Why have I not colored more of this beautiful Graceful Glass Vellum DSP?? I have no idea! At least I pulled out this stained glass piece to create a centerpiece for today’s birthday card. So pretty in person!
Stamps: Better Together
Inks: Fresh Fig; various Stampin’ Blends
Cardstock: Graceful Glass DSP; Fresh Fig; Whisper White
Accessories: candy dots (retired)
Tools:
Today’s card is another fun CASE from our demonstrator magazine. The original design showed a variety of patterned flowers on top of a two layer pattern piece. So, I dug through my random scrap stash and found a collection of Smoky Slate, Mint Macaron, and Calypso Coral pieces to coordinate together. I added a fun sentiment with hand-drawn border and a piece of retired Basic Gray ribbon.
Stamps: Better Together
Inks: Calypso Coral
Cardstock: Smoky Slate; Calypso Coral; Galvanized Metallic; Whisper White; DSP scraps
Accessories: Basic Gray Ribbon (retired)
Tools: Sweetheart Punch (retired)
Today’s card is a CASE from Amy Koenders @ Stamp with Amy K. I loved the little cupcake with the oval sentiment and fun pattern paper as a background. I pulled out my own supplies and set about recreating her card. Love the results! Very fun and bright!
Stamps: Hello Cupcake; Better Together
Inks: Melon Mambo; Coastal Cabana; Bermuda Bay
Cardstock: How Sweet it Is DSP; Melon Mambo; Whisper White
Accessories: White ribbon (retired); Bermuda Bay Sequins (retired)
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a with the theme of Winter Wonderland. I stumbled upon this card from Sandra Korten and I just had to CASE it. She uses a great combination of colors and elements to create a very fun winter card. I kept most of her elements while subbing out the colored paper and twine.
Stamps: Better Together
Inks: Real Red
Cardstock: Santa’s Workshop DSP; Twinkle Twinkle DSP; Real Red; Whisper White
Accessories: Silver Sequin Trim
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Softly Falling Embossing Folder
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card featuring apples. I really miss the apple festivals of the Midwest. California just doesn't have the same kind of festivals. Thankfully I will get a little taste of it when we move back to Nebraska in a few weeks. For my card, I found that I actually do have apple stamps in my collection. The fun Bike Ride stamp set features this cute little pile of apples that can be added to the basket of the bike or just scattered around. I started with my apples and then grabbed some fun colors that coordinated. From there, I stamped and die cut my bike and created the scene. Of course I had to feature some matching DSP from the Country Lane pack. Now someone bring me a mug of cider!
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using our favorite DSP. I always love working with SU's beautiful DSP, but sometimes packs fly under the radar for me until I see them in person. The Tropical Escape pack falls into that category. I liked it, but was lukewarm until it was in my hands and I could flip through the stack. Oh my goodness! This stack has such beautiful patterns! I knew I had to focus on this stack for today's card. I ended up creating a fancy folds card to feature a few of the patterns in the stack. After choosing my patterns, I chose a coordinating sentiment and a die cut a beautiful butterfly.
Detail of fancy fold:
Today’s card was featured at August's stamp club meeting. I wanted to do a simple birthday card featuring some great DSP. And I came up with this card! I started by cutting and arranging strips of the Broadway Bound DSP. From there I added a few layers and a sentiment. The finishing touch was a heat embossing punched butterfly from the Pop of Petals Stamp Set.
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a wedding card. I don't make many wedding cards, but as soon as I saw the Petal Promenade DSP pack, I knew it would be perfect to celebrate. From there, I kept my elements simple by focusing on the die cut butterfly. I love the Whisper White Tulle Ribbon as a finishing touch!
Detail of butterfly and Wink of Stella:
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 features, buy now before they are gone!
The Petal Passion DSP is perfect for adding color. I took the time one day to completely color in the entire 12x12" piece of Petal Passion paper with the Stampin' Blends. It took awhile, but I think you will agree that the result is just gorgeous. From there, I cut it up into card size pieces and tried to find a way to not cover it up too much. For the card below, I added a simple sentiment with a layering scalloped circle and a piece of Night of Navy Crinkled Ribbon.
Another fun card featuring the Petal Passion paper.
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Mother's Day card. I featured this card during April's Coloring Class. I love working with a brayer to add color to paper and DSP, but always forget I have it! For this card, I added some Melon Mambo to the Petal Passion DSP creating an ombre effect. From there I added a simple sentiment strip and a few embellishments.
