A total of 40 cards using this variety of designs was made for the fourth care center.

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 This is the second half of the cards that were shown yesterday.

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Below are six pictures of a variety of cards that I made for one of the care centers.  Instead of the cards being signed by the staff and given to the residents, the card are given to the residents for their own personal use........to given to family or friends.  The staff is given 50 cards for each holiday to distribute for the use of the residents.  This is about half of them.  Tomorrow you will see the other half.

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Recently I made the decision to get busy early on the holiday cards for care centers.  About a week ago I finished the Halloween cards and have actually made great headway on the Thanksgiving ones.  It feels really good to be ahead of the game.  I hope to have Christmas ones finished by the end of September.  By then I am going to be so excited to get back to using more all occasion dsp!

This was a VERY easy card.  I have a computer program from Lasting Impressions.  The program coordinates with brass stencils, but can be used to just print off designs. I was able to resize the designs and print off several strips on each piece of 8 1/2 x 11 white card stock.   I cut the strips apart and mounted them on black card stock.  Before adding them to the card base, I was able to determine where I could use the program to print the "Trick of Treat" on the card front and then a sentiment on the inside as well.  I made enough of these for two of the care centers.

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This Halloween card was inspired by one I received from a friend last year.  The border was done with a Martha Stewart punch that I bought several years ago and hadn't ever used.  

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ARE YOU READY FOR HALLOWEEN CARDS?

This card was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.  Thank you for coming by today!

 

THREE VERSIONS FROM THE SAME DIE

Using a second die purchased from Amazon, I made Christmas cards. For this one I didn't try using a variety of papers.  The white piece in the center was stamped and popped with dimensionals.

This card uses the card stock colors in reverse.  When I had the card all assembled, I was so disappointed when I noticed a spot of ink in the upper corner of the sentiment piece!  Almost always I can find a way to fix a "boo boo".  The card did seem to be lacking color, so I used one of the Poinsettia dimensional stickers in my stash.  I think it is just what the card needed.

This third card was mostly an experiment.  The die cut was made with dsp scraps from the first card instead of card stock.  I hated to waste it but it took some time working on it from the back side getting the dsp pieces attached.  I pulled out my Scor-Tape and got everything put together.  Then I added the dsp to a piece of the Evening Evergreen card stock.  This one is not my favorite but I thought I would show it to you anyway.

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A few weeks ago I purchased a couple of these dies from Amazon.  First I ran the die through my Cuttlebug twice using pieces of white card stock and then again with a piece of Highland Heather card stock.  The second run gave me the frames for inside each of the spaces.  I decided to use four different coordinating pieces of dsp to fill the spaces.  I cut each piece and then randomly placed the in the die cut spaces.  It took some time shuffling pieces around  but I got them fairly well distributed.  "Random" is hard for me.

The pieces were assembled on a piece of white card stock the same size as the finished design.  On the card in the upper left corner you can see that I then matted it before adding it to the card base.

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When I saw this die, I knew I would make good use of it.  It is so pretty just die cut with white and added to a simple background.  There is a stamp set that goes with it but for now I only purchased the Charming Day dies from Stampin' Up!  The dsp is from the retired "Simply Marbleous" that I am trying to use up.

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A few days ago, someone asked if I had any sympathy cards for the loss of a pet.  I didn't have anything on hand but started trying to figure out what I could make for her.  At one time I had a special stamp set for such an occasion but naturally I couldn't find it when I needed it.  I turned to Pinterest and found one that had a design like this. The one I saw used the heart upside down but had more of an oval shape for the four pieces.  All I had was the small circle punch.

Inside

The sentiment was done with my printer.  Naturally once I had the card assembled, I found the set I had been looking for so I stamped the four little paw prints on the inside.  The lady who requested the card loved it.

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I used the die from InLoveArt designs and a piece of the Hydrangea Hill retired dsp from Stampin' Up!  The white piece of card stock was stamped and then popped up with dimensionals.  I wish I would have stamped the sentiment a little higher.

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All that is left of the paper from this collection.  Now on to another collection.

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 I think these were two pieces of 4 x 4 papers that were cut at an angle.  Two different looks to the cards.

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 Simple use of strips.  Thank you for coming by today!

Almost finished with the paper from this collection.

The sentiment was actually added at an angle.  Not sure I like it that way.

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 Using Scraps.  Thank you for coming by today!

 Very Simple Card

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Another "Quilt" card.  My cards are virtually like a card I saw on the Quilts....and more Facebook page.  I'm afraid I forgot to make a note of the lady who posted it.  

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I got side tracked to another retired dsp.  Once again it is very simple

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When I had this retired paper on my table, I decided it was going to all disappear.  These three cards are all very simple.  I will add a sentiment to this first one when I decide to use it.

Very quick and easy!

Getting closer to having all of the paper used up!

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I really am back to trying to dig into my stash of designer papers.  It is so hard to avoid buying more and my 12 drawers ARE FULL!  The die cut flowers were already in my package of paper.

I didn't even have to do anything with these two scraps that were in the package.  

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When I pulled out this retired dsp, I found the large panel already matted with Mint Macaroon card stock.  Before adding it to the white card base, I punched a Mint Macaroon circle and a slightly smaller white circle.   I added the die cuts to the circle and then adhered the large panel with dimensionals  

A fancy fold with a left over die cut.

Quick and simple!

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Recently I was trolling dies on Amazon and found this one.  I thought it would make a great background for a die cut flower or in this case the butterfly.  The butterfly was die cut using Stampin' Up! Hydrangea Hill dsp which gives a great variety of colors.  NOTE:  This was the second card I made using the die but wanted you to see this one first. The first one is below.

For my first attempt to use the die I'm not sure why I chose a black card base for the white die cut.  I have mixed feelings about it.  I added the spray of flowers from a Memory Box die and then finished with three little metal butterflies from Stampin' UP!.  I certainly like the white on white card much better but decided to share this one as well.

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If you follow my blog at times, you may have seen other "Quilt" cards that I have posted.  Julie Heitz comes up with some really fun designs and "Piano key" design was really easy to do.  It is also a great way to use some of your tiny coordinating scraps.  The paper I used is the retired Stampin' Up! Hydranga Hill dsp.

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I have been hoarding my supply of Thoughtful Journey 6 x 6 dsp.  I cut a 4"  5 1/4" piece of this design and added it to my card base.  I stamped the birds and sentiment. The boat was die cut.  The sails were stamped and then die cut.  I think this makes such a peaceful scene.

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Two simple layouts to use up retired dsp.  I took a 3 3/4" x 5" piece of dsp for each of the cards. I then cut off a random section at the bottom, flipped it over and used the back side for the contrast.  The two pieces were then added to a 4" x 5 1/4" mat and then added to the card base.  A piece of coordinating card stock and sentiment were added to across the dsp.

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