Cascading card ~ Birthday Bouquet

My baby sis' birthday is next week, and I wanted to send her some flowers to brighten her day...but know that she doesn't care for fresh cut flowers, because they fade too soon. So after seeing some cascading cards around the net, I decided to send her a bouquet of handmade (mostly) flowers!

The flowers come from various swaps, and a few purchased ones that I've picked up from time to time...am I the only one who has a box full of flowers waiting to be used?

I used some stickers for the sentiments...this is my first time trying these and I found them to be a bit fiddly...but it would have been a bigger hassle to stamp on the card, since it is heavily textured cardstock.

My hope is that she will be able to set the card up someplace that she can see it and it makes her smile! I put a plain panel on the back to write a note to her, and I'll be mailing it in a clear plastic box to show off the flowers and keep it from being crushed.

I'm linking up over at:

• Cupcake Inspirations ~ 207 Floral Bouquet - the bright yellow, blue and pink in the inspiration photo helped me to choose which flowers to put on!

Thanks for stopping by!

Meredith

Friends with Flair: Stitched Sunrays

How many kinds of creating do you enjoy? One of the things I like to do in addition to cardmaking is sewing, so sewing on paper was a natural combination of the two for me. You can see here, here and here that I've done this before, so when a call came up for a swap on the scrapzee board for sewing (real or faux) on cards...I jumped on board! 

I trolled the web and Pinterest looking for ideas, and ultimately decided to use the sunburst style on this card. I cut the rays and background on my Silhouette, then layered them and took them to my sewing machine to stitch around the rays. I don't think it shows in the pictures, but I used a variegated thread to stitch with. I layered the stitched fronts onto a black card.

Dh thought they looked kind of neat just as they were, but I had a different look in mind. I cut a shape with a punch, and used my favorite circle sentiment set as the focal point...but could not decide which sentiment to use...

So I made three of them to send with the card base for the swap, and the recipient may use whichever one fits their occasion best!

Supplies:

• cardstock: cream (Coredinations), black (unknown)
• patterned paper: K&Company
• stamps: Unity Stamp Co
• punch: EK Success (bracket frame), McGill (circles)
• ink: Tsuneiko
• cut file: Silhouette America
• thread: Maxilock

I'm sharing these cards over at:

• My Time To Craft! Challenge blog: Stitching
• Unity's Friends with Flair Friday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Meredith

Friends with Flair ~ Just a note of Thanks

Yeah! Its Friday! That means it is totally awesome 'show off your stuff' time with Unity Friends with Flair!

I've got another so, so simple card to share today...I love it! Two weeks ago was my youngest's birthday...and he received a few gifts...which means its time for the thank yous to be written! I do have several different thank you cards in my stash, but they are rather girly, so he didn't want to use them...no problem!

I went through my pinterest board and pretty much strait out cased this card, so cute!

Nothing to it! Twenty minutes later I had a stack of thank you cards ready to be used! Now, to get the boy to sit down long enough to write in them!!!

Supplies:

• cardstock: kraft (), black (scraps)
• ink: Memento
• stamp: Unity KOM
• embossing folder: Cuttlebug

Have a great weekend!

Meredith

Friends with Flair ~ Glittery Balloons

Just a quick, quick post today, since it is the Friday before the tax filing deadline and I'm crazy busy! 73 hours at work this week!!!

I put together this card a bit ago, and was reminded of how much I love these glittery balloons when I pulled it out to send to my nephew who turned two!

I wanted some sparkle, but not anything that could come off and get in his little eyes, so I went with glitter glue...it worked! The balloons have a real 3-d look and feel to them!

See?

Have fun hopping around to see all the beautiful and talented work that's being shared with Friends with Flair Friday!

Meredith

Friends with Flair - Dynamite Birthday

I had so much fun whipping out this fun card this morning!

A cute stamp, some quick paper piecing, and a couple strips of washi tape...voila! The card is done!

I had no idea from the photos that this stamp was so big...I love it! And I'm thinking of all the different occasions that I can use it for...so fun!

Supplies:

• cardstock: Coredinations
• stamps: Unity
• ink: Memento
• washi: Fiskars

I'm linking up over at the Unity Friends with Flair Friday...come join in!

Thanks for looking!

Meredith

Friends with Flair ~ Mod Birthday

Just how awesome are Fridays? Most of the time...pretty darn awesome! During the end of tax season...they could be just like any other day...except that it means its time to link up to Friends with Flair over at the Unity Stamp Company blog!

I'm on a roll this year with sending out birthday cards...actually on time! Well, mostly...;-)

So naturally, that means that I need to keep my stash of cards up so that I have one to grab and send! This card is a combination of a couple of the newer Stamp of the Weeks from Unity...I love the way their stamps are so versatile!

I used a book page from a thrift store book to stamp the dress onto...I think it is Korean...I love how it looks, and love to use it...but I'm always a little nervous too, since I have no idea what it says! 

Have you ever picked up a foreign language book to use in your papercrafting?

Supplies:

• cardstock: Wausau(white), scrap(black)
• paper: book page
• stamps: Unity Stamp Company
• ink: Versafine
• die cut: Spellbinders

Have a great weekend, and thank you for stopping by!

Meredith

Friends with Flair ~ Butterfly Wishes Garland

Oh wow, more butterflies...it is spring, after all! And do I ever have a fun project to share with you today!

It all started with this file by Pebbles in my Pocket from the Silhouette store and some patterned paper from Echo Park called Life is Good...I mean, really, how can you not have fun with paper called Life is Good?

This garland was a lot of fun to make...it did take some time...but not any special skills.

I cut lots and lots of butterflies (twenty in all) from the patterned papers, then cut some (ten) from some plain cardstock. I inked all the edges, then on the plain butterflies I stamped inspiring phrases and images from my Unity stamp collection.

Then I put two butterflies back to back and stitched them in a continuous strand, using my sewing machine. First two patterned paper butterflies, then one stamped butterfly, until I reached the end of my pile!

I have some favorites...but really, the whole thing makes me smile when I look at it!

I'm linking this project up over at the Moxie Fab World blog Spring Home Decor challenge, its going on right now through April 8th...there are prizes for participants and prizes for commenters! Hop on over and find some inspiration and join in on the fun! 

Of course, I'm also linking up to the Friends with Flair post on Friday...sharing Unity goodness all around the Unity world!

Supplies:

• cut file: Silhouette America
• patterned paper: Echo Park - Life is Good
• cardstock: Recollections
• stamps: Unity Stamp Company
• ink: Ranger Distress Ink - Walnut Stain
• other: sewing machine and thread

Thank you for stopping by!

Meredith