Happy Dino

 

Such a cute card by Stacey Marsh... I just had to create one of my own. I loved the added heart to the background. Thanks Stacey for your inspiration!

The heart die is from the 'Be Mine' die set.

The sentiment die is from the 'Tasteful Labels' die set.

The paper is from the 'Twinkle Twinkle' designer series paper.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Dino Days

Ink - Night of Navy, Pool Party

Paper - Crumb Cake, Basic White, Twinkle Twinkle DSP

Accessories - Paper Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Dino dies, Tasteful Labels dies, Be Mine dies, dimensionals, Baker's Twine, glue dots

Hoppy Pad

 

I love how this card came out! I was inspired by two of Narelle Farrugia's cards... which you can see here:

Thanks so much Narelle for your inspiration!

There was a lot of masking to create the scene you see here.

I stamped the frog  (from the 'So Hoppy Together' stamp set) first. Then placing a mask (scrap piece of paper cut out with the exact image of the frog) over the frog, I stamped the lily pad (from the 'Lovely Lily Pad' stamp set) that he is sitting on. I used the same technique for the big and small lotus blossom. I then masked (scrap piece of paper cut out with the exact images) each and every stamped image, and stamped with the 'Artisan Textures' stamp over the background for a water scene.

The sentiment is from the 'Sending You Thoughts' stamp set.

I used several different colors here:

The frog is in Mossy Meadow and So Saffron

The flower Petals are in Purple Posy and Highland Heather. The leaves are Just Jade.

The Lily Pads are Mint Macaron and Soft Sea Foam.

The textured background is in Pool Party (stamped off once on a scrap piece of paper to make the tone lighter)

I added a Wink of Stella to the flower petals to make them shine.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Lovely Lily Pad, Artisan Textures, So Hoppy Together, Sending You Thoughts

Ink - Memento, Pool Party, Stampin' Blends (So Saffron, Mossy Meadow, Just Jade, Mint Macaron, Soft Sea Foam, Purple Posy, Highland Heather)

Paper - Highland Heather, Basic Black, Basic White

Accessories - Wink of Stella

Vibrant Blooms

 

It took me a long time to create this card. Not sure what my creative block was. I started with a different vase and many stems coming from that vase. I guess less is more - right! LOL 

Now, I did add Shimmer Crystal Effects to the vase AFTER I took this photo, so the vase will have a 3D shimmer effect. AND, the flowers all have 'Wink Of Stella' added to them to make them shine.

I used the 'True Love' DSP for the background. Sets the feminine touch just nicely.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Vibrant Vases, Flowering Blooms, Little Ladybug

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Basic Black, Pineapple Punch, Daffodil Delight)

Paper - Basic White, Pineapple Punch, Basic Black, True Love DSP

Accessories - Wink of Stella, Shimmer Crystal Effects, Stampin' Trimmer, masking w/scrap piece of paper (to get only a portion of the flower stem)

Baseball Banner

My Godson loves anything baseball. I try to incorporate a baseball theme for his birthday each year... and this year is no different. I used My Memories Suite digital software to create this wonderful card for him.

The baseball is actually an image I found online... free clipart. Not sure who to give credit to.... so if it's yours..... please let me know, so I can give you credit! The image was actually a baseball on a white background... so when I went to add a shadow, it showed up as a square. NOT COOL!  The way around that, is to save your image as a paper on your computer (just save the file to your background papers). Then, by adding a circle shape (punch) to your design space... and choosing that image paper to encompass that circle shape. SWEET! Now, I can add shadows to all the baseballs.... and make them however size I need them to be.

The Banner is from Sugarmoon Designs... just changed the color to match my color combo.

Thanks for taking a closer look!

