my friend Claudine. She just loves bright green and silver and finding an idea for her cards was a no brainer.

I first found a Basic Narrows ribbon from Celebrate it and the rest was just matter of accessorizing it. I looked for the same green ink, the same green cardstock and used metallic champagne and silver card stock as well as some white linen.

I punched a big leaf and embossed a "Handmade with Love" tag that I tied to the basket handle.

Here are the three kind of cards I put inside the basket.

First some blank notecards, with a little metallic champagne card stock patch on top.

I stamped a row of  5 flowers from Idea House and added a drop of puffy white paint at the center of each flowers.

I also rounded the bottom corners of the notecards.

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Then, I made some thank you cards, format 4bar. I embossed the Thank You sentiment in silver and repeated the row of flowers under.

I matted the white linen on silver card stock and added a little bit of green ribbon.

The card stock is metallic champagne, and there is a liner in white linen.

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Now come the ones that were the longer to make, some mini cards with envelopes.

I used the Cricut Wild Cards cartridge and some green and silver card stock.

I also added some lined flowers to match the others cards.

A final look at what the basket looked like.

I think I made Claudine happy that day...

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Paper Flowers Blank Notes

Paper Flowers Blank Notes.


Once I began making blank notes with dry flowers, I just couldn't stop!

I found those floral embellishments from Recollections, they are not real dry flowers but rather paper flowers made with a card stock off white with a nice texture.

In one word, they do look like true dry flowers.

The only think missing was the center of the flower, and I fixed that with a little puffy paint that come in a wide pen, from VIVA, very easy to use.

You just have to be careful in letting the card dry a few hours or overnight as not to crunch that little drop of puffy paint.

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I used metallic champagne card stock and white linen paper.

 Another version with colored paper flower, all the same size this time:

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And on kraft paper instead:

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Glitter Christmas Tree Cards

Glitter Christmas Tree card.

I found this doodled Christmas Tree Craft Smart stamp at Michael's.

I used some green glitter from Martha Stewart and framed the stamped picture with a red card stock.

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The Seasons Greetings stamp is also from Craft Smart, and I used some white ink to remind of the white linen card stock below.

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Thank You Punched Flowers Card with White Lining

Punched Flower Card.

Almost the same card, but with a white lining and I choose to punch the flowers towards the bottom of the page, leaving room for the sentiment on the top.

Now, white ink comes out beautiful on kraft, and goes well with the lining paper on the inside.

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Thank You Punched Flower Card

Punched Flowers Card.

When you use a Martha Stewart punch all over the page, you need to add a liner to allow room to write inside without the words peeking through the front cover.

This kraft paper was the right thickness to punch, not too thin, where the paper get ripped, not too thick where the paper get stuck inside.

I chose to line up the cards with Tiffany Blue paper to go with the envelope.

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The thank you sentiment is part of the Thanks a Bunch thank you set from Sparkle'n Sprinkle, my go-to thank you stamp set.

I would have loved to be able to stamp it in tiffany blue but it doesn't come out the right color on kraft paper. Black was the next best thing.

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Fashion Thank You Card

Fashion card.

The internet is a mine for images when you need one.

This one was used for some thank you cards for a young lady whose passion is... fashion of course.

I thought my Tiffany Blue paper was a nice addition as a matting for this image with a few score lines around the frame.

Pretty simple.

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Longboard Cards

Longboard Cards.

It is sometimes hard to find an idea of thank you card for a boy, and even more for a teenager borderline man.

So you turn towards what they like in life... No more shiny firetruck or little Batman figurine. That leaves us with sport or hobby.

The card below was designed for a very gifted young man whose name will shine high and bright in a future not that far.

Longboard is one of his passion, the other one begin movie making and editing.
(This kid is just amazing...)

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I found that longboard image on the internet and matted it on blue card stock. The card is made of kraft paper.

Here is another version on white card stock:

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Butterfly on Metallic Champagne

Butterfly on Metallic Champagne.

There is something in the simplicity of this card that allows it to be used in many occasions.

  The card stock is metallic Champagne from paperandmore.com, lined with white linen.

The butterfly is made with a  Cheery Lynn designs die cut, and the corners are cut with a Martha Stewart corner punch.

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Baby Boy with Bow

Baby Boy with Bow.

The same card, again, with a different color ink and a different punched paper bow... and you get a baby boy card....

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