Homemade Cards and Pinning Dreams

Wow....  what an awesome blog party we are having right now.  I am still not done visiting all the wonderful blogs - but I will get it done before the week is up! And have I ever made a bunch of new quilty and crafty friends.....  this is fantastic!  

Needed to do a little crafting and continue to work on the "Not A Good Kind Of Wonky" quilt top.  (Don't you just love how your quilt will speak to you - mine always give me their names before I sew up the last piece!  

My dear friend is having a birthday.  I wanted to make her a card and decided I would use the lyrics to her favorite song as a background paper.  I type up the lyrics and using Word - I change the font size and boldness of phrases and words to give it some interest.....  

Then I cut it down to the size I want and get it ready for matting...  

I really like simple cards..... I have been cardmaking for a long time and have found that my taste is more along the lines of "less is more." Now that is only my taste - I have seen some absolutely stunning cards that put mine to shame....  

I love Stickles... it helps add a little sparkle to a card....  

 See how it just added that little extra touch to the stamped flowers!  

And some more matting - a little positioning and there you have it.... 

Pretty little cards for special friends!  (I made up a second one for my friend in Wisconsin who I have been very neglectful of recently!) 

Okay - now I must get back to work....  all this pinning because I made a little huge mistake in block construction.

Bet I do not make that mistake again!