"You Rock Flower" and "All Kinds of Thanks" Mini Notecards...

Ahhh, it's the end of another month and here I am trying to post this wonderful project before the next month comes...I have a friend that loves my Cardmaking and when she needs a card, she calls me to make one for her.  I'm thankful to God that I have a friend who appreciates the creativity I put on each of my projects so, I was inspired to make these when she requested some "Notecards." I used white 3-inch square base card on each of them, flower image from Recollection Stamps that I colored with my Prismacolor/Sharpie markers with the "You Rock" sentiment from Stampendous, the "All kinds of Thanks" image and sentiment from Studio G Stamps, some glitters (Stickles) and several metal embellishments and Cuttlebug embossing.  They came out so cute...So happy.  I had to make all envelopes to coordinate the cards as well.  I love them!

YOU ROCK FLOWER NOTECARDS:

YOU ROCK FLOWER NOTECARD LAYERS:

ALL KINDS OF THANKS NOTECARDS:

ALL KINDS OF THANKS NOTECARD LAYERS:

Okay fellas, this is all for now and hope you have an enjoyable weekday crafting...I hope I can get things done this week.  I literally have many projects in mind but to actually sit and make them are a totally different story...Anyway, God bless and till next time...

How Much I Care (Boy) Card...

 Hey there, Crafty People...So, here is the boy counterpart of the card I shared just a while ago.  This image is from Bugaboo Stamps and I just totally love coloring him with my Prismacolor/Bic and Sharpie Markers.  I  added some button brads, a MS cool border and a wonderful sentiment from Hero Arts Stamps.  I purposely didn't put more embellishments as I wanted it to look as simple as it can be as a male card.  One thing I didn't hold back on is the stitching in this project...I think I got carried away!...LOL  Anyway, hope you like him too. This card is entered into the following Challenges:

1.  Cute Card Thursday featuring "For His Eyes Only"

2.  Charisma Cardz featuring "Sunshine Colors"

 HOW MUCH I CARE (BOY) CARD:

 HOW MUCH I CARE (BOY) CARD LAYERS:

HOW MUCH I CARE (BOY) CARD INSIDE: 

HOW MUCH I CARE (BOY) CARD WITH ENVELOPE-BOX: 

Okay guys, this is all I have for now.  I can only hope I can get some stuff done this weekend but way too many things lined up for me...I'll try my best though...Hope you have a wonderful weekend and just remember to put God first in everything you do and He will do the rest...

How Much I Care (Girl) Card...

Hi folks...I am truly excited to show you the card I made just recently.  I am totally loving Bugaboo stamps right now.  I purchased a boy and a girl image and made a card of both but decided to do separate post.  Although the card lay-out were quite similar yet, I have added something to make them look different as well so, here's what I came up for the girl image card...I colored her with my Prismacolor/Sharpie/Bic markers, added some Prima flowers and glitters, a nice brad, a wonderful sentiment from Hero Arts Stamps, MS cool border and a lot of stitching. This card in entered into the following Challenges:

1.  Charisma Cardz featuring "Sunshine Colors"
2.  Dutch Dare Card featuring "Color Combo"

HOW MUCH I CARE (GIRL) CARD:

HOW MUCH I CARE (GIRL) CARD LAYERS:

HOW MUCH I CARE (GIRL) CARD INSIDE: 

HOW MUCH I CARE (GIRL) CARD WITH ENVELOPE-BOX: 

I enjoyed making this card and using this very cute image...Let me know what you think of this creation.  Anyway, I will be sharing the "boy" counterpart of this image in the next post.  Have a wonderful weekend, you guys!  God bless!

"Not Old---Recycled Teenager" Card...

Hello there, folks!  It's the start of another weekday and I am glad I found the time to finish this card.  A lot of times, I make the card and had to make the envelope the next day or even longer at times.  I really don't know how some of you can juggle your responsibilities with your crafting.  I have family time, homeschooling my little boy, chores, and in my case and Church activities (4 to 5 days a week).  Just with what I do, I am already losing sleep...LOL.  But hey, I love to make cards that is why, I am still here...Anyway, in this post, I want to feature this funny image I bought from Bugaboo Stamps called "Miss B."  I love coloring her with my Prismacolor Markers.  She's aged but still glamorous...LOL.  I used 3 DP's here and did a lot of sewing.  I cut the scallop with my nesties, used my MS Small Circle Cutter for the circle die-cut, some gems, nice ribbon and a wonderful sentiment that I saw in a book and print in the computer.  I am totally happy on how this card came out and hope you all enjoy it too.  This card is entered into the following Challenges:

