Flocked Anniversary Cards

In Wednesday's Post I discussed how I had to make a bunch of cards in a hurry for a Card Ministry that I do.  Here are two of the Anniversary Cards that I made.  They were really hard to photograph because of the odd color, but trust me, in real life they are very pretty.  The paper is from DCWV "La Creme".  The flower background paper is 'flocked' so it adds such beautiful, romantic texture.  The first card uses a layout from Verve.  The flower is from JoAnn's Fabrics and Crafts and it's made of Velvet.

Whenever I have to make Wedding/Anniversary Cards in a hurry I always turn to this old Inkadinkado set called 'Wedding'.  It's so simple and easy to use, because there is no coloring involved.  All the images and  one of the sentiments are from this set.  I embossed in detail black on both cards.

The card above uses a sketch from Clean and Simple.  The cake is actually very sparkly in real life because I embossed with it a sparkly black embossing powder. 

The secret to  these 'Quick and Easy' anniversary cards is to use designer paper with lots of texture so that the card looks like it took a lot of time and work, but it didn't.  The paper did the work for me!  Also, picking images that don't need to be colored, but adding a little more interest with embossing powders gives a plain black image more interest.  The use of luxurious embellies like the velvet/pearl flowers helps too!

Have a great day! Amy

Sports Cards in Minutes!

I do a Card Ministry in my church.  I send birthday, anniversary, get well cards, etc. to all the church members.  It's not too overwhelming usually because it's a very small church.  But this week was crazy!  I had three anniversaries, three men's birthdays, and three ladies birthdays all in one week.  Well, I always have plenty of 'girl' cards on hand so that wasn't a problem, but the one thing I am always short of is men's cards, anniversary cards, sympathy cards, and get well cards.  I never seem to have any of those on hand.  So I needed male- themed cards and I needed to make them fast!  The first thing I did was choose a SIMPLE Sketch, and for me that was last weeks Splitcoaststampers Sketch (SC387).  Next, I decided not to use any image that had to be colored....that takes way too much time.  So this is what I came up with:

I found these adhesive FOAMIES in the Kid's Crafts Section at JoAnn's Fabrics and Crafts.  All I had to do was Stick them on!  No Coloring or glue involved!

To give the cards more interest, I used a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder for the main panel.

 The sentiment is from Stampin Up! "Sporting"

I knew they were a hit when my sports-loving husband came into my craft room to say goodnight and saw them and said 'Those Look Great!'.  If he liked them, any guy would like them.

I hope I gave you some ideas for easy guy cards! Have a great day! Amy

Digital Tuesday Challenge 'Anything Goes!'

Hello and welcome to another Digital Tuesday Challenge.  This week's challenge is 'Anything Goes'. Simply make anything you want, and be sure to include at least one digital element.  Our sponsor this week is Digital Delights and they are giving away a $5.00 Gift Voucher to one lucky randomly chosen winner.

Well, I really needed a graduation card, so I used this challenge as an opportunity to get one done!  I used an old Dustin Pike Digital image that was free on his website about a year ago.  I glittered the stars in the sentiment with a Spica Pen.  The paper is DCWV 'The High School Stack'.  And I cut the year out with Cuttlebug Dies.

If you'd like to play along with us this week, simply click on the Digital Tuesday Challenge Blinkie in my sidebar and it will take you directly to the Challenge Site with further instructions.

Have a great day! Amy