Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Things I Have Been Up To and A Card

Hey everyone,
Well I am still trying to recover from the weekend (as usual).  I forgot to mention this past weekend that my older son had his first flag football pracitce.  It was just so darn cute!  On his first hand off he scored a touch down!  He loved it. For the 5 year olds flag football is basically a fun version of tag just with a football.  At first I was a bit nervous but then I saw them just running around trying to catch the person with the ball.  That is ok by me.  He had a smile on his face the whole time and for me that is all that counts!  Plus when we got home he was exhausted!  I like that--early bedtime!

I didn't get any scrapping done this weekend.  I am falling a bit behind.  I did however make a cute card.  A couple of weeks ago i made a card with a big flower on watercolor paper and the distress inks.  Well I made a couple extra (which I always do when I have all my supplies out).  So I needed to come up with a card using those extra flowers and here is what I came up with. 

Flower Card


For the card I cut out a card that is 4 x 4 inches and stamped it with the Hero Arts background stamp.  I then attached the flower (click on this post to see the directions on how to make the flower). I then attached I Rock gems in the center to put some bling on it.  Then I added the greeting and I called it a day!  I didn't have a lot of time to come up with something with a lot of details, but I was happy with the results.

My Tip:  When stamping an image--stamp a couple of extra so that you don't have to waste time stamping and inking or coloring again.  If I am making a card set of 4 cards, I always stamp 6-9.  Just to have a couple of extra if I make a mistake or to use a later date.  I just put the extra images in a baggie and wait till I need them!

Supplies:
Cardstock:  Hero Arts, watercolor paper
Inks: Tim Holtz distress inks, Hero Arts
Stamps and Greetings:  Hero Arts
Gems:  Imaginisce

I hope everyone has a great week!  Thanks for stopping by!

5 comments:

Tracy said...

Oh these cards are beautiful.
Thanks for the tip.

lyndon said...

Wow, those flowers are beautiful!!

Elizabeth Schaffer Miranda said...

Love these cards, so beautiful!

Melissa said...

Great cards - LOVE the flowers!

A Soldier Girl said...

love the tip .. lovely card

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