Card in a Crunch! - for Fr. Paul

 My priest will be celebrating his 8th Ordination Anniversary.

I realized that it's next week & the best time to give him a card would be after Mass on Saturday (tomorrow!).

We've had thunderstorms all day and I didn't get out.

So, I sat down and made a quick card for him.

It turned out a bit cheesy with the silver sequin balloons on it, 

but he'll get a kick out of that!

I simply took a thick piece of white cardstock and cut it to 5" x 7" size & scored it.

First, I brushed some lavender color on the background 

using a makeup sponge wedge.

I cut out the letters with some alpha dies and glued them to the card.

Lastly, I glued on some silver sequin balloons!

I wrote Father Paul a special note inside congratulating him.

He's special to so many and for me, 

he truly changed my life and I'll be forever grateful.

Thanks for stopping by to see this ultra-simple CAS card.

Have a blessed weekend,

Lisa

Products used:

120 lb White Cardstock

Recollections 65lb cardstock - Blue Jay

Life Style Crafts Alpha Dies - English Rose

28 Lilac Lane Premium Sequin Mix - Girls Night Out

Faber-Castell Mini Pastels - lavender

Tools

12" Fiskars SureCut Deluxe
Paper Trimmer

Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Big Shot Machine

Adhesive - Nuvo Glue

Patty's 2024 Birthday Card

My sweet friend, Patty, is celebrating her birthday in early November!

I chose the beautiful 49 and Market Vintage Artistry Moonlit Garden collection 

to make her 6" x 8" card and the envelopes to put it in.

The shaker on her card is situated among pretty mulberry paper flowers.

I filled it with two tones of blue sequins.

The top of the card, above the shaker and flowers,

 is adorned with Dusty Attic's mini chipboard,

inked in a very dark Navy Blue.

Among the flowers are beautiful ReneaBouquets butterflies

 and a laser cut element reminding Patty "Time to Enjoy".

This word rub-on in the collection was very fitting!

The birthday sentiment is printed using Monotype Corsiva font,

which happens to be a favorite of mine.

Laser cut wildflowers & elements, postage stamp washi tape

 and chipboard butterflies decorate the back of the card beautifully.

These are the box-in-box envelopes that hold the card.

Since this collection is so beautiful 

and Patty loves to read, 

I thought of making her some bookmarks!

Using the 6" x 8" papers, 

I cut two bookmarks into 2-3/4" wide x 7" long size 

and decorated them with rub-ons 

and then laminated them. 

These are the fronts.

These are the backsides.

I decorated this one with two rub-ons.

The green one between the butterflies

and the brown one at the bottom.

I used the black moths rub-on

on the backside. 

The rub-ons on the next one

are the yellow stem flowers at the top, 

with the greenish butterfly next to it.

I also put one postage stamp washi tape too!

The backside is too beautiful

of a print to add anything to it!

Making these bookmarks was a fun project!

Thanks again for the visit!

Hope everyone is doing well and may God bless your day!

Lisa  >^..^<

A great big Happy Birthday to sweet Patty!

Products used:

49 and Market - Vintage Artistry Moonlit Garden collection

6" x 8" paper
(for main card)

Laser Cut Elements

Wildflower Laser Cuts

6" x 8" Rub-Ons

Chipboard Bits

Postage Stamp Washi Tape

"Fragments"
(used for the larger envelope)

12 x 12 Colored Foundation Papers

Colored Foundation Paper #3
(used for the smaller envelope)

Everything for the Shaker

Scrapbook.com
Nesting Circle Dies

Tim Holtz 
Dimensional Dome

28 Lilac Lane Premium Sequins
"Lagoon"

28 Lilac Lane Premium Sequins
"Storm"

Want2Scrap
Adhesive Baby Pearls
"Steel Blue"

The Dusty Attic Chipboard

Mini Trim #1

Tsukineko Versa Magic
Chalk Ink
"Night Sky"
(inked the Dusty Attic chipboard)

ReneaBouquets Butterflies

Magical Miniatures - double side printed
"Aurora Borealis Blue"

Mulberry Paper Flowers

10mm Open Roses - Blue Mix
(used Navy & Light Blue)

4mm Rosebuds - Blue Mix
(used Navy & Light Blue)

Mini Sweetheart Blossoms
Green Mix
(used light gray-green)

15mm Open Roses - Yellow

Cosmos Daisies - Blue Mix
(used Dark and Light Blue)

20mm Poppy Flowers - White

Tattered Lace Die

"Ornate Leaves"

Everything for the Bookmarks

6" x 8" paper

6" x 8" Rub-ons

Fellowes Laminator - Rhea 125

We R Memory Keepers
Crop-a-Dile Power Punch

Schiff Hug Snug Rayon Seam Binding
(used colors: Mushroom & Rose Beige)

Tools

Sizzix Big Shot Machine

Sizzix Magnetic Platform

Scrapbook.com
Magic Mat

Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe
Paper Trimmer

Martha Stewart
Scoring Board

Adhesives

Martha Stewart Hot Glue Gun

Nuvo Craft Glue

Scor-Tape

Recollections
Adhesive Foam Squares