From journaling cards to greeting cards...

Hey there. Thought I would share some creations for all the card makers out there today.  Sometimes I just feel like sitting down and creating.  No particular project in mind.  No deadlines.  Just a little stamping to see what I end up with.  I had these stamps sitting on my desk, waiting to be inked up.  The left is from Avery Elle, the middle is from Mama Elephant and the right is a set that I believe I got in a Studio Calico class (?).  

I grabbed a few blank Becky Higgins 3 x 4 journaling cards and just started creating.  I started by adding some strips of patterned paper from my favorite papers from the October Afternoon Travel Girl paper pad.  All of these fun patterns will be showing up in the August Gossamer Blue kits.  I love that there are patterns mixed in that aren't all travel themed.  

I then just started stamping some flowers and sentiments.  I ended up doodling lines around the journaling cards with a very fine 0.2 Copic Multiliner pen.  

I cut some card fronts and added index cards and graph paper which I trimmed down.  I've been reaching a lot for these office supply types of papers as they make great, neutral backgrounds.  I added the journaling cards and then strips of Washi tape.  When I'm mass producing cards I like to use my old tape dispenser to cut my tape.  I like that even, torn edge. 

Here they are, all lined up like little soldiers.

So fun and easy.  Kind of whimsical but pretty.  I added some orange vintage twine to a few cards.

These took very little time to assemble once my stamping was done.  It was sure fun just to fiddle around and see what happens.

So tell me card makers, what have you been creating lately?  I recently needed a sympathy card and a card for a friend who has breast cancer.  Those kinds of cards can be tough but they are the most appreciated, I think.  I really need to build up my stash for those types of cards as it's kind of hard to create a more serious card when you need one on the spot.  

In shop news....all of my remaining card kits are on sale right now. The Mixed Florals Card Kit and the   Mixed Greetings Card Kit are still available.  I also just added some finished greeting cards to the shop. I'll be creating card packs to give to some teachers and school secretaries soon.  I package these in embellished sacks like the ones you can create with my Mellow Yellow Packaging Kits. All items ordered from my shop by this Friday will be shipped by Saturday.  I'll then be taking the shop down for a week while I'm on vacation.  As always, thank you so much for your patronage.  It means so much.  

Have a great day everyone!

Mama Elephant guest projects....

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  I thought I would save my Mama Elephant guest projects for today since green was such a prominent color and very suitable for today.  I created these two cards using the On Target stamp set.  Two totally different looks on a feminine card & a masculine card.  You can view my guest post for these two cards here.   

This card was the birthday card we gave to my husband yesterday for this birthday.  He loves to hunt so the On Target stamp set came in very hand.  I love the layering you can do with the bulls eye and there's a fun variety of arrows to create frames like I did on my card.

This is a girly card I created with the On Target stamp set for my daughter during basketball season.  The "shoot for the stars" sentiment was just perfect.  I layered the arrow stamp with hearts.

My second guest post for Mama Elephant featured this card created with the Geotagged stamp set.  A great stamp set if you like travel themed images like the US map and the adorable suitcase.  There are lots of layering stamps that go with the suitcase so you can created fun straps and tags.  I used Large Manila Parcel Tags as the base for all the fun layers.  The glittery clothes is the Salmon Glitter Clothespin.  I'm thinking it will be fun to take photos this Summer by our new Airstream camper and send them off to family with travel themed cards.

If you haven't purchased Mama Elephant stamps, you can be certain that the stamps are manufactured with high quality photopolymer right here in the USA.  I love that!  I highly recommend their fun designs.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I'm working on projects for the upcoming Gossamer Blue April release + I've got some new artsy supplies I'm dying to dig into.  I've got a little catching up on Project Life to do too.  Hope your day is great....and green.  :)