A Cute Little Note Card and a Thank You Card

FYI, at the end of this post is info about a friend's blog candy, read on!

It's late and I have to get up early, very early tomorrow but I wanted to share a couple of more of the swap cards from our last team meeting. 

First is a round card, cut with the Scalloped Circle die.  The creator didn't put her name on the back so I don't know who to credit for the card but it is a sweet little card and the interesting shape makes it all the more interesting.  She folded a piece of Whisper White cardstock and cut the die so that the fold wasn't cut.  Then the Bravo Burgundy cardstock circle was cut to match the top fold.  She even took the time to go around the whole card with the 1/4" hand held circle punch and punch each scallop on the top layers.  You can't really tell by the picture but the little girl from the Easter Blossoms set is covered with Dazzling Diamonds glitter. 

The Whisper White and Concord Crush card was made by Kathy Brown.  She embossed both layers, the Whisper White with the Polka Dot Embossing Folder and the Concord Crush with the Elegant Lines Embossing folder.  Some of the circles have tiny little Basic Pearls in them as well as the little butterfly's wing on the Thank You sentiment from the Oval All stamp set. 

A good friend who's blog is not stamping or scrapbook related is giving away a $25 Bath and Body Works gift certificate plus a gorgeous red handmade scarf that is way cool.  She is choosing Friday morning so go check it out and sign up!

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I Made My Own Embossing Frame Folder

If you are like me, you are glad that January is half over.  I think we have all had crazy weather, I'm really tired of temperatures under 20 degrees and I've had enough snow for the Winter!  We are less than a  month away from Valentine's Day so we will be needing ideas for fun things to make for friends and family for that special day.

I absolutely LOVE the new Framed Tulips Embossing folder!  I have spent a bit of time hoping that the new Stampin' Up catalog this Summer will have several other embossing folders to choose from.  The frame-type folder makes creating a fantastic card so much quicker and easier!  Then I thought about the embossed card I made last year with the Heart To Heart punch and decided I could do a frame with the smallest hearts from that punch too.

I punched out a bunch of hearts and lined them up, centered them and stuck them down, 3 in a stack.  When I embossed the Pretty in Pink paper I used the platform, a Standard Cutting Plate, the Silicone pad and another Standard Cutting Plate.  It took a while to adhere all those little hearts but now I have my own Heart to Heart frame embossing folder to use as often as I want to!

The second card uses the stamp set Dreams DuJour.  I embossed the top half only with the Polka Dot Embossing folder and tied the organdy ribbon around it.  I mounted it on a piece of Rose Red cardstock for a quick and easy card.

I'm smelling my bread baking.  I reckon I need to go get it out of the oven before it gets too dark!  I'm having a dinner party tonight so I want that bread to be perfect  :~)