Happy Mother's Day Card

It's nothing really fancy actually,

but here's my mom's Mother's Day card.

I decided I wanted a shaped card this time so

I found a label shape in

Cricut Design Space that I liked and

decided to go with that.

I stamped and embossed the flowers

on watercolor paper and 

painted them with Tim Holtz' Distress Inks.

Then I cut the shape around the flowers

and cut the card and inside piece. I added 

ribbon to help fill up the white space and

a little bling.

Sailing away.......

I needed to a masculine card for

a birthday coming up.

I thought I could not go wrong with

the sailboat card from SVGCuts from their

set 'Seaside'.

I thought it came out pretty cute.

And it was very easy

 to make.  I could even use the

base for another style of card.

Bird Crazy.....

Seems everyone has gone crazy over the

Tim Holtz Crazy Birds

stamp set and dies.

I am no different, I had to order

the mini set version.

Had to play around with it just to 

decide how I wanted to color them.

This one is done with pencils. The eyes,

mouth and wings are layered.

With the eyes and balloon have

Glossy Accents applied

for the shiny effect.

Shadows applied to the card surface

along with a tag that was printed and cut

with my Cricut. Along with some

accent dots.

More flowers

I've gotten into painting flowers lately,

I can't seem to stop!

Trying something new....

I am quite happy with the results on this card.

I used the 'Peonies' stamp set from Avery Elle, embossed it

then painted it with Tim Holtz Distress Inks.

The Happy Birthday is from Simon Says Stamp 'It's

Your Birthday' set.

I hope the recipient will be as pleased with it.

But only God can make a tree!

I stepped back into something that I had tried

my hands at a few years ago, Art Journaling.

I am a bit rusty, but here's the latest  one.

Trying new techniques...

I try to expand my techniques  by watching

Youtube videos and checking

out Pinterest, etc.

I've decided to try my hand and some

painting options, be it

with distress inks or watercolor, etc.

Here's my first tries and I have to say,

I am rather happy with the results.

I used distress inks on these and

kept them simple.

Now, I am not a painter by any means,

but I am happy with the results.