Thank You Challenge Card

Tomorrow is my last day as a Children's Librarian... at least for awhile. My awesome coworkers have been showering me with gifts this week to celebrate my soon to be baby boy #2. I decided to make some thank you cards, and used the Color Dare #190 for my inspiration.

The colors for the week are Colonial White, Pear, Honey, Gypsy, and Ruby. I used a Colonial White card base and layered it with Honey Paper Fundamentals cardstock. I added the Ruby using the Charming Cascades stamp set stamped on Colonial White. I turned the design upside down, so they stars are falling. I didn't have any Gypsy Shimmer Trim, so I used my Spectrum Noir markers to color white Shimmer Trim. This technique is easy, and opens a whole variety of sparkle options! The little frog is colored in using a color similar to Pear. The whole thing was quick and easy, but the results were cute.

Ingredients:

• Colonial White Cardstock
• Adventure Paper Fundamentals
• Charming Cascades
• Ruby Ink
• Pear Ink
• White Shimmer Trim

Happy Scrapping, My Artsy Friends!

Two Simple Cards Using Paper Fundamentals

This week, my husband graduated college and had a birthday! Since these were both perfect card giving opportunities, I got crafty! I wanted to make adorable cards on the quick, so I decided to use the Paper Fundamentals for both cards. I really love Paper Fundamentals, because they can easily accent any paper pack, work together for a fun design, or stand alone.

For the first card, I used an old Paper Fundamentals sheet in Smokey Plumb (retired). I used a Spellbinders die to cut and emboss the circle, which I stamped with stars and a sentiment. The owl is cut from Cricut Create a Critter 2. I chose this color scheme, because they are the colors of Grand Canyon University, where my husband graduated. I am entering this card in Heart 2 Heart's "Four" Challenge, since college takes four years.

For his birthday card, I used Adventure Paper Fundamentals Honey Cardstock. Yellow is my husband's favorite color. I again used a Spellbinders die to cut and emboss a circle. The stamps and sentiment here are a die and stamp set from Lawn Fawn. 

Ingredients: 

• Adventure Paper Fundamentals 
• White Daisy Cardstock
• Patch of Sky
• Gypsy Ink
• Slate Ink
• Canary Ink
• Honey Ink
• Black Ink

Happy Scrapping, My Artsy Friends!