Finally: Two Cards

Since I haven't done a good job of posting things as I make them, I figured that I can at least post them when they go out the door!

I made this first card a few months ago at a crop at my friend Pam's house near Tyler.  Pam is an unbelievable inspiration -- she has taught me so much and introduced me to all the incredible CTMH products that I use all the time!  Another great lesson: save every little scrap!  She'd saved a ton of scraps and said they were ours for the taking, so I spent nearly half the day making cards instead of layouts!  It is amazing what you can cobble together with the tiniest pieces :)

 

I made this next card last night for one of my team members, Ana, whose birthday is today.  (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANA!)  The cardstock, pattern, stamped shapes, and polka dot paper are from the Close To My Heart Everyday Celebrations pack, the lettering on the envelope and inside the card is CTMH Giggle Lowercase, and the brown patterned paper is from the CTMH Serendipity paper pack.  I think you'll start to see that I have quite the penchant for browns and use them all the time! 

The envelope and the inside (before I finished it out):

After writing my message, I decided it was a little "left-heavy"
and added the brads for balance.  The first thing she said when
she opened up the card was that she loved "the buttons" :)

And finally, the front.  I took an angled shot so you can get an idea 

of the dimension.  The blue cardstock is raised above the brown paper 

with sticky squares.  I distressed the edges quite a bit before and after 

inking them and loved the way it helped toughen up the "sweet" images!

And that's all for tonight.  I'm hoping to be better about posting things before I give them away.  It is such a shame to give people beautiful things and not be able to look back and enjoy them for myself!!