Better Year

 

When I saw Claire's card on Pinterest, I just knew I had to create own of my own. I just love the layout! Now, as I didn't have the gold nor the floral stamp.... I changed it to a stamp I did have. Thanks Claire for your lovely inspiration!

I added a touch of 'Wink of Stella' to the flowers to make them shine. The ribbon is retired Victoria Crocheted Trim from my stash.

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Better Together, Best Year

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Old Olive, Daffodil Delight)

Paper - Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight

Accessories - scissors, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Layered Leaves Embossing Folder

Better Golf

My neighbor golfs almost every week. I do not have an "golf" related stamps, so I looked on pinterest and found several cards that create a punch art golf scene. Perfect! Thanks for the inspiration Pinterest (and those that created this scene...which were many).

I used the Circles Collection dies to create the putting green patch. I used the two-step Owl Punch to create the hole for the green and the golf ball. The pole and the pennant were cut out using my trimmer.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp set - Better Together
Ink - Memento
Paper - Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Whisper White, Old Olive, Nature's Poem

Together with You

I wanted to try a color combo of Calypso Coral/Petal Pink/Call Me Clover... and I paired it with Basic Black for a classic look.

I used the stamp sets 'I Like You' with the sentiment from 'Better Together'. Then colored the flowers in using my Stampin' Blends.

Thanks for taking a look.

Supplies Used:
Stamp sets - I Like You, Better Together
Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Calypso Coral, Petal Pink, Call Me Clover)
Paper - Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Basic Black

 

Better In Nature

Using some new sets again from Stampin' Up! This time, it's the 'Rooted In Nature' stamp set with it's coordinating framelits - 'Nature's Roots' , and the Nature's Poem Designer Series Paper.

Stampin' Up! makes things easier to coordinate with it's new suite sets - Designer Series Papers that match/go with a stamp set. Although, you do not have to use them together... they can be used separately too.

Something interesting within the 'Nature's Roots' framelits, there are 3 dies that only emboss images. These three have a corresponding framelit to cut them out if desired. Pretty cool! As you can see, I used the embossed thinlit with the framelit for the dark leaf.

Thank for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Rooted In Nature, Better Together
Ink - Early Espresso, Cajun Craze
Paper - Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Nature's Poem DSP
Accessories - Big Shot, Precision Plate, Nature's Roots Framelits, glue dots, Linen Thread

Waterfront Lake

I really like how this card came together.  I wanted to use the lily pads and dragonfly stamps from the 'Swan Lake' set and pair it with the "water" stamp from 'Waterfront' set.

I colored the images in with my Stampin' Blends markers. Finally, I finished off the piece with the sentiment from the 'Better Together' set.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Swan Lake, Waterfront, Better Together
Ink - Soft Sky, Soft Suede, Stampin' Blends (Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy, Bronze)
Paper - Soft Sky, Soft Suede, Whisper White

 

Piano Birthday

I saw Carol's card on Pinterest through her blog 'Our Little Inspirations'. Such a cute card... and what a perfect card for a person who plays the piano or electronic keyboard piano! My card does seem a bit plain compared to hers... as I'm assuming her's is for a girl. Mine is for my Brother-in-law. I felt that it was elegant with the gold embossing and metallic ribbon.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Better Together

Ink - Versamark

Paper - Basic Black, Whisper White, Gold Foil

Accessories - Word Window Punch, Gold Metallic Ribbon, Heat Tool, Gold Emboss Powder

Puppy Love

It's sad that I needed another Pet Sympathy card within the last two months. I didn't want to use the same layout that I've used, so thought to change it up a bit. Although, still using the paw print design.

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Better Together
Ink - Memento
Paper - Crumb Cake, Basic Black
Accessories - Big Shot, Circles Collection Framelits, Two-step Owl punch, Full Heart Punch, Basic Black Shimmer Ribbon, glue dots

Better You

When I saw Jason Loucks' card with the Strawberry Slush, Black and White it was stunning... so I felt that I could re-create the card using the stamps and sentiments that I had. Thanks Jason for your wonderful card and inspiration.

I used the 'Better Together' sentiment and the 'Remarkable You' leaves stamps and stamped them with Versamark, then heat embossed with White Emboss Powder on the black cardstock. I then White Embossed the flower on Strawberry Slush cardstock and cut it out with scissors. Using dimensionals, I adhered it to the black cardstock.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Better Together, Remarkable You
Ink - Versamark
Paper - Strawberry Slush, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories - Heat Tool, White Emboss Powder, dimensionals, scissors

Dog Sympathy

I have made similar cards with this design of a dog's paw print. Since this was needed for two households, I wanted to make them a bit different. I used different ribbon and stamps on each.

Their furry friend will definitely be missed. May Dux be happily enjoying heaven with other furry friends!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Better Together, Flourishing Phrases
Ink - Early Espresso
Paper - Very Vanilla, Early Espresso
Accessories - Full Heart Punch, Circles Collection Framelits, Big Shot, Early Espresso Satin Ribbon, Early Espresso Stitched Ribbon

Better Reason

Such fun papers (Designer Series Paper)... here, I paired the 'Falling In Love' DSP with The Neutrals DSP (in this case Soft Suede)... makes a lovely monochromatic card.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Better Together, Special Reason
Ink - Sahara Sand, Soft Suede
Paper - Soft Suede, Whisper White, Neutrals DSP, Falling In Love DSP
Accessories - Big Shot, Stylish Stems Framelits, Die Brush, Precision Plate, glue dots

Better Bunch

I just had to create this cute bunny for my niece, Miranda. She's 10 now, but when she was younger she loved anything with bunnies on it. Not sure if she's that obsessed with bunnies now, but this cute one reminded me of her! Love you Randy P!

I paired the bunny from the Basket Bunch stamp set with the sentiments from the Better Together stamp set. I think this sentiment brings out the whimsical feeling of bunnies hopping around! =)

Thanks for looking!

Stamp Sets - Basket Bunch, Better Together
Ink - Memento, Pink Pirouette, Flirty Flamingo
Paper - Flirty Flamingo, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories - Big Shot, Basket Builder Framelits, glue dot, Flirty Flamingo Ruched Ribbon

Bloom Together

 

When I saw Krista Prattin's Artisan Card I just knew I had to create one of my own. I am wondering how she created her background with the stamp though.... mine looks too wide. I chose to use different colors for my card to make it my own.  Thanks Krista for your inspiration!

I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to try and get the background stamping even. The stamp is stamped twice wide and 5x down to create the background piece.

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Botanical Blooms, Better Together

Ink - Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride

Paper - Whisper White (thick), Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron

Accessories - Botanical Builder Framelits, Big Shot, Basic Pearls, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Better Friends

Such a cute reindeer! The Foxy Friends stamp set offers many different animals to create with it... I knew I had to make a reindeer card for Christmas for my nephew.

I think the Candy Cane Lane DSP worked perfectly with this stamp too!

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Foxy Friends, Better Together
Ink - Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Memento, Early Espresso
Paper - Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Candy Cane Lane DSP
Accessories - Big Shot, Banners Framelits, Fox Builder Punch, Linen Thread, glue dot