Evergreen Christmas

 

One of the Christmas cards I designed this year. I wanted simple yet elegant and I think I succeeded. lol

I used the 'Forever Forest' stamp set with its coordinating dies. I used the 'Star of Light' stamp set for the sentiment. I used the 'Evergreen Forest' embossing folder for the background. The Designer Series Paper is from the 'Peaceful Prints' DSP.

I added a Wink of Stella' to the trees to make them shine.

I used Rectangle Stitched dies for most of the pieces (except for the mat of the Evergreen Forest background).

Thanks for looking!

Stamp set - Forever Forest, Star of Light

Ink - Garden Green 

Paper - Basic White, Garden Green, Peaceful Prints DSP

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing folder, Rectangle Stitched dies, Square Stitched dies (non-SU), Wink of Stella, dimensionals

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!

Thanks for looking!

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

Wooden Waterfront

My nephew is turning 20 today.... a young man -- no longer a teen. He lives in Colorado (my twin sister's son). I wanted to give him a card that reflected where he lives, but still be masculine. I believe I have achieved it here!

The stamp set used here is 'Waterfront' and I paired it with the sentiment stamp from the 'Happy Birthday Gorgeous' set.

The background is from the Wood Textures DSP. The twine is non-SU from my local craft store.

Thanks for dropping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Waterfront, Happy Birthday Gorgeous
Ink - Soft Suede, Mossy Meadow
Paper - Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Wood Textures DSP
Accessories - Layered Stitched Squares Dies, Die-Cut Machine, Twine, dimensionals

 

Spring Vases

Hello Spring! And Happy Easter!

Since I needed to create several Easter cards... I decided to make each a little different, so my family could receive a slightly different one from the others. I chose to utilize the Sale-A-Bration Organza Ribbon as my color choices -- Daffodil Delight, Highland Heather, Lemon-Lime Twist, Balmy Blue and Grapefruit Grove.

I used the vase from the 'Varied Vases' stamp set, the flowers and leaves from the 'Vibrant Vases' stamp set, and the sentiment from the 'Circle of Spring' stamp set. The stems for the flowers were hand-drawn with the Lemon-Lime Twist Stampin' Write marker.

Thanks for dropping by!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Varied Vases, Vibrant Vases, Circle of Spring

Ink - Smoky Slate, Daffodil Delight, Highland Heather, Lemon-Lime Twist, Powder Pink, Balmy Blue, Grapefruit Grove

Paper - Whisper White, Lemon-Lime Twist, Daffodil Delight, Powder Pink, Grapefruit Grove, Balmy Blue, Highland Heather

Accessories - Big Shot, Layered Leaves DTIEF, Stitched Squares, Vases Builder, Organza Ribbon (Grapefruit Grove, Lemon-Lime Twist, Highland Heather, Balmy Blue, Daffodil Delight), 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.

Thanks for taking a closer look!

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)