Get Well Soon card with a funny twist

I've seen a couple of cards with band-aid stamps on them in various cardmaking magazines but I didn't have a stamp like that in my collection.  What to do when you really want the look?  I dug into my medicine cabinet and found a big honking band-aid to add to the front of this card!

I made this for the wife of one of my martial arts buddies who had to have surgery for an injury she received at her workplace.  

How easy to make this one - just frame out a band-aid, add a 1" heart and some letters from the AP cartridge!

If you'd like to make this card, get these supplies:

Paper:  Lucy, Tulip CS, Chocolate CS

Stamps:  Joyful Jars (for sending you sentiment)

Ink:  Chocolate

Other:  Giant band-aid, Liquid Glass, AP Cartridge to cut letters, Martha Stewart 1" heart punch, 5x7" white cardbase

I'm so glad I had the chance to do a photo session today while my boys are wrapped up in movies on the couch.  The doctor said its a flu virus - what a bummer after we all were immunized in October.  It will probably hang around for several more days before they are back to the land of the living.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Paige

Breast Cancer We're praying for you card with CTMH From my Heart, Always Remember and TLC

I made this for my mother-in-law.  She is currently undergoing treatment and we continue to pray for her for her and send out our best healing thoughts.  The good news is she lives in an area with research facilities and excellent cancer care.  I was inspired by this card done by my fellow CTMH consultant Karen Day. 

To make this card, get these supplies:

Paper:  Sweetheart Level 2, Gray Wool CS

Stamps:  From my Heart, Always Remember, TLC

Ink:  Gray Wool, Cotton Candy

Other:  Red, Pink and Purple Sparkles, Hollyhock Twill Ribbon

November 4th All Occasion Card Class - Card #7 - Get Well Soon

Date: Friday, 4th November
Time: 7-9:30PM
Location: Snoqualmie, WA (I'll send directions when you register)
Cost: $15
Cards: 10 all occasion cards
RSVP: Due by Monday, 31 October
I'll be posting the cards individually here on my blog over the next several days!

Want a kit mailed to you? Add $5 for USPS flat rate shipping and I'll mail a pre-cut and pre-stamped kit anywhere in the US! If you are Canadian, just send me a note and I'll figure out shipping! Payments will be collected via PayPal.

Asian inspired Good Health card with CTMH Wisdom and Cuttlebug Embossing

I love the texture of dry embossing on cards - it just adds so much depth to even a simple card like this.  I used a Colonial White base to emboss and then brushed over it with Desert Sand to make the embossing pop.  We made this card during our April Stamp Camp with the option of using any of the 4 images from the Wisdom stamp set - health, family, love or peace.  I chose health to have some get well type cards on hand. 

Materials Used:

Cardstock:  Colonail White, Black, Cranberry

Stamps:  CTMH Wisdom (retired)

Ink:  Black, Desert Sand

Other:  Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (I think this one is called Bamboo), Gold brads

Get Well Soon card with CTMH Springtime, True Happiness, Say It in Style

I needed a "feel better" kind of card the other day for a friend who is under the weather.  Weather, weather...hmmmm....I know!  I'll use my new umbrella stamp!  (Yes, that really is how I think.)  I've mailed off the one for my friend but I whipped up a couple of copies to have in my stash of cards.  I try to make two or three of each card when I come up with a design that I like.  That way I can put them in my personal stash for use or give them away as prizes at parties.

The clouds are from the set True Happiness mixed with the rain drops and umbrella from Springtime.  I really like that Springtime comes with three different patterns for the umbrella so you can make a more masculine card easily by using the plaid or dotted pattern.  The rain drops were given a little dollop of liquid glass to give them shine and the umbrella got the same treatment for some added dimension.  I was trying to keep it fairly flat for mailing so the only big bump is the button on this card and they usually go through the mail pretty good.

For those of you who do mail out handmade cards, one of the tips I've used is to take a paper towel or paper napkin and place it over the "bumpy" parts to help keep the envelope from ripping.  I send cards across country to my family back east and they've all come without damage so far using that technique. 

Here is a close up of the liquid glass on the rain and umbrella.  I've picked out the pattern in the umbrella with some gel pens to give it some more dimension and the button above has a rub on placed on top.

Here is a more masculine version using the dotted umbrella pattern.

Materials Used:

Paper:  Heavenly Blue B&T (retired) but Caboodle would be a good subsitute, Gray Wool CS, White Daisy CS

Stamps:  Springtime, True Happiness, Say it in Style

Inks:  Gray Wool, Heavenly Blue, Black, Topiary (green umbrella), Sunflower (yellow umbrella)

Other:  Liquid Glass, Summer Craft Button, Autumn Flowers (retired), Metal Brad, Connection Club Rub Ons, Gel Pens (from Costco)