Heart Shaped Cherries Card

This card was inspired by one from Kelly in Florida.  I used her basic design and added my own touches.

The leaves were done with a Martha Stewart punch; the hearts were cut on my Cameo; the scalloped circles were punched.  I cut the kraft border on my Cameo and pierced it by hand.  The red border was done with a We R Memory Keepers punch.

The tiny red bows were purchased at Hobby Lobby at Christmas time.  They have them every year in the area where decorations for mini-trees are displayed.

It's difficult to adhere 1/8" ribbon onto cardstock.  Glue dots are all too large and make lumps that are visible, as does glue.  The best way I've found is to cut the ribbon to length and lay it on a teflon sheet.  Then apply ATG tape to the back side.  I used 1/4" wide tape so there is a small amount of adhesive that shows but it's simple to remove by just rubbing your index finger over it after you apply the ribbon to the cardstock.

A Pair of 30 Minute Cards

The white background paper was positioned on the embossing folder to provide space for the computer generated sentiment.

The butterflies were done using a Sizzix embossing die.  I used navy blue mica paper to add a little sparkle to the white card front.

I pop dotted the embossed card base as well as each of the butterflies.

The inside sentiment was printed using Hallmark Card Studio software.

The background was embossed with a Swiss Dots folder.

The stamped image was colored with Promarkers.

Mother's Day Card With Cherries

The diamond edges were done with a Fiskar's border punch.

I used a 2" circle to stamp the cherry leaves and added two buttons cut with a Sizzix Sweet Buttons die.

The sentiment was printed using Hallmark Card Studio software.

Cheery Thoughts Card

Sweet As Cherry Pie

Inspired by a CTMH consultant's card I stepped outside my
comfort zone and used four different patterned papers on this card.

The cherry image and sentiment are CTMH stamps colored with Promarkers.

Dollar Stamp Cherries Card

It's finally happened.  I officially have too many card making supplies and tools. 

Last Friday I spent about 45 minutes in Michael's honestly looking for some paper stacks, punches or stamps that appealed to me and that I didn't already own.  I left the store with only a simple $1 cherries stamp.

 The image is a cute one and is a perfect size for the A2 cards I make.

Spring Card - Cherries - Father's Day

This card uses the pieces left over from the spring cards I posted earlier.  There were enough pieces to do four; it was such a hassle putting glue onto the small strips that I only finished one.

The cherries are clip art, colored with Promarkers.
I embossed the background with my favorite Cuttlebug folder, swiss dots.

Even though it's March, I have to work ahead of the calendar to get cards sent to Operation Write Home in time for them to be delivered overseas.

I made a dozen of these cards using various Tim Holtz papers; the car is a Tim Holtz stamp.  The sentiment was printed on my computer and punched with Stampin' Up's decorative label punch.  I added the shadow using their SVG file that matches the punch.  Using Make The Cut software, it's a snap to create a shadow image that's just the perfect size.

The inside sentiment was printed using Hallmark Card Making software.  I used Banjoman Open Bold font for both the inside and outside wording.

Stampin' Up Inspired Card

A Stampin' Up demonstrator pinned a card similar to this on Pinterest.  I like the sentiment she used so I printed it in my card making software.  Then I added a couple of flowers punched with an EK Success punch and a pretty brad from Eyelet Outlet.

I believe I prefer the second version better.  No flowers and I dropped one of the pennant shapes down a little lower.

So Sweet Card

My friend, Shirley, made the SVG file that I used on this card.  I like it well enough that I decided to make an even dozen for Operation Write Home.  I didn't stop to realize that I'd have 168 pieces to assemble for the dozen to be completed.  LOL!

A Cherry Hello

A simple stamped and colored image and some white gel pen stitching.

I Cherish You Card

Based on a card from Okieladybug's blog.  The stamp is a Studio G colored with Promarkers..  I used MTC software to cut the letters and shadows as well as the scalloped oval.  The border is a Martha Stewart punch; the button brad is a Paper Studio piece. I added some pen work to break up the solid green areas.

Cherry on Top Card

The cherries are from the Preserves cartridge.  The sentiment is a stamp I've had for a long time and I colored the cherries with BIC markers.  The background paper is from the cardstock Shirley and I found at Tuesday Morning during their big paper sale.

Cherries Card

This simple to assemble card was seen at Krista's Stamp Spot.   Krista is a Stampin' Up demonstrator so she used different elements than I used, but the card is basically the same.

The cherries on my card were cut from Lyrical Letters on white cardstock and then colored with Promarkers.  This is much faster than doing three separate cuts: red for the cherries, brown for the stems and green for the leaf.

The sentiment is a Close to My Heart stamp.  I punched it with an 1 1/8" circle punch and matted it onto an  1 1/4" circle.  The red flowers were done with a Stampin' Up Bitty Punch.  The scalloped border was also done with a Stampin' Up punch.  I added some doodles with a Stampin' Up marker and white gel pen.

Sweet Thing Card

I used Lyrical Letters to cut the cherries and Lovely Floral for the banner.  This card was inspired by one seen on Pinterest.

The cherries are mounted on watercolor paper and the edges torn by hand then pop dotted for dimension.

Dimensional Cherry Card

I just love browsing through Splitcoast Stampers' galleries.  Every week there are hundreds of new projects posted on there.  This card was based on one posted by "Biggan".  On hers, she had used clay to make the cherries as well as the leaf they rest on top of. 

The cherries and the grape leaf were cut using the Preserves cartridge.  I embossed the grape leaf with the Brocade Cuttlebug folder and used a large dotted folder for the card base.  The cherries are pop dotted off the surface of the leaf.  I inked the edges of the fruit and added a highlight also.