Loving Thoughts

In the second release of Sale-a-bration products, there is a dynamic impressions folder called Country Floral that coordinates with the Painted Seasons bundle (which is also in the second release of Sale-a-bration products). 

I have used that folder on some Crumb Cake card stock in the background of this sympathy card and added some Floral Romance specialty paper as well.  The sentiment is from Flourishing Phrases and the leaves are from Petal Palette.

Supplies:

Flourishing Phrases

Night of Navy, Old Olive ink

Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake card stock

Deco label framelits

Country floral dynamic impressions folder (SAB 2019)

Floral Romance specialty paper

Country Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder	149698
Price: $0.00
Create beautiful floral backgrounds with this Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. It’s easy to make a great impression! Just place flat cardstock in this embossing folder, run it through the Big Shot, and out comes cardstock with a bold textured design. * 1 folder * 4-1/2" x 6-3/16" (11.4 x 15.7 cm) * Use with Big Shot

Floral Romance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper	148586
Price: $14.00
Soft, elegant designs for weddings, anniversaries, and more. Includes printed vellum for layering and hand-cutting accents. 12 sheets total: * 6 vellum sheets, 3 each of 2 single-sided designs * 6 printed sheets, 3 each of 2 double-sided designs * 12" x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm) * Acid free * Lignin free Coordinating colors: Fresh Fig, Mossy Meadow, Pear Pizzazz, Petal Pink, Sahara Sand, Whisper White

Decorated Star

 

Apparently the craft stores I go to when I get a chance just have too many fun wooden items to alter this fall!  This is another project I put together using a wooden piece I purchased...

 

 

I took strips of Merry Moments designer series paper and attached them to the star using Mod Podge.  Then I started adding more elements...

 

I stamped some images from Jolly Christmas...

 

and then I picked out some Project Life Seasonal Snapshot 2015 cards to add...

 

Then, I added some bling and ribbon and a tea lace doily...

 

then I stamped a little more with the A Little Something stamp set and added a die cut "peace" mounted to a die cut using the Cards and Labels Project Life collection framelits.

 

A few circles and buttons and the star was complete!

 

Supplies:

Jolly Christmas, A Little Something

Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow ink

Whisper White, Old Olive and Real Red card stock

Merry Moments dsp

Home for Christmas designer buttons

Seasonal Snapshot 2015 Project Life

Deco Labels framelits

Cards and Labels Project Life framelits

Christmas greetings thinlits

Artisan label punch

burlap ribbon

Tea lace paper doily

 

Christmas Tags

 

Today I have some Christmas tags to share with you, but unfortunately I didn't get a chance to get a better picture before they were packaged up.  

 

I used a variety of different Big Shot products to create them - the now retired Top Note die, Deco Labels framelits, Tags and Labels framelits, Brick Wall folder,...

 

Tags are a great way to use leftover pieces of designer series paper and card stock too, I like to dip into the scrap bin when I work on them because I can usually make a pretty big dent in the scraps!  Some of the designer series paper I used on the scraps above is retired as well but I chose the current Jolly Christmas and Reason for the Season stamp sets for my sentiments and images.

 

I hope you find some time to make your own tags for special occasions and Christmas as well!

 

Thinking of You

 

It has been awhile since I used the designer paper in the Cherry on Top pack so I made a few Thinking of You cards using that and the October Paper Pumpkin stamp set.  

 

They are pretty quick ones to assemble and might be good for a class of stamp a stack. 

 

Supplies:

October Paper Pumpkin stamp set

Island Indigo, Watermelon Wonder ink

Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Watermelon Wonder card stock

Deco label framelits

Cherry on top dsp

Happy Happenings

I was playing around with some extra butterflies that I die cut awhile ago and had just left on my table for inspiration and came up with this card. 

 



 

I first took one of the butterflies and cut off a little bit of the each end of the middle and wrapped linen thread around it.  Then I attached another butterfly behind in but only in the middle so it has some dimension. 

 

The stamped background behind the butterfly is an image from I Think You're Great that I stamped twice and the sentiments are from the Happy Happenings stamp set.

 

Supplies:

Happy Happenings, I Think You're Great

Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate ink

Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Pool Party card stock

Schoolhouse dsp

linen thread

Smoky Slate chevron ribbon

Deco labels framelits

Butterfly thinlits

 

 

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Beautiful Birthday

 

I have to admit I don't like how the lighting on the pictures of this card turned out, but by the time I uploaded them to my computer, the card was already given away so I couldn't retake the pictures.

 

I added a piece of Neutrals color collection designer series paper to a Whisper White card base and then added a strip of Blackberry Bliss and some Smoky Slate chevron ribbon. 

 

Then, I took a die cut Deco label framelit and added my sentiment and some flowers.  The sentiment is popped up with dimensionals and has some linen thread behind it.

 

Supplies:

Birthday blossoms

Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon ink

Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss card stock

Neutrals color collection dsp

Smoky Slate chevron ribbon

linen thread

basic rhinestones

Deco labels framelits

 

Memories

 

 I always seem to run out of sympathy cards either for my own use or for my sister's store.  This one is simple but I like the combination of colors and images.

 

I chose to use the background stamp from You've Got this in Mint Macaron and then over the top I added the flower from Butterfly Basics in Soft Suede.  The sentiment is retired from the Blessings from Heaven stamp set but it is one I like to keep using and it is stamped on a Deco labels framelit.

