So energy for crafting has been at an all time low - shopping for crafting has not though !! The new goodies were just too tempting to ignore so I took my bucket to my craft room and started creating my first things in MONTHS - it felt great ... until the nap I had to take from expending so much energy !
Heres a couple of cards I made for fathers day. First is a really fun discovery I had with my PTI woodgrain inpression plate - it works on CORK !!
I ran it through my big shot, and then because I wanted the grain visible upon potographing, I brushed it with my Cognac pallette pad to bring out the impression a bit more. Kind of draped some EE saddle stitch ribbon across the card, and used and EE cutout and fillable frames #5 dies and sentiment. Used some SUPER old ranger embossing powder, and trust me when I tell you embossing powder can get old. it didn't stick to the versamark very well, but I think the roughened look suits the card so i didn't do over.
Next card is one I made for my hubby - he's a teacher so I thought the ledger paper from Dawn's March color couture download would be great. Super sinple card, 3 stars from star prints, some Dark Chocolate Twill, and stamps from 3 sets make up the sentiment - Trajan Alphabet, Pond Life and Get to the point.
Decided this scholarly card looked great photographed in the clutter on my desk. ENJOY !!
Beautiful cards and congrats on the happy news!! :) I hope you're feeling better soon, but you, they say that morning sickness is a good sign of a healthy baby (at least, that's what everyone kept telling me, lol).
ReplyDeleteOH wow! LOVE the cork and the cognac ink you rubbed over it! Clever and creative. And the ledger paper form the march download is awesome fro your DH's card! Congratulations on your pregnancy, although I hope you get over the sickness soon. No fun.
ReplyDeleteHow cool!! I have cork and I have that impression plate - going to have to give this a try!
ReplyDeleteLove both cards. The impression plates on cork so cool. Now I've got to get my hands on some cork. LOL. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteVery cool! Congrats on your news! Yuck on the morning sickness, hoping the rest of your pregnancy goes well and you have a healthy baby.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to use cork with the impession plate! Great card!
ReplyDeleteThis is very cool! I think I have some cork somewhere in my stash, I need to give this a try! Congratulations on your pregnancy :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your happy baby news! I love what you did with the woodgrain plate. I love it too. The saddle stitch ribbon looks so nice on that card.
ReplyDeleteVery, very cool! Congrats on the pregnancy.
ReplyDeleteOkay, this is genius! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful idea on the PTI forum so we can all give it a try! And Happy Baby!
ReplyDeleteMake sure you take things with ginger in it ....... is this your first?? I had issues with my prenatal vitamin ..... I changed to Rainbow Light ..... an organic natural vitamin and it changed my life. The cards are great and I think I have to look at that download from Dawn......
ReplyDeleteCool card and congratulations on your pregnancy.
ReplyDeleteWhat a really neat idea, I will definitely have to try this! And big congrats about the good news! Sorry about the bad news though...hope it passes soon!
ReplyDeleteGreat cards! What a neat idea with the cork! TFS!
ReplyDeletebeautiful job. i hope you feel better soon.
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