Some new cards

So, hubby had his knee surgery yesterday, and all went well. I did bring my Cuttlebug, and folders, and a whole mess of paper scraps. There is a little patio type waiting area, so I unloaded all my goodies, and embossed away! It was so fun, I now have a stash of all different colors and patterns of embossed items, that I can't wait to use on cards or layouts. I did manage to get three cards done last night. I had to do a get well card for hubby, so here is the first one:

I used the Swiss Dots on this one and the threading water punch on the patterend paper. I think it came from a kit that I got at Michaels. I punched two tags and layered them, and stamped it with feel better soon from the Inkadinkado clear stamp "just sayings" pack.







On this card I used the "Stylized flowers" folder for the embossed background. I also tried a technique I saw in a magazine; rather than using a stamp pad, I used markers to color the different parts of the flower. For the stem, I used Hunter green Zig writer, the petals are also from the Zig in pure pink. The center, although you can't really see in the picture is glittery, using a gelly roll pen in goldenstar. I was happy how it came out. One of the tips they gave in the magazine, was that if the ink starts to dry before you are ready to stamp, just breathe on it, and the warmth from your breath will "re-activate" it. It worked for me! The stamp used was "Daisy stem" from Rubberstampede.


This is the Divine Swirls folder, I used the fiskars scallop tear edger as a template, and cut with scissors. I used the threading water punch on the bottom portion of the card, and the layered buttons are "Chloe's Closet" line from Making Memories