Get Well!



  Here's a card that will go to our church Care Group to send out to someone in need.  I just love making these cards and mostly I'm using scraps and something pretty to make them "pop".  This is my own personal little way of giving something back - sure hope someone enjoys this card and that it puts a smile on their face.  Enjoy your day!

One of my most favorite forms of ART is creating a TAG!  Sometimes I get on a kick and create them until I am done for a while...this could be the case again, but I'm trying to concentrate on cards to use at church.  I love this tag though and it will be used for an upcoming swap I joined - hope it will be well received!
Enjoy your day!

Taking Time for Paper Dolls!



Over in my sister's group (An Affair with ART) I couldn't resist joining a paper doll card swap - we could interrupt this anyway we so desired.  Another friend sent me to this paper doll from the Graphic Fairy and I loved it.  On the inside on the card I attached the Mistress Mary Quite Contrary actual paper dolls if they care to play!  We also had to decorate the envelope and I did so but failed to make a scan.  I stamped an ink bottle jointed paper doll type on it to keep with the them.  I did 5 almost the same with some changes in background paper and sent them out to 5 different ones.
I'm hoping they like them.  The inside says, "Just A Note" and they can send these on to someone else.  Enjoy your day! 

Sharing Again!

You know I love beautiful papers and creating cards ... especially for our church Care group...here's another that I created for someone needing a lift in life!  I've been away for a couple of weeks and before that my sweet husband had a health scare, but I'm back and sharing again!  Enjoy your day!

Saying Thank You!

I'm still using bits and pieces of what I have on hand and adding enhancements!  I'll forward this one on to our Women's Missons leader that can always use thank you cards for guest speakers.

Enjoy your day!  Diann

Ready for Spring!

I've been ready for Spring for a few weeks it seems but I do now think most of our cold weather is done and it will finally look and feel like Spring - that makes me happy!  I've been on a tear creating cards lately and trying to use things I have.  I've always done that and just have so much.  Instead of creating from whole sheets of patterened paper, I'm now using a box of card size scraps I've saved for quite awhile to make cards for my church CARE group - this is one such.  Enjoy your day!  Diann

Another Tag...Experimenting!

This is my first creation using gesso...I actually had no idea what I was doing and probably still don't as I have no comfort level here...it was a challenge... but it did turn out to be a fun one!  I stamped 3 flowers by spreading the gesso on my stamp (various degrees of thickness) and stamped on the tag.  Once it was dry I added color with distress inks and then rubbed it away from the gesso flowers...stamped some swirls and the little saying, distressed the tag edges and added ribbons.  Enjoy your day!