Rococo Petals

Today’s card features the new In Color Rococo Rose. This is a nice dusty pink. I modeled this card off of a few examples I found on Pinterest. I love the piece of embossed cardstock layered on the same color card base. It creates texture without a lot of work. From there, I stamped, punched, and layered some flowers and leaves. Love how this card came together.

• Stamps: Pop of Petals; Genuine Gems

• Ink: Rococo Rose; Blushing Bride; Crumb Cake

• Cardstock: Wood Textures DSP; Rococo Rose; Blushing Bride; Crumb Cake; Whisper White

• Accessories: 2019-2021 In Color Faceted Gems

• Tools: Circle Dies; Four-Petal Flower Punch; Seaside Embossing Folder

Wildlife Love

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to CASE a card from fellow DT member Darla Roberts! After looking at some of her previous cards (so cute by the way!), I stopped on this cute kitty in a pot card.  I loved the simplicity and fun colors of her card. And so I turned to making my own version of her card. Instead of the cat, I pulled out my Foxy Friends stamp set and created my main image. I switched the circles for squares and flipped my orientation. Lastly I kept the Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon because it is my current favorite accessory! 

• Stamps: Foxy Friends

• Inks: Soft Suede, Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral, Berry Burst

• Cardstock: Wood Textures DSP, Berry Burst, Soft Suede, Whisper White

• Accessories: White Polka Dot Tulle

• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Fun n' Crafty Blog Hop July 2018

Welcome to the Fun n’ Crafty Blog Hop for June. This month's blog hop is actually a swap. Various members of the Fun and Crafty Stampers made cards featuring new products from the Annual Catalog and swapped them in the mail. Such amazing cards! I love doing swaps and getting examples using products that I don't have or don't necessarily intend to buy. 

For my card, I wanted to feature my newest stamp set, Pop of Petals. I love a good floral image and this one is too cute! The set comes with multiple differently patterned flowers, but I just used one pattern for my card. I picked a few fun colors and coordinated them with a lighter or darker color. From there, I thought the flowers looked a little too plain so I added a background piece of stamped leaves. Much better! I finished the card off with a piece of Wood Texture DSP, a simple sentiment, and some fun Glitter Enamel Dots. 

• Stamps: Abstract Impressions; Pop of Petals
• Inks: Sea Foam Green; Call Me Clover; Bermuda Bay; Coastal Cabana; Highland Heather; Gorgeous Grape; Flirty Flamingo; Lovely Lipstick
• Cardstock: Wood Textures DSP; Whisper White
• Accessories: Glitter Enamel Dots
• Tools: Four-Petal Flower Punch

Fun & Crafty Blog Hop

Nicole -- Inky Fingers Stamping

Jennifer -- NW Stamper

Christine -- Artful Musings

Tobe -- The Craft Sea (you are here)

A Coffee for Dad

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Father's Day card. I'm always up for making a card for mom or grandma, but what to make for my day. Thankfully I remembered the versatile Coffee Cafe Stamp Set. This is perfect for making a simple card to celebrate Father's Day.

• Stamps: Thoughtful Banners, Coffee Cafe
• Inks: Night of Navy, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake
• Cardstock: Wood Textures DSP, Twinkle Twinkle DSP, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Very Vanilla
• Accessories: Crumb Cake Classic Weave Ribbon
• Tools: Coffee Cups, Duet Banner Punch

Spring Jar of Flowers

Today's card is a riot of spring flowers. When I want to make a colorful card, I often turn to the Jar of Love stamp set and coordinating Framelits. I love making floral cards! For this one, I layered a ton of flowers to create my jar of flowers, heat embossed a piece of vellum to create the jar, and added a ton fo fun texture to finish the card. I've been playing with texture lately and love how this card has real texture (ribbon, tinsel, embossed panel) and perceived texture (wood grain dsp). Such a great all occasions card!

• Stamps: Jar of Love
• Inks: Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzlberry, Soft Sky, Marina Mist, Night of Navy, Pear Pizzazz
• Cardstock: Wood Textures DSP, Sweet Sugarplum, Whisper White, Vellum
• Accessories: Doilies, Berry Burst Ribbon, Love Mini Tinsel Trim
• Tools: Petal Burst Embossing Folder, Everyday Jars Framelits, White Embossing Powder

Lemon Lime Reindeers

For this card, I CASEd the lovely Miriam @ Cards and Scrapping. Lemon Lime Twist is such a great color for Christmas and the reindeer outline is perfect! I ended dup switching out the small stamped sentiment to use the 25 image from my 25 Days retired stamp set. 

• Stamps: Merry Patterns; 25 Days
• Inks: Cherry Cobbler; Garden Green; Basic Black
• Cardstock: Wood Textures DSP; Lemon Lime Twist; Whisper White; Vellum
• Accessories: Black Rhinestones; Cherry Cobbler Twine (retired)
• Tools: Layering Circles Framelits

#23 Plaid Trio

Today's sketch comes from August 2014:

  I'm so glad that SU carried over the Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp Set from last year's Holiday Catalog. The images are too cute to get rid of! For this card, I took a page from a Halloween card from last year, flipped it on the side, and switched out the ghouls for Christmas images. Plus, I found a great card to showcase the beautiful plaid paper from the Christmas Around the World DSP.

• Stamps: Cookie Cutter Christmas; Merry Mistletoe
• Inks: Read Red; Basic Black; Crumb Cake; Daffodil Delight; Chocolate Chip
• Cardstock: Christmas Around the World DSP; Wood Textures DSP; Real Red; Garden Green; Whisper White
• Accessories: Rhinestones; Black Rhinestones
• Tools: Square Framelits

A Touch of Ribbon

I bought the gorgeous Night of Navy Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon weeks ago and it has just say on my desk. How have I not used this yet? The ribbon is just so great to work with. It's thin and easy to tie into a ribbon. But it also looks great as just a strip on a card. After deciding on using the ribbon on some card, I started pulling ink colors and DSP to coordinate. I ended up with two jars full of flowers. I love all the patterns and textures of this card. So cute!

• Stamps: Jar of Love
• Inks: Early Espresso; Dapper Denim; Soft Sky; Daffodil Delight; Crushed Curry; Flirty Flamingo; Watermelon Wonder; Pear Pizzazz
• Cardstock: Whole Lot of Lovely DSP; Wood Textures DSP; Soft Sky; Crumb Cake; Whisper White
• Accessories: Night of Navy Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Everyday Jars Framelits; Seaside Embossing Folder

Sharing the Love

Today's card is one of the featured projects for August's stamp club. Did you know that every year Stampin' Up! features a stamp set who's proceeds support the Ronald McDonald House? The stamp sets are always adorable and this year's set is no different. May I introduce you to Sharing Sweet Thoughts!

I knew I had to feature this great stamp set at stamp club.  I decided to go simple in my design and construction. I filled a jar with some cute butterflies and a branch to create my focal point. From there I pulled some great pieces from the Wood Texture DSP Stack and a cool blue piece from Coffee Break DSP. The card was missing a few embellishments. Thank goodness for doilies, glitter enamel shapes, and white enamel shapes. Perfect additions!

• Stamps: Sharing Sweet Thoughts
• Inks: Dapper Denim; Early Espresso; Always Artichoke; Pear Pizzazz; Crumb Cake; Baja Breeze (retired); Crushed Curry; Pale Plum (retired); Flirty Flamingo; Rich Razzleberry
• Cardstock: Coffee Break DSP; Wood Textures DSP; Soft Suede; Whisper White
• Accessories: Glitter Enamel Shapes; White Accent Shapes; White Doilies
• Tools: Everyday Jars Framelits