Tea Bags are like Woman???

Morning Everyone!!!

Will this morning I got up and as I looked at the cards I did yesterday I could not decide which I liked best..........What do you think??????

With or Without that is the question....?????

I really like them both but... I wanted to know what other card gals though of my new discovery of Liquid Pearls.  I've been trying it on everything and I might have gone a little WILD!!

OK here we go,

Below is my card front, the gal on the front is from Close to my Heart stamp set Ms. Gardener (D1344) Love this whole set but did not get around to using it till now.... then I didn't even use it for gardening.... Oh will back to my post.  I stamped her using StazOn ink and then colored her with SU- Watercolor Crayons and an Aqua Pen. The saying came form the Stampin' Up set Favorite Thoughts... this set came with 4 sentiments and all 4 are sassy... love them! I also used 2 Spellbinder dies, the tag was cut down form the Fancy Tags set and the yellow arch behind the tag was cut down from the Labels-13 set.  I also used the large oval punch by SU for the rust color behind the tag.

Anyway this is the card With OUT Liquid Pearls card.

This is WITH Liquid Pearls.   What do you think. 

below are the close up and inside shots too.

Here's a close up of the detail work at the bottom of the front, I use two border punches by Martha Stewart.  My bow was made using the Bow-Easy.... Love that thing, the ribbons are from Michael's I think.

Close up With OUT Liquid Pearls.

WITH Liquid Pearls.

and here's the inside.  The whole saying is "A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water. by-Eleanor Roosevelt" I used the first part "A woman is like a tea bag." on the front and rest on the inside. Had to stamp it twice and cut it apart

No I didn't use any Liquid Pearls on the inside, I though it would have made it to thick looking....

Will that's it for today, Let me know which you like best, I really need a second, third, and forth opinion on this!

The size of the completed card is 5.5 x 4.25 and will fit a A2 Envelope.

This card with decorated envelop cost 3.50/each, and like anything hand made no two will be alike, maybe very close but can't promise.

Thanks for stopping by again!

Hope you Enjoyed!!

 

Just For Fun

Hi Everyone!!!

Will here's my Manly Card for August,,,,, I think I missed last months manly card...sorry!

So today I need a Manley Birthday card and this is what I came up with. 

I think it turned out pretty good... I used Creative Memories Red and Black, and then SU paper for the background with the Poker Chips and the JUST FOR FUN also came from the same SU paper pack, I just cut the words out of the paper and edged them in black ink.  Now the King of diamonds came from a SU stamp set that I borrowed from a stamping friend years ago and stamped a sheet of the cards to use as need... Always wanted to buy this set but just never did....

Here you can see how I colored in the King of Diamonds with markers and used Red and Gold Liquid Pearls to set off his trim and crown.

The black ribbon came from my stash, have no idea where it came from... Don't usually do ribbon on my Manly Cards but his just needed something so it got a little ribbon with a knot.

This is the inside, I used a EKSuccess border punch at the bottom and then colored in the black.... then added a strip of the Poker Chips paper next.  The sentiment came from Fiskars-Make a Wish Quotes set, and the long Happy Birthday came from a CTMH Happy Birthday (C1257) set.

The size of the completed card is 5.5 x 4.25 and will fit a A2 Envelope.

This card with decorated envelope cost 3.00/each, and like anything hand made no two will be alike, maybe very close but can't promise.

Thanks for stopping by again!

Hope you Enjoyed!!

 

Our Deppest Sympathy

Morning Everyone!

Today I did another simple and elegant Sympathy card just the opposite colors of yesterdays card... The base of this card is Black and I used white on it......

Again I used my computer to print the sentiment on SU-Whisper White, and use Creative Memories Black and the same designer series paper called.. what else Black & White for the background. The tag is Spellbinders Fancy Tags and Labels 4.

Here's a shot of the front. I ran the ribbon vertical this time, and of course I use my Bow-Easy for the bow.

And here's the inside sentiment it also was printed on my computer onto SU-Wisper White paper and then  mounted on a Spellbinders Fancy Tags.

