Showing posts with label Martha Stewart butterfly punch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Martha Stewart butterfly punch. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Special Thank You Cards

My husband's grandmother passed away last week.  After a rainy weekend of funeral arrangements, I sat down to make some special thank you cards for some special people.  Some people really go out of their way to help during those difficult times and sometimes those general thank you cards you get at the funeral home just don't say enough.  I used my Jasmine cartridge to create the sentiment for these thank you cards.  The sentiments were cut at 2.5 inches each.  I used some precut cards.  I really liked the ones with the scallop border.  I also really like the paper I used for these cards. It is from Me and My Big Ideas and is part of their specialty cardstock collection. This cardstock has lots of nice effects.  Some of the paper I used had raised flocking.  I used my Martha Stewart butterfly punch to create accents for the cards.  I also had some glittery vellum accents and paper flowers in my stash that I embellished with pearls and sequins to create a nice touch.  I stamped an additional "thank-you" sentiment on the inside of each card to complete this project.  I think the cards turned out perfect!! Thanks for looking and have a great week!    Patty


Sunday, March 13, 2011

Happy Mother's Day

I just love the DCWV Four Seasons Stack.  I found this wonderful, glitzy pansy themed cardstock and thought it would be perfect for a Mother's Day card.  I used adhesive to apply the cardstock to a precut cream colored card.  I then added some gold ribbon from Martha Stewart.  I also thought this would be a perfect opportunity to incorporate another handmade paper flower to a card.  I used the purple paper from the DCWV Specialty Paper Stack.  The flower cuts came from the Cricut Mother's Day cartridge and were cut at 2 1/2 inches.  I used a small tidbit of ribbon for the center of the flower. If you're interested in creating your own paper flowers check out my February blog for a link to a very helpful YouTube video.  I then used the Mother's Day Cricut cartridge to cut the word "Mom" and its shadow.  Both were cut at 1 1/2 inches.  I finished up this beautiful flower by cutting some butterfly embellishments with my Martha Stewart punch and adhering them with some Glue Dots.  I think this card turned out pretty enough to frame!! I think mom will be proud.    Have a great week!             Patty