Unicorn in the Clouds

Today's card was inspired by one of my stamp club ladies. She wanted something sparkly, so I made her a sparkly unicorn card! I colored the piece of iridescent glimmer paper with the use of Pool Party reinker. This takes awhile to dray, but basically you can make this piece of glimmer paper any color you want! From there, we stamped, colored, and cut a fun unicorn and put her frolicking in the clouds. I finished the card with a great sentiment and some rhinestones.

Stamps: Magical Day; Sunshine and Rainbows
Inks: Island Indigo; Basic Gray; Daffodil Delight; various Blends
Cardstock: Myths and Magic Glimmer Paper (Iridescent); Daffodil Delight; Pool Party; Whisper White
Accessories: Rhinestones
Tools: Magical Mates Framelits; Rainbow Builder Framelits

Mermaid in the Sea

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a shaker card. I immediately knew that I wanted to make a fun mermaid in the sea shaker card! I took a piece of DSP that reminded me of the sea and stamped on a few bubbles and seahorses. From there I stamped, colored, and die cut my mermaid. I propped her up on dimensionally and added a ton of sequins. I kept my overall piece simple with a piece of patterned paper, a sentiment, and a few sequins for embellishments.

Stamps: Magical Day
Inks: Island Indigo; Basic Black; Rich Razzleberry Blends; Pumpkin Pie Blends; Ivory Blends
Cardstock: Myths and Magic DSP; Naturally Eclectic DSP; Soft Sky; Island Indigo; Whisper White
Accessories: Silver sequins; Bermuda Bay sequins; random sequins
Tools: Magical Mates Framelits; Layering Cirlces Framelits

Wintery Tree

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Winter Blues card. I'm grateful to live in the San Francisco Bay Area where the temperature rarely goes below 50 degrees. That said, I grew up in Indiana and know what it's like to live through winter. For this card, I stamped a common sight in winter, a bare tree, and added some fun color swooshes. I layered my stamped image onto some coordinating cardstock and them embossed a piece of Whisper White. A simple, but nice card for today.

Stamps: Sheltering Tree
Inks: Basic Black; Tempting Turquoise; Wild Wasabi
Cardstock: Pacific Point; Marina Mist; Whisper White
Accessories:
Tools: Softly Falling Embossing Folder

Repeating Hearts

Today's card is another featured card at my Pattern Paper class. I love the idea of repeating shapes on a cards. For this one, I pulled a ton of coordinating purple papers and started punching out hearts. After adding those, I picked some coordinating ribbon and added a cute tag for a sentiment.

Stamps: Happy Happenings (retired)
Inks: Rich Razzleberry
Cardstock: 2016-2018 In Color DSP (retired); Petals and Paisleys DSP (retired); Pop of Pink DSP (retired); Rich Razzleberry; Whisper White; Random scraps
Accessories: Glitter Enamel Shapes; Sweet Sugarplum Ribbon (retired); Blackberry Bliss Ribbon (retired)
Tools: Sweetheart Punch; Scallop Tag Topper Punch; small heart punch

Beautiful Soiree

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

I adore the Sweet Soiree DSP with the beautiful silver foil accents. Super feminine paper is not usually my go-to, but I love this pack so much! I decided to really let the paper shine by layering on a few different patterns. For my sentiment, I choice this fun coloring stamp from the Just Add Text set. I added a bit of ribbon and tinsel and finished off my card!

Stamps: Just Add Text
Inks: Basic Black; Calypso Coral; Daffodil Delight; Old Olive; Powder Pink; Marina Mist; Sweet Sugarplum; Berry Burst
Cardstock: Sweet Soiree DSP; Berry Burst
Accessories: Berry Burst Finely Woven Ribbon; Love Mini Tinsel Trim
Tools:

CASEing Anastasia

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to CASE a card from our new design team member Anastasia Radloff who blogs at Stampin' Blondie. I decided to CASE this fun card from last summer. I kept the same stamp set, design, and paper as Anastasia. I did change up some of the colors and switched out the plain Lemon Lime Twist piece of cardstock with the Lemon Lime Twist glimmer paper. I love the bit of glitter it gives the card. Overall I really love this little card from Anastasia. I was very excited to CASE her this month.

Stamps: Just Add Text; Bike Ride
Inks: Lemon Lime Twist; Emerald Envy; Berry Burst; Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Fresh Florals DSP; Emerald Envy; Lemon Lime Twist Glimmer Paper; Whisper White
Accessories:
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Sending a Valentine

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to homemade Valentine. I don't really make Valentines or Valentine cards, but I came as close as I could. I paired some of the new Occasions Catalog DSP, a fun die cut, and an Annual Catalog stamp set. I was going to add a another layer with our sentiment, but realized that I could just stamp directly onto the pattern paper. Perfect! From there, I stamped and die cut some cute butterflies. Love this card!

Stamps: Lots of Love
Inks: Rich Razzleberry; Calypso Coral; Melon Mambo; Powder Pink
Cardstock: Painted with Love DSP; Rich Razzleberry; Melon Mambo; Powder Pink
Accessories: Wink of Stella
Tools: Bold Butterfly Framelits; Butterfly Thinlits

Riding with Van Gogh

Today's card is part of my die cuts class (January - March). I knew I wanted to build a bike for one of our cards. Once deciding on a color palette, I started adding accessories for my bike. I picked this great sentiment from the Just Add Text set to compliment my scene. As a final touch, I stamped some leaves and flowers. Love this cute card; it reminds me of spring.

P.S. In my mind, the dog is named Van Gogh...

Stamps: Bike Ride; Jar of Love; Just Add Text
Inks: Rich Razzleberry; Calypso Coral; Old Olive; Daffodil Delight; Chocolate Chip; Crumb Cake
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry; Calypso Coral; Whisper White
Accessories:
Tools: Build a Bike Framelits

A Friendly Mermaid

I adore this little friendship card. I knew Message in a Bottle would be one of my favorite stamps and this card really highlights the fun you can create. I stamped a piece of background paper using the tone-on-tone technique. From there I stamped the bottle and mermaid separately, colored her, and cut it out. A piece of DSP and a cute framed sentiment just about finished the card. The scattered rhinestones were the perfect last bit.

Stamps: Just Add Text; Message in a Bottle
Inks: Soft Sky; Berry Burst; Pool Party; Basic Black; Tranquil Tide; Fresh Fig; Summer Sun (retired); Blush Blossom (retired)
Cardstock: Naturally Eclectic DSP; Berry Burst; Lemon Lime Twist; Soft Sky; Whisper White
Accessories: Rhinestones
Tools: Lots of Labels Framelits