Pink & Green Poppies

Okay, so there may be snow on the ground outside...but this is such a cheerful color combo!

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - pleasant poppies, teeny tiny wishes, distressed dots
• ink - timber brown stazon, pretty in pink, espresso
• cardstock - certainly celery, early espresso, very vanilla
• accessories - apothecary accents framelits, square lattice EF, bitty banners framelits, primrose petals ribbon, copic markers

Get Well Bloom

A get well card for my aunt that spent christmas and new years in the hospital ):
But, she has recovered and will be better off as a result!

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - blooming with kindness, distressed dots, teeny tiny wishes
• ink - soft suede, always artichoke, pool party
• cardstock - whisper white, soft suede, pool party, certainly celery
• accesories - bitty banners framelits, top note die, lacy brocade EF, wild wasabi ribbon, finishing touches edgelits

RIDE ON

Another card using EXTREME SNOWBOARD and LOVELY AS A TREE SET. The sentiment is from the old 4 wheeler RIDE ON set. Used masking and brayering technique. Ink colors: eggplant, wild wisteria, marina mist, basic black, basic gray

Direct to Paper TRUCK

To make the background around the truck, I used the direct to paper technique. Began with whisper white cardstock, applied stampin' spots directly to the paper: so saffron, apricot appeal, tempting turquoise, brocade blue. Then stamped truck image in black and colored with copics; cut with labels framelit.




SUPPLIES

• stamps - countryside, itty bitty banners
• cardstock - so saffron, soft suede, whisper white
• ink - black, tempting turquoise, marina mist, brocade blue, so saffron, apricot appeal
• accessories - labels framelits, bitty banners framelits, apothecary accents framelits, square lattice EF, lacy brocade EF, fancy fan EF, woodgrain designer buttons, linen thread

Snowboarding

Went snowboarding with my 14 year old son yesterday. Somehow he looked like a pro and I looked...less refined (:  Sore today from trying to lessen the impact when falling!!!!

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - extreme snowboard, perfect words, lovely as atree
• ink - basic black, very vanilla
• cardstock - lucky limeade, basic gray, whisper white
• accessories - sponge dauber, mini brads, word window punch, stampamajig

End of Day

Masking, sponging and brayering using COUNTRYSIDE and LOVELY AS A TREE sets.


stamped truck and colored with copic markers. Masked off sun, brayered in bashful blue then brayered top right corner with marina mist over the bashful blue. Masked the truck and stamped trees; sponged in basic gray and basic black for the ground.Sun was sponged with very vanilla and then with pearl x powders.

Thanks for looking (:

Oh Snowy Night

Inspired by my front yard...

I first stamped the tree from LOVELY AS A TREE set in basic black onto basic gray cardstock. Stamped again and then "stamped off" before masking and then stamping the lighter background trees. Then using the stamp a ma jig, I stamped a light shadow of very vanilla, inking the left side of the stamp heavier than the right. Sponged in very vanilla across the bottom, and sponged the moon in reverse punch out of 1 3/8" circle.

Sentiment is from teeny tiny wishes.

Sponged Delicate Doilies

SUPPLIES:

• ink - lucky limeade, always artichoke, bashful blue, marina mist, crumb cake, soft suede, early espresso, versamark
• stamps - delicate doilies, everything eleanor, french foliage, netting background, lacy and lovely
• cardstock - early espresso, bashful blue, very vanilla
• accessories - heat gun, clear EP, early espresso baker's twine, designer woodgrain buttons, labels framelits, sponge daubers

First stamped the delicate doilies with versamark and heat embossed with clear EP; colored doilies in with bashful blue. Sponged in various colors, then stamped netting background, dots from french foliage, and the flourish from everything eleanor.

CAS Butterfly Blues

SUPPLIES:

stamps - papillon potpourri, teeny tiny wishes, netting background
ink - not quite navy, bashful blue
cardstock - bashful blue, night of navy, whisper white
accessories - square lattice ef, chevron ef, word window punch, modern label punch, itty bitty punches, bitty banners framelits, elegant butterfly punch, apothecary accents framelits, windows framelits, bashful blue marker (for edge of butterfly), mini brads

Lacy Lovely Thanks

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - lacy & lovely, netting background
• ink - melon mambo, pretty in pink, crumb cake, soft suede, basic gray
• cardstock - basic gray, confetti cream, very vanilla, primrose petals
• accessories - labels framelits, little leaves sizzlits, itty bitty punches, decorative label punch, designer button woodgrain, linene thread, mini brads, brayer, silver EP and UTEE, heat gun

First stamped the netting background on very vanilla using crumb cake ink. Then stamped the flower and design from lacy & lovely set in crumb cake and soft suede. Brayered melon mambo and then sponged edges with basic gray. To make the labels framelits frame, I covered with versamark, embossed with silver, then with UTEE, then repeated (technique previously shown on SCS).

