A Tranquil Father's Day

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card for Father's Day. I don't like traditional Father's Day cards, but I thought the Paisleys and Posies Stamp Set with the right colors would be perfect. Tranquil Tide is the perfect color for a more masculine card. Pairing it with Basic Gray makes it look more green than blue. After stamping a random pattern, I added a ayer of Basic Gray and an embossed piece of Tranquil Tide. I love repeating layers on my cards. I chose a simple sentiment and embellished it with a silver doily.

• Stamps: Paisleys and Posies; Better Together
• Inks: Tranquil Tide
• Cardstock: Tranquil Tide; Basic Gray; Whisper White
• Accessories: Metallic Doilies
• Tools: Oh My Stars Emboss; Lots of Labels Framelits

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

Best Paisleys

Today’s card is a simple one layer stamped card. I wanted to make a card with the Paisleys and Posies stamp set, but some of the examples I found on Pinterest were just too many layers or too busy for my taste. And I stumbled upon some one layer stamped cards. Perfect! I layered on some different paisley pieces in Rich Razzleberry and Delightful Dijon. A simple sentiment and I was done. Easy card for today!

• Stamps: Paisleys & Posies; Friendly Wishes
• Inks: Rich Razzleberry; Delightful Dijon
• Cardstock: Razzleberry; Delightful Dijon; Whisper White
• Accessories:
• 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

Celebrate 2017!

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a New Year's Card. I decided to use the fun Paisleys stamp set one last time this season. After three different attempts, I landed on this great design using a circle mask. All I needed to add was a simple sentiment and layer of DSP.  Can't wait to see everyone in 2017!

Detail of the heat embossing:

• Stamps: Paisleys and Posies; Suite Sayings
• Inks: Rich Razzleberry; Versamark
• Cardstock: Petals and Paisleys DSP; Rich Razzleberry; Sweet Sugarplum; Whisper White
• Accessories:
• Tools: Gold Embossing Powder; Circle Framelits

SSINKCC39: Paisley DSP

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

I love the Paisley and Posies stamp set for how many different ways you can use it. For this card, I decided to make my own background pattern paper for the card using the colors in the challenge. From there, I layered on some great cardstock. For the sentiment, I inked part of the sentiment in Tangerine Tango and the other part in Island Indigo. I love the final effect!

• Stamps: Paisleys and Posies; Friendly Wishes
• Inks: Tangerine Tango; Island Indigo; Smoky Slate
• Cardstock: Island Indigo; Tangerine Tango; Smoky Slate
• Accessories:
• Tools:

Paisley and Copper

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using my favorite Holiday Catalog accessory. I was immediately drawn to the Petals and Paisleys Suite in the catalog. I'm not a huge ribbon fan, but I had to buy the coordinating Ribbon Trio Pack featuring Mint Macaron, Rich Razzleberry, and Delightful Dijon spools.

I've been using these spools of ribbon for a ton of projects and I'm still not sick of them! For this card, I decided to featuring a small strip of Mint Macaron ribbon to "hold" my die cuts in place. I love the pattern mixing and colors of this card!

• Stamps: Jar of Love; Paisleys and Posies
• Inks: Rich Razzleberry; Mint Macaron
• Cardstock: Petals and Paisleys DSP; Copper Foil; Rich Razzleberry; Mint Macaron; Delightful Dijon
• Accessories: Mint Macaron Robbon
• Tools: Paisley Framelits; Lots of Labels Framelits

Layered Paisleys

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using a Holiday Catalog bundle. As soon as I got my Holiday Catalog, I knew the entire Petals and Paisleys suite would be mine. I love the shapes and colors. Thankfully, you can buy the Paisley Framelits and the Paisleys and Posies stamp set as a bundle. I always love saving a bit of money.

I saw a cute card on Pinterest that layered the paisley pieces to create a whole new look. And I immediately wanted to try the technique. After building my two paisleys, I added some fun coordinating DSP that wouldn't compete, some copper accented DSP, and a nice sentiment. The card was missing the finishing touch until I added some Mint Macaron ribbon.

• Stamps: Paisleys and Posies
• Inks: Night of Navy
• Cardstock: Petals and Paisleys DSP; Very Vanilla; Night of Night; Mint Macaron; Delightful Dijon; Rich Razzleberry
• Accessories: 3/8" Mint Macaron Ribbon
• Tools: Paisley Framelits

Sunday Haul #16

It's Stampin' Up Holiday Catalog preorder time! Demonstrators have access to the HC about a month before it officially launches for customers on September 1st. Of course, I had to buy some goodies to play with. While my wish list included over $400 worth of product, I limited my preorder to supplies needed to make cards for August and September featuring Halloween and fall cards.

For Halloween, I bought:

• Halloween Night DSP
• Old Olive Cardstock
• Halloween Night Washi Tape
• Halloween Night Enamel Dots
• Cookie Cutter Builder Punch
• Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp Set
• Cookie Cutter Halloween Stamp Set

For fall/Thanksgiving, I bought:

• Petals & Paisleys DSP
• Copper Foil Sheets
• Mint Macaron Cardstock
• Petals & Paisleys Cardstock (Very Vanilla, Delightful Dijon, Rich Razzleberry)
• 3/8" Ribbon Trio (Delightful Dijon, Mint Macaron, Rich Razzleberry)
• Paisleys & Posies Stamp Set
• Paisleys Framelits