Clean and Simple Card

Hello, time for a little "Clean and Simple" card making. I found this sketch over at the Clean and Simple blog, love it over there!!! I am late with it as usual, they have a new sketch over there already. here is the card that I made:

Here is the sketch:

The flowers on the card are chipboard pieces that my friend Kerry gave me and I just heat embossed them to get the pretty colors on them. Until next time...........Blessings, Lisa

Talk to me, and a simple card

Hello! Is anyone there? I know you are, my little counter thingy keeps increasing. Is there any reason why none of you leave comments and talk to me? Just curious, because I am getting lonely out here in bloggers world all by myself. Criticize my creations (positive or negative), ask me a question, just say hello.................anything will do! Phew, I feel better to get that one off my chest.

Now, on with a card! My stepsister is having a birthday on the 16th of this month, so I went ahead and made a quick card to send to her. She lives a couple hours away from me, so I can't help her celebrate in person. Darn those winter birthdays. Anyways, since her birthday is in February, I decided to make her card with a heart theme. Of course I was also still in my chipboard mood. I promise I will set that mood aside after this card. I am so tired of Valentines now too. I shall post a wee St. Patty's card next time, it is already started. My hubby is 75% Irish, and I am a whole 1/8th Irish (approx.) so St. Patty's day is always remembered in our house. Anyways, here is the birthday card:

I started with a Stampin Up Whisper White card stock base, rounded the corners with my SU corner rounder. Then I ran the card through my Cuttlebug with my dotted square embossing folder. Then I took my 1-3/8" square paper punch and punched out a window. Then I colored the embossed dot frame with my Stampin Up Pink Passion Marker. Next I punched the same size square out of SU Pink Passion card stock. The SU chipboard heart is heat embossed with retired SU pink embossing powder, and the pink sticky gem, is from Hero Arts.

The ribbon slide was made with SU Pretty in Pink card stock and the Stampin Up Key Tag punch, and the small slot punch. The sentiment is from retired Birthday Whimsey stamp set, with SU Pink Passion Classic Ink. I sponged a little Pink Passion around the edges as well. Finally, the ribbon is from the Michael's dollar bin, and is adhered with just a little bit of snail adhesive at each end, as it cannot be seen through this particular ribbon, and it holds very well. I did want to mention that the ribbon slide could also be made with Stampin Up's Designer Label Punch, which you can see in the photo below. Oh, I almost forgot...the chipboard was adhered with SU Crystal Effects. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday, and I hope you enjoyed the card!

Lisa

More fun with Chipboard!

Hello. I was in a chipboard mood again. So, I heat embossed 3 Stampin Up Chipboard hearts with Stampin Up Craft Ink and Clear Embossing powder, and added a red sticky gem to each of them. Next, I punched 3 circles from Stampin Up Pretty in Pink card stock, and 3 scallop circles also punching a 1/16" circle into each of the scallops. The chipboard hearts were adhered with Stampin Up Crystal Effects (love that stuff). The sentiment was heat embossed with the SU retired dark brown EP. The tiny heart buttons were adhered with SU crystal effects, and I am sorry, but I can't remember where the buttons came from. The base of the card is Stampin Up Kraft card stock, and the designer paper under the hearts is made by Provo craft. The scallop/circle border was made with a Martha Stewart border punch. Thanks for visiting my blog, and have a great weekend! Lisa