 

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Thank You Maam

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - out west, fresh vintage SAB, thank you kindly
• cardstock - very vanilla, real red, espresso, crumb cake
• ink - real red, espresso
• accessories - corner ticket punch, woodgrain designer button, linen thread, labels framelits, square lattice ef, blender pen, bleach

Added a little bleach with old blender pen to cowboy and saddle.

Delicate and Lacy

I love the look of ivory and black - such a clean, crisp and elegant presentation :)

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - delicate doilies, lacy & lovely, itty bitty banners
• cardstock - very vanilla, black
• ink - basic black
• accessories - bitty banners framelits, sizzlits large delicate doilies, itty bitty flower punch, 1 3/4" scallop punch, vanilla seam binding ribbon, jewels basic pearls, lacy brocade EF

I diecut the large delicate doilies and layered the largest two; stamped delicate doily and punched with 1 3/4" scallop and adhered on top. Stamped the flower from lovely & lacy and cut with nestabilities circle die; layered on top of doilies.

CAS Birthday Wishes

Another CAS card using the bleach and blender pen technique. After stamping the flower from BLOOMING WITH KINDNESS set in stazon timber brown, I colored with bleach using an old blender pen. Also distressed the edges and then added bleach with blender pen.

Cardstock colors: so saffron, chocolate chip, and I am not sure on the orange color - maybe really rust?

Removeable Stamps & Acrylic Blocks

 I am sure I am not the only one that this has ever happened to - you have your card almost complete, and your removable stamp falls off of the block, smearing your project! It is soooo frustrating.

So I started adding a mini glue dot or a zot to my acrylic blocks and then putting the removable stamp on. It works wonderfully! You can reuse the glue dot several times before you need a new one. It has saved me many exclamatories and frustrations since I started doing this!

U Rock

This BUTTON BUDDIES set is new to me and I am enjoying it. Sometimes I prefer the CAS cards - and they usually take so much less time : )

 

SUPPLIES:

• ink - pretty in pink, basic gray
• stamps - button buddies, perfect words (retired)
• cardstock - basic gray, whisper white, pink pirouhette
• accessories - chevron ef, labels framelits, square lattice ef, scallop oval and oval punch, jewels basic pearls, misc button

Bleached Thank You

I stamped the flower from BLOOMING WITH KINDNESS set in espresso ink on crumb cake cardstock. Colored flowers with an old blender pen and bleach. Used the blender pen on the edge of the circle for added dimension after stamping thank you from the retired silhouette sentiments set. Used my fingernail to distress edges of scallop, circle and itty bitty flower. The card is so saffron cardstock.

Kind Thanks CAS

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - button buddies, thank you kindly
• cardstock - whisper white, soft suede
• ink - pumpkin pie, island indigo, marina mist, baja breeze, crumb cake
• accessories - scallop trim border punch, fancy fan EF, woodgrain buttons, espresso bakers twine, jewels basic pearls

Note - I colored the blue flower with the marina mist and baja breeze marker and fussy cut around it.

Simply Thanks CAS

This is one of the nights where you spend 3 hours to come up with one card - and not the card you set out to make! I am certain that any stamper has a day or 12 like that : )

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - field flowers, teeny tiny wishes
• cardstock - certainly celery, kraft, pink pirouhette, whisper white
• ink - espresso, old olive, pink pirouhette
• accessories - lacy brocade EF, square lattice EF, labels framelits, adorning accents edgelits, itty bitty punches, basic pearl jewels, crumb cake seam binding ribbon, bitty banners framelits

Thank You CAS

SUPPLIES:

• cardstock - whisper white, bashful blue, night of navy
• stamps - parlor prints, button buddies, teeny tiny wishes
• ink - not quite navy, bashful blue
• accessories - itty bitty punches, 1/2" circle punch, pearl rhinestone, finishing touches edgelits, midnight muse stitched ribbon

To add a little depth to the flower, after inking with bashful blue I colored a few bases of the petals with a night of navy marker.