CASEing Pam

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to CASE a card from fellow design team member Pamela Wu. Pam is my friend and upline. We have very similar styles in card making. I love the simplistic approach she takes to cards. She doesn't overburden cards with layers and embellishments. For my card, I CASEd this cute Party Panda card. I took her basic design and made my own spin on it. I love the repeating floral images in the DSP and stamped onto the cardstock. I also added another layer because I wanted to showcase the gorgeous DSP. I love this fun and bright card. 

• Stamps: Pieces and Patterns
• Inks: Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo, Basic Gray
• Cardstock: Pick a Pattern DSP, Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo, Whisper White
• Accessories: Doilies
• Tools: Layering Circles Framelits

Feathers and Florals

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!

I love the 2017-2019 In Colors and am sad to say goodbye to the gorgeous Fresh Florals DSP pack. Of course I had to make a set of cards featuring the paper, but also feature the hostess set Feathery Friends. I love any stamp set that I get to color. It's not my usual color, but I think the Powder Pink card is my favorite.

• Stamps: Feathery Friends
• Inks: Basic Gray, Fresh Fig, Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist, Powder Pink, Tranquil Tide, Daffodil Delight
• Cardstock: Fresh Florals, Fresh Fig, Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist, Powder Pink, Tranquil Tide
• Accessories: 2017-2019 In Color Bitty Bows, Lemon Lime Ombre Ribbon, Berry Burst Ribbon
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Ovals Framelits

A Flock of Bird Cards

Today’s cards were half of the featured Make N Takes at my Spring Bingo event. Each Bingo participant received a goody bag with four variously colored cardstock bases, six 6x6 pieces of Naturally Eclectic DSP, two yards of Lemon Lime Twist Ombre Ribbon, a strip of White Accents, and four metallic doilies. From those supplies, the ladies made two cards at the Bingo event leaving plenty of supplies to take home and use later. For inspiration, I made four different cards using the same supplies. 

And here's what all the ladies at Bingo made from the supplies. Love the variety of designs and combinations!

• Stamps: Flying Home, Pieces and Patterns, Party Pandas (retired)
• Inks: Basic Black, Peekaboo Peach, Stampin' Blends, various markers
• Cardstock: Naturally Eclectic DSP, Soft Sky, Emerald Envy, Peekaboo Peach, Night of Navy, Whisper White
• Accessories: Metallic Doilies, White Accents, Lemon Lime Twist Ombre Ribbon
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Layering Circles Framelits, Dots Embossing Folder

Bingo Thank You

Today’s cards were given to all the participants at my Spring Bingo event. I found the idea for this card from Stamp with Paper Panda. I modified her cards a bit to suit my own purposes, but kept the design the same. This was the perfect card to use some of the Color Theory DSP stack. 

Detail of the Berry Burst card:

• Stamps: Crafting Forever
• Inks: Basic Black; variety of SU Markers
• Cardstock: Color Theory DSP; Berry Burst; Dapper Denim; Crushed Curry; Kraft; Whisper White
• Accessories: Glitter Enamel Dots
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Folded Flowers

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a fabulous flowers card. Instead of stamping with flowers, I decided to focus on some of our gorgeous floral DSP. This particular piece is from the Cake Soiree DSP pack. I featured this card at April's stamp club where we scored and folded to create this amazing double pleated fold. For the measurements and tutorial, check out Julie @ The Way We Stamp.

As a bonus, you are left with four great triangles from cutting the DSP. I used those triangles to make a bonus card! All the ladies at stamp club picked different DSP and really made this card their own. Love it!

• Stamps: Blooms and Wishes, Crafting Forever
• Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Calypso Coral
• Cardstock: Cake Soiree DSP, Marina Mist, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
• Accessories: Calypso Coral Ribbon, Rhinestones
• Tools: Petal Burst Embossing Folder, Butterfly Thinlits, Stitched Shapes Thinlits, Ovals Framelits, Celebrate You Thinlits

A Fruity Celebration

Today’s card is such a fun card that uses no stamps at all. Every once in a while, I like to stretch my creativity. For this card, I decided to layer on the color, pulling from the fun pineapple DSP. I love this card so much that I want to make it using all the pieces of DSP from the Tutti-Frutti stack.

• Stamps: 
• Inks: 
• Cardstock: Tutti-Frutti DSP; Kraft; Garden Green; Pool Party; Daffodil Delight
• Accessories: Tutti-Frutti Sequins
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Pick a Pen

Today’s card is so incredibly cheery. I love the fun festive colors and the cute repeating pen image. I decided to color the pens with the colors featured in the DSP and love the results. Coloring this card was very meditative. I love these simple and easy cards. 

• Stamps: Crafting Forever
• Inks: Basic Black, Lemon Lime Twist, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight
• Cardstock: Bubbles and Fizz DSP, Bermuda Bay, Lemon Lime Twist, Whisper White
• Accessories:
• Tools: 

Rainbow Resist

Today’s card is being featured at my Coloring Class. I love all the different ways you can color a card. For this one, I used one of my favorite technique, emboss resist, combined with watercolor. The Lots of Love Stamp Set is perfect for a smattering of images to emboss. From there I added some great colors to create a rainbow effect. After coloring, I added a few embellishments to finish off the card. 

• Stamps: Lots of Love
• Inks: Sweet Sugarplum, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist, Pool Party, Versamark
• Cardstock: Flirty Flamingo, Whisper White, Watercolor Paper
• Accessories: Black Shimmer Ribbon, Rhinestones
• Tools: White Emboss Powder

Daisy Quartet

Today’s cards were half of the featured Make N Takes at my Spring Bingo event. Each Bingo participant received a goody bag with four variously colored cardstock bases, six 6x6 pieces of Delightful Daisy DSP, ten gold faceted gems, two yards of Old Olive Sheer Ribbon, and two yards of Daffodil Delight Double Stitched Ribbon. From those supplies, the ladies made two cards at the Bingo event leaving plenty of supplies to take home and use later. For inspiration, I made four different cards using the same supplies. 

And here's the collection of cards from the Bingo ladies!

• Stamps: Daisy Delight; Birthday Blooms; Sunshine & Rainbows
• Inks: Tranquil Tide; Calypso Coral; Night of Navy; Daffodil Delight; Pool Party; Wisteria Wonder
• Cardstock: Delightful Daisy DSP; Calypso Coral; Night of Navy; Old Olive; Pool Party; Whisper White
• Accessories: Gold Faceted Gems; Sheer Old Olive Ribbon; Daffodil Delight Double Stitched Ribbon
• Tools: Daisy Punch

Rainbow Fold

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a gatefold card. I always forget how much I love gatefold cards. The trick is to find the perfect shape/image to be the focal point. I immediately knew that a rainbow would be the perfect piece to tie this card together. I cut out my rainbow using all retiring colors (except for the So Saffron) and then pondered how to attach it. The easiest way is to assemble the rainbow with a piece of scotch tape on the back. Easy peasy! From there, I cut some clouds to create some fun layers and a place to tuck my rainbow ends. The glitter and epoxy shapes were the final touch.

• Stamps: Sunshine and Rainbows
• Inks: Pool Party; Night of Navy
• Cardstock: Basic Gray; Rose Red; Peekaboo Peach; So Saffron; Wild Wasabi; Marina Mist; Perfect Plum; Sweet Sugarplum
• Accessories: Glitter and Epoxy Shapes
• Tools: Rainbow Builder Dies