Category: Cards

Art Inspiration, Cards, Classes, Pinkfresh Studio

Farm Fresh – Pinkfresh Studio Create & Connect

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I hope you are having a great weekend. A couple days of migraines this week meant I got very little creating done. I am so happy that was not the case today for the start of the Pinkfresh Create & Connect event.

It is always fun to get to play with new products before they are released for general sale & I absolutely love the Farm Fresh Collection we got to design with for our first class.

I love how these cards have a fresh modern feel while hinting at a bit of vintage too. A mixture of stamping, ink blending, embossing & die cutting then embellishing with the new ombre Glitter Drops releasing Monday and I have a gorgeous collection of cards to brighten someone’s day.

Stay tuned for more class reveals. I will only get through half my classes this weekend because of scheduling but I have plenty of time next week to finish up all 6 classes.

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Lawn Fawn

Hay There Pop-up Card

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I’m back with the 2nd card from our pop-up class. These cards are a little bit of work to put together so 2 seemed the perfect number for a class.

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I thought the “down on the farm” theme was perfect for a birthday card so the Hay There & You Goat this were the perfect sets to complete this card. If you’ll notice the grass is the same paper as yesterday’s card. I was able to cut the grass for both cards from one card base piece, using to different grass border dies. I always love maximizing supplies.

I’m definitely going to need to pencil in some more time with my Lawn Fawn sets. They are so cute.

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Lawn Fawn

Dandelion Wishes Pop-up

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I had fun designing 2 cards for a class using Lawn Fawn’s Peekaboo Pop-up die set. And no, I’m not back to teaching full time just an occasional class here or there.

Here is card #1:

These mice are so very cute & I used mice from Dandy Day, Bubbles of Joy & Scripty Bubble Sentiments along with the Dandy Day 12 x 12 paper pack.

I hope your week is off to a fabulous start.

Thanks for popping in.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Bits & Pieces, Cards, Scrap Attack

Beautiful – Scrap Attack Card

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I hope you’ve enjoyed a blessed Sunday.

I’m in the middle of designing and after I stopped tonight, I started looking at what I had out on my work surfaces that would make a quick card and created this:

This is literally some leftover scraps & die pieces from other projects that didn’t make the cut along with some extra flowers from my recent flower cards. It took maybe 15 minutes to pull together & that was mainly because I was deciding on the flowers & the 3rd mat layer. Now I have a pretty card for my stash to brighten someone’s day.

I hope you have a great week ahead.

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Scrap Attack, Taylored Expressions

Garden Birthday #2

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I hope your weekend is off to a great start. I didn’t get anything crafty done today but did pull together some supplies for designing.

My final birthday card share from my week of February birthdays is for one of the Angels in my friend group.

It’s a mini slimline card featuring Taylored Expressions Garden Variety & Antique Pails dies along with the All Together – Occasions stamp & die set. Except for the card base & jewels, everything was pull from my scraps to make a Scrap Attack card.

Have a Fabulous Weekend! Enjoy if you have 3 days off with President’s Day.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Simon Says Stamp, Taylored Expressions

You Are So Sweet

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I’m trying out Simon Says Stamp’s Kit of the Month this year. In the past I have just ordered them as a one time purchase from time to time. I used the February Kit of the Month Sweet Days to create Valentine’s for my granddaughters.

I cased one of the design team’s designs to create these. I used Taylored Expressions Sketched Hearts Dies with rainbow glitter paper and the lollipop & sentiment from the Sweet Days kit. I colored the lollipops slightly different for each girl. I sent the cards off with a small art project for the girls to create.

Lots of fun. I plan to try & use my kits at least once shortly after receiving them so they don’t sit unused. So far I’m 50/50 since I haven’t created with January’s kit yet.

The weekend’s almost here. Have a Blessed Friday!

Art Inspiration, Cards, My Favorite Things, Sizzix

Mechanical Birthday

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

Tonight’s card is the 2nd birthday of this week. Our youngest son’s birthday is today. Typical of all my guys, he doesn’t like any fuss over his birthday but I made this card & one of his favorite dinners.

I used the gear die from one of the Graphic 45 tag sets, the birthday die is from My Favorite Things & the embossing folder is Tim Holtz Riveted Metal.

Fairly quick to make, simple & elegant and definitely not fussy.

I hope you have a great weekend ahead!

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards

Triple Pocket Birthday Wallet

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

We are halfway through the week, I hope it’s going great! Mine’s just a wee bit busy.

Early in January I watched a wallet tutorial over on the Sweet ‘n Sassy’s VIP group and finally got the chance to make one.

Sized at just 3.25 x 4 inches it’s the perfect small gift holder, journal add-in or anywhere pocket. There are 3 pockets and this one is designed to hold a sweet treat in the biggest pocket, a mini birthday card in the middle pocket & a gift card in the bottom pocket. You can place anything you want in the pockets & if you keep it flat will mail like a regular card.

I pulled some papers out of my stash & scraps to create this fun creation.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Penny Black, Scrap Attack, Taylored Expressions

Garden Birthday #1

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

It’s February birthday week here. Two of my friends and my youngest son all have birthdays this week.

First up is this card for my dear friend Miss Margaret’s 83rd birthday.

Miss Margaret’s favorite color is red so I decided on this color scheme for her flower card. I used Taylored Expressions Garden Variety & Rustic Pail dies, lots of scraps from my scrap bin to cut the flowers & an older sentiment die from Penny Black. The flower centers are glitter dots. A bit of work to place all the greenery & flowers but well worth the effort.

I hope you have a fabulous week ahead.

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Bits & Pieces, Cards, Gina K Designs

Just Because Butterflies

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

It’s another quick card from the infamous Bits & Pieces box. I did complete 2 other cards today & did a mock-up for a technique but I’ll be sharing those later.

Another background pulled from my stash. This one was part of a background technique swap many years ago.

Everything but the cardbase and sequins came from the scraps or the Bits & Pieces box. I just die cut the background & mat with Gina K. Designs Master Layouts 2 die set & fussy cut the stamped sentiment I found in the Bits & Pieces. The background wasn’t labeled but looks like a batik resist type of technique, very pretty.

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings!