Celebrate Chocolate

 

The 'Nothings Better Than' stamp set is just perfect for a Valentine's Day card! I wanted to create a box of chocolates.... such a cute idea! I used my 'Nesting Stitched Hearts' dies (Non-SU), to cut out a white heart. I then, stamped several times on the cardstock to create all the chocolates you see here (as you can see I didn't using a masking technique.... just stamped in rows to cover the whole shape. I matted the heart, with an Early Espresso piece of cardstock.

Both the sentiment and the banner are retired stamp sets (Something to Celebrate and Birthday Banners, respectively). The Bunch of Banners is also retired.

The background is an embossing folder 'Stone'. I thought it resembled hardened chocolate when you unwrap it.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Nothing Better Than, Something to Celebrate, Birthday Banners

Ink - Early Espresso, Cinnamon Cider, Stampin' Blends (Cinnamon Cider, Bronze)

Paper - Cinnamon Cider, Early Espresso, Whisper White

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Nested Stitched Hearts dies, Bunch of Banners dies, Stone Embossing Folder

 

Seasonal Wood

 

My Dad has just recently made (by hand) 3 Adirondack chairs for his home. So, with that in mind, I found Kathie Durgan's card on pinterest. I figured that I could create something similar.  Thanks Kathie for your inspiration! As you can see... I changed some things to make it my own, but wanted to give credit to Kathie who inspired my card.

I used the color combo of Early Espresso/Dapper Denim/Crushed Curry.

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Stamp Set - Colorful Seasons, Birthday Banners

Ink - Early Espresso, Crushed Curry

Paper - Dapper Denim, Whisper White, Color Theory DSP

Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Layering Squares dies, Bunch of Banners dies, Seasonal Layers dies, dimensionals

Leaf Express

I saw similar cards on Pinterest using different colored papers and layouts with the 'Vintage Leaves' stamp set and the 'Woodland Textured' embossing folder together. I loved the combination of the two together.... I just needed to create something with both!

The sentiment is from the 'Express Yourself' stamp set.... and the banner die is from the 'Bunch of Banners' dies.

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Stamp sets - Vintage Leaves, Express Yourself

Ink - Old Olive, Memento

Paper - Old Olive, Basic Black, Whisper White

Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Woodland Textures embossing folder, Leaflets dies, Bunch of Banners dies, dimensionals, glue dots, Basic Black twine

 

Varied Meadow

As with the 'Waterfront' and 'Snow Front' stamp sets, the 'My Meadow' stamp set offers countless watercolor scenes to design. You could also combine any of these stamp sets to create more scenes. On this card, I chose to stick with the 'My Meadow' stamp set... and pair it with the sentiment from 'Varied Vases'.

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Stamp Sets - My Meadow, Varied Vases
Ink - Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Granny Apple Green, Petal Pink, Balmy Blue, Highland Heather
Paper - Petal Pink, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Bunch of Banners dies, white twine

 

In Color Moments

One of my nieces is turning 16! She is growing up... well, all my nieces and nephews are! Which makes me that much older too! EEEkkk! LOL! She's such a young lady already, and I wanted to give her a card more grown up then cute kid card.

I wanted to utilize one of the new In-Colors, so I chose Seaside Spray. I paired it with Calypso Coral and Soft Sea Foam.

I colored in the images with Stampin' Blends - Soft Sea Foam, Calypso Coral, Ivory, Crumb Cake, and Balmy Blue.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Wonderful Moments
Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Soft Sea Foam, Calypso Coral, Ivory, Crumb Cake, and Balmy Blue)
Paper - Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Seaside Spray DSP
Accessories - Calypso Coral Sheer Ribbon, Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Bunch of Banners Dies

Tropical Wonder

 

I love the 'Tropical Chic' stamp set and its coordinating dies 'Tropical'. When I saw Jackie Aitken's card (on the right), I just knew I needed one for myself.  Thanks Jackie for your inspiration!

As well as using the dies from 'Tropical', I used the stems dies from 'Bouquet Bunch' and banner die from 'Bunch of Banners'.  I used the sentiment from 'Wonderful Moments' Stamp set.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Tropical Chic, Wonderful Moments
Ink - Pineapple Punch, Mango Melody, Melon Mambo, Garden Green
Paper - Lemon Lime Twist, Whisper White, Pineapple Punch, Garden Green
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Tropical dies, Bouquet Bunch dies, Bunch of Banners dies, glue dots, Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder

 

Candle Banners

 

When I saw Patsy Waggoner's card (right), I wanted to create one for myself using the products I had on hand. Thanks Patsy for your inspiration!

I used the Houndstooth Embossing Folder for the background for my card. I used scissors to cut out the candles and the flames... everything else had a die-cut.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp sets - Birthday Banners, Picture Perfect Birthday

Ink - Blackberry Bliss, Crushed Curry

Paper - Blackberry Bliss, Granny Apple Green, Whisper White

Accessories - scissors, Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Houndstooth Embossing Folder, Bunch of Banners dies, Layering Ovals dies, dimensionals, glue dots

 

Mother's Day 2019

Mother's Day is always a hard time for me, as my Mother is no longer here on Earth. I know she is watching me from heaven, and I know I will be with her again someday! My husband still has his Mom, and she is a comfort to me too. I do have a few Mother-figures in my life, as does Mike too. 

My God-Mother (my Aunt Pat), my best friend's Mom (Kathy) and Mike's family friend (Jennifer). Thanks to all the Mom's out there who love, nurture and provide.... not only for your family, but to all the extended "family" too! Hugs and love to all of you!

I wanted to show you how I received inspiration from SallyStampers card (bottom)... and changed it to make it my own! Thanks for your inspiration Sally!

I utilized many different stamp sets for my cards. The banner is from 'Birthday Banners' and the words inside the banner is from 'Thoughtful Banners'. The flowers and leaves are from 'Falling Flowers' with it's coordinating 'May Flowers' framelits. The banner is die-cut using the 'Bunch of Banners' Framelits. My background is one that I absolutely LOVE!!!!! 'Layered Leaves' DTIEF.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Falling Flowers, Birthday Banners, Thoughtful Banners

Ink - Grapefruit Grove, Daffodil Delight, Highland Heather, Blushing Bride, Memento, Blackberry Bliss, Melon Mambo

Paper - Grapefruit Grove, Daffodil Delight, Highland Heather, Blushing Bride, Whisper White

Accessories - Big Shot, Layered Leaves DTIEF, May Flowers Framelits, Bunch of Banners Framelits, dimensionals, glue dots, Lemon Lime Twist Organdy Ribbon

 

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.

Thanks for dropping by! Aloha and Mahalo!

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

 

Painted Pines

With each stamp set I purchase, I sometimes look to see if there's an unusual way to use the stamp/image/shape. With the 'Christmas Pines' stamp set... you would think that you could only use it for pinecones. Well, I noticed that the image sort of looked like a pineapple too. So, I thought to make a cute card using the image as a pineapple.

For the greenery for the pineapple, I used the leaf stamp in the 'Painted Harvest' stamp set.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Christmas Pines, Painted Harvest, Birthday Banners
Ink - Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green
Paper - Pineapple Punch, Whisper White, Nature's Poem DSP
Accessories - Big Shot, Pretty Pines Thinlits, Bunch of Banners Framelits, dimensionals, Stitched Square Framelits (non-SU)

 

Pinewood Banner

I really liked the masculine feel to Christie's Creations card (bottom), so I decided to create one of my own using her general layout!  Thanks Christie!

I die-cut the banners from the 'Bunch of Banners' framelits. You can't see it from the card, but I cut the brown and yellow banners, so that I could a bit longer than the green ones.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Birthday Banners

Ink - Early Espresso

Paper - Garden Green, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Painted Autumn DSP

Accessories - Big Shot, Bunch of Banners Framelits, Pinewood Planks DTIEF

Flourishing Banners

My husband's parents are celebrating there 61 wedding anniversary! WOW! Such a wonderful happy marriage! Congratulations to them!

I decided to pair the Flourish Thinlits along with the 'Banners for You' stamp set and their coordinating framelits.

I added the Basic Pearls on the circles of the Flourish Thinlits to make it more elegant than it was without them.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Banners for You
Ink - Basic Gray
Paper - Basic Gray, Whisper White
Accessories - Big Shot, Precision Plate, Die Brush, Flourish Thinlits, Bunch of Banners Framelits, Basic Pearls, Glue Dots

Banner Birds

Such a fun card! I cannot take credit for it as I found the design on Pinterest! I loved the colors so much... I used them on mine too!  Thanks Diane Ouellette for your wonderful card. Here is what her's look liked:

See... almost identical! I used scissors to cut out each pinwheel (sail)... the middle piece is from the Swirly Birds stamp set and has a matching die-cut within the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Swirly Bird, Birthday Banners

Ink - Dapper Denim, Crushed Curry, Real Red, Soft Sky, Early Espresso

Paper - Dapper Denim, Whisper White

Accessories - Big Shot, Bunch of Banners, Swirly Scribbles, scissors

Milestone Banner

The Little Numbers Thinlits make it so easy to create milestone birthday cards.  This one is for my Uncle who is turning 85! Congrats to him!

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Birthday Banners
Ink - Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy, Memento
Paper - Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy, Whisper White
Accessories - Big Shot, Little Numbers Thinlits, Bunch of Banners Framelits, Balloon Bouquet Punch

Yearly Banner

The 'Time of Year' stamp set is a great set for masculine cards (in my opinion). Not too mushy with the sentiments and hardly any flowers.

This one is for my brother-in-law.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Time of Year
Ink - Memento, Smoky Slate
Paper - Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Botanical Gardens DSP
Accessories - Bunch of Banners Framelits, Big Shot, dimensionals, Smoky Slate Stitched Ribbon

Detailed Banners

I saw a few cards on Pinterest where they used the Detailed Floral Thinlits and paper-pieced different colors within the die-cut piece. All I can say is... wow! that takes a lot of patience and a delicate hand! I ruined my first attempt with the tiny pieces inside the flowers. So... I decided to paper-piece behind the die-cut, so I didn't need to deal with very tiny pieces.

I chose these soft but bright colors to brighten up the deary days of winter. I sure hope my Aunt (and GodMom) loves it!

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Birthday Banners
Ink - Peekaboo Peach
Paper - Peekaboo Peach, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Accessories - Big Shot, Precision Plate, Die Brush, Detailed Floral Thinlits, Bunch of Banners Framelits, glue dots, dimensionals

Star Banner

I decided to copy one of the layouts on the cover of the Holiday Catalog 2016.... making it my own with different papers and sentiment stamps. Great layout!

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Good Greetings, Birthday Banners
Ink - Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green
Paper - Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, This Christmas DSP
Accessories - Big Shot, Bunch of Banners Framelits, Stars Framelits, dimensionals

Letter Year

Christmas Joy! Another Christmas card complete!

Thanks for taking the time to look closer!

I used the Large Letter Framelits on the Candy Cane Lane DSP and adhered (the negative piece) to white cardstock, so that there was a white in mat as well.  I used the 'Christmas' stamp from the 'Time of Year' hostess set to complete the sentiment.

Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Time of Year

Ink - Real Red

Paper - Real Red, Whisper White, Candy Cane Lane DSP

Accessories - Big Shot, Large Letters Framelits, Bunch of Banners Framelits, dimensionals

Birthday Time

Using the Hostess set from Stampin' Up! to create a masculine card for my Uncle. I used the 'It's My Party' DSP on the bottom portion of this card.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Time of Year
Ink - Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze
Paper - Early Espresso, Whisper White, Cajun Craze, It's My Party DSP
Accessories - Bunch of Banners, Big Shot, Early Espresso Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, glue dots.

Foxy Banners

My niece loves animals, so of course I'm going to have a cute little critter on her card! LOVE this set!

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Foxy Friends, Birthday Banners
Ink - Cajun Craze, Sahara Sand
Paper - Cajun Craze, It's My Party DSP, Whisper White
Accessories - Big Shot, Bunch of Banners Framelits, Circle Collection Framelits, glue dots