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

 

Fall Garden

As you can see I received inspiration from Dawn Olchefske's card.  Using her layout and design, and with the supplies I had... I created something similar. Thanks Dawn for your inspiration!

I die-cut the sunflowers within the white cardstock and adhered positive and negative pieces back together on Daffodil cardstock. The Navy looks black, but I can assure you it's Navy cardstock.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Falling Flowers, Avant Garden
Ink - Soft Suede, Night of Navy
Paper - Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Night of Navy, Night of Navy DSP, Soft Suede
Accessories - Big Shot, Precision Plate, May Flowers Framelits, Circles Collection Framelits

Avant Flowers

I saw a similar card on Pinterest using DSP underneath the swirly scribbles die-cut... so I thought to try it out here.  I added flowers on the die-cut scribbles as I thought it was a bit plain without anything there. Hope you like it!

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Avant Garden, Falling Flowers
Ink - Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach, Sweet Sugarplum, Emerald Envy
Paper - Peekaboo Peach, Sweet Sugarplum, Flirty Flamingo, Emerald Envy, Whisper White, Emerald Envy DSP
Accessories - Big Shot, Die Brush, Swirly Scribbles, May Flowers, Basic Pearls, glue dots

Big On Flowers

I believe this is my new favorite color combo....Peekaboo Peach, Old Olive and Whisper White. Now Olive Olive is my all time favorite color....so I'm sure any color that pairs with it will be fantastic! =)

For the ribbon detail, I used 2 different ribbons and just laid one on top the other.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Falling Flowers, Big On Birthdays
Ink - Peekaboo Peach, Old Olive
Paper - Peekaboo Peach, Old Olive, Whisper White
Accessories - Big Shot, May Flowers Framelits, dimensionals, glue dots, Peekaboo Peach Ribbon, Old Olive Ribbon

Celebrating 10

 

I saw Debbie Mageed's card on Pinterest... and I so loved her kitty that I wanted to try creating one of my own.  Thanks Debbie for your inspiration.  I used the same "Celebrate Today" stamp set that she did as well.

To create the kitty, I used the Circles Collection Framelits to cut out the body, tummy, feet (cut in half) and tail sections (to create the curve...and just used scissors to round out the tip). I used the Owl Two-step punch for the circle for the mouth. And for the ears, I used the May Flower Framelits -- the leaf framelit -- once in yellow and than in white. I used markers to add the stripes, mouth and whiskers. Finally with pearls.... colored them black with staz-on ink for the eyes.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp set: Celebrate Today

Ink - Crushed Curry, Basic Black, Black Staz-on, Memento

Paper - Real Red, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White Basic Black

Accessories - Big Shot, Die Brush, Circles Collection Framelits, May Flowers Framelits, Little Letters Thinlits, Balloon Framelits, Basic Pearls, Thick Black Twine, Two-step Owl Punch, scissors

Cherry Blossoms

When I saw the leaves stamp in the Falling Flowers stamp set... I felt they would work great as branches of a tree. With the addition of the flowers in that same stamp set ----I've turned it into a Cherry Blossom tree!

Cherry Blossoms remind me of the the coming spring and everything being in bloom....as well as thoughts of love. So I felt it perfect for a Valentine's Day card for my hubby!
I love him so very much!

I embossed the leaves in white, as well as the sentiment. I added the blossoms with glue dots.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Falling Flowers, Flourishing Phrases
Ink - Versamark, Pink Pirouette
Paper - Smoky Slate, Whisper White
Accessories - Big Shot, May Flowers Framelits, glue dots, White Emboss Powder, Heat Tool

Flower Birthday Years

I get many of my card inspirations from online, and this layout/design was one of them. Thanks to ZoeR on Splitcoaststampers website... I loosely used your design to create my own with the tools I had. Thanks ZoeR!

Here is her card:

I used Sweet Sugarplum and white for my card as my niece likes purple and blue!

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Number of Years, Falling Flowers, Birthday Blossoms

Ink - Sweet Sugarplum

Paper - Sweet Sugarplum, Whisper White, Sweet Sugarplum DSP

Accessories - Big Shot, Large Number Framelits, May Flowers Framelits, dimensionals

Caring Flowers

Our Aunt had open heart surgery to replace/repair to faulty valves in her heart. Since I cannot be there in person to give her flowers... what better way to cheer her up than sending cheerful flowers that will never wilt!

I used the Falling Flowers stamp set with the coordinating May Flowers Framelits. I didn't have a "current" Get Well wish sentiment, so I used a retired stamp from the Kind and Caring Thoughts stamp set.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Falling Flowers, Kind and Caring Thoughts

Ink - Soft Suede

Paper - Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede, Peekaboo Peach, Very Vanilla

Accessories - Big Shot, May Flowers Framelits, Basic Pearls, dimensionals, glue dots

Fall Pairings

I saw these colors together on Pinterest and just had to use them on this Fall birthday card. I LOVE Fall colors! Such a lovely time with all the changing leaves and cooler weather too.

I wanted to create a masculine card, as this is for my Uncle. I thought to dress up the rectangular piece with the Curvy Corner Trio Punch.

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Supplies Used

Stamp Sets - Falling Flowers, Perfect Pairings

Ink - Early Espresso, Delightful Dijon, Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke

Paper - Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke, Cajun Craze, Delightful Dijon

Accessories - May Flowers Thinlits, Big Shot, glue dots, Linen Thread, Curvy Corner Trio Punch

Time For Flowers

For my hubby on our anniversary! Celebrating 14 years! I love you honey!

I utilized 3 different stamp sets for this card: Falling Flowers for the black vine and red flowers; Time of Year for the banner 'Always'; and Flourishing Phrases for the words 'I Love You'.

I love how it all came together so easily. I was not going to add the flowers...as the vine is pretty on it's own, but with the added flowers it just steps it up with the wow factor!

I pray that we are blessed with many more years together!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Stamp Sets - Falling Flowers, Time of Year, Flourishing Phrases
Ink - Real Red, Memento
Paper - Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories - Big Shot, Precision Plate, Bunch of Banners Framelits, May Flowers Framelits, dimensionals, rhinestones

Falling Cards

I've seen a few cards using this layout with a slice of the top cardstock cut out, so wanted to try my hand at it.

I'm sure there is an easier way to do this, but I will share how I accomplished it.  With the front of the card and the Simply Scored Tool I scored a diagonal line on the carstock...then I moved only the bottom portion to create another score line. I then used my scissors to cut on the score lines. (The Designer Series Paper is covering the back portion of the card front, so that when the person who opens the card will see the left portion all covered).

I wanted to use the Falling Flowers and the May Flowers Framelits for the first time! Cute set... I can see so many possibilities!

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Stamp Sets - Falling Flowers, Tin of Cards
Ink - Memento
Paper - Whisper White (thick), Mint Macaron, Daffodil Delight, Cajun Craze, Botanical Gardens DSP, glue dots, rhinestones