Fun with Chevron

Another versatile greeting on a non-gender specific card. Could be used for get well, thinking of you or birthday. I used one line of atg adhesive to stick the strips to my Creative Memories cutting mat. Then I used the CM circle cutter to cut the circles out of the strips. I cut circles from the plain paper and trimmed slightly to make "buttons" that would fit inside the spaces. My 1/16" served as button holes. Hemp twine around the project added a bit of a rustic touch and some texture.

Black and Cream on Kraft

This card was so fun and easy, I made six. I felt like it could fit a variety of occasions. Sympathy, Get Well, Birthday, Thinking of You, etc.

Guy's Get Well

A family friend had a double hip replacement and I was headed out the door to sit with his wife (one of my besties) during surgery. All the get well cards in my stash were flowery. So I pulled up this quick design from my Pinterest board. I knew immediately that the Americana/travel pad I had purchased from Hobby Lobby would be perfect. It was finished quicker than I would have found a parking space, walked in the store, located a card that was the right design with the right message and the right price, paid and walked out again!

Box of Sunshine

I found the idea on Pinterest to send a box chock full of yellow items to someone who was sick or in need of a pick me up. And seriously, if that doesn't cheer you just thinking about it, there's something wrong!
So my girls and I went on a treasure hunt. We got most of our stuff at Party City. That store is awesome for something like this because you don't have to buy a whole package of one item...you can buy just a few pieces of a variety of things. Besides, they have super cool little party favors =)
And of course, a sunshiny package requires a sunshiny card...

Controlling the Scrap - Version 1.1

My next card was one that utilized narrow strips of three coordinating papers. I went a little less crazy with that one and only did four =) I LOVED how this one turned out and feel like the de-bossed white background added just the finishing touch I needed. My embossing folders had a little too much detail and were too small for the card size I was working with. So I ended up going for a simple quarter inch vertical stripe using my Martha Stewart scoring board. I was even able to use up some of my miscellaneous mini brads that I have had FOREVER! I adhered the strips by only one line of glue at the top so they would "hang" and add a bit of dimension at the bottom.

Card dimensions: 4.5" x 6.25"
Mat: 4.25" x 6"
Strips: .75" wide by 4", 3.75" and 3.5"
Sentiment strips: 4.25" x .75"