Under the Sea

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!

I wanted to make a masculine underwater card. After digging through my patterned paper stack, I landed on the True Gentleman DSP as the perfect compliment to the Seaside Shore fish and anchor. I love the use of the Embossing Folder as a background piece and the sparkly glitter enamel dots. 

For my second card, I wanted to use the Seaside Embossing Folder to create an underwater scene. I stamped on the seaweed and bubbles and then embossed my piece of Vanilla. From there I stamped and cut out the fish and sentiment. I layered those onto paper to create a ocean-like background and finished the card with some glitter enamel shapes and pearls.

• Stamps: Seaside Shore
• Inks: Night fo Navy; Dapper Denim; Emerald Envy; Calypso Coral; Soft Sky; Tranquil Tide
• Cardstock: True Gentleman DSP; Color Theory DSP; Very Vanilla; Night of Navy; Tranquil Tide; Dapper Denim
• Accessories: Pearls; Glitter Enamel Dots
• Tools: Seaside Embossing Folder

Dapper, Lemon, and Flamingo

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the colors Flirty Flamingo, Dapper Denim, and Lemon Lime Twist. 

I pulled out another great retiring stamp set and just started stamping. I love this simple One Layer card so much. To give the card a bit more depth, I stamped off before stamping the large flowers. Then I stamped the middles without stamping off. Same ink color. I love the tone on tone look. To add that finishing touch, I adhered some clear faceted gems into the flower middles. Simple and perfect. 

While I had it out, I stamped a variation card using the Blooms and Wishes stamp set. For this card, I added strip of Color Theory DSP and some ribbon. I also added a few cut out flowers to add more dimension. Plus I used my last piece of retiring Rose Red cardstock. 

• Stamps: Blooms and Wishes
• Inks: Dapper Denim, Flirty Flamingo, Lemon Lime Twist, Rose Red, Crushed Curry, Old Olive
• Cardstock: Color Theory DSP, Rose Red, Lemon Lime Twist, Dapper Denim
• Accessories: Crushed Curry Ribbon, Old Olive Ribbon, Clear Faceted Gems, Glitter Enamel Shapes
• Tools: 

Bingo Thank You

Today’s cards were given to all the participants at my Spring Bingo event. I found the idea for this card from Stamp with Paper Panda. I modified her cards a bit to suit my own purposes, but kept the design the same. This was the perfect card to use some of the Color Theory DSP stack. 

Detail of the Berry Burst card:

• Stamps: Crafting Forever
• Inks: Basic Black; variety of SU Markers
• Cardstock: Color Theory DSP; Berry Burst; Dapper Denim; Crushed Curry; Kraft; Whisper White
• Accessories: Glitter Enamel Dots
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Happy Easter

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create an Easter card. The Flying Home stamp set is the perfect choice to create a festive card. I stamped and colored this great floral and bird house image using my Stampin' Blends. I simply colored the image, no modifications made. From there, I layered the piece onto a die cut piece of Calypso Coral and added a simple sentiment. As I don't have a "Happy Easter" stamp, I used the labeler alphabet to create one. For the background, I embossed a piece of Color Theory DSP. I love the ombre effect in the background. For a finishing touch, I added some yellow Glitter Enamel Shapes. 

• Stamps: Flying Home, Labeler Alphabet
• Inks: Calypso Coral, Basic Black, Stampin' Blends
• Cardstock: Color Theory DSP, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Crushed Curry
• Accessories: Glitter Enamel Shapes
• Tools: Basket Weave Embossing Folder, Stitched Shapes Framelits

PP352: A Purple Celebration

As part of my monthly challenge, I want to participate in other card challenges I find out in blogland. For today's card, I found this great color challenge at The Paper Players: 

I started with this fun piece of ombre DSP out of the Color Theory Stack. I love this design! From there, I pulled out the Cool Treats Stamp Set to make a fun little ice cream cone and sentiment. After laying out my ice cream and sentiment banner, I needed some shine or shimmer. Metallic foil doilies to the rescue! The big gold doily was perfect to layer behind the sentiment banner. And yet, I was still missing something. I finished off my card with some gold enamel shapes. Perfect!

• Stamps: Cool Treats
• Inks: Sweet Sugarplum; Berry Burst; Rich Razzleberry; Crumb Cake
• Cardstock: Color Theory DSP; Berry Burst; Whisper White
• Accessories: Metallic Doilies; Metallic Enamel Shapes
• Tools: Frozen Treats Framelits

SSINKCS46: Abstract Crackle

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

I decided to feature the new Color Theory DSP stack. I love this crackle look paper so I made it the focus. I simply picked two complimentary colors and repeated them throughout the simple card. The card gave me a chance to use my new Thoughtful Banners Stamp Set and Duet Banner Punch.

• Stamps: Thoughtful Banners
• Inks: Crushed Curry; Dapper Denim
• Cardstock: Color Theory DSP; Dapper Denim; Crushed Curry; Whisper White
• Accessories:
• Tools: Duet Banners Punch

A Burst of Berry!

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using our favorite 2017-2019 In Color. Hands down my favorite new In Color is Berry Burst! I love love love this gorgeous pink-purple color. To highlight this awesome color, I made a monochromatic card. The new Color Theory DSP has these gorgeous ombre sheets that really set off the stamped sentiment, ribbon, and butterflies. It's hard to tell in the first photo, but I Wink of Stella-ed the cut out butterfly.

Detail of the shimmery butterfly:

• Stamps: Better Together
• Inks: Berry Burst
• Cardstock: Color Theory DSP; Berry Burst; Whisper White
• Accessories: Wink of Stella; Berry Burst Ribbon
• Tools: Bold Butterfly Thinlits

Sunday Haul #7

(No picture as I'm very forgetful these days). Another box of Stampin' Up! preorder goodies. This time I focused on the new in colors:

• Berry Burst Ribbon
• 2017-2019 In Color Bitty Bows
• Color Theory DSP Stack
• 12x12 2017-2019 In Color Cardstock
• Oh My Stars Embossing Folder
• Metallic Copper Thread