Back on your feet

 One of my favorite get well stamp sets is the Back on your feet set ... such cute renderings of animals. This turtle on his back was perfect for my friend who just underwent surgery.

Fall Thanks

 A few months ago, a friend gave me some calendar pictures she thought would make nice cards. I made several at the time but then I put the rest of the pictures away for later use. I pulled them out of storage when I needed two thank you cards.

They were perfect!

One was the picture of an apple ... a perfect selection for this time of year. Here is what I did with the apple ...

I backed the apple photo with some gold metallic paper and added "thanks" in green on that same gold paper.

The second card is very different. I had a picture of some orange flowers but the flowers were not very big, so I cut the photo into three small sections and backed them with some brownish-greenish paper and layered them on a soft orange background. I like how it turned out.

I am entering this second card into the Word Art Wednesday challenge for this week.

Swirl Cards

I tried my hand at making the fascinating (to me) swirl cards, and I am hooked.

The orange and coral card is on a light beige background and the circles are evenly centered on each other.

For a slightly different look, the blue circles (on a white background) are offset, changing the entire look. 

I already cut some pink circles to try this one again!  

I do not know if "swirl" is the correct word to use for this design, but that's what I am calling it.

God's Masterpiece

 I entered this in the Word Art Wednesday challenge. I love the messages both on the front and inside. The front stamp is one stamp, then I re-stamped it on coral, yellow, green, and blue card stock and cut out each letter to add to the black and white stamp. That added a bit of dimension. I also added some neon colors to each letter with the corresponding neon pen.

Happy Birthday, FMS Style

 Freshly Made Sketches has an interesting sketch this week.

 It intrigued me to the point that I decided to enter the challenge with this card:

Psalm 145:2

 I have been enjoying Word Art Wednesday challenges for a few weeks now, and I really like using their scriptures on cards. This week was a verse I especially like, and it inspired me for this card, which I will submit to the "Anything Goes" challenge.

I used my new "Around the Bend" dies from Stampin' Up for the card.

Blessed

 I love the new Thankful Sunflowers stamp set from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I've been using it quite a bit since I got it last week. After all, August is a sunflower kind of month, and the colors lend themselves to the month, I think.

Anyway, I made this card using that set and then discovered that AAA Cards Challenge #246 is a perfect place to show off my latest creation.