Birthday Balloons

 Our cardmaking group got together for a teams meeting just before I went to Michigan and we made this card together.  We started out using one of our balloon dies to make a stencil. My balloon dies are quite small, but it still worked.  I think it was about a year ago I had bought some stencil sheets from Walmart. They are just plain clear sheets to make your own stencils so I was all set to make one and it did cut nicely with my die. Some of the other girls just used cardstock and that worked fine too.

Then we used our stencil on some pattern paper. We then took a 11x5.5 inch piece of white cardstock and scored at 1, 2 & 3 inch marks on each end of the 11 inch side to make the folds. Using strips of paper that were cut to 7/8 x 5.25 inches to put inside those fold parts. It is hard to see but we made a top fold card A2 size and glued that in the center and applied our piece we stenciled the balloons onto. I hand drew some strings and bows for the balloons.

• Taylored Expressions - Balloons dies cut from stencil material to stencil onto the card base of pattern paper
• Distress ink - Fossilized Amber
• Memory Box - Happy Birthday Garland die
• Scrap papers
• Hand drawn strings

I tried to get a picture of how the card opens to write your inside message.

I would like to share my card today with the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Anything goes

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Center Step

 Last Month on the HSN craft day, they had this center step die on sale. I use to cut them out on my silhouette machine but I don't have an area to keep it plugged in all the time so I just never use it anymore. So when I saw this sale I decided to order it.  My oldest sisters birthday is coming up so she will be getting this card :)

• Stamps of Life - Center Step A2 die
• 49 and Market - Faded Memory Lane Papers and Ephemera
• Tim Holtz - Funky Floral #3 dies

I would like to share my card today with the Triple B Challenge 

We went to Michigan for my Nieces wedding, and I had no time to visit blogs, I have been working on that since I have been home, so I will be catching up soon :)

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Thoughts and smiles

 After I sent this card out a lady from church was able to come home from Rehab and have the rest of her time at home with them coming to her home, she is much happier being back home.

• Hot off the press - Tag Art #2 book of tag cut outs
• Ms. Sparkle - wood paper
• BasicGrey - Periphery paper
• Simon Says stamps - Tiny words Encourgement
• Memory Box - Country stitches die between the papers
• Sequins

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Totally Amazing

 Using more goodies from this card kit, I love how it all matches so well, and have some cute sentiments too that I cut with my scissor!

• Stamps by Me - Create a card kit
• Fiskars - stamp scissor to cut sentiment

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Healing

 Right after I sent out this card to a gentleman at our church that has a lot that went wrong health wise all at once we found out they had to call in hospice. I am running low on this pack of papers so I ended up using a lot of my scraps for the background.

• Graphics Fairy - Bird Image
• Spellbinders - Lg. Deckled Edge Rectangles die
• Basic Grey - Periphery papers
• Hot off the press - Thin line border stickers and Black Jewel stickers
• ODBD - All Occasions sentiment stamp

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie