More Quick Cards

Here are the other 3 simple cards I made the other day. This first one I used the polished stone technique, with Time Holtz distress ink and applicator. I wonder why I don't do this technique more often since it is so easy and comes out pretty. You can find a tutorial here. The butterfly is from Kitchen Sink Stamps.

This next card is just a print I have in my digital files. I really like the colors.  I added some shimmer on the flower centers with my Sakura glitter pen. It looks pretty with the shimmer, adding just that needed touch. I didn't add a photo of it so that the post would not be to long, lol.

For this final card I just let the paper do the work. It has so much embossing and glitter already on it. I would not want to cover this paper anyway so it was good to use it for this type of card.

Have a great day!!!!

Hugs,

Quick Post...Quick Cards

My Sister-in-law gave one of my cards to a friend a few weeks back. The woman really liked it and wanted some to sell at work. I sent some in and they all sold. They had no prices not them, just what they wanted to give. Not the best way to break even, but at least they are not all sitting in a box under my desk.

I was asked if I could make some simpler cards. After thinking and checking others out, I made 6 cards in 2 hours the other day! I have to admit that simple cards are almost as hard as masculine cards for me. Here are 3 of them.

This is the very first one I made...I really don't like it. I used shimmer paper hoping it would pretty it up. The inside is plain with just a vanilla layer for writing on.

Here is the second card I made. Again I did not like it, so added some gem stones to snazzy it up. The inside of this card just has a vanilla layer to write on, also.

Here is the 3rd card. I liked this card. The paper is pretty and already has some gold on it. For the inside I stamped the flourishes with versa mark and embossed in gold. This card is less simple than the other two. I think that is why I like it more.

What do you think? Do you think they will like them? I need to make a bit more before sending them over but I am hoping they get better as I do more. I'll show you the others later, don't want to make this post to long, lol.

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Origami Princess

This week it is my turn to choose a challenge for the Digital Tuesday Challenge. I thought it would be fun to see what we could do with RIBBON & LACE.

 Our super sponsor this is week is Digital Delights. They picked the perfect name for their store because the stamps really are delightful! The winner will get 3 digital images of thier choice. Whooo hooo! I am jealous already, lol

For this weeks challenge, I decided to use Princess Shona because I just love the way she sits so daintily.

Since I needed something for her to sit on, what a perfect time to make one of the origami frames that are so fun to make. First I stamped the shimmer paper with one of my Stampin' Up background stamps called Floral with Versa Mark. I then embossed it with silver pearl powder to give it a nice feminine look. It did make it a bit tough to fold the paper, but I think the results are worth it.

 The front of the card had loads of demenions with the ribbon & lace, frame and flowers.

I hope you join us this week!!! I really would love to see what you do with ribbon & lace.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Daring Card Makers: royal or patriotic
By The Cute & Girly: anything goes
Easy Craft Projects: Influenced by the royal wedding


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One Of My First Scrapbook Pages

I just realized the other day that I have absolutely none of my scrapbook pages on my blog. There really are not that many of them right now, but I thought I would start posting some.

This is one of my first scrapbook pages. It is of my daughter and her boyfriend at the time (they are now married with 1 little one). When my son first came home from Iraq, the USMC banquet was not to far off. Because the unit had just returned, the Marines invited their whole families. These are some photos we took just before we all left.

I am not sure where the border stamp came from. It was one of my first stamp purchases which I bought at the local big box craft store. When I saw the date, I realized that I have been stamping for 5 years, not 3 or 4 like I thought, lol. Time sure does go by when you are having fun {wink}

I added glitter to the letters on top and hand wrote the names. Those keys are so cute, I wonder what I did with the rest of the package, lol

There really were not a lot of different photos to choose from. So for the center, I just used one that was closer up than the other. As you can see, James is not thrilled about having his photo taken, we barely got a tiny smile out of him. He has gotten much better and shows his handsome smile all the time now. Soon I will make a page of their wedding and you will surely see it then!

I can hardly believe the few embellishments I had. When I started, I had one drawer in my dinning room, ha ha ha Now I have a whole room that is getting smaller with every purchase!

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Winners Of The Blog Candy

First I want to thank all my followers. I am truely thrilled that you all think that my blog is worthy of following :o) I really wish I could send everyone something. What I did was to count using the icons under followers, since it seems to me that they go in order of following. I hope you all think that was a fair way of doing it.

I am sorry that I just can't figure out how to copy that little box for posting in this blog post. But I added the part I could.

The winner of the large box is #91  Elizabeth   Visions of Paper
True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 91 Powered by RANDOM.ORG

 

 

Since I did reach 200, I am adding 2 other small boxes

 

The winner of the Meduim box is #64 Frmanwife   Sherri-ladybugscrapperfriend

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 64 Powered by RANDOM.ORG

 

 

The winner of the smaller box is #71 Heather    Heather's This And That

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 71 Powered by RANDOM.ORG

Please email me your address so I can get the boxes out. ( paulssandy@papertransformer.com ) I will let you know when they are shipped. I will say that the last time I did blog candy, I ended up in the hospital for 7 weeks then rehab for a while. So the winner waited quite a while.  I DO NOT anticipate that happening this time, lol I will get these out by the end of the week :o)

{{{HUGS}}} to you all,