Trendy Trees Thanks

This is another card that I made a few months ago and am only now getting around to posting.  I really hope I stop doing that as it is tough trying to remember details about the card - like who did I give it to!  This was a pretty quick and easy card to create.  I used my Cricut and SCAL software for the Chocolate Chip circle and the scalloped circle.  I like using a punch for cutting out stamped images like the tree and the sentiment.  It is just so much easier to center things. 

Thanks for looking,
Kim

SU Card Stock - Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Certainly Celery
SU Designer Paper - Banbury
SU Ink - Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip
SU Stamps - Trendy Trees
Accessories - Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon, Cricut, SCAL software, scallop circle svg, circle punch, word window punch, foam tape

Bernice?

Trendy Trees Thank You

The problem with taking pictures of cards and then not blogging about them right away is you might forget who you made the card for and you might forget who to give credit to for your inspiration.  I still can't remember who I made this card for, but I was able to figure out where my inspiration came from. 

I usually keep the links of cards that I like in Diigo, an on-line bookmarking service.  I like it better than just using Favorites in Internet Explorer because I can keep an album of the pictures rather than just the link, so it is really quick to look through. I also like Diigo because when I save a link, I can access it from any computer, not just the computer I used when I found the link.

Normally I find cards from blogs that I read and I just save the links of ones I would like to make.  When I started to write about this card, which I knew I had not created from scratch, I couldn't find the link for the inspirational card in my Diigo bookmarks.  Then I remembered that I had done a Google image search for "Trendy Trees" and had found this card by Rachel.  Phew!  I would hate to copy a card and not give credit where credit is due!

Thanks for looking,
Kim

SU Card Stock - Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
SU Designer Paper - Banbury
Stamps - SU - Trendy Trees, PTI - Mega Mixed Messages
SU Ink - Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip
Accessories - Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon, pink brads from Pink Hedgehog Papercrafts, McGill Multi Tags Scallop tag punch, Cricut to make the circle

Trendy Trees Masculine Birthday

Well, I needed another masculine birthday card and since the last one was stars, this one is, you guessed it, trees!  It is fitting as it is for my nephew-in-law who is an arborist!

I made great use of my Stamp-a-ma-jig for this card!  I used it for every bit of stamping, even the sentiment so I could get it placed just right!

Thanks for looking,
Kim

SU Card Stock - Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Confetti White
SU Ink - Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
SU Stamps - Trendy Trees, Birthdays Count
Accessories - Stampin' Dimensionals, Old Olive Ribbon from Elementary Ribbon Set

Trendy Trees

Okay, this is another one of those cards that I am more proud of than I really should be! I'm thrilled because this is my own design - a rare thing for me. I did get the idea of matting the stamped image from Susan (LOVE her cards!). I see now that I missed the idea of popping the mat up on dimensionals - oh well, next time! I'm also pleased because the card took me less than 15 minutes to come up with and put together - another rare thing for me! Plus it is a masculine card (no easy feat) AND both my Chocolate Chip and Sahara Sand card stock were scraps - the Sahara Sand piece already had the circle cut out! I'm a little disappointed that I don't have a bigger "Happy Birthday" stamp for a masculine card and that I smudged the "H" slightly. Oh well, at least my brother-in-law will know that it is hand made!

Thanks for looking,
Kim

Card Stock - PTI Stamper's Select, SU Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip
SU Ink - Chocolate Chip, Garden Green

SU Stamps - Trendy Trees, Birthdays Count
Accessories - Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Cricut