Summer Sunset

A birthday card inspired by the summer sunsets here on our mountain in North Idaho. The flower is from the upsy daisy set. I masked the sun with a post it note, then brayered the different colors in layers using daffodil delight, calypso coral, rich razzleberry, cajun craze. I sponged in daffodil delight, calypso coral, and melon mambo in specific areas to make them pop more. Stamped the flower in elegant eggplant then embossed with the petals a plenty EF; added daffodil delight seam ribbon, butterfly punch, the itty bitty punches, and the itthappy birthday stamped in rich razzleberry and cut with the banners framelits.

Butterfly & Doilies

 SUPPLIES:

• stamps - delicate doilies, itty bitty banners, papillon potpourri
• cardstock - pool party, early espresso, cherry cobbler, white
• ink - real red
• misc - elegant butterfly, 1 3/4" scallop circle, 1 3/8" circle punches; bitty banners framelits; ribbon & rhinestones 

I was playing around with the delicate doilies set and came up with this cute and simple card. I used pool party again, but at least I changed up the accent colors to real red and espresso. The butterfly is from the papillon potpourri set.

French Foliage Triple Layer Card

This triple layer card is the latest sensation! I have seen so many beautiful creations with this technique that I thought I'd give it a shot :) I used the french foliage set for this. After cutting the three separate white rectangles, you stack them on top of one another and then stamp the images; then mat each layer. So simple and beautiful!

SUPPLIES:
ink: cajun craze, melon mambo, always artichoke, crumb cake, early espresso, river rock
paper: early espresso, whisper white
stamps: itty bitty banners, french foliage
misc: crumb cake ribbon seam binding, 1/2" and 3/8" circle punch

Mat and card dimensions: (I have corrected the middle mat size)

Card made with white 8 1/2" x 5 3/8" when folded measures 4 1/4" x 5 3/8"

outer largest rectangle soft suede mat 4 1/8" x 5 1/4"

outer largest rectangle inner white 3 15/16" x 5 1/8"

middle rectangle soft suede mat 3 3/8" x 4 1/4"

middle rectangle white 3 1/16" x 4 1/8"

smallest rectangle soft suede mat 2 3/8" x 3 5/8"

smallest rectangle white 2 1/4" x 3 3/16"

Simply Soft Thanks

SUPPLIES:

cardstock - whisper white, lucky limeade, calypso coral
stamps - simply soft hostess, itty bitty banners
misc - vintage wallpaper EF, itty bitty punch, floral frames framelits, bitty banners framelits, flower punch, ribbon (not SU)
ink - basic black, calypso coral

Floral Pattern Congrats

This card was for a demo it at a workshop. I wanted it to be fun and colorful, but not too complicated.

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - everything eleanor, itty bitty banners
• ink - cherry cobbler, lucky limeade, always artichoke
• paper - basic black, lucky limeade, very vanilla, watercolor
• misc - square lattice EF, labels framelits, bitty banners framelits, blender pens

Pleasantly Poppied

I made this card for a stamping workshop I am holding at the local library. I tried to keep it simple, yet vibrant.

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - pleasant poppies, itty bitty banners
• cardstock - daffodil delight, baja breeze, whisper white
• ink - not quite navy
• misc - bitty banners framelits, petals a plenty EF, labels framelits, scallop border punch, daffodil delight ribbon

Brayered Poppies

To make this card I first stamped the poppy image in rich razzleberry on whisper white cardstock, heat embossed to set ink, then colored image with versamark pen and heat embossed with clear EP. Brayered pink pirouhette, cajun craze, rich razzleberry, not quite covering the previous color as I brayered the next; embossed the image with perfect polka dot EF and cut with labels framelits and sponged rich razzleberry around the edges.

Soft Flower Thank You

This is a simple and elegant thank you card using the flower from an old hostess set called simply soft. I love how the 2 step stamping works on this flower to give it a watercolor look.

