Cards...cards and a few more cards....

Saturday was World Card Making Day and to celebrate, ScrapCentral was having an on-line crop.  As part of the design team, it was my responsibility to come up with a few challenges and examples.  As par for course lately, I was late with my examples.  Life was getting in the way of my fun I am afraid to say.

I had the topics of Funny cards and Thank You cards.  Basically my Funny card challenges, involved coming up with a card that used a comic or cartoon as part of its design and for the second challenge using a silly saying.  For the Thank You cards, it was to create two different types of Thank You cards -- one elaborate and elegant and the other fun and funky.

I downloaded a cartoon that I found on-line to use on the card and I thought it was perfect for my kids to give to my husband for his birthday in the spring.  The kids are constantly calling him "ancient".  I can't wait to see his face.

Materials used:  Bazzill cardstock, Signo silver pen, unknown pattern paper scrap.

 

For the fun and funky Thank You card, I dug out my Silhouette.  Quickutz has some amazing downloads lately for card blanks.  They are just fantastic.  This card was done using Stamp'n Up cardstock and Quickutz designs:

 

 It was so fast and simple to do.  I think it took me about 10 minutes from start to finish to complete this card.

For the elegant & elaborate Thank You card, I got carried away with pop dots.  There is something about adding dimension to a card that helps take it to a totally different level.

Materials used:  Bazzill Dot cardstock, Fancy Pants pp, Bazzill bling cardstock, Megumi 3D flowers, pop dots and unknown ribbon.

Last weekend while I was away at my retreat, I stopped at  Ecstasy Crafts in Shannonville.  I found these wonderful Megumi paper tole flowers.  They are pre-cut.  You just pop them out and layer them.  Oh my...they make fantastic cards when you combing them with Spellbinder dies.  I picked up 7 or 8 different designs but now I wish that I had bought some more.

Tonight I am going to work on some of the other challenges from the crop.  Life has finally settled down a bit for me and the crop doesn't end until Friday.  Hopefully, I can get another 4 or 5 cards done.