Supplies Used:

My Memories Suite digital software

Embellishments - Baseball (free clipart online); Birthday Mini (banner-Sgrmoon)

Punch - Star (filled w/red and blue), Circle (filled w/Baseball)

Paper - Misty Moonlight, Poppy Parade, Basic White

Waterfront Catch

 

The 'Waterfront' stamp set is very versatile and helps in making many masculine cards. I wish it wasn't retiring. I paired the stamp set with the 'Evergreen Forest' 3D Embossing Folder.

The trees are stamped using Mossy Meadow and Evening Evergreen. The lighter shade is Evening Evergreen too.... just stamped on a scrap piece of paper and then stamped on the actual paper.

I added Crystal Effects to make the trees shine.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Waterfront, Best Catch

Ink - Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Evening Evergreen

Paper - Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Evergreen Forest 3D embossing folder, Crystal Effects, Early Espresso Stitched Ribbon, Crumb Cake Bakers Twine

 

Tropical Stone

 

Creating a few masculine cards this month. I used a monochrome color scheme here - Very Vanilla, Early Espresso and Crumb Cake. The stamp set used is 'Peaceful Moments' for the sentiment. I used two different embossing folders for the background, along with two die cut sets. For the sentiment piece, I did use a stylus to run the edge of the die along the paper to make it 'Pop'.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Peaceful Moments

Ink - Early Espresso

Paper - Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Stone Embossing Folder, Coastal Weave Embossing Folder, Tasteful Labels dies, Tropical dies, stylus, dimensionals, glue dots

Seashell Love

 

I really liked Narelle Farrugia's card, so wanted to create one of my own with a bit of changes to it.

Thanks Narelle for your inspiration!

I stamped the shells in either Night of Navy or Early Espresso. I then, colored in the images using Stampin' Blends of Soft Suede and Crumb Cake.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Friends Are Like Seashells

Ink - Night of Navy, Early Espresso, Stampin' Blends (Soft Suede, Crumb Cake)

Paper - Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Basic White, Perfectly Artistic DSP

Accessories - scissors, Paper Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, dimensionals, Seaside Seashells

Groovy Love

 

Ha! Here's a card that the picture looks so different from what the actual card looks like.  This due to the fact I used the 'Grapefruit Grove' foil sheet to mat the background piece and the sentiment piece, plus the 'Little Numbers' dies. The camera shows the foil as more colorful. Groovy!

The sentiment is the only stamp set used on this card. It's from 'Here's A Card' set. The flowers are actual a Designer Series Paper.... Just cut out with scissors. Yes, those flowers are from the 'True Love' DSP (along with the polka dots paper).

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Here's A Card

Ink - Memento

Paper - Basic White, True Love DSP, Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheet

Accessories - scissors, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Layering Squares dies, Little Numbers dies, Tasteful Labels dies, dimensionals

Dental Graduate

 

My cousin just graduated from Dental Hygienist School... she is now a Registered Dental Hygienist! Congratulations to Kim! Now... I wanted to send a card, but did NOT have anything that was fitting for her career. So, I found this cute free clip art online of a tooth holding a toothbrush with his thumbs-up! Yay! I just added the graduation cap embellishment (another free clip art from online).

I paired it with the 'Sprinkled Expressions' Stamp Brush Set from Stampin' Up!.

This was all designed within My Memories Suite digital software.

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Supplies Used:

My Memories Suite digital software

Embellishment - Tooth and Graduation Cap (Free clip Art online)

Stamp Brush Set - Sprinkled Expressions (words)

Paper - Basic White, Merry Merlot, Gold Foil

 

Lovely Party

 

With the 'So Much Love' stamp set there can be endless possibilities as to what color combo to choose from. That, to me, was the issue here. I knew I wanted this layout with the 'True Love' DSP from the Sale-A-Bration catalog. So, the color combo I chose was: 

Petal Pink/ Calypso Coral/ Old Olive/ Mossy Meadow

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

Thanks for taking a peek!