The size of the completed card is 5.5 x 4.25 and will fit a A2 Envelope.

This card with decorated envelope cost 3.00/each, and like anything hand made no two will be alike, maybe very close but can't promise.

Thanks for stopping by again!

 Hope you Enjoyed!!

 

With Heartfelt Sympathy

Morning!!!

Today I need a Sympathy card for a very good friend of mine.  That being said this was my creation.  It's so hard to balance the simple with the elegant.  Hope I succeeded here...

To start here is a close up of the front, I used my computer to print the sentiment, and then printed on SU-Whisper White, and use Creative Memories Black and there new designer series paper call what else Black & White for the background.  And of course Spellbinders Labels 4.

The lines and colors make this very simple I think and then with the black ribbon it gives it just enough shine to make it elegant too. The bow I use my trusty Bow Easy... love that thing!

Now the inside I keep very simple too. Again the sentiment was printed on my computer and then cut out with Spellbinders Labels 5 and then black behind it. 

The size of the completed card is 5.5 x 4.25 and will fit a A2 Envelope.

This card with decorated envelope cost 3.00/each, and like anything hand made no two will be alike, maybe very close but can't promise.

Thanks for stopping by again!

Hope you Enjoyed!!

Dotty A

Flowers

Morning Everyone!!!

Today I'm in the mood for Flowers.... it's been sooooo HOT here that I wanted to do something that would make me feel Cool. 

This is a close up of the bottom part of the card.  I used Spellbinders Fancy Tags for the Happy Birthday, and the Cuttlebug folder Bird & Swirls (37-1609) on the yellow paper behind it.  And then across the bottom I used an EK-success border punch, can't remember the name of it, which they would have the name on there punches along with the pictures.....

Here is a close up of the flowers... Love all the colors..

The stamp set is from SU-Bloomin' Beautiful, it has another flower that is just beautiful too, along with a cute little bee in flight and two sayings...I colored these with SU-Watercolor Crayons and a Aqua pen....

Love the look... AND in the middle of each flower I put a drop of Liquid Pearls.

Here is the whole thing....

The Flowers are on white card stock and I used Spellbinders Labels One to cut it our, and then SU-Dimensional to pop it up.

The same border punch was used across the top too, just a different color paper. 

and here's the inside....

The saying inside is from Cloud9 (Simple Thoughts-Happy Birthday, I love all of them in this set and there's 12 with other little goodies too.

This was another fun card for me.....

The size of the completed card is 5.5 x 4.25 and will fit a A2 Envelope.

This card with decorated enevelop cost 3.50/each, and like anything hand made no two will be alike, maybe very close but can't promise.

Thanks for stopping by again!

Hope you Enjoyed!!

Dotty A

2 Ducks!!

2 Ducks....I just LOVE these little guys, they are from a CTMH stamp set called Makin' Waves (C1365).  It has 5 of these little guys playing in the water doing all kinds of cute stuff, with 2 sayings and a few other little watery things.  Just love this pack!

Today I tried something new, Dimensional Pearls by Adirondack or Ranger.  On this close up shot below you can see where I dotted the Terra Cotta color  around the edge of the papers... What do you think? 

It's very easy to do, I had never seen it before till I was looking at this blog; http://sunnysankari.blogspot.com/

and she uses them on just about all her cards...

They come in a little plastic bottle (1-oz) just like the Stickles with the pointy noise for easy dabbing. She also use the Liquid Pearls by Ranger, these seam to be more pearley and are in a smaller bottle (1/2-oz) but I'm sure they will go a LONG way...

Here are the 2 Ducks side by side.... the one on the left has Green spots-dots in the corners and the top and bottom of the yellow lable.

and here's the inside of them both.

The size of the completed card is 5.5 x 4.25 and will fit a A2 Envelope.

This card with matching envelope cost 3.50/each, and like anything hand made no two will be alike, maybe very close but can't promise.

 I had a ball playing with the Liquid Pearls and plan on using them often.

Thanks again for stopping by!!

Hope you enjoyed today's post!

Dotty A