Smile

Smiling - it makes you feel better. Often cards are like getting a smile in the mail. I thought I would make this little ATC for myself because sometimes I need a reminder to smile, not often but there are days...Anyway I adore Artist Trading Cards. Once upon a time I made them all the time and then I just sort of stopped. What do you do with them anyway? Well I suppose you could trade them...or you can just keep them without feeling guilty that you made a card and didn't send it out. It is nice to do stuff for yourself once in a while, actually all the time but that is hard but once in a while...that is easy.

Supplies

Pattern Paper - CTMH - Dotty For You
Cardstock - Grey Wool, White Daisy
Ink - Black, Sunset, Lagoon, Sweat Leaf
Stamps - Hooray Bouquet
Other - Art Philosophy Cartridge, Bling

Dotty For You - Hooray

 I don't know if you know this about me but I love polka dots! I adore them, I love them and I am drawn to them. When I heard about this cute paper "Dotty For You" that Close to my Heart is featuring until the end of May I couldn't wait to see it up close and personal. I have to say is is C-U-T-E!!

I have just started playing around with it and here is what I came up with. I was enjoying colors that I don't normally use I added a little something here and a little something there...well anyway here is what I came up with.

I think I might even be falling for that chevron pattern that is just everywhere. As you can see in the photo's the middle section is actually a row of flowers that I cute out using the Art Philosophy Cartridge and then I stamped a flower inside the popped up flowers. I added some black in all around the edges giving it a soft distressed look. 

Here is the inside of the card. I just did a little chevron strip along with a little scallop. Since the card has so many patterns I wanted to keep it simple.

Supplies

Pattern Paper - CTMH - Dotty For You

Cardstock - Grey Wool, Lagoon, White Daisy

Ink - Black, Sunset

Stamps - Hooray Bouquet

Other - Art Philosophy Cartridge, Buttons, Lagoon Bling