Stamp sets - So Much Love, Punch Party

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive)

Paper - Petal Pink, Basic Black, Basic White, True Love DSP

Accessories - scissors, Wink of Stella, Old Olive Ornate Garden Ribbon

Graduate Ink

 

This is a hybrid card. What do I mean by hybrid? Well, part of it is designed with digital software, and part of it is done using traditional stamps, ink and folders.

The focal piece -- with the sentiments and graduation cap are completely done using My Memories Suite digital software. It was then printed on Basic White cardstock. I matted each piece (focal and background in Night of Navy cardstock.

The background piece is embossed using the Layered Leaves folder.

The flowers are from the 'A Touch of Ink' stamp set. There is no coordinating die-cut shape, so I used scissors to cut the images out. The flowers are colored using Stampin' Blends markers (Night of Navy, Seaside Spray and Smoky Slate).  The flowers got an added shine with a touch of 'Wink of Stella' on the petals.

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Supplies Used:

My Memories Suite digital software

Embellishment - Graduation (commencement hat- MyMem)

Font - Regency and Bradley Hand ITC (Black)

Paper - Basic White, Night of Navy

Stamp Set - A Touch of Ink

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Night of Navy, Smoky Slate, Seaside Spray)

Accessories - scissors, Wink of Stella, Seaside Spray Metallic Ribbon, glue dots, Stamoin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Layered Leaves

Ally Graduation

 

My niece graduated from high school and she wanted me to design her graduation announcements. She gave me a design she found online, and I used the tools that I had to create something similar for her.

Congratulations Ally! Kent State University will be lucky to have you! So proud of you!

Thanks for taking a closer look!

Supplies Used:

My Memories Suite digital software

Embellishments - Wedding Day Glitter (MyMem); Bling Confetti Silver (MyMem); Graduation Cap (free online clip art)

Stamp Brush Set- Happy Together (line)

Font - Goudy Old Style (white); Chopin Script (Gold)

Perfect Seashells

 

I almost forgot my Brother-in-law's birthday. Not sure how I did that as I tend to look at my physical calendar and my iphone calendar to make sure I got everyone within the month that I'm making cards. So... this is a rushed card, but it turned out so well. I can say that I'm getting better at coloring in images... not perfect yet, but getting there.

You can't see it in this photo, but the background piece, shells and seaweed all have a 'Wink of Stella' on them to make them shine.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Friends Are Like Seashells, Approaching Perfection

Ink - Crumb Cake, Balmy Blue, Stampin' Blends (Crumb Cake, Ivory, Balmy Blue)

Paper - Crumb Cake, Basic White, Balmy Blue, Mossy Meadow

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Stitched Nested Labels dies, Seaside Seashells dies, Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder, dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Gamer Birthday

 

My Godson (and nephew) loves his League of Legends and other computer games. If he's not at work, chances are he is in his room with his headset on playing some game. I designed this card within My Memories Suite digital software... using the 'Geektacular' scrapkbooking kit from Mags Graphics (MagsGfx).

After printing my design on Basic White Cardstock, I finished my card by matting and adhering to a card base with a decorative background. The background embossing folder is called 'Stone'.

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Supplies Used:

My Memories Suite digital software

Embellishments - Geektacular (star, headphones, string, chevrons and 'gamer' sentiment - MagsGfx)

Paper - Old Olive, Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Stone Embossing Folder, Basic Black Twine

Yearly Tidings

 

The use of the 'Plaid Tidings' DSP makes for creating masculine cards so easy. I decided to create my Father's Day cards using different papers for the Father's in my life. The sentiment is from 'Best Year' stamp set and the die cut shapes are from 'Potted Succulents' dies.

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Best Year

Ink - Seaside Spray, Pretty Peacock, Cherry Cobbler

Paper - Misty Moonlight, Crushed Curry, Mossy Meadow, Basic Black, Plaid Tidings DSP

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Potted Succulents dies, Basic Black Twine, Misty Moonlight Ribbon, Bumblebee Ribbon

Succulent Year

 

Playing with the new 'Simply Succulents' stamp set and it's coordinating 'Potted Succulents' dies. What a cute set... I can already see many variations that I can make with it.

