Hoppy Friend

 

I saw this card on Pinterest... and knew I needed to make one for my Sister-in-law. I didn't have the DSP that she used, so I improvised and used the new In-Color Orchid Oasis for my background on the frogs. (It kinda reminds me of frogs or toads singing at night under the stars!).  I did use scissors to cut out each frog.

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Stamp Sets - Hoppy Together, Friendly Hello

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Granny Apple Green, Ivory)

Paper - Orchid Oasis, Basic Black, Basic White, Orchid Oasis DSP

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, scissors, Stone Embossing Folder

Celebrating Hugs

 

My Sister-in-law and her husband are celebrating their wedding anniversary today. I wanted to wish them best wishes for many happy more years together. I was going to use purple as their color, but it just didn't look right with the brushed silver cardstock. So, I used Basic Gray.

The focal sentiment piece is made up of the Stitched Nested Labels die (front) and the back floral part is from the 'Layering Hugs' dies.

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Stamp set - Celebrating You

Ink - Memento

Paper - Basic Gray, Basic White, Brushed Silver

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Stitched Nested Labels, Layering Hugs dies, Layered Leaves embossing folder. Silver Ribbon

Wish Big

 

The 'Biggest Wish' stamp set is so great with all it's HUGE words.... you can create many different designs with them! Here's my latest.... a background of 'Happy' with a one word in the focal piece of 'Birthday'. Great for a masculine card... in my opinion!

I did the background piece free hand...no stamp-a-ma-jig or Stamparatus used. I think I did pretty well lining everything up.

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Stamp set - Biggest Wish

Ink - Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Granny Apple Green

Paper - Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer

Dahlia Daydream

 

When I saw the scroll stamp within the 'Daffodil Daydream' stamp set... I thought it would work great as a trellis. I paired that with the 'Dahlia Days' stamp set to create this lovely card. The sentiment is from the 'Calming Camellia' stamp set.

I added a 'Wink of Stella' to the flowers to make them shine.... along with adding the Metallic Enamel Shapes to the center of each flower.

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Stamp sets used - Dahlia Days, Daffodil Daydream, Calming Camellia

Ink - Pear Pizzazz, Rich Razzleberry, Fresh Freesia

Paper - Pear Pizzazz, Rich Razzleberry, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Detailed Dahlias dies, Metallic Enamel Shapes, Wink of Stella

Layered Brew

 

I really liked the background Sarah did for her beer mug focal piece. It looks like she used a different stamp set for the beer mug, so I just used what I had. 

The sentiment is from the 'Artfully Layered' stamp set.

The sprinkles are from the 'Artisan Textures' stamp set.

The squares are from the die-cut set called 'Layering Sqaures'

I added a Wink of Stella to the foam to make it shine.

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Stamp sets used - Brewed For You, Artisan Textures, Artfully Layered

Ink - Crushed Curry, Memento, Stampin' Blends (Gray Granite)

Paper - Crushed Curry, Basic White, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Layering Squares dies, scissors, Wink of Stella

Artisan Palms

 

This is a card for my husband! He and I love Hawaii and go usually every year. BUT... with COVID we have not been for 2 whole years now! We miss it! We have made plans on going for our 20th anniversary in October! Hopefully nothing will change, so that we can go!

I paired the 'Paradise Palms' stamp set with the 'Artisan Textures' stamp set.

Stamp sets - Paradise Palms, Artisan Textures

Ink - Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Balmy Blue, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz

Paper - Basic White, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Palms dies

Artful Paradise

 

I chose to create a card based on the card from Stampin' Up! Most of it is the same, but made it my own with the different colors and sentiment piece.

My color combo here is Night of Navy/So Saffron/Crumb Cake

I used a stylus to run along the edge of my die-cut piece for the sentiment to make it pop.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp sets - Artfully Layered, Paradise Palms

Ink - Night of Navy, So Saffron, Crumb Cake

Paper - Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Tropical Layers dies, Stitched Nested Labels dies, stylus

Celebrating Grad

 

Such a cute graduation card from RockyMtnPapercrafts (found online through Pinterest). I decided to try and create one of my own with the products I had.

The graduation cap is an online digital clip art (free).

I used a stylus to trace around the edges of the die-cuts to make them pop at bit more.

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Stamp set - Celebrating You

Embellishments - Graduation cap (online free digital download)

Ink - Memento

Paper - Garden Green, Crushed Curry, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Stone Embossing folder, Rectangle Stitched dies, Basic Black Twine

Home Season

 

Working on some cards after a brief hiatus from cardmaking is hard. Thank Goodness for Pinterest! I found a card layout I liked and chose the stamps myself. 

I bet you can't tell where I made an 'oops'. It's actually behind the sentiment. I had first stamped it onto the white cardstock.... only to notice the edge of the stamp got transferred to the cardstock too. Bummer! No biggie though.... I just made a label out of the Seasonal Labels dies. It hid the imperfection perfectly!

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

Stamp Set - Blessings of Home

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Pale Papaya, Granny Apple Green, So Saffron)

Paper - Pale Papaya, Basic White, True Love DSP, Granny Apple Green

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Seasonal Labels dies, Seasonal Layers dies, glue dots, dimensionals, Basic Black Twine, Champagne Rhinestones

Pet Sympathy

 

My sister-in-law (and brother) needed a sympathy card for their neighbor whose dog passed away.