 

Supplies:

Blessings from Heaven, Butterfly Basics, You've Got This

Mint Macaron, Soft Suede ink

Wisteria Wonder, Soft Sky, Whisper White card stock

Deco labels framelits

 

More of Winnie the Pooh

 

Here are the last three variations of the wooden pieces I shared with you yesterday.  The customer wanted to make sure I used the same saying on all of them "...if there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever..."

 

Again, I used some retired items, but on the masculine ones I decided to use the Wetlands stamp set.

 

Again, lots of sponging (I actually used the reinker and put it directly on my sponge for the edges of the wood instead of tapping it into my ink pad).

 

Hope you enjoy them (and my customer too does too)!

 

Winnie the Pooh

 

At a craft show recently, I had a wooden plaque on display that I made and it had a picture of my kids on it so it wasn't for sale obviously, just a sample.  A lady asked me to make up 5 more for her with the same saying, but vary them a little.  I couldn't get the exact wooden piece that I had used on the first one, but really like the ones I did use.

 

Each one is a little different and I have used some retired stamp sets that I still have laying around too...

 

Lots of sponging and thankfully I still had a pack of the retired specialty paper I used in the background for them.

 

I will share the others with you tomorrow! 

 

 

Santa & Co. Washi Tape

Washi tape can really help to make a quick card look fun.  On this one, I used the Santa & Co. washi tape behind a sentiment from Oh My Goodies that was cut out with the Deco labels framelits.  Quick easy and colorful!

Supplies:

Oh My Goodies

Marina Mist ink

Whisper White, Real Red card stock

Deco label framelits

Santa & Co. washi tape

So Sweet of You

 

All but 2 pieces of this card were in my precut/leftover stash so it actually went together faster than you might think! 

 

 

I used the Everything Eleanor and Hello There stamp sets and Marina Mist, Mossy Meadow and Crushed Curry inks.

 

 

Supplies:

Hello There, Everything Eleanor

Crushed Curry, Marina Mist, Mossy Meadow inks

Mossy Meadow, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla card stock

Flashback dsp

Venetian crochet trim

Deco label framelits

On Film framelits

Hexagon Hive Thinlit

August Stamp Club

 

Wow, the summer has flown by!  School will start before we know it (my daughter is ready RIGHT NOW! and the boys not so much!). 

 

My stamp club group met this week and these are the projects for the month of August.  

 

The first card uses Kinda Eclectic, some Beach House and Sweet Sadie washi tape and the 2" circle punch.

 

Card number two is a color on color card with Blackberry Bliss.  We used the Large Polka Dot folder, scalloped border ribbon punch and deco label framelits in the Big Shot and Everything Eleanor and Sassy Salutations for our stamp sets.

 

The layout is a brightly colored one this time using the Sweet Taffy designer series paper as the focus. 

 

There is also a journaling card from the Happiness Is Project Life Collection. 

 

Look like fun?  Contact me to get more information or join our club!

 

 

Blendability Background

 

I am still working on trying to master the Blendabilities markers, but while I do that I also play with them a little without blending them together.  This is another sentiment free card and I stamped the Serene Silhouettes image on Very Vanilla card stock with Memento black ink and then used the lightest Coastal Cabana Blendabilities marker on the background.

 

I tried to make it a little uneven so it looks sort of like a sky and I think it worked out pretty well.

 

Supplies:

Serene Silhouettes

Memento Black ink

Very Vanilla, Night of Navy, Kraft, Pear Pizzazz card stock

linen thread

Deco labels framelits

Arrows folder

Coastal Cabana Blendabilities markers

Moving the Deco Label

 You have seen this post once, but I will share it again in the right timeframe for the challenge :)  (I had two challenges reversed and posted the wrong one first last time!)
 

The Late Night Stamper's Challenge right now is movement cards.  Chose to make a deco label move from the outside to the inside when it is opened.  

 

On the front of the card base, I cut half a deco framelit and then used my bone folder to fold the cut half open.  Then I added the same size deco framelit over the top of the cut half (you would just put adhesive on one side right now). 

 

On the inside there are some panels and I attached the other half of the full size deco label to the panel so it looks like this when you open it. 

 

I chose the Flashback designer series paper to decorate the panels and the front and used the Bloom with Hope stamp set on the Deco label and the sentiment.

 

Supplies:

Bloom with Hope

Kraft card stock

Pool Party, Very vanilla card stock

Wisteria Wonder, Pear Pizzazz and Memento Black inks

Deco label framelits

Flashback dsp

Brights buttons

sticky strip

 

Be sure to check out the rest of the design team samples and play along with us!

 

 

Happy Day!

 

On the card I am sharing today, I have layered two different sizes of Deco Label framelits that are both cut from So Saffron card stock.  The top layer is popped up with stampin' dimensionals and I added some dots from the Endless birthday wishes stamp set on both layers.

 

 

I thought it looked a little too plain so I added some basic rhinestones as well...

 

 

Supplies:

Endless birthday wishes

Baked Brown Sugar, So Saffron, Whisper White card stock

Coastal Cabana, Soft Suede, Baked Brown Sugar ink

Deco labels framelits

basic rhinestones

retro fresh washi tape