SUPPLIES:

• stamps: itty bitty banners, papillon potpourri (butterfly), simply soft (flower)
• ink: calypso coral, lucky limeade, black stazon, early espresso
• paper: calypso coral, wild wasabi, early espresso, whisper white, floral district DSP
• misc: butterfly punch, bitty banners framelits, perfect polka dots EF, ribbon (not SU)

Love You Pattern

Itty bitty shapes pattern card. I used the itty bitty shapes punches with the itty bitty buttons. Background is perfect polka dots, and petals a plenty EF's; sentiment is from itty bitty banners stamp set, and is cut with the bitty banners framelits. Simple, yet elegant : )

Green Thumb

It should be the time of year that we are harvesting the fruits of our labor! This "homegrown" set is fun and fresh. I stamped the artichoke all around on certainly celerly cardstock, diecut the center with the labels framelit, sponged in limeade and certainly celerly, embossed the outer background portion with square lattice. Cut two outline frames in black with the labels framelits; put a frame inside a frame, tied ribbon underneath the small frame. I stamped another artichoke on whisper white and cut around it, added some pop up circles. Stamped itty bitty banner sentiment and added to card; added rhinestones. Matted card with black and certainly celery.

SUPPLIES:

• paper: certainly celery, whisper white, black
• stamps: homegrown, itty bitty banners
• ink: black stazon, certainly celery, limeade
• misc: sponge daubers, blender pen, bitty banners framelits, labels framelits
• ribbon and black rhinestones not SU

Butterfly Sunset

I used the brayer technique on this card. I first stamped the field flowers and butterfly in black stazon; then stamped the shading part of field flowers in so saffron. I colored the butterfly with markers. Then I used a versamarker to cover the images and embossed them with clear embossing powder. I brayered daffodil delight in bottom left corner at an angle. After masking off the sun with a post it, I brayered from the top right hand corner at an angle: so saffron; then moving up a little and not quite covering all of the so saffron  added calypso coral; then not covering all of the calypso coral added melon mambo; sponged in so saffron on the sun.

SUPPLIES:

• cardstock - melon mambo, black, whisper white
• ink - daffodil delight, so saffron, calypso coral, melon mambo, versamark pen
• stamps - field flowers, papillon potpourri, itty bitty banners
• accessories - modern label punch, bitty banners framelits, itty bitty shapes punches, clear embossing powder, heat gun

Itty Bitty Boot

This boot is from the hostess set Happy You. Very simple, but fun card : ) Doily print from delicate doilies; flourish from everything eleanor.

SUPPLIES:

• Cardstock: daffodil delight, baja breeze, whisper white
• Stamps: happy you, everything eleanor, delicate doilies, itty bitty banners
• Ink: pool party, black stazon
• Markers: daffodil delight, pool party, blender pen
• Accessories: floral frames framelits, 2 3/8" scallop circle, square lattice embossing folder, itty bitty shapes punches, bitty banners framelits, daffodil delight ribbon, pearl rhinestone stickers

Poppy Pattern

Another card using Pleasant Poppies as the focal point. The background is created using the flourish from Everything Eleanor and one of the Delicate Doilies stamps. The poppies were stamped on watercolor paper with black stazon ink and then were colored with Calypso Coral, Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade markers and a blender pen. I outlined the poppies with a Pink Pirouhette marker. The background is stamped in Wild Wasabi and Cherry Cobbler; sentiment from Itty Bitty Banners is stamped in Cherry Cobbler as well.


SUPPLIES:

• Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla, Basic Black cardstock & watercolor paper
• Cherry Cobbler, Calypso Coral, Pink Pirouhette, Lucky Limeade markers; blender pen
• Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi ink
• Itty Bitty Shapes, Modern Label, and Decorative Label, 1/2" circle punches
• Labels Collection Framelits, Bitty Banners Framelits
• Delicate Doilies, Everything Eleanor, Pleasant Poppies, Itty Bitty Banners stamp sets

Summer Afternoon Thank You

This stamp is from the hostess set Summer Afternoon. It is stamped on watercolor paper in Brown Stazon ink and colored with markers and blender pen. The sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Banner set and is cut with the Bitty Banner Framelits. The background is embossed with Petals a Plenty in Daffodil Delight. The matting is Early Espresso and the Card is Baja Breeze.




