A Beary Special Birthday

We recently celebrated my daughter's birthday - this card was for her.  When she was young, she loved panda bears.  I just couldn't resist - this patterned paper was so darn cute.

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Bright and Sunny Birthday Greetings

Today's card is so bright and sunny.

Isn't that smiling pineapple so cute - that's a die from Paper Smooches.  The "happy" background stamp is from Impression Obsessions.

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You Mean the World to Me

Today I have a card to share that I made for each of my kids, because they do mean the world to me.

I don't think the picture does this card justice.  I didn't have time to get out my light tent, so I just snapped a pic with my phone.  I really do love the way this card came out, and used products from Papertrey Ink (die), Lawn Fawn (the sentiment stamp), and Neat and Tangled (origami map stamp).

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Tropical Pugs

I've been very busy creating lots and lots of new cards for Pug Rescue of Florida's fundraiser, Pugsgiving.  I wanted to create some "tropical pug" themed cards.  Here's a few pics of them.

That pug with the sunglasses - it just makes me smile.
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Med School Congrats

My nephew just started med school, so this card was sent to him.  We are all so very proud of him.

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Inlaid Butterflies

Today's card is simple, but I really liked the way it came out.  And it's already in the mail to a good friend's mother and should brighten her day.

I simply cut the die (DoCrafts Wildflower Beauty) four times, first out of black cardstock then out of three different color paper from an old 6x6 Recollections paper pad (Michaels).  I just inlaid all the colored pieces back into the black frame.  It did take a bit of time, but was easy to do.  I then layered it over a stitched rectangle and vellum and onto a grey card.

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A Dress Die? No Way!

Many online papercraft supply companies will sometimes send a "freebie" along with your order.  Sometimes this is something cool and useful, sometimes not so much.  My friend Jan recently received this dress die as a "freebie".

We got a real chuckle because it seemed like such a strange die.  We just couldn't imagine that many people felt the need to purchase this - maybe that's why it was a "freebie".  But I do love a good challenge when it comes to card making, so I thought I'd try to use it in non-conventional ways.  I was able to make two cards.

For this first card I cut several "dresses" from two different yellow colored cardstock, inked the edges just a bit with distress inks and combined with some leaves and a brown scribble diecut to create a big flower.

For my second card I diecut the dress from both black and a multi colored glittery cardstock, layered together and tied with black twine around the middle to create a couple of butterflies.

For both cards I layered my "faux-dress" elements over patterned paper and added a hello diecut from Impression Obsessions.  Maybe they're not my favorite cards ever, but I DID meet the challenge to use this die in a very different way.

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