Upping my game....

I have challenged myself to try and do some different techniques

that I hadn't tried before, no matter how simple or hard

they may be.

This first one is a simple thing really but

I hadn't thought of it before.  I stamped the image, colored it in, then

simple added a bit of 'shading' in a light gray around it 

edges of it.....I love how it came out...adds depth.

I'm a font addict, I purchase a lot of them

from The Hungry JPEG.com, but I don't get just

fonts from them. A lot of their packages

will have graphics included.  This card

is strictly fonts and graphics, printed then 

cut out with my Cricut. 

Ok, so this one was a bit more detailed. I found two papers

that I had that were quite similar.  I cut them in strips then

glued them to a piece of white card stock. Then I cut it

out with a stitched border die. I matched two of the 

strips of paper and added those to the red card stock

so it looked like it continues outs.  Die cut the circles, and 

Happy Birthday (in black and red), popped a button

on it and I called it done.

This one, I went on the bright side. I used MFT's Circle

Scribble Flowers stamp set and my Zig Clean Color Brush

Pens.  I found a piece of matching card stock and 

attached all to orange card stock.  Die cut the hugs

in two match colors and added a bit of string.

Gotta say, I love this card.

I wanted to do a different 'fold' card so I decided to

do a 'Swing' card and made it Easter themed.

I had a set of stamps form Hero Arts that I had not

used before....you know the kind, you stamp in three

matching colors and it gives you the completed image.

I actually like the way these came out, surprisingly for me.

A bit of paper to make it look like a trellis added to 

some butterfly paper.  I added the live laugh love

and called it done.

This one, I went simple. Used my Explore to cut

the images, and die cut 'Faith' in two colors

of red.   Used some Nuvo crystal drops and quit

while I was ahead.

I did use something that I had learned from one

of Jennifer McGuire's older videos.  I took some 

of my gray Zig pens and added some dimention

to the cut out flowers.  I like that, and I must

remember that!