Lady Bug Hugs!

I made this for one of my friends.  Her Birthday is today, so I thought this would be a fun card.  She loves polka dots and lady bugs. :)

The lady bug is from Walk in my Garden (such a cute cartridge).  I wish you could see how beautiful that green paper is.  It's all shiny and such a beautiful shade; it's one of my favorites.  I got it at a local paper store so there's no brand, sorry!  I thought it would work well for My Pink Stamper's blog hop too (click here for details).  You're supposed to use black and your favorite color or colors.  Red, Dark Green and Pink are some of my favorites (especially with black).  I hope you like it!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

A Few More Birthday Cards

Those that know a little about me or have hopped with me know that my little ones have a lot to do with my cards.  I am first and formost a Mommy!  Well, the following three cards are very simple (VERY, VERY SIMPLE).  I must appologize for the . . . interesting color schemes.  These cards were made for my family and so it means the world to my children to pick the colors and design the cards.

This one is for my youngest brother.  My little boy designed it and wouldn't let me put anything else on it.  Made using Create A Critter.

This one was made for one of my Aunts.  She's very special to me, and has a very special place in the heart of my daughter.  So of course my little girl designed this one.  She let me add a little bling to it, but not much else.  This little lady is from Walk in My Garden.

This one is for my Niece.  She lives in Canada so we don't get to see her very much, but she happened to be down for a little over a week.  She loves the Twilight series (which is the reason for the Apple), and the butterfly is because my little girl wanted it on there.  Again, my children picked the paper.  Well, what do you do?! :)  Both are from Create A Critter.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!  I'm so glad you did, and I hope it put a smile on your face!!! :)

Multi-Person Card

My Mom is in a position in our church where she needs a lot of cards.  There's been several times when one card is not enough for people to sign.  So I got thinking about what I could do to help, that's when the idea for this card came into play.

For the card holder - I used the DS software to weld a rectangle to two tags, all from the George cartridge.  I put a square with rounded edges for the window part.  Of course I used Walk In My Garden for the butterfly, bee and lady bug.  Paper Doll Dress Up was used for the grass.  I used the DS software to change the width.

For the 'Card' part - I used 3 pieces of paper cut into quarters and my Crop-O-Dile to do the holes at the top of the card.  I split the paper in half since my eyelets weren't big enough for all of the papers.  I put two eyelets in one half facing forward (squishing it), and two eyelets on the second half facing backwards.  I did it this way so that no matter what side you saw it looks like the nice side of the eyelets.  After that I just put some ribbon through the eyelets to hold the two sections together, plus I just thought it was cute! :)

 I hope you like my idea.  It could be used for big work gatherings (Good Luck, Congrats, Happy Birthday, etc) or for a teacher (all the kids could sign part), or for church.  Thanks for looking everyone!!!! :)

MPS Challenge

Ok, so I found out that my little sister will be helping with a church position which means she will need a bunch of cards.  So I was sitting and thinking of what to do and came across this challenge from My Pink Stamper.  The challenge that she put out was to use the colors Pink, Green, Orange and Brown.  So I got thinking about the challenge and realized that I had the PERFECT paper!!  The background paper is from DCWV The Glitter Stack.  LOVE IT!!!!!  I thought since I needed to really challenge myself I should go out on a limb with what I put on the card.  Normally I like to use real life colors for designs - red and black ladybugs, green caterpillars, etc . . . well on this one I tried something different for me. :)  I hope you like the way it turned out.  I was pleasantly surprised with how they turned out.  The Lady Bug and Turtle are from Walk In My Garden and cut at 2 1/2 inches.  The sentiment is from a stamp set I got a long time ago, sorry I need to keep better track. :)  Thanks for looking!!!