This card was made for a male member of our church named Ronnie. Ronnie is also distant kin to me so I've known him all my life. I guess he's like my 2nd cousin or something lol. I remember going to school with his daughter and she and I were always friends and liked that we got to go to the same family gatherings together.
For his card I used a TPC studio stamp from Hobby Lobby for the background and the sentiment and the flourishes are stamps from Autumn Leaves. I've had those flourish stamps a long time now and I think I've really gotten my money's worth out of them cause I've used them a ton of times on cards and especially scrapbook layouts. I used some Lindy's Stamp Gang spray mist for the middle layer and Glimmer Mist for the yellow layer. I just used some washi tape on the white layer to give it a little pop and then some sequins with bling in the centers and a bow and that's all for this little card. Not too complicated at all. I enjoy the simple cards when I get to make them and I try to keep the cards that I make for the church members pretty simple. It gets really expensive to put a lot of product on so many cards that I've been making for them. It's not that I'm trying to be cheap but come on now, Why use up all my crafting budget on products that I am giving to people who may just end up throwing them away? I know you crafters know what I'm talking about.. Besides, my hubby would kill me if I bought product for all the cards that I've been making. I love Prima but it gets expensive and I want to save my flowers to use on my scrapbook layouts that I know I will be keeping for ever. One thing to note, if any of you are thinking about making cards or anything crafty for your church or other charity organization, one thing that I've found out about my state of Ga anyway is that I can claim whatever products that I buy for my crafting on my taxes under charitable contributions. All I have to do is turn my receipts into our funds officer at the church and she will keep up with it for me all year. Then all I have to do is claim it on my taxes. It's a great excuse to buy new stuff. I just tell the hubby "I can claim it on my taxes" lol. No, he doesn't let me get away with that. lol.
That's all for today. I hope you enjoyed today's card and I thank you for stopping by. I hope you all are having a great Monday. I'll be back maybe in the morning with another card for you. Till then, much love and hugs, Amy K.