1.  Playing in Paradise featuring "Color It"
2.  Cute Card Thursday featuring "Going Round in Circles" 
3.  Simon Says Stamp featuring "Anything Goes"

NOT OLD---JUST A RECYCLED TEENAGER CARD:

NOT OLD---JUST A RECYCLED TEENAGER CARD LAYERS:

NOT OLD---JUST A RECYCLED TEENAGER CARD INSIDE:

 NOT OLD---JUST A RECYCLED TEENAGER CARD WITH ENVELOPE-BOX:

Aww, Miss B is truly a beauty...I am lovin' the images from Bugaboo.  There's several more to feature if I can find time to put them in a card.  I can only hope.  Okay friends, till next time and always remember that JESUS LOVES YOU.  If you don't know Him yet, I would love to share how He changes life and gives people a new hope and a future...God bless y'all!

Not a Card but Handmade Glimmered Flowers....

Hi there, friends!  Since last year, I've been wanting to make my own glimmer mists.  I bought some of the items needed like bottle spray, Pearl-Ex and Perfect Pearls to name a few but didn't find the time to make them.  Now finally, the time has arrived.  Last week, I decided to watch several videos on "Making your own Glimmers"  (a ton of them at YouTube) and how to make flowers using glimmers.  This is what I came up with after buying some Folk Art Metallic Paint and combined with some water and glue (binding agent) with an addition of Pearl-Ex.  I am pretty happy with the glimmer results.  You will see that I made different colors and sprayed my flowers from scratch, drying it and forming the final shape.  It's not very complicated but takes a lot of time due to the drying time for each flowers.  Hope you like them:

To get different flower designs, I used my Cricut (Walk in my Garden) cartridge and cut 3 flower designs at 1.75", 1.40" and 1.10" sizes.  I used my Gypsy here and it was a big help.  They range from the 5 to 6 flower petals thus giving me variety.  I had to hunt for some pearls and after checking at 4 Wal-Marts, the last one got it.  Anyway, I am looking forward to including these flowers to my card creations in the future.   I gotta go and hope you all have a blessed day in Jesus!

Blue Skies Ahead Ship Easel Card...

A wonderful day everyone.  Last Saturday, I was asked by a friend to make her a card for her Boss that just lost a son-in-law while serving at Iraq.  He was the son that his boss never had so, she wanted me to make him an encouragement card.  Death is always a hard subject matter to talk about especially when making cards but for those who put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, death is not a means to an end but merely just the beginning of eternal life.  So, I told her about the sentiment I wanted to incorporate and she approved of it.  So, here's the card that I came up with.  Size is 5.5 square.

Here, I used my Wall Decor and More Cricut cartridge for the first time...I've had it for a while but just not enough time to check it out (like all the other 70+ cartridges I haven't used yet...LOL).  I saw some nice images here and decided to go with the ship, the clouds and the waves.  You all know how difficult it is to make a manly card so, I was careful on the colors and the amount of blings and embellishments to use.  Selected a couple of DP's and matted almost everything in black.  It's funny because I didn't notice that there's an option to shadow in the cartridge (or should I say, I didn't see it right away because it's not in those usual function buttons that most cartridges had them on) so, I hand-cut all the shadows of the die-cut elements and did some distress inking on the die-cuts for added dimension.   The sentiments were from Printworks Clearly Defined Stamps.  A few more brads, gems and loads of stitching and I was done. This card is entered into the following Challenges:

1.  Simon Says Stamps featuring "Stitch in Time" 
2.  Cute Card Thursday featuring  "Technology"

 BLUE SKIES AHEAD SHIP EASEL CARD:

BLUE SKIES AHEAD SHIP EASEL CARD WHEN FOLDED:

  

 

 BLUE SKIES AHEAD SHIP EASEL CARD LAYERS:

 BLUE SKIES AHEAD SHIP EASEL CARD WITH MESSAGE SPACE:

BLUE SKIES AHEAD SHIP EASEL CARD WITH ENVELOPE-BOX:

My friend has not seen this yet and I can only hope that she will love it when she picks it up later on.  She always trust my judgment when she ask me to make something for her.  I can say that I was also surprised because it came out wonderfully.  I can only thank God for downloading the lay-out as I was putting this card together (I am not the type that has a lay-out planned ahead).  So, I am grateful to God for all the talent He gave me to share this wonderful creations to family, friends and a loads of people online.  I give Him all the glory!