I Love Making Cards ~

I really love making my own cards.  Whether for birthday or holidays, it's so much nicer to make some "just for the special person" I am mailing it to.

A special friend of ours has had trouble with his eyes and without going through all of the details, it's made it difficult for him to see.  He feels the details of my cards with his fingers.  This is something I love doing anyway, but when it means something special to a friend, well the significance is even greater.

I used a K&Company "Brenda Walton Designer Paper" pad, this particular sheet of paper was a duplicate of the front cover of the pad.  I cut out the matching butterfly and flowers, used Glossy Accents on them, popped them up and gave them some definition.  The butterfly also has the glossy accents, but I only glued the middle of the butterfly.  I folded the wings before putting on the glossy accents. 

Some of the new paper pads are double sided, seemingly better for color coordination.  Do you ever make your sentiments personal, instead of just stamping on paper?  Using vellum, leaves a crisp message and you can see through to the paper!  I run it through my Xyron and it really looks nice!

 

All I did with the Aristotle quote is outline it, as it was already printed on the opposite side of the paper!  Instant embellishment!

The matching flowers were cut out, triple matted, popped up and put on the inside as well!

Thanks for taking a peek, I wish you all a wonderful weekend and the beginning of Holy Week.

Many blessings,

Donna