American Ink swaps use variety of tips & techniques

Mary Ann's rolled flower anniversary card.

Heather's pennant punch party card. (*New product alert!)

Bea's scrunched ink technique card.

Barb's Bold Blossom card.

Cheryl's Take a Sip wheel card.

Bernice's The Open Sea matchbook card.

Karen's lattice die Fabulous Florets card.

Kay's Charming card.

Michelle's French Foliage card.

Terry S.'s Swirls & Curls Verses card.

Teacher thank you card with Greeting Card Kids

When one of my downline brought a scallop circle easel card to our last American Ink gathering, I thought it'd be great for just about anything - including end-of-the-school-year thank you cards for teachers. And who can resist those cute kids in the Greeting Card Kids stamp set?

I used the Scallop Circle die for the Big Shot with Real Red card stock. I ran through a single piece, and then a folded half sheet (making sure the fold was below a few scallops so it would be connected), and the 3-1/2" circle die for the Whisper White and Real Red print patterned layers. I love the builder wheels - I used For Teacher, Elementary Alphabet, and School Colors.

The sentiment is from the retiring stamp set Family Phrases.

Jumbo builder wheel birthday greetings...

Though there are only two layers to this Tempting Turquoise card, several things are going on.

The front of the card was put through the Polka Dots embossing folder for the Big Shot.

The 2" x 5-1/2" Whisper White strip was wheeled with the Candle Crazy and Birthday builder wheels (with a spacer in the middle). We just rolled the wheels over a Basic Gray pad.

We used markers to color in the candles - Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery and So Saffron. And to finish the card, we knotted Real Red satin ribbon over the middle "blank" space.

I CASE'd this card from http://www.SoShelli.com.