Happy Birthday Susana!

 This card was a scraplift from the Cardmaking with Cricut Idea Book.  I made the card for a dear friend of mine. The argyle die-cut came from the Wild Cards Cricut Cartridge. I used a smaller sized card and different elements for embellishments. For example, the original card in the book used a star underneath the flower. I used a raw chipboard flower.  I used white pigment ink to paint the chipboard flower. I then sprinkled it with white iridescent embossing powder. Then, I used the heat embosser to set the ink and powder.

Mental health break

I have taken a mental health break from making cards.  I have been working on scrapbooking layouts and mini albums instead. At some point I'll be posting those, but for now I believe it would be best if I concentrated on making cards.

birthday card for boy

I love using the Close To My Heart sketches from the "Originals" Idea Book.  The design for this card was for a 6" X 6", but I decided I didn't want it so big.  This just happens to be 5" X 5". The front of the card was scored one quarter of an inch apart. The printed paper was sanded to give it a worn look.  The more I look at the stamp choice, the more I'm not liking it. The dinosaur was cut out from the printed paper, and decopauged with Mod Podge  front and back.  It was adhered with a dimensional adhesive square. The squares were punched using EK Success' square 1 inch, and inked with a dark blue dye ink.  The front cover of the card was also inked around the edges.