My Card is on the Main page of Splitcoaststamper's Featured Gallery!

I was so excited when I got the message that SCS put my Vintage St. Patrick's Day card on the main page of their Featured Gallery until St. Patrick's Day. How fun is that? Now, I feel so inspired to create more ; )

Stop on over to their site and have a look:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/

While you're there, drop by my gallery too and have a look around:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=185742

So, what can I do next? lol
I will have to brainstorm on this one.

Have a great night!!

Carolyn

St. Patrick's Day Pot of Gold at The End of the Rainbow Shaker Card

I really love shaker cards, so I couldn't pass up the chance to make one for St. Patrick's Day. This is a hand drawn, cut and paper-pieced card. I added the metallic shamrocks to the shaker which flow around freely. The pot is filled with cut, shiny, sparkly gold coins. It is such a rich looking card and so much fun too! This will be my last St. Patrick's Day card for this year. My oldest son is coming home on leave for a few weeks, so I won't have time to get another St. Patrick's Day card in before he leaves. I am thinking Easter ideas already, so that will be next.

This card will be on Auction on Ebay from February 18 thru February 25. Drop by and have a look at it as well as my other cards.

Have a great day!!

Carolyn

Hoppy Easter Tilda Magnolia Card

I wanted to share with you a card that I made for a really sweet friend of mine. It is another Tilda card from the Magnolia collection. This is just the cutest image. I took this picture at night, so the colors are not as vivid as a daytime picture would be. I may come in here and edit pictures when I get some taken in natural daylight. My friend loves pink, so I really wanted to add alot of pink to the card for her without overpowering the card with pink. I think it turned out just right. I hope she loves it!

Thanks for stopping by and having a look.
Carolyn

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Vintage St. Patrick's Day Girl Collage Card

Well, here is another of my firsts. This is a week of firsts for me I guess. I wanted to make a card for St. Patrick's Day and could not find a stamp that I could use, so I decided to give one of these vintage prints a try. I normally am not fond of the vintage prints, because they sort of take away from the whole stamping/art part of creating a card. However, I did find it fun to really glitz up the image as well as add some really pretty collage accents to make this card more fun. So, wa la, I now have a St. Patrick's Day card. I may even try to do one of these again sometime. I guess artists should always be open to trying new things even if the first impressions may not always come off as an instant love. If you happen to stop by, please tell me what you think.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

Carolyn

Easter Bunny & Matching Hand Stamped Candle Gift set

I was so excited to try out stamping a candle. It is so much fun. I am going to do more of these. This is such a great way to add a gift to your greeting card too. I chose to use a Spring image, because as I have been saying for awhile now, I am soooo ready for Spring. I love the Easter colors and the beautifully dry embossed shimmery yellow paper. For this card, simplicity is beauty. Not too much, not too little. Just enough to add the perfect touches. I know that I have really up to this point only shared my passion for creating cards, but I just love creating period! One thing I really love to do when I give a gift to my family or friends is make a gift basket and wrap it beautifully with lots of ribbons and embellishments. I know that I couldn't really make up a basket for this set that has to be sent through the mail, but I couldn't resist wrapping the candle and curling the multi-colored ribbons to tie it shut. I just love the look of a package like that! Sometimes, I think that my friends enjoy my baskets and wrapping more than the actual gifts themselves. That's ok though.

Anyway, this set sold on Ebay, but keep checking back as I will have more sets like this one as well as some other new and exciting items to come.

Thanks for stopping by : )

Carolyn

Love is Blind Elephant and Dog Friendship Card

I wasn't sure where I was going with this card until I actually started doing it, and it began to come together pretty much on it's own. I am a very spontaneous creator. I almost never have a plan before beginnging to work on something. I may have an idea in mind of what I want my card to portray, but when it comes right down to it, it has to sort of melt into place as I go along. Anyway, this card is actually sweet. Look at the smitten look that dog has while gazing up at the elephant. This is about a love against all odds. Coming together despite differences, despite what is expected and loving unconditionally. It seems sometimes that animals are much more able to do this than humans are. Wouldn't it be nice if we could all look beyond each others differences and accept people for who they are and love them anyway? You never know what you might be missing by not giving someone a chance. Life is too short. Enjoy what you have, count your blessings, learn from your mistakes and be kind to others. How's that for a story behind a card?

Have a great day!

Carolyn : )