Masculine Birthday

 I am a little late posting a new card.  I woke up Sunday morning with a ripping feeling when I opened my eyes, the vision in my right eye was very blurry. I called my eye doctor Monday morning and got an appointment and found out I had torn my cornea, she prescribed me antibiotic drops. It is still painful and very light sensitive. She said it would take about 48 hours for it to start improving. 

Thankfully I have a few cards done ahead of time so I have things to post, it is just hard staring at a computer screen for too long, even with the brightness turned down.

When I am not sure what to make for someone I tend to just start looking through all my goodies and I came upon this booklet that I got many years ago at a yard sale and it is full of papers and ephemera that you can put together to make a card, I found one that I thought would work.

I had to cut the window in the front of the card after applying the paper to the front. I then had to figure out what to put in the window and thought the sentiment signs would be neat but it was a bit too stark white, so I took Stencil I had to ink just the background around the window opening, that worked a lot better.

Here is is laying down to best get a sense of what it looks like closed.

• Hot off the press - Clearly Collage All Occasion Card kit
• Penny Black  - Background Basics Stencil (behind signs with Old paper distress ink)

Here is the card standing up, partly open.

Here is what it looks from the inside.

I would like to share the card today with Neglected Stuff Challenge 

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

Connie

Healing thoughts

 The Lady who owns the Stamp store in Missouri that I go to had emergency surgery, kidney stones had tore her insides up and she had really bad infection, she was in the hospital for quite a few days and even had to go back a week after for more things. She had to close down her store during that time because her only other worker was on vacation at the time.  I felt so bad for her and just had to make her a get well card. You know I had to use some papers that I bought from her store :) The flower ephemera was popped up with foam tape.

• Prima - Aquarelle 6x6 papers, Journaling note cards and Ephemera pack, inking around all the edges with Distress ink in Dusty Concord
• Simon Says stamps - Tiny Words Encouragement stamp set

I would like to share today's card with the following challenges:

Love those pretty papers optional fun fold

Triple B Challenge Birds, Blooms or butterflies

Simon Says Monday Challenge Things with wings

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and hope you have a wonderful weekend,

Connie

Watercolor wreath

 When I saw the watercolor challenge over at Double D Challenge Blog I just had to join in.  I won this wreath die from one of their challenges last year and I have wanted to use it ever since getting it but it never fit with any of the challenges in my group. So I decided to use it today.

I used my spectrum noir Aqua pens by applying the pen to my work surface and then adding a little water and painting it onto the watercolor card stock. I used a very light pattern paper behind so that the coloring would stand out and added a stamped sentiment to the inside circle.

• Scrapbook.com - Cozy wreath die, watercolored w/Spectrum Aqua markers
• Plaid - Snowflake Red papers
• Diamond Press - Vintage Christmas sentiment stamp

For my next card I decided to cut it twice using a pattern paper for the back and gold cardstock for the front.

• Scrapbook.com - Cozy Wreath die cut from pattern paper and gold cardstock
• BoBunny - Father Christmas papers for bottom wreath
• Tim Holtz - gold cardstock for top wreath
• Honeybee - Holiday Cheer paper for background
• ODBD - Poinsettia wreath stamp set for sentiment

Thanks for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Birthday Time

 I saw these epoxy stickers I had bought from the dollar store many years ago and I thought I could use them all on a card so I went about figuring out how I could mat them and what sizes I would need, then went to use them and the sticky part was still sticky but I was worried that it might not be enough so I added more glue, got it all made, came back the next day to take pictures and the stickers had warped a bit. I was so discouraged after all that work. Told hubby about it later that day and he wanted to see it.  He thought it was a cool card and that he didn't see anything wrong with giving it to his brother in law, so off in the mail it went. I did inking of the sentiment tag before taking it out of the die.

• Clock Epoxy stickers
• Ms. Sparkle $ co. - Wood paper
• Crafter's Square - Birthday sentiment stamp
• Spellbinders - Inverted Scallop squares and Back to Basics tag die
• Recollections - Brads

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

Connie

Happy Mother's Day

 To all those that will be celebrating tomorrow, I wish you a very Happy Mother's day!  My cardmaking group had a Mother's day card exchange, this is the card I made for the lady who I had to send to.

Since my Mother or Mother in law are no longer with us and this card was part of the Diamond dots kit I got, I thought I might as well join the exchange.

I am sharing today's card with Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Make it colorful.

• Craft Buddy - Crystal Art Card kits

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

Connie