Hope

The card I'm showing today is one that I submitted to the last call at Paper Crafts.  It didn't get a call-back, so I get to share it with you now!

I used the large cardinal from my set from Heartfelt Creations to create a card for encouragement.  I already have this wrapped up and read to give to my aunt.  She will love it.

I die-cut the leaves and ran them back through with the woodgrain impression plate.  I stamped the background with Text Style and inked the edges with 3 different colors:  Tea Dye, Walnut Stain and Pure Poppy.  I think I made this the day I purchased the Tim Holtz distressing tool.  Went a little crazy, didn't I? I added the scallop border and placed everything on a Kraft panel with the woodgrain impression.  I think it kind of looks like he is sitting on a fence.

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The Cardinals

I haven't participated in the CAS-ual Fridays challenge in awhile, and loved this week's challenge along with the design team's samples!  (Waving at Dana and Laurie!!)  You can see the challenge and participate if you click here.

My friends will wonder what has gotten into me when they see this card. After all, the St. Louis Cardinals beat my beloved Rangers in the World Series.  And it was hard to take.

But this is a thank you card for one of my friends that went to the series to cheer on HER beloved cardinals.  She brought me back a World Series shirt, which I thought was very sweet.  

So, I used the beautiful cardinal stamps I recently received from a friend, and tried to make a casual card.  It's hard to make a casual card with beautiful stamps.

I created the background with the baseball from Have a Ball, the small star from Star Prints and the smallest star from Fly Away.   The background technique is highlighted for this week's Make It Monday challenge.  

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Cardinals...

I love cardinals.  Unless they are wearing baseball uniforms, and then I really just kind of like them.  I'm a die-hard Rangers fan, and last week broke my heart.

But the birds - the cardinals - I love.  They have a very special meaning to me, but I won't go into that here.

My friends know the meaning of cardinals to me and have given me various gifts - pillows, pictures, cards, earrings, shirts - that have cardinals on them.  For Halloween my friend, Tanna, gave me some cardinal stamps from Heartfelt Creations.  I immediately inked them up and made her this card.

Heartfelt Creations:  Cardinal Family, PTI: Mat Stack 3 and leafy border dies

This is the largest of the 5 birds in the set.  He was very easy to cut out, although there are dies for the stamps also.  Eeek.  Didn't really need to know that, now did I?

So, this was her thank you note for the beautiful stamps with beautiful meaning.  If you only knew...

I have another friend that is a huge St. Louis Cardinals fan and she went to Game 6 and 7 last week.  She brought me a championship shirt back from her trip, so I plan on making her a baseball theme card with these stamps. I'll post it when I'm finished!

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