Milestone Moments Birthday

My daughter recently had a birthday and I wanted a fun card for her.  She always saves the cards I make her so I wanted to add lots of elements to it.

For stamp sets, I chose Milestone Moments, Better Together and Playful Backgrounds, pairing them with Cherry Cobbler and Soft suede ink.

On the inside I added a strip of the same pattern of designer series paper from the Be Merry collection as an accent after doing some more stamping.

The banners are created using the triple banner punch and I embossed my layer of Soft Suede card stock with the Perfect Polka Dots folder.  Of course a 12 year old needs some bling too so I added some basic rhinestones and bakers twine.

Supplies:

Milestone Moments, Playful Backgrounds, Better Together

Cherry Cobbler, Soft suede ink

Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede, Whisper White card stock

Cherry Cobbler bakers twine

Banner triple punch

Perfect Polka dots folder

Basic rhinestones

Be Merry dsp

December Stamp Club Projects

In the spirit of the clearance rack and year end sale - this time around I chose to use some retired items for our stamp club projects.  I used several patterns of retired designer series paper in both the layout and the stockings and also a few retired embellishments on the stockings.

Even though the layout uses some Christmas themed paper, it could be used for lots of different occasions.

I wanted to do something more than just cards this time so I put together a gift tag and a pillow box stocking using the Trim your stockings dies.

The card uses the Seasonal layers thinlits and Colorful Seasons stamp set along with some Wood textures designer series paper and the everyday label punch.

Contact me if you would like more information about my stamp clubs!  We always welcome new members.

Autumn Sympathy

Yesterday I shared a card that is in my current Stamp A Stack rotation and today I have another to share with you.  This one uses the Painted Harvest stamp set along with a sentiment from the Flourishing Phrases set.

I added some Bundle of Love specialty paper and layered Stitched Shapes framelits, popping up the squares over the top of the specialty paper.  

The flower is stamped with Perfect Plum, So Saffron and Fresh Fig ink.

Supplies:

Flourishing Phrases, Painted Harvest

Fresh Fig, So Saffron, Lemon Lime Twist, Perfect Plum ink

Very Vanilla, Early Espresso card stock

Bundle of Love specialty paper

Stitched shapes framelits

Half Full Birthday

This card just joined my Stamp A Stack rotation and it showcases the Half Full stamp set and the Stampin' Blends.  I used Old Olive and Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends to color in the wine bottle and then cut it out with the paper snips.  This is usually the step that most people don't enjoy - myself included - but it is just one piece to cut and I wanted the bottle to pop on the card.

The background is embossed with the Oh My Stars folder and I chose to use some retired designer series paper as an accent piece to break up the Tempting Turquoise embossed layer.

Supplies:

Half Full, Sunshine Wishes

Memento Black ink

Tempting Turquoise, Watermelon Wonder,

Whisper White card stock

Stampin' Blends

retired designer series paper

Bethlehem Star

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I was playing with the Bethlehem edgelits dies again!  This time I used some Wood textures designer series paper behind the buildings as the background.  This time I used Tranquil Tide as my card base color and added a sentiment from Star of Light to the inside with Tranquil Tide ink.

I have to say, this is one edgelits set you will want to have the Big Shot Die brush for...

Big Shot Die Brush - New Configuration 144262 Price: $12.50 Enjoy this new configuration! * Die Brush. * Easily removes small cut pieces from dies. * Includes brush and 2 foam pads. * Brush:1-1/2" x 5-1/2" ( 3.8 cm x 14 cm). * Foam pads: 4-1/2" x 7" (11.4 x 17.8 cm) each.

It makes removing all the those tiny windows so much easier!  

Supplies:

Star of Light

Tranquil Tide ink

Tranquil Tide, Whisper White card stock

Wood textures dsp

Silver foil sheets

Bethlehem edgelits dies

More Stocking Tags

Recently I put together a lot of these fun Christmas stocking tags using all different types of Christmas designer series paper and embellishments.  These are a couple samples using the Quilted Christmas paper and some mini ornaments and Stitched felt embellishments.

I just cut a big pile of the pieces and started putting them together in an assembly line...it went faster than you might think!  

Supplies:

Tags and Trimmings

Basic Black ink

Basic Black, Pool Party, Whisper White card stock

Quilted Christmas dsp

Wood textures dsp

Everyday Label punch

mini ornaments

Trim your stockings dies

linen thread

Stitched felt embellishments

Rose Wonder Sympathy

I am still working on sharing the projects I made during a recent retreat - fortunately I was able to complete quite a few different things!  This is another of the sympathy cards I put together, this time using the Rose Wonder stamp set and different layers of stamping.

First, I stamped Old Olive ink on Old Olive card stock and then on the top layer I used Crumb Cake ink for the flower and Early Espresso for the sentiments.  I added a strip of burlap ribbon to break things up a little bit.

Supplies:

Rose Wonder

Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Old Olive ink

Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Old Olive card stock

burlap ribbon