My Pink Stamper = inspiration

I love making cards .... and the funny thing about that is I do not have a "stash" of cards. So when I need a birthday card, etc. I usually have to quickly make one. Sometimes I try too hard to come up with an original idea .... so I resort to scraplifting from different blogs. My first stop last weekend was to My Pink Stamper. This is also where I started when I first started card making.

I started by going through all of her videos to get some "inspiration". Boy, did I ever get some inspiration ... I made 16 different cards in 2 days (I made 2, 4, or 6 of each card depending on what it was and what supplies I had on hand).

I will be showcasing the cards I made over the next couple of days.


Recipe:
MPS Episode #198
A2 card
Bird cut at 3.5" from Create a Critter
MS Double Loops Punch Around The Page

Recipe:
A2 card
Girl cut at 4.75" from Forever Young
Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder
MS Mini Daisy Punch Around The Page
I saw this one on the back of one of her stamp sets.

Recipe:
A2 Card
Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge
Episode #196
MS Mini Daisy Punch Around The Page

Recipe:
A2 card
MPS Episode #202
Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge
MS Double Loops Punch Around The Page
Silver Brad

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Valentine's Day Card - 5

This is a quick and easy Valentine's Day card. I ended up making this one to take to Card Club also.



Recipe:
A2 card
Martha Stewart Double Loops punch
White cardstock cut at 4" x 5.25"
Embossing Folder of your choice. I used The Paper Studio Doodlehearts folder.
Ribbon
"Kids" cut at 3.5" from A Childs Year cartridge (this can also be found on the Ultimate Creative Series Sampler cartridge)

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

With Sympathy

My daughter recently had a death in her extended family. Sympathy cards are not my favorite to create. I always second guess myself as to what is appropriate. Well, this is what I came up with.



Recipe:

Card: Stock 5 x 7 card kit, cut to a 5" x 6.75"
Black cardstock - cut at 5" x 6.75"
White cardstock - cut at 5" x 6.75"
Martha Stewart punch around the page - Double Loops
Cuttlebug folder - Victoria
Embossed White cardstock - 4" x 5.75"
Black ribbon
Oval "with sympathy" tag - created on the Gypsy (using TBBM)
"with sympathy" stamp from Michael's $1.00 bin

Inside card - I looked up some card verses on the internet and found one I really liked, so I copied it and pasted it into a 5 x 7 WORD document, then printed it on my home computer.