Welcome Baby

My new niece is HERE!!!!!!! She arrived on 3/24/2019 at 9:44am. Eleanor weighed 7 lbs and is 18 inches long. The proud parents (my brother and sister-in-law) are bringing her home from the hospital today.

This card that I made for them was printed in my digital software... well, the cloud and the strings were.  The rest was done traditionally.

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Supplies Used:
My Memories Suite digital software
Embellishments - Rain (cloud); Staples and Stitches (Stampin' Up!)
Paper - Whisper White, Soft Suede, Twinkle Twinkle DSP
Accessories - Big Shot, Beautiful Wings Embosslits (butterflies), Apron Builder Framelits (heart, flowers), Metallic Enamel Shapes

Tropical Banners

 

I fell in love with the colors on Korstan Del Rosario's card (right)... so I just had to create one of my own. My Uncle and his daughter (my cousin) are planning on going to Hawaii, so I thought a tropical birthday card was in order!  AND... I wanted it to be a bit masculine, so the blue/green combo was perfect! Thanks Korstan!

I paired the 'Tropical Chic' stamp set with the 'Birthday Banners' sentiment. The 'Bunch of Banners' Framelits coordinate with the set.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Tropical Chic, Birthday Banners

Ink - Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Balmy Blue

Paper - Mossy Meadow, Balmy Blue, Whisper White

Accessories - Big Shot, Tropical Thinlits, Bunch of Banners Framelits, dimensionals, glue dots

 

Wonderful Lily

I know blue is an unusual color for a lily, but I felt it was more my sister-in-law's color than yellow or orange.

When I chose the background DSP, I was only looking for color when I chose it. Now that I see it all together... that DSP is perfect. Kinda looks like a tranquil lake behind the flower (and it kinda looks painted on!) .  The DSP is from the 'Tranquil Textures' DSP.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Lasting Lily, Wonderful Moments
Ink - Memento, Granny Apple Green, Balmy Blue
Paper - Whisper White, Basic Black, Tranquil Textures DSP
Accessories - Big Shot, Layering Ovals Framelits, Black Thick Twine, dimensionals

 

Varied Flowers

The 'Varied Vases' stamp set comes with so many vases and flowers.... I can see that there would be many flower/vase combinations to create with this set.  This is my first creation using this set, so I'm sure to create more with it in the future.

This stamp set coordinates with the 'Vases Builder' punch. I prefer die-cuts to punches, as I seem to use more paper with all those vases/flowers in one punch.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp set - Varied Vases
Ink - Highland Heather, Poppy Parade, Mango Melody, Pineapple Punch, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Memento
Paper - Highland Heather, Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories - Vases Builder Punch, Dimensionals, scissors

Shower Greetings

My Sister-in-law needed a card for our niece's bridal shower, so she asked me to create one for her with a gift card holder inside.

She wanted me to utilize my digital software as opposed to using my stamps. So, using My Memories Suite, I chose the fonts (At Last Greeting, Century and Bliss) and for the flower cluster I used the 'I Do' flower cluster from 'Over The Fence' design. (OvThFnc)

For the inside gift card holder. I took a piece of white cardstock (4x4). I scored it at .75, 2 and 3.25. Once folded, I cut an oval the size of a standard gift card. Attaching it to the inside of the card... I then cut a piece of 4 x 5.25 cardstock and layered that on the bottom end.

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My Memories Suite
Embellishments - I Do - flower cluster (OvThFnc)
Font - At Last Greeting, Century, Bliss (black)
Paper - Mint Macaron, Whisper White, Merry Merlot

Fresh Moments

I saw this stamp set (Wonderful Moments) on Pinterest with this stamp on colored cardstock. I loved that look, as I think it draws the attention to the bride stamp. So, I wanted to create one of my own using Fresh Fig cardstock for the background.

Now... I felt that the background needed a texture to make the bride image to 'pop', so I chose the Layered Leaves DTIEF.

I colored the image with Stampin' Blends (Rich Razzleberry, Pink Pirouette, Ivory, and Soft Suede), as well as, A Wink of Stella. Wink of Stella was used only on the white dress to make it sparkle (I know you can't really see it in the photo).

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Wonderful Moments
Ink - Fresh Fig, Stampin' Blends (Rich Razzleberry, Pink Pirouette, Ivory, Soft Suede)
Paper - Whisper White, Fresh Fig
Accessories - Big Shot, Layered Leaves DTIEF, Whisper White Organdy Ribbon, White Lace (Non-SU), glue dots, Stylish Stems Framelits, Wink of Stella

Tea Wedding Shower

I had the honor of creating the wedding shower invites for my niece, Tori and her soon-to-be husband, Aaron. They will be getting married this May. The theme of the shower is "High Tea", as Tori is a huge tea drinker. I found a similar design on Etsy from Cassie Sidsworth. Thanks so much for your inspiration Cassie!

I decided to create my own using my digital software, My Memories Suite. I printed the image on paper that I got from Hollo's (a discount paper/party place). I wanted the look of an actual tea bag for these invitations.

Also, along with the invites, I created the recipe card and note attached for the invitees to fill out an bring to the wedding shower.

These were also created in my software and printed on Whisper White cardstock.

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Chic Blooms

 

When I saw Connie Collins' card (right), I loved everything about it! So.... I created a card for my own -- tweaking a few details (as you can see from my card on the left). Thanks Connie for your inspiration!

I used Pineapple Punch rather than Daffodil Delight with Gray, so my coloring looks softer.

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Birthday Blooms, Tropical Chic, Wonderful Moments

Ink - Smoky Slate, Memento, Stampin' Blends (Pineapple Punch, Smoky Slate)

Paper - Basic Gray, Whisper White

Accessories - scissors, dimensionals