Shiny Happy Day

Today’s card is a great quick and easy card. I love using up those leftover scraps of DSP that always seem to be hanging out on my desk. This card creates a fun patterned background using those scraps. Once the paper is in place, all you need is a great sentiment and maybe an embellishment. I decided to give the card something extra by heat embossing my sentiment and echoing the copper with the washi tape.

Detail of the heat embossing

Stamps: Scenic Sayings
Inks: Versamark
Cardstock: Affectionately Yours DSP; Watermelon Wonder; Whisper White
Accessories: Affectionately Yours Washi Tape
Tools: Copper Embossing Powder

So Happy Together

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a wedding or anniversary card. I found this great design on Pinterest and had to use it to create a simple yet striking card. I kept my sentiment vague to be able to use this for a wedding, an engagement, or an anniversary. I didn't love the entirety of the Falling in Love DSP Paper Stack, but the bokeh pieces were amazing! This piece was my favorite.

Stamps: Happy Happenings
Inks: Rose Red
Cardstock: Falling in Love DSP; Copper Foil; Tip Top Taupe; Blushing Bride; Very Vanilla
Accessories: Affectionately Yours Washi Tape
Tools: Sweetheart Punch

You Make My Day

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a teacher appreciation card. I pulled out this pre-stamped Sheltering Tree scene and started adding to it. I was originally going to place the sentiment in the white space, but then decided that the washi tape was too plain by itself. Adding a few butterflies was the right call. The layering piece of Urban Underground reminds me of a chalkboard so I had to add it.

Stamps: Paisleys and Posies; Sheltering Tree; Papillon Potpurri
Inks: Wild Wasabi; Crumb Cake; Rose Red; Daffodil Delight; Soft Sky
Cardstock: Urban Underground DSP; Watermelon Wonder; Whisper White
Accessories: Affectionately Yours Washi Tape
Tools: Bitty Butterfly Punch

Affectionate Washi

Today's card features a simple design with a big visual impact. I love working with washi, but I haven't pulled out the Affectionately Yours Washi Tape set in a few months. Time to rectify that with a fun card featuring lots of washi tape. I also pulled out a retired, but still loved stamp set to offset the washi with a big greeting!

Stamps: Four You (retired)
Inks: Night of Navy
Cardstock: Night of Navy; Cucumber Crush; Whisper White
Accessories: Affectionately Yours Washi Tape; Regals Candy Dots (retired)
Tools:

Stamp Sets to Use:

Birthday Blooms
Celebrate Today
Build a Birthday
Love and Affection
Foxy Friends
No Bones About It
Watercolor Wings
Papillon Potpurri
Jar of Love
Petite Petals
Seaside Shore
Suite Sayings
Friendly Wishes
Flower Shop
Timeless Textures
Playful Backgrounds
Work of Art
Blooms and Wishes
Botanical Blooms
Kinda Eclectic
Labeler Alphabet
Cookie Cutter Christmas
Paisleys and Posies
Endless Birthday Wishes
Dragonfly Dreams
Cool Treats
Bookcase Builder
Birdcage Builder
Tasty Trucks
Hey Chick
Designer Tee
Reverse Words
Four You
Four Feathers

Affectionately Yours Flowers

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card featuring one of your favorite products. Lately, I've rediscovered my love of the Affectionately Yours DSP. So pretty! And I love the color combinations. This is a super simple card with some fun accents. I love the inclusion of the coordinating washi tape and rhinestones.

Stamps: Remarkable You
Inks: Watermelon Wonder; Cucumber Crush; Basic Black
Cardstock: Affectionately Yours DSP; Watermelon Wonder; Whisper White
Accessories: Rhinestones; Affectionately Yours Washi Tape
Tools: Circles Framelits

Navy and Watercolor

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a quick and easy card. I decided to feature this gorgeous new navy and white dsp and the beautiful copper accents. I stamped the flowers onto watercolor paper and used my aqua painter to add some navy. From there, I added a strip of copper featured washi tape and heat embossed the sentiment. Layering that on top of a navy cardstock, I placed my main piece onto a piece of lovely Floral Boutique DSP. Such a lovely card in person.

