Paisley - Just Because

I recently made this type of card for a card swap.  I wanted to use my Paisley embossing folder from Darice and also a paper punch (Martha Stewart).  I had originally thought to make them Easter cards which is why I used these colors but then ran out of time.  I cut the sentiment and the backing with the Cricut.  The stamp - I'm not sure but here is the complete set - it's so cute:

Tags, Tags and More Tags

My friend Joyce sent me this lovely card with a banner and a butterfly.  Here is a picture of HER card.

It inspired me to make some cards with tags instead and she was so very nice to include some butterflies with her card.  So here are my creations inspired by Joyce.

I ran out of her butterflies so I had to print out another one from the Cricut and emboss it!

Then I cut this cute inside from the Cricut.  Yes, of course it had to have a butterfly!  That's the theme after all. LOL

Now I just have to figure out a saying to stamp inside....
Oh the possibilities!  LOL

Hope you liked my cards...

Blossom Card Kit from CTMH

When I ordered my card making kit from Close to My Heart - they sent me the Blossom card kit to make.  So here are the cards that I made with it - still need to do a few more.  I was pleased with the way they came out for the most part.  Of course I had to put my own spin on them - it's too boring to make them all the same.

My friend Joyce game me the paper for the background of this card - I inked it and I love the way the leaves show up.  I have such nice friends really.  Crafters love to share!  LOL

I'm in a SPRING mood

The weather has been so beautiful here lately and we went away this past weekend and sat by a lake - which did my soul a lot of good.  So I thought I'd work on some flower cards this week.   

I used two flower stamp sets by CTMH:  Pretty Petals and Hooray Bouquet and they coordinate well together. 

The cute flower border down the side of the cards is from Fiskars "Border-A-Plenty" stamp set.  I'm trying to use more borders lately.  

After looking at the first set - I decided that I wanted to add more color and also emboss the paper (with three different folders) underneath the flower.  A girl has to try different things after all!  LOL  I like the way these came out even better.

I've been using my new MISTI tool to stamp the border and was SO pleased with the results.