My brother got married earlier this month, and I made this special card just for Bennie and his bride.
Recipe:
Paper: Jackson, Glacier CS, White Daisy CS (CTMH)
Stamp: Finding The Words
Inks: Glacier, Cocoa, Barn Red (retired), Juniper (CTMH)
Tools: Paper-Piercer (CTMH)
Other: Oceanside Sequins (retired) (CTMH)
They loved the colors of this, and even though it's not your typical wedding card, it fits my rugged brother's personality.
I wish them many wonderful years together. May God bless their union.
Have a great day!
Casandra
I found an MFT sketch on Pinterest that I really liked, and decided to use some of my left over Blossom scraps. I will miss this pretty, vibrant paper.
Recipe:
Paper: Blossom, Glacier CS, White Daisy CS (CTMH)
Stamps: Happy Birds, Finding The Words (CTMH)
Inks: Black, Sunset, Pear (CTMH)
Tools: Clear Detail Embossing Powder, Craft Heater, Sponge, Paper-Piercer, Micro-Tip Scissors, ShinHan Alcohol Markers (CTMH), Circle Stax Die (MFT)
Other: Gold Sequins, Foam Tape (CTMH)
I used my sponge to ink up white cardstock and then stamped over top it with Pear ink to get the two-tone feathers. I popped up the larger flower on foam tape to give this card more dimension. I love it. Izzy (my daughter) thinks it's "so pretty".
Have a wonderful day.
Casandra
I followed a design pretty close for this card, with one exception. I decided to forego adding the cocoa card base (front).
Recipe:
Paper: Jackson, Glacier CS, White Daisy CS (CTMH)
Stamp: Finding the Words (CTMH)
Inks: Cocoa, Glacier, Barn Red (CTMH)
Tools: Micro-Tip Scissors, Paper-Piercer, Sanding Kit (CTMH)
Other: Oceanside Sequins (retired), Glacier Twine, Foam Tape (CTMH)
I even sanded the edges of my glacier blue cardstock. (Don't tell my Father-in-Law that I sand.) Haha.
Have a great day.
Casandra
Today, we are celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary. It has been a decade full of love. There have been a few lows, with pregnancy losses, but throughout that entire time, we have always had our love and respect for one another. I am so blessed to be married to such a wonderful husband, and a great dad to our children. God blessed me with this wonderful partner to share my life with.
P.S. I made Jeremiah a card this year, instead of running to the Hallmark store (gasp!). He can't pick on me this year. Teehee.
Recipe:
Paper: Jackson, Cocoa CS, White Daisy CS (CTMH)
Stamp: Finding the Words (CTMH)
Inks: Cocoa, Barn Red (CTMH)
Tools: Paper-Piercer, Micro-Tip Scissors (CTMH)
Other: Foam Tape, Glacier Twine, Oceanside Sequins (retired) (CTMH)
Thanks for stopping by.
Casandra
I have some special friends in my life, and I try to remember to thank them often for being caring and considerate. I love the sentiments that are included in "Finding the Words" stamp set. It doesn't have a particular theme, so it can be used with any paper collection.
Recipe:
Paper: Jackson, Juniper CS, White Daisy CS (CTMH)
Stamp: Finding the Words (CTMH)
Inks: Glacier, Cocoa, Barn Red (CTMH)
Tools: Micro-Tip Scissors, Paper-Piercer (CTMH)
Other: Oceanside Sequins (retired) (CTMH)
I don't know if you can tell it, but I didn't ink up my blue banner stamp carefully and had to double-stamp it. I'm getting better at that technique.
Thank you to my blog followers for visiting, and for leaving such sweet comments. It brighten's my day. :)
Casandra
I made 4 of these cards and forgot to put twine on 3 of them before I remembered. Normally, I wouldn't pick such a generic sentiment, but after pondering just what "Happy Everything" might mean to most, I decided it was actually just right.
