Simple Salutations!

 I have a few simple designs to share with you today, but before I get started, I just want to tell you thank you for the sweet comments that you leave for me.  They make me so happy!

The first design I have to share today is for a new-ish couple that moved into our culdesac back in December. I have hesitated to take anything over to them because #1 I have never even seen a glimpse of them #2 I've been lazy. Neither of these are good excuses and I need to remedy that, so....I got to work on a quick card to take over with a goody of some kind.

I used the PTI set called "Boards and Beams" and the coordinating dies.  I cut the pieces I wanted to use and got to work coloring them.  I also decided that the card needed a few fluffy clouds so I die cut those as well.  I always struggle with coloring the windows on this house, so instead of stressing, I just used some glossy accents for a realistic effect.

I chose to keep the background layers simple; green for the bottom (grass) and blue for the top (sky) and then layered all of the other pieces.  I used varying heights with my foam squares to give it the dimension I wanted.  The sentiment was stitched in place using a nice straight stitch for some added texture but nothing busy.  I liked how it mimicked the lines in the blue paper.

The inside was stamped using Palette Noir ink and then punched with a large circle punch. I also added a little punched heart with a button for a touch of homespun appeal.

I received some fun mail the other day and it was a few goodies that I had ordered from MFT! This little "Happy Banner" Pure Innocence set and coordinating die made their way to my home. I knew she would be a cute and useful addition to my collection.   She arrived just in time because one of my daughter's friends has a birthday ON St. Patrick's Day.

I pulled out a collection of St. Patrick's Day paper I got last year and was thrilled to see that on the backside of one of the pieces, it had about 8 pre-designed panels. I cut the one that I thought would work the best with this little girl and just added a few embellishments.

I layered her onto a punched circle. I then took one of my birthday sentiment stamps and colored each letter using rainbow colors and then stamped it onto white cardstock. I like how it turned out.  Super easy, but festive! Thanks for fluttering by!

You make the Grade

Tomorrow is Emma's last day of summer school. There is one more session, but she can't attend since she starts school on Tuesday. I wish she could just go there forever. I procrastinated as usual, so I had to hurry and put together the thank you gifts for her sweet teachers. I decided to get them each a giant candy bar, wrap it in DSP and add a tag using one of my new stamps from My Favorite Things. I felt so bad about my last post; not being able to find that stamp, so I will directly link this one. I have fallen in love with the Pure Innocence line from MFT! They are so cute!
I stamped the image onto Kraft cardstock and colored it with copic and prismacolor markers. Her little skirt is paper pieced using the same DSP that I wrapped the candy bars with. I would have loved to have given her some cute tights, but the mere thought of making her wear tights in July seemed like cruel and unusual punishment. The other day, Emma asked if she had to wear tights with her skirt. I had to laugh! Of course not!

This project was easy-peasy, Lemon-Squeezy! Thanks for fluttering by!