Happy Wedding Day Card

I cannot believe how back-logged I am in sharing my pics lately, lol!  I guess I am spending way more time stamping than blogging...which isn't necessarily a bad thing, eh?  ;)

OK, so here is a super quick yet beautiful wedding card I made for my daughter to take along to her BFF's mom's wedding.  Lucky me had a bunch of beautiful flowers from the Ellen Hutson Courage set already stamped and cut just waiting for me to "plant!" 

I combined some paper and sequins from the Prickly Pear Paper suite from Close to My Heart with the flowers, but made sure to keep them the center of attention.  My heart thin cut was an easy way to center the sentiment from Happy To Be Friends on this one!  Oh how I adore this font! Next time I think I will stamp the "Happy" in another color or a second generation from the "wedding day" part of the sentiment to make a little more clear.  Definitely didn't have time for a re-do on this day, lol.

By the way....it was the PERFECT day for a wedding!!!

I'm linking up with the Ellen Hutson June Mix It Up Challenge for the first time.  Kind of a new discovery to me, so I'm pretty excited!

OWH Card Workshop Wrap-up and Patriotic Stamps Available in July!

HAPPY 4th of JULY, AMERICA!!!

I saved my OWH Card Workshop Write-up for this week to celebrate July 4th in papercrafting style!  Yep--I procrastinated!  ;)

Anyway, a good blogger/CTMH consultant friend reminded me that since my workshop cards are on a page tab, they would disappear when I update it for my next one...and we don't want these cards to go away, lol!  ;)

So here they are! 

The first is that fantastic Spinner Card that Lalia Harris designed and I tweaked to make it a patriotic theme.  Click on her name to see her original and to get the details!  She even posted a video link that shows how simple it is to make.  I used the May 2013 Stamp of the Month Pinwheels, and the July Word Puzzle retired stamp set for this one.

This next one is a great combination of sanding and Cricut cuts from the Art Philosophy Collection.  I just adore this thank you tag as a dog tag look-alike!

Finally, I used the Home of the Brave and Courage My Acrylix for this card...don't worry, I won't be sending this glittered version to the troops!  ;)  They only accept non-glittered cards for safety reasons...if you ever participate in Operation Write Home, remember to follow all the rules!  ;)

These are limited edition patriotic stamps that  are only available through the end of July, so snag them up on my Close to My Heart website while you can!  :)  A portion of each of these purchased will be donated to the USO!  LOVE CTMH for their huge and generous heart.  Have I ever mentioned how much I love my job?  ;)

 Courage

Home of the Brave