Flower Card

Happy Sunday everyone.  Woke up to a bright sunny day here in Oregon - always puts me in a better mood! It's officially Spring Break here so the kids are sleeping in and being lazy :).  Fine by me!

Here is an adorable card I recently CASE'd from Elizabeth Hurst (yes - can you believe it?  I actually wrote down the name of the gal who made this card! I soo need to be better about giving credit where due.).  The cardstock colors used were Crumb Cake, Wild Wasabi, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, and Whisper White.  The card feels so Springy to me.  The stamp set used is Mixed Bunch and I stamped the image with Versamark and then embossed it using the clear embossing powder.  Unfortunately it doesn't show up very well in the photo on the Daffodil Delight but you get the idea on the Pool Party flower and it looks super cool in person.  I then punched out the flowers using the coordinating Blossom punch.  I also used the punch to punch out one flower in Wild Wasabi and then I cut it to use for the petals.  The Crumb Cake card stock is embossed using the awesome Honecomb textured embossing folder.  I am using it ALL THE TIME!!  I love love love it! The greeting is from the new Wishes Your Way stamp set that is in the Spring Mini.  The flower center is punched out with the Boho Blossom punch and then a rhinestone was added for the final touch.  You could make this card for just about any occasion.  Think I will be making this at my next class!

Bloomin' Marvelous

Good afternoon - hope everyone is doing good.  Lots of rain here today which is such a bummer since it has been so darn nice lately.  I've been able to get lots of walks in which my doggie appreciates.  Well SAB is almost over so you had all better hurry and get your orders in if you want to take advantage of this great offer. Remember - for every $50 you spend - you get a FREE stamp set or DSP out of the Sale-a-brations brochure.  Cool!  I love free stuff!!

 I just CASe'd this off Stampin Connection and am thinking I will be making lots of cards with this great layout.  The stamp set used is Bloomin' Marvelous from the SAB brochure.  I used one of the greetings as well as the butterfly, flower, and flower petals stamps.   The ink colors used are Crumb Cake, Pool Party, and Primrose Petals.  I used the Core'dinations paper in Primrose Petals from the Spring mini catalog as a layer on top of my card base.  I ran it thru the Big Shot with a retired embossing folder and then sanded it using the sanding block.  I love this paper and the look it gives cards after you have sanded it - very cool!  I also punched out a butterfly with the Elegant Butterfly punch and layered one of the small butterflies punched out with the Bitty Buttefly punch on top.  The ribbon used is the Crumb Cake 3/8 taffeta ribbon which is great for wrapping around cards and tying off.

Thanks for looking!

Thinking of You

 

Hello everyone.  Hope you all had a great weekend.  I had a wonderful time up in Washington visiting my family for my grandmother's 98th birthday.  It was great to see her and get to spend some time with her as well as one of my adorable nephews who I don't get to see very often.  Miss them all!

Here is a card that I recently CASE'd from Stampin Connection that incorporates several Sale-a-bration items.  The stamp set is called Madison Avenue and the DSP is from the Sycamore Street DSP pack.  I also used Island Indigo ribbon from the Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button Pack as well as the Vine Street embossing folder on a piece of Tangerine Tango card stock.  My card base colors are Pool Party and Summer Starfruit.  A small rhinestone was added to the center of each flower for a little pop.

I am participating in a birthday card SWAP soon so hopefully I will get the opportunity in the next few days to get some stamping done.......and of my own creations!!  You all know I don't do that very often - hee hee!!