My sister is getting married on the beach in Cape Hatteras, NC next month. Today I made her a card. I scraplifted an idea from Cousley over on the Scrapbook.com galleries.
The marquee shape is from Elegant Edges. The sand dollar is from Life is a Beach, and the shells are from Paper Doll Dress Up (it's actually from the mermaid's outfit!) I used colored pencils to accent the shapes, and foam adhesive to pop them up. Congratulations is from Holiday Cakes. I embossed the background using the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder. The punch is Martha Stewart Deco Fan. The ribbon is just some from my stash. On the inside I used another marquee shape in ivory for the card message. I also made a pocket to add gift cards.
The second card is one from my stash, I can't exactly remember how long ago I made it. It's a very simple card. I added the yellow "ribbon" (not sure what you'd really call it) to make it look a little more finished. I have a box of cards so that if I need a quick card I have a few to choose from. I really didn't have much time today to craft, so this was perfect.
I made this today for my Dad's birthday. He loves to fish and grew up spending all of his free time at his grandparents' house on the Pamunkey River in Virginia. My parents recently built a house there and my dad was even out fishing in December (in between snows)!
I used several Cricut cartridges - Everyday Paper Dolls for the fish, baseball cap, and fishing pole, Paper Doll Dress Up for the outfit and hair, Zooballoo for the grass (from another project I had left over) and Pooh and Friends for the clouds. I used some embroidery floss for the string holding the fish, and a Zig pen and Uniball Signo (white) pen for detailing. The stamp is from a set by See D's (rubber stamps that are adhesive to stick on clear blocks.)
