Coastal Waterfront

 

Amanda Bates' card is a beautiful tropical scene.... I wanted to try to capture that for my own card. Now, I know she used different colors than I did on my card.... but her placement of stamps are relatively the same.  Thanks Amanda!

It was a bit hard to get good coloring on my stamps.... to soften the look. Ink the stamp, stamp on a scrap piece of paper, then  stamp on the cardstock. I did that with the water and mountains. I added 'Wink of Stella' to the sun and top of the mountains to give it some sparkle.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Happy Birthday Gorgeous, Waterfront

Ink - Early Espresso, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Highland Heather, Blushing Bride, Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody

Paper - Coastal Cabana, Early Espresso, Whisper White

Accessories - Wink of Stella

Ladybug Years

 

Not sure who posted this lovely creation that I found on Pinterest (it was just a photo... and no website or name attached to it). As far as I can tell... this card was a 5x7 card. I designed mine to be 4.25x5.5 card. Therefore, I had to make some changes to dies and placements.

The sentiment is from the retired 'Number of Years' stamp set. The '2' die is from the 'Little Numbers' dies. The coloring on the ladybugs are Poppy Parade, Smoky Slate and Ivory. The flower is colored in using Granny Apple Green and Soft Sea Foam for the leaves/stem and Flirty Flamingo and Daffodil Delight for the flower. I added a 'Wink of Stella' to the flower petals and the '2' die to make it sparkle.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Little Ladybug, Number of Years

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Poppy Parade, Flirty Flamingo, Smoky Slate, Ivory, Granny Apple Green, Soft Sea Foam)

Paper - Flirty Flamingo, Basic Black, Whisper White

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Little Numbers dies, Ladybug dies, dimensionals. Wink of Stella

Whimsy Seashells

 

The Stamp Set 'Friends Are Like Seashells", the coordinating dies "Seaside Seashells' and the embossing folder "Seashells" offer many different cards options! It's best to get all 3 as they coordinate so well together. You'd be missing out if you didn't.

You may see a bit of the shimmer on the background of my card. Yes, I did paint the whole background with my Wink of Stella to make it shimmer as in the ocean. I also added Wink of Stella to the die cut seashells.

The sentiment is edged in the 'Stitched with Whimsy'  dies. I did fussy cut with my scissors the edge around the die-cut (I used the actual die as my guide to cut around it).

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Stamp Set - Friends Are Like Seashells

Ink - Early Espresso, Terracotta Tile

Paper - Terracotta Tile, Whisper White, Crumb Cake

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Stitched with Whimsy dies, Seaside Seashells dies, Seashells Embossing Folder, dimensionals, Shimmer Ribbon

Tasteful Sipping

 

My Twin is a wine enthusiast, so when I bought the 'Sip Sip Hooray' stamp set..... it was with her in mind, along with all my nieces and nephews who will eventually turn 21. Personally, I am not a wine drinker, but to each there own.

When I saw Caroline's cards on Pinterest, I just knew I had to create one for my twin.  My sister prefers red wine.... so it was fitting to use the 'Merry Merlot' cardstock.

I heat embossed with gold embossing powder the sentiment and the wine glass.

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Stamp Set - Sip Sip Hooray

Ink- Merry Merlot, Versamark

Paper - Merry Merlot, Whisper White, Gold Foil

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Sip and Celebrate dies, Tasteful Labels dies, Gold Twine (non-SU), Champagne Rhinestones Basic Jewels

Palette Card

 

My twin's 50th birthday is here! She loves the color blue!

I used Stampin' Blends markers to color in the images.... Misty Moonlight and Seaside Spray for the flowers and Mossy Meadow and Old Olive for the leaves.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Petal Palette, Here's A Card

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Seaside Spray, Misty Moonlight)

Paper - Seaside Spray, Misty Moonlight, Whisper White

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Petals & More dies, Stone Embossing Folder, Misty Moonlight Ribbon, glue dots

Kitty Patrick

 

I'm not big on sending cards for St. Patrick's Day, but I so wanted to create a shamrock out of hearts. My littlest niece loves cards, so the perfect recipient for my card! She is into any and all animals, so chose a cute kitty to be on the front with the shamrock.

The shamrock is made by die-cutting 8 hearts. I used the Nested Stitched Hearts (non-SU). Each heart is folded in half, so that when two are put together it makes a heart and stands out from the paper. To make the adhering process easier.... I die-cut a small circle underneath to stick the hearts on (can't be seen here). The stem for the shamrock is just cut with scissors free-hand.

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Supplies Used:

My Memories Suite digital software

Font - Honey Script (green)

Stamp Set - Pretty Kitty

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Mossy Meadow, Smoky Slate, Petal Pink)

Paper - Garden Green, Whisper White, Garden Green DSP, Gold Foil

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Nested Stitched Hearts dies (Non-SU), Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewel, Glue dots

Heartfelt Moments

 

It's always hard to create new sympathy cards, but it's especially hard when it's a relative who has lost their unborn baby due to miscarriage. I've designed this card using the 'Wonderful Moments' stamp set (even though it's definitely not a wonderful moment). I used the colors Smoky Slate and Basic White, but to soften the Smoky Slate color.... I stamped first on a scrap piece of paper before stamping onto the Basic White cardstock.

I used the 'Layering Ovals' die to partially cut out the oval, and then used my scissors to cut around the pregnant lady.  I added Wink of Stella to the butterfly to make it shine like the angel he/she is! 

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Wonderful Moments, Heartfelt Blooms, Hippo Happiness (butterfly)

Ink - Smoky Slate

Paper - Basic White, Smoky Slate

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Hippo and Friends dies, Layering Ovals dies, Layered Leaves Embossing Folder, glue dots, scissors

Petal Moments

 

I found inspiration from Rochelle Blok's card. Such a beauty.... I changed mine a bit to make it my own! Thanks Rochelle!

The color combo used on my card is Pool Party, Petal Pink, So Saffron and Sea Foam Green.  Even though you can't see it in my photo.... there is Wink of Stella on the pink flowers to add a touch of  shimmer to the card.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Peaceful Moments, Jar of Flowers

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends ( Pool Party, Petal Pink, So Saffron and Sea Foam Green), Wink of Stella

Paper - Pool Party, Whisper White, Basic Black

Snow Fern

 

Jackie Bultje's card is just adorable.... so I knew I had to create one for my friends' who moved to a new home. Now, I didn't have her exact die shapes or stamps, so I used what I had. As my friends' are a couple.... I thought including 2 birds was a great idea!

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Stamp Sets - Forever Fern, Snow Front

Ink - Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler

Paper - Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Forever Flourishing dies, Home Together dies