Tropical Bouquet

If you've ever been to Hawaii, you know that it's the best place to have freshest pineapple. Here on the mainland, pineapples are good, but lacking that extra freshness that only ripened on the plant and not ripened anywhere else gives you!

For all the pineapple lovers out there.... this card is for you! And for my friend, Reva, who loves pineapples!

I used the 'In The Tropics' dies to cut out the pineapple. As there were holes after the dies were cut, I placed a lighter yellow shade behind the die-cut to make it resemble more of a pineapple.

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Stamp Sets - Timeless Tropical, Beautiful Bouquet
Ink - Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink, Stampin' Blends (Petal Pink, Bronze)
Paper - Petal Pink, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, In The Tropics dies, dimensionals

 

Painted Bouquet

I really like how versatile you can get with the 'Beautiful Bouquet' stamp set. So many possibilities! I paired this set with the DSP called 'Painted Autumn'. The color combo used here is Garden Green/Blueberry Bushel/Balmy Blue.

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Stamp Set - Beautiful Bouquet
Ink - Garden Green, Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel
Paper - Blueberry Bushel, Pear Pizzazz, Garden Green, Whisper White, Painted Autumn DSP
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Bouquet Bunch dies, dimensionals

Graces Thoughts

A few new stamp sets that I'm using here. The first is the 'Grace's Garden' stamp set that coordinates with the 'Garden Gateway' dies. The second is the 'Sending You Thoughts' which has different sentiments within the set. Pair these together, and you have a lovely Get Well or Thinking of You card!

I used the retired 'Wood Textures' DSP to dimension to the wooden fence.

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Stamp Sets - Graces Garden, Sending You Thoughts
Ink - Early Espresso, Stampin' Blends (Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Cobbler)
Paper - Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Early Espresso, Wood Textures DSP
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Garden Gateway dies, dimensionals, glue dots

 

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!

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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

Snow Palette

Happy Valentine's Day!! This one is for my husband! I love him more today than when we got married 17 years ago! Tell the people you love them today! Hug them tight!

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Stamp Sets - Snow Place, Petal Palette
Ink - Memento, Smoky Slate, Real Red, Stampin' Blends (Mango Melody)
Paper - Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Snow Friends dies, Bottles and Bubbles dies, dimensionals

Fun Greetings

Such a cute stamp set to use for kids (really for anyone!). This is a retired Stampin' Up! set called 'Pun Fun'. I'm sure my youngest niece will love this card.

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Stamp Sets - Pun Fun, Good Greetings
Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Smoky Slate, Poppy Parade, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight)
Paper - Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Whisper White, Poppy Parade DSP
Accessories - Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon, Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Layering Squares dies

 

Southern Magnolia

I just love the coloring on the Magnolia Lane DSP flowers, so wanted to create the same with my Stampin' Blends. Very cool!

I used the DSP for my background piece too.

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Stamp sets - Southern Serenade, Good Morning Magnolia
Ink - Early Espresso, Stampin' Blends (Bronze, Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink)
Paper - Petal Pink, Magnolia Lane DSP, Whisper White
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Magnolia Memory Dies, Circles Collection dies, dimensionals

Birthday Front

I do have to admit that this card's layout is not one I created on my own. I found the layout on Pinterest... thanks for the inspiration to create this card!

I used the stamp sets 'Snow Front' and 'Happy Birthday Gorgeous' to make this beauty. The colors are muted to create a watercolor look. To achieve this, I stamped the image on a scrap piece of paper before stamping on the cardstock.

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Stamp sets - Snow Front, Happy Birthday Gorgeous
Ink - Crumb Cake, Balmy Blue, Mossy Meadow
Paper - Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Woodland, Linen Twine, dimensionals, scissors

 

Peacefully Wild

My Aunt loves Pandas (or did when I was little). When I saw this set the 'Wildly Happy' set... I knew the panda stamp would make a lovely card for her.

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Stamp Sets - Wildly Happy, Peaceful Moments
Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Gray Granite, Crumb Cake)
Paper - Basic Gray, Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories - Real Red Solid Ribbon

 

Seaside Shells

The Seaside Notions stamp set does not come with coordinating dies, but that does not stop me from cutting them out individually with scissors.

I had some trouble deciding on the background DSP color.... I could have chosen Soft Sea Foam or a Balmy Blue, but I chose to use Crumb Cake to make the scene a wavy sand background piece.

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Stamp set - Seaside Notions
Ink - Soft Suede, Stampin' Blends (Crumb Cake, Ivory, Soft Suede)
Paper - Calypso Coral, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Crumb Cake DSP
Accessories - scissors, Soft Suede Grosgrain Polka Dot

Southern Beach

Such a relatively easy card to achieve. I first created the mask with the Layering Ovals die on scrap paper. I placed the mask over the White cardstock and stamped the tree in Memento ink. With sponge daubers, I used Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie to create a sky, and with Soft Suede made the sand below.

Once the mask was removed, I stamped the sentiment in Memento ink.

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Stamp Sets - Beach Happy, Southern Serenade
Ink - Memento, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede
Paper - Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories - Scrap Paper, Layering Ovals dies, Die-cut/Emboss Machine, glue dots, Basic Black taffeta ribbon

 

Sweet Rose

This card is a hybrid card.... with the word 'Sweet' printed out with the 'Maratre' font on Whisper White cardstock. The rest is made the traditional way with stamps and paper. My color combo for the flowers is Blackberry Bliss and Purple Posy. For the leaves it's Pear Pizzazz and Mossy Meadow.

