Today’s card is super simple and yet so delightful. I paired this gorgeous gingham paper with simple stamped and punched daisies. Sometimes the simplest cards are just what you need.
Stamps: Daisy Lane; Daisy Delight; Part of My Story
Ink: Terracotta Tile; Petal Pink; Cajun Craze
Cardstock: 2019-2021 In Color DSP; Terracotta Tile; Petal Pink
Accessories: 2019-2021 In Color Faceted Gems
Tools: Daisy Punch; Medium Daisy Punch
Reading: The Huntress by Kate Quinn. It’s not as good as The Alice Network, but still pretty good book.
Watching: Slowly working through Game of Thrones S2.
Listening: I finally subscribed to NPR’s Throughline and have really been enjoying it.
Making: The hot weather calls for making cocktails.
Feeling: The temps have been up all week. I’m just always hot.
Planning: Working on a few activities for next week. We need to decide what we’re doing for the Fourth of July.
Loving: I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m addicted to Sonic’s Cherry Limeades. Oh so good!
Today’s card features my favorite new In Color: Pretty Peacock. I though I really love Tranquil Tide that just retired, but this color is even better. It has more blue than green and is such a great deep color! I applied ink to a piece of white cardstock using a brayer to create my background for my embossed butterfly. I love how the gold powder sorta stuck to the inside of the butterfly to create an interesting texture. From there, I cut out a corner of DSP to create a base and then added a sentiment and some gems.
Close up of the embossed shimmer!
Stamps: Beautiful Day
Ink: Pretty Peacock, Versamark
Cardstock: Mosaic Mood DSP, Pretty Peacock, Whisper White
Accessories: 2019-2021 In Color Faceted Gems
Tools: Gold Embossing Powder
Technically I received this box last week, but I forgot to actually take a picture this week. I bought the Amy Tangerine Happy Planner Box and love all the fun rainbow designs. I can’t wait to us all my items!
Today’s card starts my series featuring the new 2019-2021 In Colors. I love them as a set, but wanted to highlight each color on its own. First up is Purple Posy. This light purple pairs nicely with Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape. For my card, I pulled a piece of retired DSP featuring Highland Heather and a piece of new In Color DSP as a background. I then added a nice pearlized doily and stamped and punched butterflies.
Stamps: Butterfly Gala; Pop of Petals
Ink: Highland Heather; Purple Posy; Pear Pizzaz
Cardstock: 2019-2021 In Color DSP; Botanical Butterfly DSP (Retired); Purple Posy; Highland Heather
Accessories: Pearlized Doilies
Tools: Butterfly Duet Punch; Stitched Shapes Framelits
Today’s card is all about the cute new stamp set: Above the Clouds. I love hot air balloons and this stamp set is just too adorable! I pulled out some scraps of paper from the Garden Impressions DSP pack from last catalog and pulled my colors from the scrap piece. I love this simple card.
Stamps: Above the Clouds
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral
Cardstock: Garden Impressions DSP; Melon Mambo; Calypso Coral; Whisper White
Accessories: Glitter Enamel Shapes, Daffodil Delight Ribbon
Tools: Polka Dot Embossing Folder; Circle Framelits; Hot Air Balloon Punch
I finally pulled out all my new cardmaking goodies and got creative! I started with the Mosaic Mood DSP pack that I got from OnStage. In looking at the new catalog, I knew that I had to have this entire suite! I love the images and the color combination! For today’s card, I created a little scene featuring one of the mosaic humming birds and some nice decor. My favorite part is the strip of DSP on the bottom.
Stamps: Memorable Mosaic
Ink: Terracotta Tile, Garden Green
Cardstock: Mosaic Mood DSP; Terracotta Tile; Whisper White
Accessories: Flower Faceted Gems; Mint Macaron 1/4” Textile Ribbon
Tools: Timeless Label Punch
In the past few weeks, I’ve had three orders arrive from Nerd’s the Word Sticker Co. I love love love all her designs and had to take advantage of all the great sales and new releases. My favorite is definitely the monthly kits. I can’t wait to finish applying them to my planner.
With the launch of every new Annual Catalog, I make In Color bookmarks for my customers. They are such a fun way to show off the new In Colors and create a handy tool. For this year’s bookmark, I wanted to feature the cardstock and the ink. So I turned to the Butterfly Gala Stamp Set to create these lovely butterflies. Simple and effective!
Stamps: Butterfly Gala
Ink: Terracotta Tile, Rococo Rose, Purple Posy, Seaside Spray, Pretty Peacock
Cardstock: Terracotta Tile, Rococo Rose, Purple Posy, Seaside Spray, Pretty Peacock, Whisper White, Kraft
Accessories:
Tools: Butterfly Duet Punch
A recap of last month’s goals: May got away from me. I just didn’t do much crafting at all. Hoping June works better…
Finish Q’s 2018 PL Album - Fail.
April Memory Planner Pages - Success!
Create a WITL kit - Fail.
Gather items for a craft sale - Fail.
June’s Goals:
Finish Q’s 2018 PL Album - I really want to knock this last little bit out.
May Memory Planner Pages - Usual goal to stay on top of.
Create a WITL kit - I have some random things in a special box, but want to really get this organized.
Gather items for a craft sale - Shooting for having everything ready for crop day on June 9th.
Organize road trip pics, miscellanea, and thoughts for album - Our big road trip is this month. I think I’m going to document in a separate smaller album, but I want to just get everything together once we return.
Schedule WITL for July - I want to do a week when the twins are here, but June is too crazy with weird events. Thinking the second week in July…
Create 10 cards (classes and just blog posts) - My card making just disappeared during May. Hoping to get back at it and play with all the new products I have but haven’t used.