Recipe:
Paper: Jackson, Glacier CS, White Daisy CS, Cocoa CS (CTMH)
Stamp: Finding the Words (CTMH)
Ink: Cocoa, Barn Red (CTMH)
Tools: Paper-Piercer, Micro-Tip Scissors (CTMH)
Other: Oceanside Sequins
I will miss these pretty sequins. They were only available for a limited time and, unfortunately, just retired. They had a pretty shine to them that I haven't seen with other sequins. What are some of your favorite embellishments to use?
Have a happy day!
Casandra
I was playing around in my scrap room last weekend and made a bunch of cards with Jackson. Below is one I made with a scrap of Seaside paper, too.
Recipe:
Paper: Seaside, Jackson, Juniper CS, White Daisy CS (CTMH)
Stamp: Finding The Words (CTMH)
Inks: Barn Red, Cocoa, Glacier (CTMH)
Tools: Paper-Piercer, Micro-Tip Scissors (CTMH)
Other: Foam Tape, Glacier Twine, Oceanside Sequins (CTMH)
I love this stamp set. And I've surprised myself with how much I am liking the thick twine.
Thank you for stopping by today.
Casandra
I scrap-lifted this card from the Seasonal Expressions 2 book. It provided the perfect opportunity to use my new mini-stapler and thistle twine. Win, win.
Recipe:
Paper: Blossom, White Daisy CS (CTMH)
Stamp: Finding the Words (CTMH)
Inks: Thistle, Sunset, Glacier, Black (CTMH)
Tools: LePen Journal Pen, Micro-Tip Scissors, Paper-Piercer, Mini-Stapler
Other: Mini-Staples, Thistle Twine, Silver Sequins (CTMH)
Isn't this pretty? One of my favorite techniques is 2nd generation stamping. If you're not familiar, take a look at the flowers I stamped. Do you see how there are 2 different orange flowers? The darker flower was created by stamping once (like you normally would), but the lighter shade was achieved by stamping a second time before cleaning my stamp on the scrubber. It's a great way to stretch your craft dollars when you're trying to build up your tool inventory, such as ink pads.
Have a wonderful day.
Casandra
I made a couple different varieties with my leftover pre-cut card kits. Here is version #2.
Recipe:
Paper: Sophia (retired), Hollyhock CS, Sweet Leaf CS, White Daisy CS (CTMH)
Stamps: Camper Crazy, Finding The Words (CTMH)
Inks: Black, Hollyhock (CTMH)
Tools: ShinHan Alcohol Markers, Clear Detail Embossing Powder, Craft Heater, Cricut Art Philosophy (CTMH)
I remember when we used to own a camper like this. And I remember going camping in the boonies with my cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. It's silly, but one of my favorite memories, is setting our watermelons and milk in crates and placing them in the creek beds to keep them cold. On a hot summer's day, we would go further up the creek, and wade through it to cool off. We'd make little boats and then race them down the creek, too. Simple pleasures sometimes make the best memories....
What are some of your favorite (camping) childhood memories?
Casandra
It has been a while since I've been to blog land. Life got a lot busy with kids getting out of school, a birthday party, a family reunion, and work. Speaking of work, after working for the same company off and on for over 20 years, I made the tough decision to give notice so I could work at my other job full-time. It's actually a good thing because the construction industry has finally rebounded big time in our area, meaning that both of my part-time jobs became full-time. I'm excited to begin this new chapter in my life of only having one job to balance. Translation...I have hope that I can begin crafting again on a regular basis. Such joy!
With all of that, I give thanks. It seemed fitting that I should begin blogging again with a thank you card (or 2).
Recipe:
Paper: Daydream (retired), Wings (retired), White Daisy CS, Black CS (CTMH)
Stamps: Tea Time (retired), Finding The Words (CTMH)
Inks: Black, Hollyhock (CTMH)
I needed thank you cards for my daughter's birthday party that was held back in May. I managed to get about 15 of these made in an hour, with the help of my Wishes pattern book, the night before school let out. Phew! Just under the wire, but everyone that came received this pretty thank you note, and each little girl smiled. Izzy was even able to sign her own name to the inside of each card.
Thanks for continuing to follow my blog, even through my lack of posting. Hope you all are well. Coming soon, I will have some exciting sneak peeks of new artwork to share.
Have a great weekend!
Casandra
