September Mix

I started out this month of September with a whole mix of cards.  Take a look!

First I used a new adorable stamp I ordered from Art Impressions.  I really love their stamps because they're so easy to color with my Kuretake Zig markers.  This little owl is the perfect size!  I plan to make a few of these to keep in my stash.  They are easy to personalize by adding the number later.

This little Thank You card I'll call my cheater card.  I picked up a stack of Me & My Big Ideas card fronts at Michael's a few months ago because they just looked like something great to have on hand for a quick thank you card.  They come in a pack of 36 assorted designs and colors. All I added was some dimensional tape, My Favorite Things Hip Clip die cut and some adorable flowers using Casual Friday's Friendly Flowers dies that I received in Catherine Pooler's Stamp of Approval Box.   I thought these card fronts would be a great tool for my niece Rylee when she makes her next batch of thank you cards. 

For this note card I was inspired by a card that Catherine Pooler did using this great faded stencil background technique.  It's a great way to add depth to a one layer card.  I stamped and embossed some sequins in silver to sparkle it up a bit but still keeping it one layer.

This was definitely my week for clean and simple cards.  I did a little chevron stenciling to add pattern to these accents and then added them to a crisp white background.  The layered Paper Smooches rose was sparkled up a bit with a clear Wink of Stella glitter pen.  To finish it up, a simple hello sentiment from Technique Tuesday. 

Playing with these little puffy dimensional fish stickers that I've had in my stash forever I went for an under the sea/aquarium look for this shaker card.  I don't usually use stickers  but I had these left over from a project I did a couple years ago.  I'm proud to say none of them went to waste.  Not even the poor little guy who's swimming in the wrong direction.  ;) 

That's my week in cards.  Thanks for stopping by.  See you next week!