Wow! I Made an Ampersand Card

Back in August I stumbled upon a very elegant card made by Diana Mancuso http://dianasdesignsblog.blogspot.com , who commented that she had been inspired by Tracy Gough’s May 2008 creation of an Ampersand Card http://camsmum-tg.blogspot.com/2008/05/bbtb-ampersand-contest.html . Needless to say, I am in awe of both these ladies’ work. When I recently received an invitation to a wedding shower for a friend’s son, I thought of the lovely cards I had seen and decided to try my hand at making one. Well, after working on this card for about 26 hours over 5 days, here it is. I have said, “This is it, nothing more.”

I used both Design Studio and my Gypsy to make this card. For the things that I wanted to tweak, of course, Gypsy was the only way to go. And for things that I didn’t want to be particular about sizing, I used DS. Cartridges used are Wedding, Alphalicious, George and Basic Shapes, and Sweethearts. The words on the inside of the card are computer generated. Some of these words are from a list by SusieB http://www.heartprints.net/gallery/, and other are just some I chose to use.

Many thanks to those who inspired me to take on this challenge. I learned a lot while making this card, and see where I can make some changes in my adaptation to make it better and easier in the future. Now that I think I’ve got this one under my belt, I think it will be fun to make another Ampersand card with a different theme sometime soon.

Get Well Wishes

This card was made by request to be sent to a young college student who was gravely ill, and to keep the mood light, I thought Minnie might bring a smile. This was only my second time using the Disney Mickey and Friends Cricut cartridge, and I used my Gypsy on this project. I chose to use fall colors on the card, and was quite pleased about how it turned out.

Autumn Greetings

My first Gypsy creation! Nothing fancy, just a simple card. After playing with my Gypsy for several days, I took the plunge and made a card. I used Don Juan for the words, Plantin Schoolbook for the apples, and DoodleCharms for the basket. The raccoon is from Animal Kingdom and the grass is from ZooBalloo. I cut the tree (barely seen in the left corner) freehand, and the leaves are MS leftovers from a previous project.

Valentine's Day in the Fall

I used my MS Leaf punch around the page set on muted orange patterned paper for the frame on this 5 inch square card, and for the falling leaves as well. The cream colored background mat is cuttled with the Forest Branches Cuttlebug folder. I used my Cuttlebug Typewriter alphabet set for the letters, and the pumpkin is from Happily Ever After cricut cartridge. The inside of the card is below.