So, I designed this card within My Memories Suite digital software. The heart and the string are the only things NOT in My Memories Suite (along with the cardstock).

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Supplies Used:

My Memories Suite digital software

Embellishments - Dog Dayz of Summer (pawprints-Stina)

Stamp Brush Set - In Any Event (words-SU)

Paper - Basic White, Basic Black, Real Red

Accessories - Black Twine, Two-step Owl Punch (heart)

Apt Home

 

My nephew is moving into his first apartment from his parents home. It's a huge step for him, but he is ready for it. Plus... it's a shorter commute now to his new job too (savings on gas!).

I wanted to utilize the 'Coming Home' stamp set, but wanted the home to look like an apartment building. I believe I achieved it using the one house stamp three times here.

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Stamp set - Coming Home, Special Moments

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Gray Granite, Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede, Old Olive, Balmy Blue)

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

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Home Together dies

Lauren Graduation

 

I was honored to design my niece's graduation announcements. I designed them in My Memories Suite and had them printed by 'Prints of Love'.

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Supplies Used;

My Memories Suite digital software

Friendly Grace

When I saw Sandy Handcock's card on Pinterest.... I just knew I needed to make one for myself. I colored in a bit more than she did on hers to make it my own.

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Stamp sets - Grace's Garden, Friendly Hello

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Gray Granite, Smoky Slate, Cherry Cobbler, Tahitian Tide, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake)

Paper - Tahitian Tide, Soft Suede, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Garden Gateway dies

 

Chevron Grad

 

I found this cute graduation card on Pinterest from the ButtonSandBling blog website. Such a cute design that I wanted to copy a bit of it, but make a few changes to make it my own!

I designed the card within my digital software... My Memories Suite.

I chose a Pumpkin Pie background color. Then added the chevron Overlay in black. The '2022' is just a text in Boulder font that I rotated 90 degrees.

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Supplies Used:

My Memories Suite digital software

Stamp Brush Set - Decorative Overlays (SU), Sprinkled Expressions (words - You Did It!- SU)

Font - Boulder (2022) and Champion (Graduate)

Accessories - Black Twine

Paper - Pumpkin Pie, Basic White, Basic Black

Nature's Moment

 

Getting into the season of making many masculine cards for my family members. The new 'Nature's Prints' stamp set with it's botanical plant stamps are perfect fit for a masculine card. I paired the set with the sentiment from 'Peaceful Moments' and the DSP from 'Friendly Hello' (the 2022 Sale-A-Bration Papers).

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Stamp sets - Nature's Prints, Peaceful Moments

Ink - Granny Apple Green, Momento

Paper - Granny Apple Green, Basic Black, Basic White, Friendly Hello DSP

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Stone Embossing Folder, Natural Prints dies, Rectangle Stitched dies, Basic Black Twine, Stylus

Trinity Grad

 

My cousin's daughter is graduating from Trinity High School. Such a proud moment for all parents. The colors of the high school are blue and white, so I made sure to re-color the flowers to blue!

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My Memories Suite digital software
Embellishments - ConGRADulations (diploma - MyMem); The Blahs Flower (flower - MyMem); Nature Hike (flower - COD); Addon (flower - MyMem); Ribbon flowers (bow-AWS); Brass Brad (SU)
Stamp Brush Set - Grad Party (cap)
Font - Bradley Hand

Paper - Misty Moonlight, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Layered Leaves embossing folder, Misty Moonlight Cotton Ribbon, Wink Of Stella

Seaside Sailing

 I noticed Kris McIntosh's card on Pinterest and liked it, so wanted to create a card of my own. I changed up a few things to make mine a bit different from hers.

For the background, I used the Seaside embossing folder.

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

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Stamp set - Sailing Home, Paradise Palms

Ink - Soft Suede, Stampin' Blends (Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Balmy Blue, Pool Party)

Paper - Balmy Blue, Basic White, Soft Sea Foam

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Seaside Embossing Folder, Smooth Sailing dies, Stitched Nested Labels dies, glue dots

Calming Flowers

 

I wanted to create a patriotic floral card for my Aunt, as she loves her country and that she loves flowers.

I chose the 'Jar of Flowers' stamp set and paired it with the sentiment from 'Calming Camellia' stamp set.

I added a 'Wink of Stella' to the flowers to make them shine. Also the flowers are cut out with scissors as there is no coordinating die set.

The sentiment label, is just cut using a square die to make points.

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Stamp sets - Calming Camellia, Jar of Flowers

Ink - Memento, Pool Party, Old Olive, Stampin' Blends (Poppy Parade, Misty Moonlight, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight)

Paper - Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Basic White, Misty Moonlight DSP

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Layering Ovals, Layering Squares, scissors

Flourishing Layers

When I saw this post on Instagram by Stampin' Up!.... I just knew I wanted to try this for my Father's Day cards this year! Such a cute and easy to put together card.

The scallop die is from the 'Tropical Layers' die set and the ferns are from the 'Forever Flourishing' dies set (just snip of the top of the fern.

I chose manly colors of Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Soft Sea Foam, Old Olive and Mossy Meadow instead of the colors they used on their card.

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Stamp set - Celebrating You

Ink - Early Espresso

Paper - Early Espresso, Basic White (Thick), Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Soft Sea Foam, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, scissors, Tropical Layers dies, Forever Flourishing dies, glue dots, Early Espresso Stitched Ribbon