Just Because - You are my Sunshine

Hi everyone. Darla here with a "Just Because" card that I made for my absolute God send neighbours that get me through all the tough times.

I used this weeks sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog and put this together in no time. I let the patterned paper do all the work for this one. :)

You can see all the details about this card over on my blog HERE.

Please come back tomorrow to see another great Just Because card by my good friend Lucy Kelleher.

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Father’s Day Card

Darla back with you today with a fun Father’s Day card.

My husband and my Dad are both very handy and spend lots of time building things or fixing things for people (including me). Their to-do lists often get very very long and both are kind hearted enough to put their to-do lists before themselves (most of the time). I decided to use the concept of putting away the to-do list as the starting point, added in a sketch from my new co-hosted sketch challenge blog and voila!

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If you’d like to see more details on how I made this card or the sketch I used please visit my blog Caution: Crafting is Contagious!

Mother's Day - Relax

Darla here with a 2 one layer cards for you today (meaning this is all done on the card base with nothing other than the ribbon added).

I think I am going through a phase of no sentiment cards or something as I can honestly say I have not stamped a sentiment on a card front (with the exception of some designs I was doing of Michelle's from our joint card class) in well over a month.

I can't tell you which card is for who (mother, step-mother or mother-in-law) as they all read my blog and I want it to be a "little" bit of a surprise at least. ;) Here are 2 of the cards I made for them though:

Card 1:

Card 2:

For more details head on over to my blog here. 
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Music Teachers Appreciation

Darla stepping back in today with another teacher appreciation card.

Although this card could really be used for anything just by what you write inside, I originally made this for a friend to give to her sons piano teacher.

For more details and a picture of it open to show the inside check out my blog.

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Creating Smiles

My son is 4 and attends preschool once a week and for my Teacher Appreciation card I really wanted to make it about the real reason we appreciate them the most in our house and that is for the huge smile on Michael's face when we tell him it's preschool day and again when we pick him up. It's the enjoyment they put into everything they teach them that makes those smiles happen and for that we are very appreciative!
I also tried to make this personalized by colouring the picture as close to my son as possible.

For more details head on over to my blog Caution:Crafting is Contagious

The inside reads.. "Thank you for helping create them!"


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Thinking of you

Darla back here with you again today. The theme this week on the blog is "Thinking of you". Unfortunately I have had to make one of these very recently as a very good friend and mentor to me has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. She hadn't met with the surgeon yet when I made this card for her although she has now and goes for her surgery April 4. All positive thoughts, prayers etc would be very much appreciated.

For more details go on over to my blog here.

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You're GREAT

It's Darla here from Caution: Crafting is Contagious with a  congratulations card I did for a friend of mine who just got a new job as the manager of the gardening center at the local hardware store. It may not seem like a big deal to some but she took courses on horticulture and was unable to get a job in her field with the economy in its current state so although this isn't really what she had in mind or where she hopes to end up it's a step in the right direction and she has done such a fantastic job with her studies that it truly deserves some recognition.

To see the details of this card as well as another card that this one was the inspiration for go on over to my blog post here.


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Wedding with that handmade touch

Darla back again today with a wedding card for you.

Since the front of this is not really a wedding image but instead an image hand picked by the bride this card could easily be made into any occasion.

A custom made by me stamp made these truly unique and one of a kind.

Please go to my blog here for more details on how this was made.

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Beach wedding invite

Darla here today from Caution: Crafting is Contagious with a set of beach theme wedding invites I made for a friend of mine.

For more info on how I made these go see my blog post here.

I hope you'll come back tomorrow and check out what Christine has for you as well as join us in the February challenge. :)

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Hope you see your rainbow soon

Hi there. Darla here today with a Get Well card. This card could really be used for any sort of pick me up card or sympathy even if you wanted too. I love having versatile cards to add to my stash. :)

The sentiment reads "Without a little rain there would be no rainbows".
For more details please visit my blog here.

Please come back again tomorrow to see what Tina has created for you.

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Thank You

I am new to the Card A Day Blog and had originally thought I would make a fabulously intricate and detailed card for my first post here but when I saw the theme "Thanks" I knew exactly what I wanted to share and it is the complete opposite of intricately detailed and time consuming.

I made 200 of these for our Cancer Center to have in the "Sunshine Room". For more details please visit my blog here.




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