Passion Bouquet

My niece, Tori, is a talented artist. She completed this cute little plaque with flowers and posted on her Instagram site. I was inspired by the flowers and the black, so I tried to incorporate those colors in the card I made for her birthday.


Here is a picture of the plaque that I got inspiration from:
Isn't it cute! Well, I'm sure she will love my card!
Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Beautiful Bouquet
Ink - Calypso Coral, Melon Mambo, Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Memento
Paper - Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Basic Black, Petal Passion DSP
Accessories - Big Shot, Bouquet Bunch Framelits, glue dots, Basic Black Shimmer Ribbon

Beautiful Apron

Oh, now this is a cute stamp set with it's coordinating framelits. The Apron of Love stamp set and it's coordinating framelits - Apron Builder it such a good set for both men and women. It has baking items, grill items and hair-styling items! Cool huh!

This particular card is for my Uncle.... so I chose the grilling items to go with the apron. Now, the sentiment is from the Beautiful Bouquet.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Apron of Love, Beautiful Bouquet
Ink - Memento
Paper - Tranquil Tide, Whisper White, Merry Little Christmas DSP, Basic Black
Accessories - Big Shot, Precision Plate, Apron Builder, glue dots.

 

Amazing Garden

 

I was inspired by Narelle Farrugia's card (on the right). I changed the colors to make it my own, but the design is all Narelle's! Thanks Narelle!

I used the Wood Textures DSP along with the Color Theory DSP for the background. The leaves are from the Petals & More Thinlits.  I "colored" in the flower petals with dark Daffodil Delight from the Stampin' Blends. 

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Supplies Used:

Stamp sets - Amazing You, Rose Wonder

Ink - Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight (Stampin' Blends)

Paper - Early Espresso, Whisper White, Color Theory DSP, Wood Textures DSP, Crushed Curry

Accessories - Big Shot, Precision Plate, Die Brush, scissors, Petals & More Thinlits, Rose Garden thinlits, glue dots

 

Perfect Picture

What a cute set to make cute cards! I made this one for my nephew. I can see many different options with this set too! I'll have to play later on with this set (Picture Perfect Birthday).

I used the colors Lemon Lime Twist and Dapper Denim for a masculine feel. After I stamped the kazoo (is that what you call it).... I cut it out using scissors.

Thanks for taking a closer look!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Picture Perfect Birthday
Ink - Lemon Lime Twist, Dapper Denim
Paper - Lemon Lime Twist, Dapper Denim, Whisper White
Accessories - scissors

Palette of Celebration

I totally got the inspiration for my Mother's Day cards from LeeAnn Greff (on the right)! Thanks so much LeeAnn! I obviously changed a few things, but the general design is all LeeAnn. What beautiful cards!

I used my Stampin' Blends to color the flowers: for the leaves on all of them, I used Old Olive (both light and dark). For the blue card - light Pool Party and light Night of Navy; for the purple card - dark Pink Pirouette and dark Rich Razzleberry; for the yellow - light and dark Daffodil Delight; and finally for the orange card - light and dark Calypso Coral.

I used Petal Passion DSP (Designer Series Paper) for the accent behind the floral spray.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Petal Palette, Something to Celebrate

Ink - Memento, Stampin Blends (Old Olive, Night of Navy, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Pink Pirouette, Rich Razzleberry)

Paper - Rich Razzleberry, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Petal Passion DSP, Basic Black

Accessories - Big Shot, Precision Plate, Die Brush, Petals & More Thinlits, dimensionals, Whisper White Organza Ribbon

 

Waterfront Picture

Wow! This stamp set is very versatile and goes with so many other sets too! I'm talking about the 'Waterfront' stamp set! Today, I made a cabin in the woods with a river scene. How cool is this set!

I used the ground cover stamp several times - overlapping to cover the white cardstock. I did the same for the river.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Waterfront, Picture Perfect Birthday

Ink - Crumb Cake, Pool Party, So Saffron, Early Espresso, Old Olive

Paper - Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Accessories - Early Espresso Stitched Ribbon

 

Burger Apron

My nephew had been working at Burger King for several years. He recently acquired a new job as a Teaching Assistant at Cleveland State University.  So... we wanted to congratulate him and thought it would be funny to include a Burger King gift card within the card.

As you can see.... I used the colors of Burger King (and the gift card) to create my card. I used the 'Apron of Love' and 'Petal Palette' stamp sets.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Apron of Love, Petal Palette
Ink - Real Red, Memento
Paper - Pacific Point, Real Red, Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Basic Black
Accessories - Big Shot, Apron Builder Framelits

 

Waterfront Lake

I really like how this card came together.  I wanted to use the lily pads and dragonfly stamps from the 'Swan Lake' set and pair it with the "water" stamp from 'Waterfront' set.

I colored the images in with my Stampin' Blends markers. Finally, I finished off the piece with the sentiment from the 'Better Together' set.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Swan Lake, Waterfront, Better Together
Ink - Soft Sky, Soft Suede, Stampin' Blends (Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy, Bronze)
Paper - Soft Sky, Soft Suede, Whisper White

 

Petal Bouquet

Have I said that this stamp set (Petal Palette) was my new favorite? Well, it truly is! I've seen a few cards that used the layered technique, so I figured I's play with it myself using this stamp set. WOW! What an impact this has!