I used the color combo Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive.... and coordinated coloring in the images that way too. Although, using Soft Sea Foam, Mossy Meadow and Granny Apple Green too! I used 'Wink of Stella' on the center succulent to make that one shine.

I used a stylus to make the inner edge to the label. (Once you run the die through the Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine.... do not take it out of the die. Just flip it over and run a stylus around the inner edge of the die to create the pop you see here.)

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Simply Succulent, Best Year

Ink - Mossy Meadow, Soft Suede, Stampin' Blends (Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Rich Razzelberry, Soft Sea Foam, Bronze, Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green)

Paper - Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Potted Succulents dies, Old Olive Ornate Garden Ribbon, Stone Embossing Folder, dimensionals

Field Party

 

With the new Sale-A-Bration freebies available.... I knew I had to create a card like Mary Fish's. There are some subtle differences, but the layout and papers are the same. Thanks Mary for your inspiration!

The papers are from the 'Flower and Field' DSP pack. The stamp set is 'Punch Party'. There is a postage stamp punch/die that coordinates well with the stamp I used.... but I do not have that punch/die.

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Stamp Set - Punch Party

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green)

Paper - Cherry Cobbler, Basic White, Flower & Field DSP

Accessories - Wink of Stella, dimensionals, Bumblebee In Color Ribbon

Elegant Moments

 

Just purchased the new 'Elegantly Said" stamp set and the coordinating 'Simply Elegant' Designer Series Paper (DSP). When I saw Kay Kalthoff's card on Pinterest.... I saved it! I'm so glad I did, cuz I was struggling to create a sympathy card for a family that lost their precious daughter. She was a friend to me as well, so I wanted to create something elegant. Thanks Kay for your inspiration!

I stamped the scroll image on the corners of the base cardstock.

The focal piece measures 3" x 4.25", and I matted that in Basic Black.

The 'Tasteful Labels' die was run through the Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, and then I used a stylus around the edge of the die (backside) to create the 'pop' that you see along the edges.

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Stamp Set - Elegantly Said, Peaceful Moments

Ink - Memento

Paper - Basic White, Basic Black, Simply Elegant DSP

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Tasteful Labels dies, stylus, 

 

Moment of Grace

 

My Aunt has the loveliest garden. I wanted to give her a garden in a card... so I chose the stamp set 'Grace's Garden'. The set coordinating with the Garden Gateway dies makes the process so easy. Well, it's just figuring out which colors to choose for the flowers.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Grace's Garden, Peaceful Moments

Ink - Momento, Stampin' Blends (Mossy Meadow, Highland Heather, Seaside Spray)

Paper - Purple Posy, Basic White, Basic Black, Balmy Blue

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Garden Gateway dies, scissors, Brick and Mortar embossing folder, Wink of Stella

Mickey Birthday

 

My sister-in-law loves anything Disney. I found these stickers within my craft stash from EK Success -- something I picked up at a local craft store a while ago. Such a cute sticker set that was just using space (well.... not a lot of space. LOL) I'm sure my Sister-in-law will love it!

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Supplies Used:

Stickers - Disney - EK Success

Paper - Real Red, Basic Black, Basic White

Cataract Surgery Card

 

My Aunt just had cataract surgery on her eyes, and I was trying to find something to make for a card for her online. I saw these words/saying online, but I made the card my own by adding the line after 'cataracts', the red heart and the eyes on the bottom. I hope my Aunt will smile when she sees it! I know she is looking forward to seeing clearly again!

The card was designed within My Memories Suite digital studio.

Font - Arial Black (black)

Embellishments - eyes (free clipart online); line - SU

Stamp Brush Set - heart (red-SU)

Paper - Basic White, Basic Black