Again, these are from the Debbie Mum pre-made cards I picked up from Jo Anne Fabrics.  Love that store, I do!  I hardly ever make two cards exactly alike, but this time I did.  I used things from the Milestones in Minutes from Creative Memories, they were originally designed to go with the larger albums with the slide in pockets.  They would make beautiful pages.  I bought them to use as embellishments on my pages and have used them, but rarely.  So, I decided to save them and put them on as card fronts.  It doesn't take much to embellish them now!

This one is from the baby kit from Creative Memories.  The stamp is Stampin' Up!  I used one of the clear mount stamps.  I really do like them!  I also used a sewing machine (a small crafts one) to define the reverse colored strip I put on.  This was the first time using the sewing machine.  A good friend gave it to me, thanks, Wendy!!  Also, the ink I used was a Colorbox Chalk ink that I got from a garage sale.  Love that ink.  It is a pigment ink, so if you need to emboss with it - you can!

The one below is also from the baby kit.  I actually liked this one so much, I made two.  That doesn't happen much at all!!!  But these cards are so simple!

Yes, I made two of these; however, they are similar but different.  I wanted to make a couple masculine cards.  These are pretty good.  I again used the CM backgrounds and paper.  The tan striped ribbon is from Jo Anne Fabric's clearance aisle.  One has mulberry paper from a mulberry mat stack.  If you ever have the opportunity to use this, I encourage you too.  It is an awesome paper, light weight, tearable, and just a beautiful piece to add to your projects.  I also love this stamp that I picked up at a garage sale.  It just speaks so much to the heart without saying too much. 

The last few in this group are just fun.  The top card, I again made two of!  Check me out!  It was just so simple.  I used scraps of ribbon beneath one of my favorite Stampin Up! Punches and made two of them!  The stamps on these cards are all from Stampin' Up! as are the punches. 

This little punch to the left and the stamp set are from the mini catalog from this past year from Stampin' Up!  Again, I love this punch, too.  I love do adorn my things with tags!

Hope you have enjoyed this group of cards!

:)

Simply Saved: Pinks, grays and black. . .

Recently I went to Jo Anne Fabrics and shopped their clearance to find this pre-folded box of cards by Debbie Mum.  They are textured card stock with color on the outside and white on the inside.  So they are my most recent project.  Every few days, hopefully, I will be posting these designs.  These were the first.  My inspiration:  Creative Memories Diva Stickers (a customer gift) from Kristen my former up line and Creative Memories Consultant.  My thinking was to make them simple and sweet.  I used old paper from when I got started scrapping almost 8 years ago.  So the background paper I have no idea what it is, but you could easily substitute it with something else.  The pink in these two shapes are also CM papers from a mat stack from when I was a consultant.  Sadly, I don't remember the name of that either - what help am I today?  :)  The stamps are from Stampin' Up! as well as the punches used.  On the card on the bottom right of the photo, I scalloped both layers of the card as well as the background paper.  You will see the ribbon pattern a lot throughout this set of cards.  I loved doing it!

If you look closely at this card, there are random stamps around the edges.  Hmmm,  I had to cover up some mistakes here, and this was the way to do it.  I accidentally laid my stamp down and a second print was made on the card front, so I continued it to make it look on purpose - what a deal!  Looks good!  The strip across here is a scrap from scalloping the previously mentioned card.  I saved two things on this card from the trash! 

The cards are really VERY simple!  The card on the left also had a save.  The punched image on the right of the card (with the ribbon attached to it) had a print of stamp on it as well, so I stamped repeatedly all over it to create the effect.  Up close and personal, I think the effect is quite nice.  The card also uses scraps from the 12 x 12 paper cut apart and I adhered them to the card in two strips put together looking like one.  These truly are simply saved.