To do this technique, cut two pieces of Whisper White cardstock: one 5"x 3.75" and one 3.5" x 2.25. Using a small adhesive on the back of the smaller piece, adhere it the bigger piece (centered). Now, stamp the two floral sprays on each corner... don't worry that it doesn't ink close to the edge of the two pieces (this will be covered up by the black mat you see in the photo). I would suggest coloring your two pieces before you take them apart...this way it'll be easier to see what needs to be colored and what stays white. Now, mat each piece on Basic Black cardstock... and then adhere them together. Piece of Cake!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Petal Palette, Beautiful Bouquet

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Daffodil Delight, Old Olive)

Paper - Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Whisper White

Waterfront Bouquet

Who would guess that this cherry blossom tree would be created using the 'Beautiful Bouquet' stamp set? How, you ask? Well, I stamped the tree in the center. Then, masking the "trunk", I stamped the top portion of the branches on the left and right making sure it attaches to the trunk of the tree.
I finished the tree my stamping the pink blossoms three times to get a "full bloom" on the tree branches.

I used the 'Waterfront' stamp set to 'ground' the tree as it looked weird just floating there on the paper.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Beautiful Bouquet, Waterfront
Ink - Soft Suede, Pink Pirouette
Paper - Soft Suede, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White
Accessories - piece of paper for masking

 

Gorgeous Swan

For a dear neighbor, on his birthday.

I paired the 'Swan Lake' stamp set with the 'Happy Birthday Gorgeous' set on this card. (Well, I also used the 'Waterfront' set for the water effect).

I colored in the images with my Stampin' Blends. I love how they color!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Waterfront, Happy Birthday Gorgeous, Swan Lake
Ink - Memento, Soft Sky, Early Espresso, Stampin' Blends (Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, Bronze)
Paper - Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Painted Autumn DSP

 

Number of Birthdays

 

My oldest sibling just turned 50 years old! I have always wanted to create a birthday card with many candles on it, but was never happy with the result as each candle was not perfectly aligned! NOW.... with the introduction of the new 'Stamparatus', I was able to stamp 50 candles on this cute card I made for my brother!

Using the Stamparatus, I was able to stamp the blue candles in a line.... once that was complete... I switched to the green candles and placed them in between the blue candles. I didn't use the stamparatus with the flame part....as I wanted them to look like actual flames that aren't perfectly aligned.

The candles, flames and sentiment are from the 'Birthday Banners' stamp set. The front cover was made using the 'Number of Years' stamp set (excluding the Happy Birthday sentiment). The sentiment "and many more" is from the "And Many More" stamp set.

I created the word "pull" in my digital software and used the die-cut flag from the "Large Numbers" framelits.

Thanks for taking a closer look!

Stamp Sets - Number of Years, Birthday Banners, And Many More
Ink - Dapper Denim, Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight, Versamark
Paper - Dapper Denim, Whisper White, Wild Wasabi
Accessories - My Memories Suite, Big Shot, Large Numbers Framelits, Stamparatus, glue dots, dimensionals, Heat Tool, White Emboss Powder

 

Perfect You

My brother turned 50! He's the first in the family, so it's definitely a huge milestone for him! I wanted to use the colors gray and black, but when I used yellow for the flame.... I thought I'd add touches of yellow throughout the card.

I stamped the candles separately and cut each one out before adhering to the focal piece.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamp sets - Picture Perfect Birthday, Amazing You
Ink - Smoky Slate, Memento, So Saffron
Paper - Smoky Slate, So Saffron, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories - Big Shot, Little Numbers thinlits, Celebrate You thinlits, scissors

 

Layers of Love

I created these lovely Thank You cards using the 'Lovely Wishes' stamp set... and paired it with the 'Layered Leaves' dynamic textured impressions embossing folder (DTIEF) for the background piece.

I used the colors Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight and Calypso Coral along with Old Olive on each.

Thanks for taking a closer look!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Lovely Wishes
Ink -  Memento, Stampin' Blends (Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral)
Paper - Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories - Big Shot, Layered Leaves DTIEF, Circles Collection Framelits, glue dots, Rich Razzleberry grosgrain ribbon, Daffodil Delight Taffeta Ribbon, Calypso Coral Sheer Ribbon

Amazing Celebration

I decided to cut the flower out of the floral stamp within the 'Amazing You' stamp set. As you can see, I cut two flowers out and layered them on top of each other for a a bit of depth to my card. I paired it with the 'Leaf' punch and the 'Petal Passion' DSP.

I love the color combos that have White/Black and then a pop of color! Makes for amazing cards, I think!

Thanks for dropping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Amazing You, Special Celebrations
Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Cherry Cobbler)
Paper - Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black, Petal Passion DSP
Accessories - Leaf punch, glue dots, scissors, Real Red grosgrain ribbon, Whisper White organza ribbon