India's Bridal Gown

Here is my latest Bridal related card.  This time it is a Sari (Saree, depending on you) along with some Arabic that says "Bride" as least according to the computer.  A reliable source, no?  Anyway, this was a tough one because there aren't a lot of pictures of Saris out there that I could work with.  I finally did find a photo/drawing that I was able to use and tweak to make it work for me.  The original version didn't have the flowing back piece (in pink) but that is the way that some of the Indian women I know wear their sari's "scarf" for lack of a better word.  I blinged it up a bit with some gems that I got at M's to replace the squares that came out of the translation cut.  I used an embossing folder to give the pink paper the gauzy looking I was attempting to get on it, I think it turned out okay but I had wished I had some fabric to try and make it look more realistic.  Maybe on the next one I will try and find some scrap of fabric to try and use it on the pattern that I have made for this particular piece.

On the inside it says:  "The perfect wedding dress fits you like your love fits your mate; Perfect in everyway.  Congratulations

The quote is my own, and while putting the card together I came up with a couple of sayings I could use on cards but those will have to wait since it is time for.......GASC (Great American Scrapbook Convention)!!!!  Money will be thrown around and new goodies will be gotten and more cards will be made.

Cheers!

Steampunk Valentine

I LOVE this card! It sort of just developed as I continued to put papers together and try to make something work. I started out with the dress form (which is so hot right now) and then I sort of went from there. I wanted it to be something classy but I couldn't figure out the background paper to go with the light lime green color of the dress form. I then used my Silly to cut out different fonts letters to spell out the word love. I then used the same quote from the other Valentine's Day card that I made on the inside of the card. I also used some of the paper that had dictionary type style to it on the side as well. I also embossed the background paper of the inside with a clocks and dials type embossing folder.

I so love this card, I may have to make a similar one in a different size.

One More Thank You Notecard

I made this notecard just last night with my latest cartridge for Cricut. I must say it turned out pretty darn well considering I had no idea what I was going to do with it. But then I realized I hadn't finished my Thank You notecards to our university's SAMs group, so another one to send to them.

Holiday Squirrel Card

This is yet another holiday card that I made for my mother. I embossed the red paper on the front with a Sizzix Tim Holtz embossing folder, and the squirrel was made using Cricut's Jolly Holidays cartridge. The inside I embossed the "Merry, merry, merry" and the Christmas was made using the cartridge "Christmas Cheer".

Birthday Card for Sister

I think that out of the few cards that I have made this one is a top five for me. I used elements that I wasn't very good at yet, and yet looking at it now; I must say it was an awesome looking card. Not sure how I plan to top this one for my sister, but I'm sure I will figure something out. Now to the nitty-gritty, how and what I used for the card. Well I used a black card for the base and then used my cricut to cut out the Happy Birthday on the front. I used a cling bird stamp on the front and used flocking as glitter to make it stand out. On the inside I used more flocking, a rubber stamp for the edges, a nice saying that I found and you can't tell from the photo but a teal shimmery cardstock on the inside.