Sunday Morning in the mountains

WOW!  Woke up on this wonderful Sunday morning...a bit cloudy, but went out on to the porch to have some juice and the mountain had this beautiful steam all over it.  What an incredible view!  I just sat for a while taking it all in and remembering that no matter what bad things get thrown at me this year, I am a lucky girl.  I spent just a minute breathing it in and thanking nature for the beauty before me - which of course inspired this Thank You card - it only took a  total of about an hour to design and assemble this one - inspiration is cool!

Materials needed:

• 7 X 10 dark purple card stock
• 6 3/4 X 4 3/4 ivory cardstock 
• 6 3/4 X 4 3/4 daisy pattern paper (for inside of card) 
• 6 1/2 X 4 1/2 daisy pattern paper
• 6 1/2 X 4 1/2 ivory cardstock with inside sentiment printed (see inside sentiment below)
• 3 1/2 inch scalloped circle in dark purple card stock
• 3 inch circle printed with Thank You (I used A770 Roman, 59 pt font)

 

Instructions:

1. Fold 7 X 10 dark purple card stock in half (to create a 5 X 7 card) - be sure to make a crisp fold!
2. Adhere ivory cardstock to front of card
3. Adhere daisy pattern paper  to ivory cardstock
4. Adhere Thank you circle to dark purple scalloped circle
5. Adhere matted circle to front right of card

Inside of Card:

1. Print "The world is a better place because of people like you" on ivory cardstock - cut to 6 1/2 X 4 1/2
2. Adhere inside sentiment to 6 3/4 X 4 3/4 daisy pattern paper
3. Adhere matted sentiment to inside right of card

If you try one, send me pics!  Happy Sunday everyone!

Have a BEARY Happy Birthday!

Sorry everyone!   I haven't written in a while...it's been a tough year for me-but I'm back! 
Today was a pretty gloomy day up here in the mountains, so it was a great day to work on some card designs.  I haven't done many children's cards, so I thought this would be a good day to start.  Although I started out thinking about kids, my hubby thinks this card would be great for any age!  What do you think?  Here is a cute bear themed birthday card for children of all ages!  It's a pretty simple design, but turned out so nice!  I added a brown satin bow to the top corner of the bear, but it wouldn't scan right, so I took it off for the picture...

 

 

Materials needed:

• 7 X 10 dark brown card stock
• 3 3/4 X 3 1/4 dark brown card stock
• 3 1/4 X 1 dark brown card stock
• dark brown bow
• Bear with present digital image (available at http://www.dreamstime.com/) cut to 3 X 3 1/2 on white cardstock
• 3 X 3/4 Happy Birthday sentiment on white card stock (I used Kristen ITC font in 22 point)
• 6 3/4 X 4 3/4 yellow cardstock embossed with Cuttlebug swiss dots folder (you can also use yellow patterned paper with white dots - I tried it both ways!)

 

Instructions:

1. Fold 7 X 10 dark brown card stock in half (to create a 5 X 7 card) - be sure to make a crisp fold!
2. Adhere yellow embossed cardstock to front of card
3. Adhere bear image to 3 3/4 X 3 1/4 dark brown card stock for matting
4. Adhere bear image and mat 3/4 inches down from top of card
5. Adhere Happy Birthday sentiment to 3 1/4 by 1 dark brown card stock for matting
6. Adhere sentiment and mat 3/4 inches from bottom of card
7. Fold brown ribbon into bow and adhere to top right corner of bear image using a mini glue dot

 

That's it!  Enjoy!

Please send me photos of your completed cards!  I would love to see them!