SUPPLIES:

• daffodil delight, baja breeze, early espresso, watercolor paper
• Summer Afternoon, Itty Bitty Banners
• Bitty Banners Framelits, Itty Bitty Shapes punch, 1/2" circle punch, dotted scallop ribbon border punch
• Petals a Plenty EF
• crumb cake, early espresso, pumpkin pie, baja breeze, island indigo, certainly celerly, wild wasabi, sahara sand, daffodil delight, more mustard markers
• marina mist ink, brown stazon

Furry Folk Love

I love this Furry Folk set and didn't realize until tonight that it was not in the new catalog : (  The little critters are so cute. I masked off the top of critters head before stamping the next critter. The bear and mouse are stamped in Always Artichoke, the hedgehog and bunny in Melon Mambo, the beaver in Soft suede.







SUPPLIES:

• Furry Folk, Itty Bitty Banners stamp sets
• Always Artichoke, Melon Mambo, Soft Suede ink
• Melon Mambo, Whisper White cardstock, Kraft (not SU) 
• Petals a Plenty, Square Lattice embossing folders
• Labels Framelits, Bitty Banners Framelits
• Pink Rhinestones, Ribbon, Border punch not SU

Father's Day Field Flowers

This is a father's day card - and the reason I can get away with beautiful flower's for a "manly" card, is that my step-dad is an amazing photographer of wildflowers : ) So he is one of the few men that might appreciate such a card. It is similar to the previously posted Field Flowers Thank You but I changed the colors to add a little more masculine tones : )

For the two-step stamping on the flowers I used Cherry Cobbler for the outline and Pumpkin Pie for the shading. Cardstock colors are Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, and Whisper White. I stamped the image before diecutting with the Labels Framelits.

Field Flower Thanks

My goal with this card was to try to use a color combo that wouldn't be typical for me to select with the Field Flower set.  I used cajun craze, lucky limeade, early espresso, and white cardstock. For ink I used cherry cobbler for the flower outline, pumpkin pie for the two step stamping, and always artichoke for the stem and sentiment. I used the labels and bitty banners framelits, the petals a plenty and square lattice embossing folders, and the ribbon border and ticket punches. The sentiment is the itty bitty banners set with an antique brad below it.

Now on to father's day cards...

For You by Eleanor

Another rainy day - deja vu! Playing with Everything Eleanor, another deja vu! This card was the result of mistakes and covering them up : )

I inked the flourish in early espresso and then melon mambo; inked the background label in crumb cake, then the edges in early espresso. Then embossed with petals a plenty. Stamped the floral images in early espresso then colored with pink pirouhette and melon mambo using a blender pen. Added white to the flower.


SUPPLIES:

• Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Crumb Cake cardstock
• Early Espresso, Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake ink
• Elegant Butterfly punch, Modern Label punch, Scallop edge punch (Not SU)
• Labels Framelits, Bitty Banners Framelits
• Everything Eleanor, Itty Bitty Banners stamp sets
• Petals A Plenty Embossing Folder

Everything Eleanor

I almost didn't get the Everything Eleanor stamp set - and now I'm so glad I did! There are so many other things I should be doing right now, instead of playing with my new SU stuff : )  Anyhoo...I used markers and blender pens on the flowers. The one on the right had yellow for the center sticking up things - it didn't look right; so I colored over it with the white and it came out a yellowish color.

SUPPLIES USED:

• Sahara Sand, Melon Mambo Cardstock. Watercolor Paper
• Petals a Plenty, Framed Tulips Embossing Folders
• Floral Frames Framelits, Bitty Banners Framelits
• Everything Eleanor, Itty Bitty Banners stamp sets
• Pink Pirouhette, Calypso Coral, Melon Mambo, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, White markers; uni-ball Signo gel pen and blender pen
• black stazon, Crumb Cake ink
• Ribbon and pink rhinestones not SU