Step It Up with Blooms

Today’s cards were part of my Step It Up Class. Basically you take one card and then remake with more (or step it up). Here are the two cards side-by-side:

For the first card, I started with a piece of heavy cardstock to create my Brusho background. I stamped my bloom in black ink, added some blue, green, and yellow Brusho crystals and spritzed with water. While that dried, I added a piece of similarly colored DSP and a simple sentiment.

But then I stepped the card up! I swapped out the white layer for a piece of Garden Impressions DSP. I made sure to prep an extra bloom with Brusho crystals to then cut out and layer. After adding the sentiment, I finished of the card with a piece of slightly sparkly black satin ribbon.

• Stamps: Beautiful Day

• Inks: Shaded Spruce; Black Memento Ink; Blue, Green, and Yellow Brusho Crystals

• Cardstock: Garden Impressions DSP; Shaded Spruce; Whisper White

• Accessories: Basic Black 3/8” Shimmer Ribbon

• Tools:

Shiny Birthday

Today’s card is a fun and shiny birthday card! I wanted to make a birthday card that wasn’t overly feminine. SO I dug through my DSP stash and found this great gold and white pattern from the Broadway Bound DSP pack and paired it with some greens and blues. The resulting card is a riot of pattern and shine.

• Stamps: Picture Perfect Birthday

• Inks: Blueberry Bushel; Pool Party; Granny Apple Green; Lemon Lime Twist

• Cardstock: Broadway Bound DSP; Blueberry Bushel; Whisper White

• Accessories: Gold Sequin Trim

• Tools: Gold Embossing Powder

Sweetest Birthday

Today’s card is was part of our demo group’s Occasions Catalog swap. I saw the new How Sweet It Is Suite and had to have all the products! The colors are so much fun! And the candy images are too cute. For this card, I started with my favorite pattern out of the pack to create a fun background. From there, I stamped, colored, cut, and assembled the candy jars. The finishing touch was the beautiful two-tone ribbon! I love who the Coastal Cabana sides blends into the DSP strip, allowing the Granny Apple Green side to really pop!

• Stamps: Sweetest Thing

• Inks: Gorgeous Grape; Melon Mambo; Pineapple Punch; Granny Apple Green; Coastal Cabana; Smoky Slate; Crumb Cake

• Cardstock: How Sweet It Is DSP; Gorgeous Grape; Whisper White; Vellum

• Accessories: Coastal Cabana/Granny Apple Green 3/8” Reversible Ribbon

• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Jar of Sweets Framelits

Top Ten 2018 Crafts

I had too many great crafts to choose from this past year, but I eventually narrowed it down. In no particular order, here are my 10 favorite craft projects of 2018!

1. Brusho Butterfly — My first big try at Brusho. Love it!

2. A Bevy of Birthday Blooms

3. Week in the Life Album 2018 — Always love this project!

4. 3D Christmas Tree

5. Kaleidoscope of Butterflies - Using a ton of random scraps!

6. Teddy Bear Greetings - Clean and simple baby card

7. Coffee Cups!

8. Poinsettias and Plaid

9. Floral Cup of Happiness

10. Hand Delivered Bouquet

Bunch of Balloons

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a celebration card. I decided to put away my Christmas supplies and pull out some items from my regular stash to create a fun and sparkly birthday card.

• Stamps: Picture Perfect Birthday

• Inks: Blueberry Bushel

• Cardstock: 2018-2020 In Color DSP; Copper Grimmer Paper; Call Me Clover; Whisper White

• Accessories: White twine

• Tools: Balloon Punch

Trio of Ladies

Today’s cards have been sitting half done for months now. I had a whole stack of these unfinished cards and took a Saturday to knock them out. I had the Regal Rose card bases and smaller pieces cut for a previous card, but had sold the stamp set that I used for those cards. SO I improvised with a different stamp set. I stamped three different images from the Hand Delivered Stamp Set and had some fun coloring them.

• Stamps: Hand Delivered

• Inks: Basic Black; lots of colors

• Cardstock: Regal Rose; Daffodil Delight; Whisper White

• Accessories: Candy Dots (retired)

• Tools: Lucky Stars Embossing Folder; Polka Dot Basics Embossing Folder; Stripes Embossing Folder

Half a Dozen Donuts

Today’s cards have been sitting half done for months now. I had a whole stack of these unfinished cards and took a Saturday to knock them out. These cards feature leftover donuts from a Paper Pumpkin kit. I hate wasting little pre-cut elements, so I pulled out my stack of paper scraps and starting pairing paper, DSP, and donuts. I love the eclectic look of these cards.  

Floral Happiness

Today’s card has been sitting half done for months now. I had a whole stack of these unfinished cards and took a Saturday to knock them out. I had stamped a ton of flowers and random panels and these were the only ones left. I had the great idea to fussy cut all these stamped and colored flowers, but my goodness, I dislike fussy cutting. At any rate, this turned out to be a cute card.

• Stamps: Pieces and Patterns

• Inks: Basic Black; Flirty Flamingo; Crushed Curry

• Cardstock: Pick a Pattern DSP; Flirty Flamingo; Whisper White

• Accessories:

• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Birthday Note

Today’s card has been sitting half done for months now. I had a whole stack of these unfinished cards and took a Saturday to knock them out. This card is a play on a card design from last year. I switched out the main stamped image but kept the rest the same.  

• Stamps: P.S. You’re the Best

• Inks: Basic Black; Powder Pink; Regal Rose

• Cardstock: Regal Rose; Blushing Bride; Whisper White

• Accessories: Pearls; Petal Burst Embossing Folder

• Tools:

SSINKCS54: Stripes and Balloons

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

My hand immediately went to the Hand Delivered Stamp Set to use at my main image. From there, I laid out an image and started hunting through my paper for something fun. I haven't really used much of the Twinkle Twinkle paper pack even though I think it's super fun. So I picked this great stripe pattern and then colored my image to feature the same colors. 

• Stamps: Hand Delivered, Bike Ride

• Inks: Basic Gray, Night of Navy, Mint Macaron, Pool Party, Blushing Bride, Ivory (Stampin' Blends), Smokey Slate (Stampin' Blends)

• Cardstock: Twinkle Twinkle DSP, Night of Navy, Whisper White

• Accessories: Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack

• Tools: