My arsenal of handmade cards is getting pretty low now that
I haven’t had any time to create for fun—plus my collection of handmade cards
are always up for grabs and available to anyone in the house that needs a
birthday card, or a thank you card, etc. and that’s my excuse to make personal
crafting time mandatory, now. Sometimes I forget how making something new
really makes me happy—not to say that crafting (for my job) in general doesn't make me happy but if you’re a crafter you can understand the excitement and joy
that comes from creating something new and beautiful. Crafting for my shop is
definitely satisfying and calming—which is why I have never given up on it, but
I feel like those two types of crafting are different from each other in so
many ways and I need to keep my personal crafting time from fading away.
I began to notice that my style of cards was starting to
become only CAS; namely, because they’re the fastest to create (and I’m always
busy and rushing) but this time after finishing my orders for the day I stayed
up really late to make this intricate design and I’m incredibly happy with the
way it turned out. Yes, it was time consuming but I felt so happy once I was
finished with. I used my Mama Elephant, femme frames dies, some new lawn fawn
stamp sets, #awesome and it’s coordinating lawn cuts, year four stamps and
matching lawn cuts, critters ever after, and bake me a cake. I
also used their new paper lines, Let’s Polka and Hello Sunshine. For a little
be of shimmer I used the wink of stella glitter pen (Clear), and my Copic
markers to color in all of the images.
For some extra cuteness I used the sky Lawn trimmings to
make the cute bow. I also used some sequins by Pretty Pink Posh, I love Paulina’s
sequins!
I hope you've enjoyed this card and I’m looking forward to making
more cards, and few new tutorials and ideas, too.
Adorable!! Everything came together so well! The sparkles are such a cute touch, too!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Elise! I really love my glitter pen, hehe.
DeleteOhmygoodness!!! How adorable is that! Great Card Nicole!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Aida! :-D
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