Best Day

 

A little bit of Holiday Catalog and a little bit of the Idea Book come together on this wedding card.  I chose the Birthday Blossoms and For the New Two stamp sets from the Idea Book using Wisteria Wonder and Pear Pizzazz ink.  Then to add some accents I chose the Winter wonderland washi tape and designer vellum stack, using the washi tape to attach the vellum to the card base.

 

I also added an Iced Rhinestone embellishment to the note tag punched piece and some basic rhinestones.

 

Supplies:

Birthday Blossoms, For the New Two

Pear Pizzazz, Wisteria Wonder ink

Whisper white card stock

Winter Wonderland designer vellum stack

Winter wonderland washi tape

Iced rhinestones embellishments

basic rhinestones

Note tag punch

 

A Special Day

 

I needed an anniversary card recently and decided to use the For the New Two stamp set and paired it with a few items from the Watercolor Wishes card kit and some Metallic and Paper Tea Lace doilies.  

 

The striped layer is part of a card base that I cut down from the Watercolor Wishes card kit as are the two wooden heart elements.  I really like the For the New Two stamp set and use it quite a bit! 

 

Supplies:

For the New Two

Mossy Meadow ink

Soft Suede, Blackberry Bliss and Whisper White card stock

Tea lace paper doilies

Metallic doilies

Watercolor Wishes card kit

 

For the New Two

 

Recently, the kids and I went to a wedding and I had made a card using the Timeless Elegance designer series paper and the For the New Two stamp set for the happy couple.  Of course, I didn't remember to take pictures of it while I had my nice lighting in the stamp room...

 

I did take pictures, which are below (but I apologize for the darker images!) but I also wanted to recreate the card and take a better picture.  The card below was the do over, although it is not exactly the same as the first one...

 

 

The second picture and several below it, are the original card.  I also added an image from Summer Silhouettes to the background of both the card and the envelope. 

 

I cut up some Venetian trim ribbon and tied that along with some linen thread in the corner of the sentiment.

 

Both cards had some metal rimmed pearls on them and on the envelope I added an Expressions natural element and some more designer series paper and linen thread.

 

 

 

So, the original card...

 

And the do over card...

 

 

I chose to use the Elegant Dots folder on the background of the do over card and added a few little different accents.

 

Supplies:

For the New Two, Summer Silhouettes

Memento Black ink

Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Lost Lagoon card stock

Timeless Elegance designer series paper

Metal rimmed pearls

Elegant Dots folder

small heart punch

Silver baker's twine

Expressions natural elements

 

 

Bridal Shower Decorations

Now that the bridal shower I was asked to make decorations for is over, I can share some pictures with you. Ok well, a lot of pictures actually!  

 

I started with some mason jars that I painted with gray and yellow acrylic paint.  Next I added some White Jute ribbon around them and placed a Tea Lace Paper doily under a tissue paper flower.

 

The flowers are all layers of tissue paper that have been cut out with the Big Shot and the Circles framelits.  I did not have access to the Cotton paper that is in the new catalog at the time I made these or I would have tried that instead of the tissue paper.  I imagine the end result would have been pretty close to the same thing.

 

There are little tags hooked onto the kabob sticks that hold the flowers and each are stamped with a sentiment from the For the New Two stamp set.  The tags were created using the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch.

 

A side view of the painted jar...

 

I thought there should be something placed under the jars so I created a mat using different shades of yellow and gray and different embossing folders.  The pieces are attached to a piece of Whisper White card stock.

 

A table frame for the engagement photo had the same type of background as I used on the mats.

 

I had lots and lots of extra flowers so that they could be placed on the tables around the centerpieces to add more decoration and color.

 

For the banner, I used the Chalkboard Banner Simply Created Kit and cut the letters using a retired die called Serif Alphabet.

 

Each end had a tissue paper flower attached.

 

The chalkboard banner pieces were stamped with flower images from Mother's Love using white craft ink and yellow chalk ink. I added a few large rhinestones to some of the flowers as well.

 

It was a fun project to put together and since I did not attend the shower, I just set things up for pictures at home and it doesn't give the same effect as if it was set up for the shower. 

 

 

Pennant Mr. and Mrs.

 

Lately I have been building my card inventory back up and trying to have a larger variety of cards for each occasion.  This is one of the wedding cards I put together and it could probably be used for an anniversary as well.

 

I started with a Whisper White Party Pennants die cut and used my markers to ink up the stamp.

 

I always love the wrapped twine around things to add just a little extra when a card looks like it needs something so I put a little gold baker's twine on this one.

 

Supplies:

For the New Two

Lost Lagoon, Pear Pizzazz, Primrose Petals ink and markers

Whisper White, Lost Lagoon card stock

gold baker's twine

Party Pennants Bigz die

January Stamp Club projects

January's stamp club projects use lots of great items from the Occasions catalog and the Sale-a-bration brochure.  

 

For the layout, I chose Birthday Bash specialty paper and the Painted Petals stamp set.

 

On this card, we used the Balloon Framelits dies and Flashback designer.

 

On the last card, we used some Silver foil sheets, Irresistibly yours specialty paper and For the New Two stamp set.

 

If this looks like fun, you are welcome to join us either in the Virtual Club or our monthly stamp club!  Just contact me for more information.

 

 

For the New Two

 

Awhile ago I promised to share another card with you where I used the leftover pieces from the Snowflake Season Simply Set Kit.  Well, here it is!  The sentiment comes from the For the New Two stamp set in the Occasions catalog and I added a 2 1/2" circle in Wisteria Wonder behind it.

 

I love the envelopes that come with it as well, they have fun polka dots on both sides.

 

Supplies:

For the New Two

Marina Mist, Perfect Plum, Wild Wasabi markers

Very Vanilla, Blackberry Bliss and Wisteria Wonder card stock

Snowflake season simply sent

2 1/2" circle punch