Another Card For Work

With the title of "Official Card Maker" for our office, it gives me a lot of opportunities to play in my craft room, which is where I whipped up this quick card last night.

Yep, another birthday card for a co-worker. With each one I try to think of what the person receiving it is like. This woman likes black and not into pinky-frilly-girly things.

I hope this black and beige card meets with her approval. Sure, there are flowers, but I painted them with my Copics: black (100) and warm gray (W7). They used to be purple!.

I started this card with that little piece of patterned paper I had in my scrap drawer. From there, I found cardstock to match and used my Cuttlebug to emboss the design. That embossing folder was a gift from a new friend who had a duplicate! Lucky me!

A strip of ribbon and old silver brad from my stash went along perfectly with the flower. I decided to jazz it up a tad with a few black swirls I had already cut using my Sizzix die in the Cuttlebug. The only other additon to this card was the Color Box white ink that I edged the papers with.

I like the way this came together; I even had a base card and envelope in the perfect hue to match!

Two Cards in ONE Weekend!

Wow, what a busy weekend! In between the usual necessary chores, I was able to get two cards done. The one above was created to showcase my newest digi stamp "Chicken" that can be purchased at DigiDrawn here. It was a special request by a reader. So glad I was able to finish it up and do a sample card too! Details on how I made the card and coloured the image can be found over at DigiDrawn.

The next card is for a sadder occasion. Unfortunately a co-worker and friend lost her dog late last week to cancer. We are both animal lovers and I just know the heart wrenching pain she must be going through right now. Condolences cards are hard, but luckily I had some perfect paper and ribbon on hand:

I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the black background paper and also to cut the Sizzix dies for the swirls. A Martha Stewart punch (Double Loops) was used on the corners.