Tropical Bouquet

If you've ever been to Hawaii, you know that it's the best place to have freshest pineapple. Here on the mainland, pineapples are good, but lacking that extra freshness that only ripened on the plant and not ripened anywhere else gives you!

For all the pineapple lovers out there.... this card is for you! And for my friend, Reva, who loves pineapples!

I used the 'In The Tropics' dies to cut out the pineapple. As there were holes after the dies were cut, I placed a lighter yellow shade behind the die-cut to make it resemble more of a pineapple.

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Stamp Sets - Timeless Tropical, Beautiful Bouquet
Ink - Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink, Stampin' Blends (Petal Pink, Bronze)
Paper - Petal Pink, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, In The Tropics dies, dimensionals

 

Painted Bouquet

I really like how versatile you can get with the 'Beautiful Bouquet' stamp set. So many possibilities! I paired this set with the DSP called 'Painted Autumn'. The color combo used here is Garden Green/Blueberry Bushel/Balmy Blue.

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Stamp Set - Beautiful Bouquet
Ink - Garden Green, Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel
Paper - Blueberry Bushel, Pear Pizzazz, Garden Green, Whisper White, Painted Autumn DSP
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Bouquet Bunch dies, dimensionals

Graces Thoughts

A few new stamp sets that I'm using here. The first is the 'Grace's Garden' stamp set that coordinates with the 'Garden Gateway' dies. The second is the 'Sending You Thoughts' which has different sentiments within the set. Pair these together, and you have a lovely Get Well or Thinking of You card!

I used the retired 'Wood Textures' DSP to dimension to the wooden fence.

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Stamp Sets - Graces Garden, Sending You Thoughts
Ink - Early Espresso, Stampin' Blends (Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Cobbler)
Paper - Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Early Espresso, Wood Textures DSP
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Garden Gateway dies, dimensionals, glue dots

 

Sailing Theory

Had to create a pick me up card for very dear friends of the family who are going through a hard time. They have helped us out so much throughout the years... we felt the need to give back to them.

The 'Sailing Home' stamp set and it's coordinating dies 'Smooth Sailing' is the perfect set for this occasion.

May they have smooth sailing soon!

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Stamp Sets - Sailing Home
Ink - Night of Navy
Paper - Seaside Spray, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Color Theory DSP
Accessories - Smooth Sailing dies, Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Stitched Squares dies, dimensionals

Snow Palette

Happy Valentine's Day!! This one is for my husband! I love him more today than when we got married 17 years ago! Tell the people you love them today! Hug them tight!

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Stamp Sets - Snow Place, Petal Palette
Ink - Memento, Smoky Slate, Real Red, Stampin' Blends (Mango Melody)
Paper - Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Snow Friends dies, Bottles and Bubbles dies, dimensionals

Fun Greetings

Such a cute stamp set to use for kids (really for anyone!). This is a retired Stampin' Up! set called 'Pun Fun'. I'm sure my youngest niece will love this card.

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Stamp Sets - Pun Fun, Good Greetings
Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Smoky Slate, Poppy Parade, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight)
Paper - Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Whisper White, Poppy Parade DSP
Accessories - Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon, Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Layering Squares dies

 

Southern Magnolia

I just love the coloring on the Magnolia Lane DSP flowers, so wanted to create the same with my Stampin' Blends. Very cool!

I used the DSP for my background piece too.

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Stamp sets - Southern Serenade, Good Morning Magnolia
Ink - Early Espresso, Stampin' Blends (Bronze, Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink)
Paper - Petal Pink, Magnolia Lane DSP, Whisper White
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Magnolia Memory Dies, Circles Collection dies, dimensionals

Birthday Front

I do have to admit that this card's layout is not one I created on my own. I found the layout on Pinterest... thanks for the inspiration to create this card!

I used the stamp sets 'Snow Front' and 'Happy Birthday Gorgeous' to make this beauty. The colors are muted to create a watercolor look. To achieve this, I stamped the image on a scrap piece of paper before stamping on the cardstock.

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Stamp sets - Snow Front, Happy Birthday Gorgeous
Ink - Crumb Cake, Balmy Blue, Mossy Meadow
Paper - Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Woodland, Linen Twine, dimensionals, scissors

 

Peacefully Wild

My Aunt loves Pandas (or did when I was little). When I saw this set the 'Wildly Happy' set... I knew the panda stamp would make a lovely card for her.

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Stamp Sets - Wildly Happy, Peaceful Moments
Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Gray Granite, Crumb Cake)
Paper - Basic Gray, Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories - Real Red Solid Ribbon

 

Seaside Shells

The Seaside Notions stamp set does not come with coordinating dies, but that does not stop me from cutting them out individually with scissors.

I had some trouble deciding on the background DSP color.... I could have chosen Soft Sea Foam or a Balmy Blue, but I chose to use Crumb Cake to make the scene a wavy sand background piece.

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Stamp set - Seaside Notions
Ink - Soft Suede, Stampin' Blends (Crumb Cake, Ivory, Soft Suede)
Paper - Calypso Coral, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Crumb Cake DSP
Accessories - scissors, Soft Suede Grosgrain Polka Dot