Elegant Thinking of You card with CTMH You're Adored and Noted Backgrounds

I have my lovely playgroup ladies coming over for a crop night tomorrow night and have to do all my cleaning today as I volunteer in my youngest kiddo's class room tomorrow morning and have physical therapy with him right after school.  So while I should be doing all my cleaning and a bit of baking I'm up here playing around on my computer instead.  Ah well, I guess I'll just have to speed clean later...

This is a lovely card I lifted from my copy of Card Creations: Start to Finish, Volume 2 that I won (yipee!) from the Paper Crafts Connections blog along with a Technique Tuesday stamp set!  I was so excited to win this prize as I love Paper Crafts magazine and their books are always full of fun ideas.  I pulled this card from one of pages as I needed a "thinking of you" card for a friend whose mother is ill.

The second shot shows what the inside card looks like (I made another one as I wrote on the inside of this card before I took a picture!).  I really like the simple elegance of this card and am looking forward to including it in my "friendship" cards workshop coming up next month.

Materials Used:
Paper:  Brown Bag and White Daisy Cardstock
Stamps:  Noted Backgrounds, You're Adored, Thinking of You (retired) but Say it in Style would be good too
Ink:  Black, Brown Bag (stamped image under the clear buttons)
Other:  Clear Buttons, Liquid Glass, Ribbon (from Michael's Crafts), Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Valentine's Day Countdown Day #6 Card with CTMH Love Always, Noted Backgrounds and Key to my Heart

Today's card uses the same paper set and basic elements (a heart and a big flower) as yesterday's card.  I wanted to show how easy it is to take a couple of the same elements but make different cards.  The sentiment has been stamped in Chocolate and then I went over the letters with Liquid Glass - the needle point tip allows you to follow writing or make very small details - love it!  I again stamped the heart with our Noted Backgrounds set but this time in Chocolate.

Materials Used:
Paper:  Key to my Heart (retired)
Stamps:  Love Always, Noted Backgrounds
Inks:  Chocolate
Other:  Colonial White Ribbon, Liquid Glass, Pearls (Connection Club reward)

Valentine's Day Countdown Day #5 - Card with CTMH Struck by Love, Noted Backgrounds and Key to my Heart

This card uses a paper pack called Key to my Heart which is now retired but I love that Tulip, Sorbet and Creme Brulee color mix!  Very romantic when you add some lacy ribbon and pearls...  The large heart was traced onto Tulip cardstock using the negative space from our Hearts Dimensional elements.  After I cut it out I stamped it in Tulip using the word block in our Noted Backgrounds stamp set - a new one I'm really enjoying!  The paper rose was hand made and the leaves simply freehand cut.  I think my favorite thing on this card is that lovely sentiment stamped in Tulip on Creme Brulee - it looks so old fashioned!

Materials Used:
Paper:  Key to my Heart (retired)
Stamps:  Struck by Love, Noted Backgrounds
Ink:  Tulip
Other:  Colonial White Ribbon, Pearls (former Connection Club reward)