Men's Card

It's hard for me to create cards that are more suited for men than women but I think this one fills the bill.  What you can't see in the picture is all the white glitter all over the mountains and through the water, as well as all over the trees.  It really is a very pretty yet masculine card and I'm happy with the way it turned out - I hope you are too!

Happy Valentine's Day

During our class at Mulberry Grove, we will be doing 4 Valentine cards, two of which I've designed.  This is one of them and I must say, I'm very happy with it.  It reminds me of cards that we used to give one another when we were children (which, I must say, was a very looooooong time ago!).  Hope you like it!

Rita

Okay, so I missed a few days!

It's been pretty hectic at work so I did miss a few days of posting.  To make up for it, here is a card with matching corner bookmark that we did at Stonecrest yesterday.  Hope you like them.  Directions for the bookmark can be found at Splitcoaststampers.com.  I WILL be back tomorrow!

Love the way this turned out!

I made this card at Stonecrest yesterday and everyone seemed to like it.  The color of the leaves appears a little distorted here but in person, they match the flower.  I colored the flower myself (it started out white) by using a mixture of rubbing alcohol, Create-A-Shade paint from CTMH, and reinker which matches the cardstock I used on this card (Smoothie).  These is such as easy process and really adds to the overall look of the card.

Thanks for looking!

Rita

This card looks terrible in the picture!

In person, this is a pretty card although I will admit that the patterned paper colors don't match the blue of the cardstock and ink.  What can I say?  I've got lousy lighting at home and it looked great in that situation.  Plus, my scanner at work is really crappy - it doesn't close all the way so that's why this picture has a shadow on the right hand side.  Oh well, this one goes into the trash and I'll head back to the drawing board, although I do like the layout.

The medallion is made with a Martha Stewart corner punch.  This trick doesn't work with all of her corner punches and some of those that it does work with turn out very ugly medallions.  I really like this one!

My New Year's Resolution: At least one card a day!

I'm really trying to keep this blog active even if just for my own use.  It's a great place to show and store the cards I have made.  This first one is for Stonecrest this Sunday.  They requested a "male" card so I think this one may fill the bill:

And I just love the way the flower turned out on this one!  Hopefully, I didn't smash it too bad when I scanned the card:

And while I'm uploading photos, I might as well include one of my sweetie, Roscoe!

Thanks for looking!  More to come.

Rita

The cloud in my brain has passed!

I can't believe it has been more than a year since my last post here!  And so you ask, what's my excuse?  Actually, I have two excuses:  1)  Life got in the way, and 2) I had a brain fart ... I couldn't remember how to get into my account!  I know - lousy excuses but I promise to make up for my absence.

Here are a few cards I recently finished.  Hope you enjoy them.  And if you've seen on the news that Florida is the only state in the lower 48 that doesn't have snow on the ground, don't think "lucky Rita".  It was 24 degrees when I was driving to work this morning!  So the only reason we don't have snow is because it's too dry here!


The first is a simple card but more importantly, I finally got to play with my Cricut again!  What with the holidays and all the classes I've been preparing for and teaching, I just haven't had much time to play!  Inside it uses a new CTMH stamp "I didn't forget your birthday ... I'm just extending the celebration!".  Boy, can I relate to that sentiment!

It's a little hard to see on this one, but the white piece is embossed, using my Cuttlebug, and I cut the leaves on my Cricut.  Ain't tools great??.  

Boy, I struggled with this one.  When I found the paper at a garage sale, I really liked it.  But once I started working with it, I found I just wasn't that crazy about it.  I used the Cricut to cut an oddly flapped card.  What I do love about the card are those cool new CTMH flower buttons!

So enjoy for now.  I'll be back soon ... now that I remember my password!