Sunny Birthday

 I just received new DSP from SU,  I had to break out some and make a card.

The papers are Painted Illusions. Crumb Cake base. The gold vellum is die cut with a deckle circle to indicate a sun. The sentiment is also SU. 

Inside, I added a narrow strip of the DSP to a computer printed sentiment.

The sketch is Try Stampin' On Tuesday

Grad Card

 I need a graduation card with gold and black as the school colors. It just happens The Paper Players challenge has those very colors.

I cased LeAnne's card, you can see it here. Thanks LeAnn for the inspiration.

Black card base, Daffodil Delight mat, white card stock matted with gray and elevated with foam tape.   The Daffodil Splotch is from Gorgeous Grunge. The sentiment is an old SU one. The mortarboard is a sticker backed with the gray card stock and trimmed to create a shadow and make it firm enough to elevate  on dimensionals. 

Inside is a computer sentiment with black and Daffodil Delight strips

Laser Cut Butterfly

 Happy Easter to all. It is too chilly here to be outdoors. None of my family is here so I am being productive in the craft room

Card base is 4 1/4x11, scored at 4 1/4, 8 1/2, and 9 3/4. The purple piece is 2 1/4 x 10 1/2 scored at 5 1/2. Patterned paper is 4" square.  Put glue only on the inside bottom edges and glue in place. Hint: put a 4x4 white liner inside before gluing the purple strip.

The purple is stamped with a flight of butterflies. The accent on the front flap is a laser cut butterfly sponged with blue, purple, and black. It is flimsy so I backed it with a black square. 

Here is a side view

I am submitting this to Let's Craft and Create with the option of Beautiful Butterfly

Primary Colors

 Kids love bright happy colors. This is one of the cards I will be sending to Send A Smile 4 Kids

The giraffe and sentiment are from Whimsy Stamps.

I'm going to enter this at Shopping Our Stash where the theme is "white out"--no white on the card.  I sponged Balmy Blue behind the giraffe and on the sentiment. And Pool Party in the eyes.

Using the sketch from Try A Sketch on Tuesday

For Paper Funday I used 2 square dies

Spring Flowers

I am doing some Mother's Day cards for Send A Smile 4 Kids . What a better time to use spring flowers for the current challenge at Cardz 4 Galz

I used a Bubble Bath card base. The next mat is Highland Heather embossed with swiss dots. The 3x4 white card has some black dots stamped and then ephemora flowers glued on. The sentiment is an old one in the stock. There was a smudge of black ink that I masked with a glittery pink gem. Perfect cover for an error.