Pocket Graduation Card

We had quite a few graduations to get to this year since the kids are getting older and have friends graduating.  I put together a few of these pocket cards using the Pocket framelits and Pocket Full of Sunshine stamp set.

The background is embossed with the Dot to Dot impressions folder and my sentiment is from the Well Said and Wild About flowers stamp sets.

Supplies:

Wild about Flowers, Well Said, Pocket full of sunshine

Night of Navy ink

Balmy Blue, Whisper White, Gray Granite card stock

Tranquil Textures dsp

Pocket framelits 

Bermuda Bay chevron ribbon

Dot to Dot impressions folder

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Cheers!

This is another sample of a card made for a customer recently.  I did a couple of different styles of retirement cards for them and for this one I chose to use the Mixed Drinks and Wild about Flowers stamp sets.

The designer series paper on the side is from the Color Theory stack and I added a bit of Wink of Stella glitter to the foam on the mug.

Supplies:

Mixed Drinks, Wild about Flowers

Basic Black, Crushed Curry ink

Color Theory dsp

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Happy Retirement

Happy Friday!  I thought I would share a retirement card I made recently using the Mixed Drinks stamp set today.  It is really not too complicated but more fun than the picture looks!  Why?  Because you can't really see that the beverage and foam are shimmery from the Wink of Stella glitter brush.

I added some By the Shore designer series paper and used sentiment from both Mixed Drinks and Wild about Flowers.

Supplies:

Wild about Flowers, Mixed Drinks

Basic Black, Dapper Denim, So Saffron, ink

Smoky Slate, Very Vanilla card stock

By the Shore designer series paper

Wink of Stella glitter brush

New Adventure

Happy 4th of July!  I hope you have a fun and relaxing day, whatever you choose to do.  My family will celebrate as usual in my hometown with a parade and lots of other fun. 

While the card I am sharing today doesn't have anything to do with the 4th of July, hopefully you will still enjoy it! 

I chose to use the new Festive embossing folder in my background and added some linen thread and a metallic doily as well.  The flowers and sentiment all come from the Wilds About Flowers stamp set and I chose Wisteria Wonder and Wild Wasabi for the colors...I just noticed that my colors and stamp set all start with "W", including the Whisper White, LOL! 

Supplies:

Wild about Flowers

Wisteria Wonder, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White card stock

Wisteria Wonder, Wild Wasabi ink

Metallic doilies

linen thread

Festive embossing folder

Flower Sympathy

I really love the Wild about Flowers stamp set and its versatility.  This card also uses the Timeless Textures stamp set in the background.  I wanted to break up the white background just a little bit and thought the splatter image worked well for that.

My sentiment comes from a retired stamp set and I chose Old Olive and Delightful Dijon as my ink colors for the flower and stems.

Mixing up the colors, sentiment and flower images would work well for this card too.

Supplies:

Wild about Flowers

Timeless Textures

Tip Top Taupe, Old Olive, Delightful Dijon ink

Whisper White, Island Indigo card stock

You Always Make Me Smile

It is new catalog day!  In honor of that, I have used a couple of the new stamp sets on this card along with a couple others.  First, I added an image from Summer Silhouettes in the background and used Sweet Sugarplum (new In Color) ink. 

My flower layer is stamped with the Wild about Flowers stamp set using Garden Green and Sweet Sugarplum ink.  The sentiment uses two different stamp sets that are in the new catalog - the "friend" comes from the Thoughtful Banners set and the "you will always make me smile" from the Sitting Here set.  They are stamped with the new color Dapper Denim and punched out with the modern label punch.

I added a few basic pearls and some Sweet Sugarplum ruched ribbon to complete the card.

Supplies:

Sitting Here, Wild about flowers, Thoughtful banners, Summer silhouettes

Dapper Denim, Garden Green, Sweet Sugarplum ink

Whisper White, Sweet Sugarplum card stock

modern label punch

ruched ribbon

basic pearls

The Very Best

As I was using some of my retiring English Garden designer series paper, I decided to use a retiring stamp set as well - Everything Eleanor.  It is paired with a sentiment from Wild About Flowers.

Keeping with the color scheme of the designer series paper, I Night of Navy and Tip Top Taupe ink.  For the Tip Top Taupe layer, I stamped on scratch paper first to lighten the image.

I added a Tea lace paper doily and an In Color Blossom to complete the card.

Supplies:

Everything Eleanor, Wild about Flowers

Tip Top Taupe, Night of Navy ink

Whisper White, Night of Navy, Kraft card stock

Tea lace paper doily

In color blossom

English Garden dsp

The Very Best

 

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I am trying out a new (to me) stamp set on this card, it is called Wild about Flowers and is in the Catalog and Idea book. 

 



 

I used the Stripes impressions folder and ovals collection framelits  as well as the Ornate tag topper punch to get all my pieces together on this one. 

 

Supplies:

Wild about flowers

Crushed Curry, Wild Wasabi, Watermelon Wonder ink

Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Watermelon Wonder card stock

Ovals collection framelits

ornate tag topper punch

Stripes impressions folder