A new start

Hello Followers, Friends and Family

I am happy to say "I'm back!". The last 4 months have been nothing short of a living nightmare. My husband of 17 years walked out on me and the kids and I truly believed life as I knew it was over. Very recently, I got off my butt and started to live again. My aunt made me realize something very important...I really do enjoy card-making. So....I unpacked all my stuff and started (started over to be precise). Let me eleborate. You know the saying "icing on the cake". Well I thought that when my husband left, nothing could get worse...well it did. A few weeks before Christmas, my van was broken into and all my handmade cards (about 50-60 total) and my bracelet business was stolen. Wow - what a demotivator that was to get back into card-making. Anyways...here I am card-making!!!!

Mini Cards

I had a really good show last week and sold 24 cards!! I was really excited so I decided to get a head start before the next show. I wanted to make several cards quickly (ask my hubby...it usually doesn't go quick) so I decided to make mini cards - about 2.5 x 2.5 inches square. These 4 are the first of several. I used stamps from M and a variety of embellies. Had fun adding glitter and liquid glass as well.

Pregnancy Card

I have been neglecting my duties here at "Dawn's Cards"...lol. Between having the flu and a bad cold, I haven't created in a while :( This card I made for my co-worker who is going on maternity leave this Friday. We had collected a bunch of money and made her a diaper cake!! She loved it. Anyhow, we had some money left over so we got her a gift card. I used the NA cart for this woman cut at 4 inches, MS punch, Prima flowers, brads from M, CB folder swiss dots, and computer generated words.

Mojo Monday Challenge Week 71

For this challenge at Mojo Monday, I chose a variety of opposing colors. I really like both the olive green and the light pink together, and what better stamp than one expressing a friendship. This stamp was a part of my swap with my aunts. The brads and ribbon are from M and the cut was done from WIMG; stem cut at 2.5 inches and the flower, shadowed at 1 inch. I also used liquid glass on the centre of the flower.

Card of the Day - January 19th

I am sure a few of you are wondering why I changed my card of the day for the 19th...well it was not a very nice card!! So, to replace it, I kept with the theme of the bee for my mother's sake. This little stamp is from stampendous "bee wings". I used my cuttlebug for the the hearts background. The words are computer generated and I added glitter and bling for dimension. More pictures to come...my camera's battery was not charged, so I borrowed my nanny's...lol. NEW PICTURES ARE POSTED!!

Card of the Day 2 - January 16th

Here is card 2. In keeping with v-day theme...this card has a little of everything. From glitter and ribbon to a charm and some bling. I used my nestabilities and my hearts cuttlebug folder for this card. The stamp was in last year's $1 bin at M. I was going to ink the edges pink...I might do that at some point. The charm is from my stash!! This might also look good with pink and brown as base colors?? Although it is rather plain, I think it will still find a place in someone's heart :)

Challenge of the Day - January 11th

So this morning I started checking out other blogs with challenges as I am really enjoying them. I came across caardvarks. This was a great layout and I really enjoyed following it!! The patterned paper is from costco. The flower is cut using PS at 1, 1.25 and 1.5 inches. I inked all the "white" edges on this card (in pink). The leaves were also cut using PS cart at 1 inch (glitter paper). I used my CB swiss dots folder for dimension. I pulled out my nestabilities for the scalloped and plain circles where "Mom" is hand written. The string is DMC floss. I used a button from my stash for the centre of the flower. My 2nd Mother's Day Card.

Challenge of the Day - January 1st

I am trying to turn over a new leaf...getting more cards done. What better way than to participate in a few challenges. BBTB Challenge This challenge consisted of 4 colours (blue, green, pink and yellow) while uusing atleast 1 cricut cut and a star. Here is my interpretation... Supplies used: 1. DC eggs cut at 2.5 and 4 in. (I figured out that you have to alter the size slightly to have it shadowed properly) 2. PS for grass cut at 1 in. 3. CDS to weld eggs to make a shaped card, using the shadow feature 4. Michaels dollar stamp 5. Glitter and liquid glass.

Challenge 2. New Years Card Challenge For this challenge, ~Carla~ on the cricut mb suggested we create a monogram card. Here it goes...this is my version. Supplies Used: 1. PS for M at 5 in. (regular cut) 2. CDS for M (used flip feature) at 5 in. (shadow) 3. PS for flower at 2 in. and leaves at 1 in. 4. CB embossing folders - swiss dots and swirls 5. Letter beads from my stash.