The Four Seasons

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card featuring the theme "Back to Nature." I'm so glad I had a few more stamped images from Sheltering Tree hanging out in my scrap box. I created a four seasons panel by adhering my stamped images to a piece of Crumb Cake. From there, I added it to a piece of DSP. Finally, I added some ribbon and sentiment tag. 

• Stamps: Sheltering Tree
• Inks: Crumb Cake; Wild Wasabi; Basic Black; Soft Sky; Blushing Bride; Real Red; Pumpkin Pie
• Cardstock: Petal Garden DSP; Crumb Cake; Whisper White
• Accessories: Shimmer Ribbon Pack (Bermuda Bay)
• Tools: 

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

Falling Snowflakes

I went simple with today's card focusing on stamping instead of techniques or layering. I started with my sentiment and then added the falling snowflakes around it. I love the layered stamping. To finish off the card, I added a strip of ribbon and a layer of DSP.

• Stamps: Snowflake Sentiments
• Inks: Real Red; Garden Green
• Cardstock: Be Merry DSP; Real Red; Whisper White
• Accessories: Quilted Christmas Ribbon
• Tools: 

A Hug for You

Today's post was another Pinterest inspired card. I found a very similar card from a great cardmaker and have now misplaced the link. If it was your card that I saw, send me a note so I can like to you as my inspiration! Back to the card. I love the layering bits on this one. The layers add a great level of texture to the card. 

• Stamps: Lots of Love
• Inks: Tranquil Tide; Pool Party; Pear Pizzazz; Peekaboo Peach; Tangerine Tango
• Cardstock: Whole Lot of Lovely DSP; Pool Party; Peekaboo Peach; Whisper White
• Accessories: Clear Faceted Gems; Black Shimmer Ribbon
• Tools: Petal Burst Embossing Folder; Layering Circles Framelits

Emerald and Berry Eclectic

Today's card challenge was to make a card using a borrowed stamp set. The trick was that I only had an hour to borrow and create something! This Oh So Eclectic Bundle was on my short list, but I chose to buy the Bike Ride Bundle and Coffee Cafe Bundles first. Thankfully my friend Sara bought this one and let me borrow during a crafting day. I quickly decided on a green and purple color scheme and pulled papers and inks to match. From there I stamped my images and die cut each one. I also dded more texture by die cutting the piece of DSP. I love this little cut out design! After layering my pieces, I added a piece of coordinating ribbon to complete my card. 

• Stamps: Oh So Eclectic
• Inks: Lemon Lime Twist; Emerald Envy; Berry Burst; Fresh Fig
• Cardstock: Naturally Eclectic DSP; Emerald Envy; Berry Burst; Whisper White
• Accessories: Berry Burst Ribbon
• Tools: Eclectic Layers Thinlits

A Coffee For You

I finally opened up the fun Coffee Cafe bundle and got creating! This card celebrates some of the great DSP in the Coffee Break pack. There will be more coffee cards to come I'm sure. I love the little stamped coffee beans I added as a last touch.

• Stamps: Coffee Cafe
• Inks: Early Espresso
• Cardstock: Coffee Break DSP; Pear Pizzazz; Early Espresso; Kraft; Soft Sky; Whisper White
• Accessories: Crumb Cake Ribbon
• Tools: Lots of Labels Framelits; Coffee Cups Framelits

SSINKTC45: Black Magic Dragonflies

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

This is such a great technique and I'm surprised that I've never actually used it! For my card, I knew that I wanted to use the Dragonfly Dreams Stamp Set. The dragonfly image gives a great space for coloring fun! I kept my card in the Bright collections by using the wonderful Watercolor Pencils. I kept my card clean by just adding a few layer and a pretty bow.

• Stamps: Dragonfly Dreams; Scenic Sayings (sentiment inside)
• Inks: White Craft Ink
• Cardstock: Melon Mambo; Basic Black; Whisper White
• Accessories: Organza Ribbon
• Tools: Watercolor Pencils

Elegant Birdcage

Today's card is being featured on Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using a favorite retiring stamp set. I'm going to be so sad to lose the Birdcage Builder stamp set. I love that you can make multiple differently designed birdcages using the pieces. For today's card, I decided to create one simple birdcage with a background of flowers. Such an elegant birdcage! From there, I embossed a piece of Mint Macaron using the Petal Burst Embossing Folder. As a last touch, I added a length of Organza Ribbon. Unfortunately the ribbon is already sold out! Order your Birdcage Builder Stamp Set soon before it retires!

• Stamps: Friendly Wishes; Papillon Potpurri
• Inks: Bermuda Bay
• Cardstock: Cupcakes and Carousels DSP; Bermuda Bay; Daffodil Delight; Whisper White
• Accessories: Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim
• Tools: Elegant Butterfly Punch; Bitty Butterfly Punch

Friendly Fruit

Today’s card features one of the paper packs that I just underused. I loved the Fruit Stand DSP pack, but it always got shoved to the bottom of the stack. For this card, I decided to highlight some of the fun patterns to create an almost neutral background. I love how the patterns blend together. For my sentiment, I stamped it in Peekaboo Peach and colored in a few part with Tangerine Tango. I love the light and dark shades of oranges. 

• Stamps: Friendly Wishes
• Inks: Peekaboo Peach; Tangerine Tango
• Cardstock: Fruit Stand DSP; Tangerine Tango
• Accessories: Peekaboo Peach Ruched Ribbon
• Tools: 

SSINKCS45: Love You!

Today’s card is a submission for Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration's Card Sketch Challenge! I love card sketches to give me a "roadmap" for a card design. This month's card sketch:

My card was created using the last bits of the Festive Birthday DSP pack. I had a larger piece of the Melon Mambo paper and so based my card off of that that. I added some great other patterns and colors as banners. The sentiment echoes the colors of the DSP. As a final touch, I had to add some shiny in the form of gold sequins

• Stamps: Friendly Wishes
• Inks: Melon Mambo; Emerald Envy
• Cardstock: Festive Birthday DSP; Emerald Envy; Whisper White
• Accessories: Emerald Envy Ruched Ribbon; Gold Sequin Trim
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits