Forever You

 

My brother and his wife's wedding colors were red/white and gold... I chose to make an anniversary card using the colors red/white and black. As their anniversary date is in December.... the perfect embossing folders were used as the background and square pieces.

The sentiment is from the 'Celebrating You' stamp set.

I used Wink of Stella to make the red blooms shine.

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Stamp sets- Forever Fern, Celebrating You

Ink - Memento, Real Red

Paper - Basic White, Basic Black, Real Red

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder, Wintry 3D Embossing Folder, Rectangle Stitched dies, Layering Squares dies, Forever Flourishing dies, Wink of Stella, dimensionals

Forever Love

 

I loved the monochromatic blue card that Cheryl Miller designed with the 'Forever Fern' stamp set and it's coordinating 'Forever Flourishing' dies, that I knew I had to create one of my own. Thanks Cheryl!

I also LOVED the ribbon detail on her card, so tried my hand at it. Let's just say I used a lot of glue dots to keep it in place! LOL!

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Stamp sets - Forever Fern, Lifetime of Love

Ink - Boho Blue,Versamark

Paper - Night of Navy, Boho Blue, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Forever Flourishing dies, Seasonal Labels dies, White Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Night of Navy Grosgrain Ribbon, Glue Dots, Wink of Stella, Stylus, dimensionals

Your Fern

 

I loved the simplicity of Jo Blackman's card. Thanks Jo for your inspiration. Now... I did change up a few things to make the card my own, but wanted to show where I got my creative juices flowing.

I decided to stamp the Orchid blooms on a separate piece of cardstock instead of overlapping like on Jo's card.  I also added a 'Wink of Stella' to the blooms to make them shine.

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Stamp sets - Celebrating You, Forever Fern

Ink - Orchid Oasis, Smoky Slate

Paper - Orchid Oasis, Smoky Slate, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Forever Flourishing dies, glue dots, Wink of Stella, Naturals Twine

Celebrating Fern

 

For my niece and her husband on their 4th wedding anniversary. Congratulations! May you be blessed with many more years together!

I love the 'Forever Fern' stamp set and its coordinating dies 'Forever Flourishing'.

The color combo I used was Moody Mauve, Misty Moonlight and Smoky Slate.

I used a stylus to run it on the back of the dies (while the paper was still in the dies), to make them more defined. I also added 'A Wink of Stella' to the buds to make them shine.

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Stamp sets - Celebrating You, Forever Fern

Ink - Misty Moonlight, Moody Mauve

Paper - Misty Moonlight, Moody Mauve, Smoky Slate, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Layered Leaves Embossing Folder, Rectangle Stitched dies, Forever Flourishing dies, stylus, glue dots, dimensionals

Sweet Moments

 

My Best Friend LOVES koalas... so I knew I had to purchase the 'Wild & Sweet' stamp set. It's such a lovely detailed stamp. All I needed to do was color in the image using my Stampin' Blends.

The sentiment is from the 'Wonderful Moments' set and the background is from the 'Forever Fern' stamp set.

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Stamp sets - Wild & Sweet, Forever Fern, Wonderful Moments

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Smoky Slate, Soft Suede, Mint Macaron)

Paper - Pale Papaya, Mint Macaron, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Rectangle Stitched dies, Pale Papaya Organdy Ribbon

Natures Fern

 

I was inspired by Pink Buckaroo's card (found on Pinterest). I changed the colors and added some 'Forever Fern' stamp images to make it my own, but wanted to give credit for the layout to 'Pink Buckaroo'. Thanks!

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Forever Fern

Ink - Soft Suede

Paper - Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Nature's Poem DSP

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Happy Birthday die, Forever Flourishing dies, glue dots, Paper Trimmer, Baker's Twine, Early Espresso Satin Ribbon, Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon

Thoughtful Ferns

 

This is such a great technique for a quick card. To achieve this look, lightly adhere (because you will need to take these layers apart) two pieces of Basic White cardstock on top of each other (centered). You can choose dimensions in a variety of sizes.... mine are: 3.5x 4.75in and 2.25x 3.5in. 

Stamp the leaf images over both the layers of cardstock. Gently, pull the layers apart and mat them in a coordinating color -- my choice was Mossy Meadow. I finished it off by attaching it to a Soft Sea Foam card base.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Tropical Chic, Forever Fern, Sending You Thoughts

Ink - Soft Sea Foam, Mossy Meadow

Paper - Soft Sea Foam, Mossy Meadow, Basic White

Mothers Day 2021

 

I really liked the idea of the fun-fold card here from Mary Ann Cowan. I loosely used her layout/design to create my Mother's Day cards for my Mother-in-law, my God-Mother and my Best Friend's Mom.

The color combos for the flowers are: Melon Mambo/Flirty Flamingo, Rich Razzleberry/Seaside Spray and Daffodil Delight/Calypso Coral. The leaves are combo -Granny Apple Green/Garden Green.

To achieve the soft look to the flowers and leaves, I used this technique. First color in the darker portion of the stamp with a Stampin' Write marker (in this case, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Calypso Coral. Next, ink the stamp in it's coordinating lighter color (lightly). Then stamp on paper.... cleaning stamp after each image is complete. I added a 'Wink of Stella' to the flowers to get them to sparkle.

The sentiment frames are from 'Potted Succulents' dies and 'Hippo and Friends' dies. With the Hippo and Friends dies.... don't forget to added some additional dimension by flipping the die upside-down and running a stylus around the inner edge.

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Stamp Sets - Forever Fern, Something to Celebrate

Ink - Memento, Flirty Flamingo, Seaside Spray, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Stampin' Write markers (Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Garden Green, Calypso Coral)

Paper - Seaside Spray, Calypso Coral, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Hippo and Friends dies, Potted Succulents dies, Forever Flourishing dies, Pearl Basic Jewels, Layered Leaves Embossing Folder, Wink of Stella

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

Sending Ferns

 

I found a card on Pinterest -- a card by "flutterbyHeidi" -- I hope that's right! Anyway... loved her card, so thought to try it portrait instead of landscape. Thanks Heidi!

The speckled background is a stamp from the 'Forever Fern' stamp set.

The die used to cut/emboss the straight line on the sentiment is from the 'Stitched Nested Labels' dies.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Forever Fern, Sending You Thoughts

Ink - Rococo Rose, Granite Gray

Paper - Gray Granite, Rococo Rose, Whisper White

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Stitched Nested Labels dies, Forever Flourishing dies, Gray Granite Shimmer Ribbon, glue dots

 

Best Fern

 

My brother's Mother-in-law is celebrating her 80th birthday! Congratulations! When I saw Cathy's card on Pinterest.... the gold foil and colors were perfect for an elegant birthday card.  I changed the card up a bit to make it my own, but I want to thank Cathy for her inspiration. Thanks Cathy!

I used the color combo of Old Olive, Crumb Cake and Mango Melody.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Best Year, Forever Fern

Ink - Old Olive, Mango Melody, Crumb Cake

Paper - Whisper White (thick), Whisper White, Gold Foil

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Layering Ovals dies, Forever Flourishing dies, glue dots, Pearl Basic Jewels

Brick Fern

Using the 'Forever Fern' Stamp set with it's coordinating 'Forever Flourishing' dies, it was easy to create these Thanksgiving Day cards for my family. I paired it with the 'Brick & Mortar' embossing folder and the 'Tasteful Labels' dies to make the perfect card.

I used a sponge dauber with the Crumb Cake ink on the embossed background to make it more 'Autumn' looking.

The color combo I chose was Merry Merlot/Crushed Curry/Pretty Peacock. Accent colors are Early Espresso and Crumb Cake.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Forever Fern

Ink - Early Espresso, Pretty Peacock, Merry Merlot, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake

Paper - Merry Merlot, Crushed Curry, Pretty Peacock, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Whisper White

Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Brick & Mortar embossing folder, Tasteful Labels dies, Forever Flourishing dies, Early Espresso grosgrain ribbon

Forever Bliss

 

I chose to create a card similar in layout to LeeAnn Greff's cards. The color combo is so rich and elegant! Thanks LeeAnn!

As you can see... I made the card my own by changing the sentiment and base and mat card colors.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp set - Forever Fern

Ink - Blackberry Bliss, Old Olive, Night of Navy

Paper - Blackberry Bliss, Old Olive, Night of Navy, Whisper White

Accessories - Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine, Forever Flourishing dies, Tasteful Labels dies, Basic Rhinestones

Forever Seaside

Sigh.... Coronavirus. It messes with everyone's vacation plans. Mike and I have tried to go to Hawaii every year for our Anniversary. Sadly, due to the virus, we decided not to chance it, and have a Stay-cation instead. We always have fun whereever we go. Here's to many many more years together!

The stamp set used here is 'Seaside View'. It took a while for me to choose which Stampin' Blends colors to use.... so the list is long, but I'm happy with the results and the time it took to get this finished result.

I paired this stamp set with the palm tree from 'Timeless Tropical' and the sentiment from 'Forever Fern' to make it complete.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Seaside View, Timeless Tropical, Forever Fern

Ink - Early Espresso, Old Olive, Stampin' Blends (Crumb Cake, Bronze, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Balmy Blue, Mint Macaron, Mossy Meadow, Pumpkin Pie, Gray Granite)

Paper - Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Whisper White

Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, In The Tropics dies