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.

Snow Much Fun 2

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - snow much fun
• cardstock - bashful blue, espresso, real red, whisper white
• ink - black stazon, real red, lucky limeade, black, indigo blue, pumpkin pie, daffodil delight
• accessories - framed tulips EF, itty bitty banners framelit, aqua painter, designer naturals button, red baker's twine

Another variation of the snow much fun christmas card.

Snow Much Fun

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - snow much fun
• cardstock - bashful blue, espresso, real red, whisper white
• ink - black stazon, real red, lucky limeade, black, indigo blue, pumpkin pie, daffodil delight
• accessories - framed tulips EF, corner ticket punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, aqua painter

Triple Tree

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - snow much fun
• cardstock - lucky limeade, bashful blue, whisper white, navy
• ink - black stazon, wild wasabi, real red, indigo blue, lucky limeade
• accessories - aqua painter, twine, framed tulips EF

Merry Tree

The christmas tree stamp, lace and ribbon are from Michaels. I stamped the tree on the white background, then stamped again and cut out, glued on top for a layered dimension. Also used vintage wallpaper EF, and decorative label punch.

Bethlehem

SUPPLIES:

cardstock - whisper white
ink - not quite navy, bashful blue, basic black
stamps - come to bethlehem
accessories - tulip frame EF, brayer, black rhinestones (not SU)

Ornament Punch Flower

SUPPLIES:

cardstock - white, lavender, deep purple (all misc paper, not SU)
ink - elegant eggplant, wisteria wonder
stamps - teeny tiny wishes
accessories - ornament punch, word window punch, modern label punch, fancy fan ef, lacy brocade ef, designer button, white bakers twine, ribbon (michaels)

Inked the lacy brocade EF with wisteria wonder before embossing; then punched petals with ornament punch. Layered the petals with a darker purple. There are 8 petals total created with the ornament punch.

Cowboy Birthday

SUPPLIES:

stamps - out west, well scripted
cardstock - black, marina mist, crumb cake, whisper white
ink - craft white, stazon black, bashful blue, basic gray
accessories - heat gun, black embossing powder, woodgrain EF, chevron EF, word window punch, large oval punch, mini brads, twine, sponge, corner rounder, paper piercing template, spellbinders nestabilities circle dies (to create circle frame)

This card is for my father-in-laws birthday - I still have stuch a hard time coming up with a masculine card.

After stamping the image in craft white, I heat embossed with black powder; sponged bashful blue and basic gray around the image. Embossed black with woodgrain EF, then cut circle out to overlay on cowboy image. Used two sizes of circle nestabilities to create the crumb cake circle frame. Used paper piercing template to pierce around outer edge of cowboy circle.
It is hard to see in the photograph, but the bottom marina mist piece is embossed with the chevron EF. There is also a mini brad in the top left corner that is hard to see.

Embossed Flakes

A simple card but striking. I embossed the black card stock with the framed tuplips EF first. Then stamped the snowflakes from snowflake soiree set with craft white, and heat embossed with baby blue pastel embossing powder from stampin-n stuff and white ultra detail embossing powder by stampendous. Cardstock is from paper studio.

Embossed Tree

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - christmas lodge, joyous celebrations
• ink - whisper white, espresso
• cardstock - so saffron, soft suede
• accessories - oval punch, daffodil delight ribbon, white embossing powder, corner ticket punch, lacy brocade EF, versamark pen, gold glitter embossing powder, pearls (not SU)

Stamped the tree with craft white then heat embossed with white embossing powder (EP). Colored a few spots on the tree with versamark pen, then heat embossed with gold EP.

POPPIES

A wonderful trip to see family in California for the Thanksgiving holiday. So much to be thankful for... and many thank you cards to make!

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - pleasant poppies, teeny tiny wishes
• ink - stazon black, bliss blue, basic gray
• cardstock - wisteria wonder, bashful blue, whisper white, black
• accessories - copic markers, white highlighter gel pen, decorative brad, word window punch, square lattice EF, lacy brocade EF, bakers twine, big shot, sponge dauber

Stamped the poppies on the bashful blue cardstock using black stazon; colored the poppies with copics and sponged in bliss blue and basic gray around them. Added white highlighter gel pen.

Inked the lacy brocade embossing folder with bliss blue before embossing the white cardstock.

Holiday Ornament

 

To make this card, I cut the zig zag strips using finishing touches edgelits, adhered them to white cardstock, then diecut with holiday ornaments framelits. Added dimension to background panels with the square lattice EF, and the lacy brocade EF. The lacy trim is also from the finishing touches edgelits. Not sure of the name of the DSP; merry christmas sentiment is from petite pairs.