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Stamp Set - To A Wild Rose

Ink - Purple Posy, Blackberry Bliss, Mossy Meadow, Pear Pizzazz

Paper - Purple Posy, Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White

Accessories - Die-cut/Emboss Machine, Wild Rose dies, Little Numbers dies, font -Maratre

Flirty Pals

This cute little guy is for a cute little girl for her birthday. I used Flirty Flamingo for the cardstock to make it a girl. I used the Stampin' Blends markers to color in the image.

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Stamp Set - Postcard Pals
Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Flirty Flamingo, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Purple Posy, Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate
Paper - Flirty Flamingo, Basic Black, Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo DSP
Accessories - glue dots, Basic Black Taffeta ribbon

Southern Bloom

I really wanted to create a winter flower card, and the 'Bloom and Grow' stamp set allowed just that! With my Stampin' Blends markers... you can create any color combo that you can imagine.

Here, I chose Balmy Blue with Night of Navy for the center flower; and Night of Navy and Petal Pink for the outside flowers.

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Stamp sets - Bloom and Grow, Southern Serenade
Ink - Night of Navy, Stampin' Blends (Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Soft Suede, Old Olive, Petal Pink)
Paper - Balmy Blue, Night of Navy, Whisper White
Accessories - Die-cut/Emboss Machine, Layered Leaves Emboss Folder, Budding Blooms dies, dimensionals, Wink of Stella

 

Dino Escape

One of my nephews is turning 14! Can't believe how much he has grown since the last time I saw him (he lives in Colorado). I still think of him as a little boy! Well, as he is growing.... he still loves dinosaurs! Thank goodness for that!

I paired the stamp set 'Dino Days' with the Tropical Escape DSP to create a cute card for my nephew!

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Stamp set - Dino Days
Ink - Memento, Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate
Paper - Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Tropical Escape DSP, Whisper White
Accessories - dimensionals, Die-cut/Emboss Machine, Dino Dies

Well Chic

I needed some Thank You cards for all the thoughtful gifts we received this year for Christmas. I decided to utilize one stamp set and choose different color combos for each card. The stamp set used here is 'Tropical Chic'. The color combos are Grapefruit Grove/Early Espresso; Merry Merlot/Rococo Rose; Daffodil Delight/Mossy Meadow; Pool Party/Pretty Peacock and Granny Apple Green/Purple Posy.

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Stamp Set - Tropical Chic
Ink - Early Espresso, Grapefruit Grove, Rococo Rose, Merry Merlot, Daffodil Delight, Mossy Meadow, Pretty Peacock, Pool Party, Granny Apple Green and Purple Posy
Paper - Early Espresso, Grapefruit Grove, Rococo Rose, Merry Merlot, Daffodil Delight, Mossy Meadow, Pretty Peacock, Pool Party, Granny Apple Green and Purple Posy, Whisper White
Accessories - Glue Dots, Die-cut/Emboss Machine, Layered Leaves Embossing Folder

Wildly Chic

A cute little card for my 9 month old niece, as a thank you for the cute handprint Santa ornament she made (well, her Mom and Dad did most of the work, but it was her handprint). Also a thank you for my raccoon socks and Uncle Mike's Mt Dew container. We love them!

As my niece is just 9 months, I didn't want to send a regular thank you card. I opted to use an animal...the elephant... as her name is Eleanor.... Ellie for short. Cute!

I colored in the image using Stampin' Blends markers.

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Stamp Set - Wildly Happy, Tropical Chic
Ink - Basic Gray, Stampin' Blends (Smoky Slate, Petal Pink, Crumb Cake)
Paper - Petal Pink, Basic Gray, Whisper White
Accessories - Petal Pink/White variegated ribbon

 

Rooted Light

I decided to have some fun with the evergreen tree stamps within in the 'Rooted In Nature' stamp set. I inked the stamps in Mossy Meadow and stamped them on Old Olive cardstock. I then used the fine-tip glue pen to add glue to some of the branches. Then, with the White Emboss Powder, I sprinkled it on and then used the Heat Tool. Because I was using glue.... it did bubble up when heated. When cool, it does go down, but still has that raised look of regular embossing. Cool...snow covered trees!

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Rooted In Nature, Star of Light
Ink - Memento, Mossy Meadow
Paper - Old Olive, Basic Black, Whisper White, Merry Little Christmas DSP
Accessories - Die-cut/Emboss Machine, Nature's Roots dies, fine-tip glue pen, Heat Tool, White Emboss Powder, Basic Black taffeta ribbon

Harvest Holidays

I fell in love with this 'Painted Harvest' stamp set as it can be used for Thanksgiving and then again for Christmas! Possibly spring too!

To achieve this great two-tone color on the wreath... the larger stamp was inked in Soft Sea Foam and the smaller (defining) stamp was inked in Old Olive.

I paired it with the sentiment from 'Four the Holidays' stamp set (an oldie, but a goodie!).

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Painted Harvest, Four the Holidays
Ink - Soft Sea Foam, Old Olive, Merry Merlot
Paper - Old Olive, Gold Foil, Whisper White
Accessories - Gold Ribbon (non-SU)