Sunny Celebration

Today’s card is the result of me playing around my Busho crystals more. I love the idea of adding color to black and white pattern paper. I dug through my scrap stash until I found a suitable piece and stared adding color. First I brayered on some Daffodil Delight ink as a base. I then added orange Brusho crystals and water, repeating until I received the desired effect. To finish off the card, I added some coordinating ribbon from my retired stash and simple sentiment.

• Stamps: Amazing You (retired)

• Inks: Calypso Coral; Daffodil Delight

• Cardstock: Whisper White; random DSP scrap

• Accessories: Peekaboo Peach Ribbon (retired)

• Tools: Brusho Crystals; Stitched Shapes Framelits

Celebrate with Cake

It's officially May which means it's time to say goodbye to all the retiring stamp sets. In total, I'm losing 18 stamp sets from my collection (although a few of those will be kept because I love them so much). Many of these stamp sets are still available, but they are no longer guaranteed. If you want any of the sets featured, buy now before they are gone!

Today's card features the fun Birthday Memories DSP with the retiring Metallic Foil Doilies. Such a simple little card, but I really love it!

• Stamps: Amazing You (SAB)
• Inks: Real Red
• Cardstock: Birthday Memories DSP, Real Red, Whisper White
• Accessories: Metallic Foil Doilies
• Tools:

A Fruity Celebration

Today’s card is such a fun card that uses no stamps at all. Every once in a while, I like to stretch my creativity. For this card, I decided to layer on the color, pulling from the fun pineapple DSP. I love this card so much that I want to make it using all the pieces of DSP from the Tutti-Frutti stack.

• Stamps: 
• Inks: 
• Cardstock: Tutti-Frutti DSP; Kraft; Garden Green; Pool Party; Daffodil Delight
• Accessories: Tutti-Frutti Sequins
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Amazing You

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using Rich Razzleberry, Sweet Sugarplum, and Soft Sky.

I decided to play with layering images from the Amazing You stamp set. After setting down my layer of stamped images, I stamped another flower, colored it with the Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends, and cut it out to add some dimension. Finally I added a few Glitter Enamel Dots to the card. 

• Stamps: Amazing You
• Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Sweet Sugarplum, Soft Sky, Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends
• Cardstock: Coffee Break DSP; Rich Razzleberry; Whisper White
• Accessories: Glitter Enamel Dots
• Tools: Celebrate You Thinlits

Painted Celebration

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using our favorite Sale-a-Bration item. For my card, I used two! As soon as I saw the SAB brochure, I knew that I needed to own the Amazing You Stamp Set and Celebrate You Thinlits immediately. They are cute on their own, but together they create such a lovely card. I started with my small piece of Whisper White and stamped some fun candles and sprinkles. I die the "celebrate" and then stamped the "let's" to to my placement correct. I layered the piece onto some Melon Mambo cardstock before layering onto some truly gorgeous paper from the Painted with Love Specialty Designer Series Paper pack. It's a little hard to tell in the photo, but the paper features strips of gold foil. This card is super shiny!

• Stamps: Amazing You; Picture Perfect Birthday
• Inks: Rich Razzleberry; Calypso Coral; Powder Pink; Melon Mambo; Daffodil Delight
• Cardstock: Painted with Love DSP; Gold Foil; Rich Razzleberry; Melon Mambo; Whisper White
• Accessories: 
• Tools: Celebrate You Thinlits