MESSAGE IN THE POCKET!

I just loved the colors over at the Play Date Cafe this week.  I had some great Distress Inks in those shades so I started by inking my cardstock with all three colors.  I then used a background stamp on top to give it some interest.  I wasn't sure what to do next when in my pile of scraps on my desk I spotted this great little pink pocket shaped polka dot paper.  It was the perfect size to fit a tag into and the perfect size for the card so I decided to make a pocket card with the sentiment in the pocket and the inside of the card blank for a personal note.

Here are the colors I had to work with:

And here is the outside of the card:

For the tag insert I used a manilla shipping tag which I inked with the Yellow Lemonade Distress Ink.  Then I took my favorite Crafters Workshop template and the Persimmon Distress ink and made a pattern.  Last I stamped my sentiment which was the quote 

Life is measured in moments

Live every moment

Laugh every day

Love without regrets

I followed that up with Happy Birthday! added some ribbon and the insert was complete.  Here it is:

I was also excited about the idea of a pocket because there is a fun challenge over at Colorful Creations for a pocket so I will be entering it there too!

Hope you have enjoyed viewing my latest card creation!

FRIENDSHIP WEEK BLOG HOP!

Welcome to the Friendship Week Blog Hop!

We are starting the week out with ideas so you can finish the week

by making friendship cards or gifts to send to your friends

We are so excited to share what we made for our friends!

If you have arrived here from Pam http://mzlavr2.blogspot.com/ you are in the right place. If you popped in to see what your friend has on her

blog you may want to start at the beginning,

Jessi's blog: http://mylifeinartsncrafts.blogspot.com/

Today I have this card I made for my friend:

I started off with a sketch #253 from Mojo Monday.

I made sure to include 3+ papers, woodgrain (a stencil I did on the striped back paper) and heat embossing (the circle with the sentiment) for the Paper Secrets CYAO Week #27 contest.

Thank you so much for stopping by to see my project!

Your next stop on this hop is Ashley http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com

In case you get lost anywhere along the hop here is the complete line-up:

Jessi http://mylifeinartsncrafts.blogspot.com

Pam http://mzlavr2.blogspot.com/

Paula http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/

Ashley http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com

Rebecca http://blog.scrapprincess.com/

Maria http://JoyfulStamper.blogspot.com

Melissa http://melllisssa.blogspot.com/

Lissa www.somanycrafts.com

Lucy http://love2createitall.com

Jearise http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com

Tahi http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com

Be sure to come back by on Tuesday to see the rest of our projects!