Get Well

Here I am back with another card created for Card a Day Blog.  Today's theme is Get Well.

I saw a card similar to this recently with a real dog on it and thought it was too stinking cute so I had to recreate it.  The first step was to find a cute dog for it....I have hundreds of stamps and if you can imagine, not one of them had a dog on it.  Off to the internet I went in search of a digi stamp to color and I found this little dog that was perfect from Pink Cat Studio.  Isn't he just adorable?  I colored him up with my Spectrum Noir markers.  The alphabet stamps are provided by Close To My Heart (check them out here) as well as the cardstock base and background.  The tiny patterned paper is from the scraps - can't begin to guess who provided it.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Don't forget to enter our challenge at Card A Day Blog with your get well card!

Under the Weather

Welcome back to another card creation from the Card A Day blog.  This week we are featuring Get Well cards.  Unfortunately, I know way too many people who are sick right now, so I've been checking the blog out for inspiration daily.

For my card, I decided to create something a little different.  I've been wanting to use Tim Holtz's Umbrella Man Die Cut on something and this card was a fabulous way to do so!

I wanted my umbrella man to look like rusted metal so first I went into my back yard and stared at some real live rusted metal for quite some time.  After absorbing the look, I choose a piece of Cocoa cardstock for my base, then sanded the tar out of it before running through the die.  Then I went to work distressing it with inks and tools.  I'm not sure I completely caught the look I was after, but all in all I'm pretty good with it.

To create the gears I used the scraps of the sanded cardstock, then used a punch that cuts small flowers and cut several.  Next, I trimmed the petals of the flowers off straight, inked them up a bit and ta-da a teeny little gear for my card.

Todays card is created with:

Cocoa Cardstock - Close To My Heart

Pattern paper - Stampin' Up, Sassafras

Ticket - Cricut Art Philosphy Cartridge, Blue Ribbon Stamp, Barn Red ink - Close To My Heart

Liquid Glass - Close To My Heart

Rusty Hinge Ink - Ranger Industries

Cocoa, Black Ink - Close To My Heart

Miscellaneous bits and pieces from the stash.