Update on what I'm working on

Hello Crafty Friends,

I'm working on using up my stash over the next few months. My goal is to use the paper I have already. I have multiple boxes and a drawer full of scraps so I will focus on using those up 1st. I will be sharing my creations for you to enjoy. 

Some of my Valentine cards

Hello Crafty Friends,

I wanted to post and share some of the cards I have been working on over the last few weekends. 

Below are some of the cards I made for Valentine's Day. Hope you enjoy

These were using the Best of Beloved from Authentique 

Hope you enjoyed the cards. Hoping to start having a weekly post sharing what I have been working on and what I'm up to. 

Rockin Black and Pink Birthday Card

Hello all,

I just wanted to share another birthday card with you. This one was for one of my little girls friends.

Used GP 110 weight cardstock white for the base. Then used some coredinations colored cardstock for the layers in black and pink.
The guitar and cassette tape stamp were studio g stamps I picked up and I stamped them with Tim Holtz distress inks from ranger.

I used salty ocean and seedless preserves.  The Happy Birthday stamp was also from studio g. I stamped it with versa mark ink and used black zing embossing powder from American Crafts.  I used sequins from my stash they were 5mm in size and purchased from wal mart.

I used my intials and handmade with love to finish off the back.

I hope you enjoy, please comment I would love to know what you think about my cards.  Hope your day is blessed.

Amy
Grateful Crafter

Red and Black Birthday Card

Hello again,

I am back with another birthday card.

This card was made using a card base from the paper studio 4x5.5

Used a red doilie from walmart I purchased a pack on sale after V-day.  Always looking for a bargain 

Stickers were from my stash. 

The bling was from the $1.50 bins at Michaels

Stick pearls also from the $1.50 bins at Michaels

Hand wrote the sentiment using a felt tip marker.

Hope you enjoy this post and are inspired to create your own card.

Thank you for stopping by please leave a comment let me know if there is anything special you would like to see.  

Be blessed,

Amy 

Grateful Crafter

Bird Birthday Card

Hello again, I am back with another birthday card I made for my coworkers.

I am not sure if I had shared why this birthday card kick began for my coworkers so I thought I would share today.

The mood in the office had began to be low, people seemed sad, tired and somewhat unhappy.  I wanted to do something to help lift the mood and my coworkers spirits.  So I decided to make each person a handmade birthday card.  We celebrate birthdays quarterly so I just make the cards and have them for each person at the quarterly birthday celebration. 

I started after the first quarter birthdays so I had to hand deliver those but I am caught up for the second quarter only had four to make.  I am on to quarter three with about 13 cards to make.

It has been a lot of fun and heartwarming for me to do thus project. I love the joy it has brought to my coworkers.  So I decided Inwould share most of my cards for this project on my blog.  I am new to this blog thing so thank you for hanging with me and any feed back you may have.

So let's move on to the card.  This is my  birdie birthday card hope you enjoy.

I created the birds using my expression 2 circut essentials cartridge using the drop and drops on page 33.  The paper used for the birds was some from my stash.  The black mat was from the French Manor cartridge. Tag1 background  pg 56 cut out using black core'dinations paper.

The background paper is from a studio g paper pack green from Michaels

The banner is green paper from my stash along with the buttons.

The happy birthday stamp is an old CTMH stamp I do not know the set name but it is at least 5 years old.  I masked off the word birthday and stamped happy and then masked off happy and stamed birthday so the could go size by side. On the wood block they are vertical not horizontal.

I placed the banner on foam circles by Elmer's

I hope you find inspiration and enjoy this card.

I am so grateful that I am able to share my love of art and crafting with you thank you for stopping by, please leave a commit let me know what you think.

The Grateful Crafter

Quilled Balloon Birthday Card

Here is another one of my birthday cards for my coworkers.

The card base is from the paper studio card 4x5.5

I quilled the balloons using purple and red quilling paper, the string for the balloons is twine from the target dollar bin.

The sentiment is stamped on card stock from my stash, and the sentiment is a wood block stamp from CTMH sorry not sure of the set it was given to me years ago.

I used Hampton art dye ink black

It was a super simple card loved making it, and looks nice.

Used black rain dots from cloud 9 on the sentiment too.

It has been fun making these cards for my coworkers, I have enjoyed being able to bring joy to those around me.

Hope you enjoy and I will have another card soon. Thank you for your interest.

Gift Bag

Hello all,

So I know it has been awhile since I posted sorry. Life has been busy at our house always something, I'm sure everyone can relate.

We celebrated with family my cousin's engagement with a wedding shower. So I have attached a copy of the gift bag I made using my cricut.  I just used a craft colored gift bag from Michaels and red and blue cardstock from my stash.  The cartridge I used is the alphabet one that was pre loaded on my circut.

I am hoping to get some more of my birthday cards for coworkers posted this week.  Thank you all for hanging with me as learn and get a solid schedule with my blog  worked out.