Stamps: Remarkable You
Inks: Basic Black; Night of Navy
Cardstock: Floral Boutique DSP; Night of Navy; Watercolor Paper
Accessories: Affectionately Yours Washi Tape
Tools: Copper Embossing Powder; Aqua Painter

A Collection of Quilts

Merry Christmas Everyone! The boys and I are at my mom's house in Indiana snuggling up to stay warm and enjoying our lazy day. Today's card is the last of my Christmas cards to share with you this year. Simply make a quilt from all the little pieces! In this case, I used the smallest square from the Stitched Shapes Framelits set and die cut 12 squares for each card. If you look, I ended up die cutting 96 squares to make this collection. A lot of cranking! But it was worth it create this amazing collection of cards. And I used use a ton of small scraps laying around. Win win!

Stamps: Cookie Cutter Christmas
Inks: Cherry Cobbler
Cardstock: Presents and Pinecones DSP; Cherry Cobbler; Mint Macaron; Emerald Envy; Gold Foil; Whisper White
Accessories: Mint Macaron Striped Ribbon; Metallic Enamel Shapes; Emerald Envy Metallic Thread
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Variations

Stamps: Cookie Cutter Christmas
Inks: Cherry Cobbler
Cardstock: Presents and Pinecones DSP; Cherry Cobbler; Mint Macaron; Emerald Envy; Gold Foil; Whisper White
Accessories: Mint Macaron Ribbon; Emerald Envy Ribbon; 2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Stamps: Four You (retired)
Inks: Cajun Craze
Cardstock: Petals and Paisleys DSP; Delightful Dijon; Mint Macaron; Copper Foil; Very Vanila
Accessories: Regals Candy Dots (retired)
Tools: Paisley Framelits; Stitched Shapes Framelits

Stamps: Four You (retired)
Inks: Night of Navy
Cardstock: Petals and Paisleys DSP; Night of Navy; Mint Macaron; Copper Foil; Very Vanilla
Accessories: Affectionately Yours Washi Tape
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Stamps: Random Christmas Stamp (retired)
Inks: Cherry Cobbler
Cardstock: Warmth and Cheer DSP; Cherry Cobbler; Garden Green; Crumb Cake
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Twine (retired)
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Stamps: Random Christmas Stamp (retired)
Inks: Early Espresso
Cardstock: Candy Cane Lane DSP; Early Espresso; Crumb Cake
Accessories: Real Red Ribbon (retired)
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Stamps: Four You (retired)
Inks: Island Indigo
Cardstock: Winter Frost DSP (retired); Mint Macaron; Island Indigo; Silver Foil; Smoky Slate
Accessories: Large Rhinestones; Silver Metallic Twine
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

SSINKTC37: Tiled Eclectic

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the technique below.

The love the simplicity of faux tiled cards. For mine, I pulled a piece of Affectionately Yours DSP to play off of. From there, I pulled some ink colors (Night of Navy, Cucumber Crush, and Daffodil Delight) and a stamp set that would go (Kinda Eclectic). For this card, I scored every 1", but you can pick a different scoring amount. After scoring, I stamped and hoped some of the tiled effect would show. You can see it the best on the middle navy butterfly. After stamping, I finished my card with a strip of washi tape and a die cut sentiment.

Stamps: Kinda Eclectic; Happy Happenings
Inks: Night of Navy; Cucumber Crush; Daffodil Delight
Cardstock: Affectionately Yours DSP; Very Vanilla; Daffodil Delight; Night of Navy
Accessories: Affectionately Yours Washi Tape
Tools: Lots of Labels Framelits

Ombre Flower

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using a hostess stamp. I went really simple with a fun ombre design with stamped flower. I wanted to highlight this stamp set but wasn't wanting to color it all in today. This was the perfect alternative!

Stamps: Fabulous Flora
Inks: Early Espresso
Cardstock: Watermelon Wonder; Flirty Flamingo; Pink Pirouette; Blushing Bride
Accessories: 2016-2018 Enamel Shapes; Affectionately Yours Washi Tape
Tools:

SSINKCS36: Love and Wishes

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the sketch below.

I wanted to highlight one of the beautiful papers from the Affectionately Yours DSP pack, but which one? Looking at some of my other cards, I realized that I haven't really used the pattern below. I decided to play off the small flower image and create my own piece of DSP with images from Love and Affection and Friendly Wishes. I added a metallic doily and washi tape to finish my card.

Stamps: Love and Affection; Friendly Wishes
Inks: Watermelon Wonder; Night of Navy; Mint Macaron
Cardstock: Affectionately Yours DSP; Night of Navy; Mint Macaron; Watermelon Wonder
Accessories: Affectionately Yours Washi Tape; Metallic Foil Doilies
Tools: