Numbers 6:24-25 Card

Numbers 6:24-25 is my favorite scripture.  The cross is from the Easter 2010 cartridge.  It's a very intricate cut and I learned yesterday that I cannot cut more than 3 of them at a time using Make the Cut software and a Cameo.  The file is so large that it causes my Windows program to shut itself down.

Had to take a detour on this one...

This is not the cross I wanted to use on the card I had planned out in my head.  But, I took a slight detour and this is what I wound up with.

The original idea involved an intricate filigreed cross.  Using MTC software, I had six of them on a single mat and when I sent them to the Cameo to cut I got the "blue screen of death" from Windows.  It contained some scary information about having to shut down Windows in order not to damage my computer and I think it made me promise never, ever to do whatever I'd done to invoke the wrath of Windows again!

***I should have paid more attention yesterday when it threatened me with the same consequences when I tried to cut six other intricate shapes at a time.***

Once I'd calmed Windows down and got fewer of the filigreed crosses sent to be cut, I realized that you just can't cut Coordinations sand and tear cardstock that intricately and scrapped that whole idea.  By that time it was 11:30 p.m., my patience was worn thin, and I found this cross on Indie Art and just used it!

The cross was so plain that I added rows of dots using a Pearl Pen. The dots look white in the photo but they're actually a cream color.

The border is paper lace that I found in the Dollar Tree several years ago.  On the inside cover, I printed the Twenty-third Psalm.

The finished card is nothing like I had planned, but, sometimes, like on a road trip with a friend, we find some great things when we get lost and take a detour.  I'm satisfied with the way it turned out and hope that one of the soldiers will be pleased to send it home to someone they care about.

Bunny Butt Easter Card

The concept of the bunny's butt has been around for a long time.  I did the same idea using pom poms, felt, Easter grass and miniature clay pots back in the late 1970's!  It was cute then, and it's cute now!

I did use my Expression and the George cartridge to cut the openings in the card front but the rest of the bunny is done with punches.  I inked the edges of the punched shapes and pop dotted the tail for dimension.

The sentiment "Hoppy Easter!" was printed in card making software and punched with a SU punch.  I added a couple of pink Stickles dots and the card was complete.

Digi Stamp from The Greeting Farm

Jennifer Kozar, who enjoys visiting  The Greeting Farm told Okie and me about a couple of free digital images being offered on that blog this weekend.

There's a cute little boy and little girl peeking out of an Easter basket.  I quickly downloaded, printed and colored the image with Promarkers.

I wanted to use some Easter colors and found the striped background paper before I mounted the colored image onto the mats.  Now, in my opinion, with the mats I chose, it looks too "stripedy" (is that a word?).  But, in spite of my goof up, the image is a cute one, easy to color and will be great on Easter projects!

http://splendidstamping.blogspot.com/  Here's a link for the free images!

Easter Cards

Recently I purchased the cartridge A Child's Year.  Making cards geared towards children is difficult for me and I thought the silhouettes would be good for me to use.

These Easter themed cuts seemed to fit into our current CFS challenge.  I just added some Prima flowers, Liquid Pears and some flower brads I had on hand.  The sentiment is computer generated and punched with a SU punch.