Today’s card is being featured at my April Coloring Class. I adore the Just Add Color DSP, but couldn't figure out how exactly to showcase the fun images. Thankfully the Stampin' Blends came at just the right time for me to have a bit of fun coloring these cute houses.
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a spring card. I always think flowers when I thinks spring. Pulling out my oldie but a goodie Flower Shop stamp set was the perfect choice. I stamped and punched some flowers, layering on top of an oval sentiment. From there I added a frame of embossed cardstock to complete the look.
Today’s card is a quick and easy card that I adore. I simply stamped a bunch of butterflies and added a great sentiment. I would love to repeat this card with different color combinations.
I made this card way back in November, but I thought it was weird to post during the height of Christmas cards. So I kept it in reserve until now. How cute is this little fox? This is one of those stamp sets that I keep forgetting that I own. Why do I do that? I love this little stamp set. For this card, I stamped, punched, and assembled this cute little fox. From there, I picked a trio of paper patterns and added some texture with the snowflakes and embossing folder. I finished off the card with a sentiment and some pretty metallic washi tape.
Today's sketch comes from July 2016:
Here's what I originally did:
I love all the great patterns in the Be Merry DSP pack, so this was the perfect sketch to choose a ton of patterns and layer them. I added a simple sentiment with great stitching. For embellishments, I added the very versatile White Enamel Shapes and a piece of retired ribbon. The Gumball Green ribbon is a different color, but I love how it plays off the Garden Green in the paper.
Another cute piece of Arthur and Quentin's birthday party. I took two chipboard letters and start covering them with paper and fun bits and bobs. I pulled all these pieces from my random bits drawer. I love using up embellishments I've had laying around for years. These were great decorations for the party.
I don't like to make sympathy cards, but sometimes they are needed. Today's card features the gorgeous Delightful Daisy DSP as the main focal point. I let the DSP patterns stand by themselves. I added a strip of copper foil paper to tie into the copper heat embossed sentiment.
Detail of heat embossing:
Today's card is being featured at my August die cuts class. I challenged myself to create another card using the Bike Ride stamp set and Build a Bike framelits. This card is super simple, but so cute! Instead of flowers (or a dog), I added a fun stack of books onto the back of my classic Crushed Curry and Soft Suede bike. After adding a sentiment and a strip of ribbon, I still felt there was something missing. Thankfully the Build a Bike Framelits includes this cute little butterfly die. Perfect addition!
Today's trio of cards were another attempt to use up some scrap DSP laying around. I had a ton of smaller peices of DSP (too small for a card layer), but didn't want to throw them out. I found a great repeated shape design on Pinterest and modified it for my cards. I simply die cut three squares and adhered them to a piece of slightly larger cardstock. That attached to the card base and stamped with a simple sentiment created a trio of quick and easy cards.
Mint Macaron Variant:
Watermelon Wonder Variant: Notice my boo-boo? This one will probably go into the trash, but I wanted you to see how changing the colors and patterned paper really change up the card.
A fun card today featuring some more retired paper and a current embossing folder and sentiment. I still have some leftover Carried Away DSP (how? I know, it's a mystery to me) and decided to create a fun layered card with one of the pieces. I didn't have enough for a full card base, but I did have enough to create a partial card base. To add something to the card, I embossed the layer piece of Peekaboo Peach with the current Oh My Stars Embossing Folder. Before embossing, I added a strip of random watercolor-esque washi tape I had in my stash. If gives just enough to create a finished effect. Love this card!
