Tutti-Frutti Birthday

Sadly we are losing the super fun Tutti-Frutti DSP stack, the shiny Metallic Foil Doilies, and lots of ribbon. So why am I posting these cards today? Because this design is just so versatile! Simply pick some fun paper, layer on some coordinating cardstock, wrap the layers in some ribbon, and add a layered sentiment. Easy Peasy! It was so easy, I went a little crazy and made six different versions. Thankfully I always need birthday cards on hand to send out. These will be going to good homes in the next couple of months.

• Stamps: Picture Perfect Birthday
• Inks: Garden Green, Berry Burst, Melon Mambo, Real Red
• Cardstock: Tutti-Frutti DSP, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, Garden Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Island Indigo, Pool Party, Tangerine Tango, Peekaboo Peach, Real Red, Calypso Coral, Whisper White
• Accessories: Metallic Foil Doilies, Crushed Curry Ribbon, Lemon Lime Twist Ombre Ribbon, Basic Gray Shimmer Ribbon, Peekaboo Peach Ribbon, Calypso Coral Shimmer Ribbon
• Tools: Layering Circles 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:

Bright Memories

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!

Today's card are celebrating the fun and bright Birthday Memories DSP and the hostess stamp set In the City. I wanted to play with coloring the fun houses and vehicles in the stamp set. From there, I layered on some fun DSP.

Another fun card using the houses.

• Stamps: In the City
• Inks: Basic Gray, Chocolate Chip, Pacific Point, Lemon Lime Twist, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Real Red
• Cardstock: Birthday Memories DSP, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Whisper White
• Accessories: Metallic Foil Doilies
• Tools: 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

Fun n' Crafty Blog Hop December 2016

Welcome to the Fun n’ Crafty Blog Hop for December. This month's theme is metallics. Pull out all the shiny and get to stamping! For my card, I wanted to use one my favorite embellishments: the metallic foil doilies. I love how the package comes with gold and silver foil in two different sizes. I've used these so much that I'm on my third package! To help highlight the shine, I stamped a simple greeting onto a white circle and had the doily frame my centerpiece. I added more texture to the card with the embossing folder, but kept the patterns simple with just a small strip of DSP. Hop along below to see what the other FNC ladies made with their shiny pieces!

Variation using retired DSP.

• Stamps: Wrapped in Warmth
• Inks: Cherry Cobbler; Island Indigo
• Cardstock: Presents & Pinecones DSP; Cherry Cobbler; Emerald Envy; Mint Macaron; Winter Frost DSP (retired); Island Indigo; Pool Party; Whisper White
• Accessories: Metallic Foil Doilies
• Tools: Circle Framelits; Softly Falling Embossing Folder

Blog Hop List:

1. Tobe B - The Craft Sea <-- You are here!
2. Christine Szekeres - Artful Musings
3. Pamela Wu - Stinky Tofu
4. Kathy Thisted - Stampablog
5. Jennifer Blomquist - Northwest Stamper
6. Danielle Elvin - Going to Collage

Winter Thanks

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using one of our tree stamps. I decided to highlight the very versatile Sheltering Tree stamp.

In fact, I have a few Sheltering Tree cards coming this month. I loved taking the bare tree, stamping some "snow", and then adding texture and shine to the card.

• Stamps: Sheltering Tree; Labeler Alphabet
• Inks: Soft Sky; Night of Navy; Early Espresso
• Cardstock: Soft Sky; Night of Navy; Whisper White
• Accessories: Metallic Foil Doilies; Silver and White Twine (nonSU)
• Tools: Softly Falling Embossing Folder

Sunday Haul #15

July's stamp club order came early! Woohoo! I snagged:

• Playful Backgrounds Stamp Set
• Seaside Shore Stamp Set
• Petal Burst Embossing Folder
• Labeler Alphabet Stamp Set
• Metallic Foil Doilies
• Softly Falling Embossing Folder
• 2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes