I seem to be making a lot of birthday cards this week. That's a good thing though, I have a lot of special birthdays to make cards for in August!!
Since our anniversary is tomorrow, I decided to pull out the Verve Stamp set- Anniversary Birds! Arent they just so cute?? There was no way that I was making this a masculine card, my hubby is just going to have to deal with the pink on this one! I used SU Basic Black, Whisper White and Pixie Pink papers on this card. The birds are paper pieced with Basic Grey's Euphoria Paper. I used SU Pixie Pink and CertainlyCelery inks for the stamping. Stamps used: Verve- Anniversary Birds set and Feeling Groovy set. The following accessories were used: Martha Stewart Pink Gems, Kaisercraft Fozzy Felt (pink lace), scallop corner punch (Marvy) and Oval Nestabilities. I had a lot of fun making this card. I kinda obsessed over it, because it took me an uncharacteristically real long time to finish it. Before I knew it the clock says 11:15pm. Time flies when you're having fun. Thanks for stopping by. HAPPY STAMPING!!!
eek, the tutorial was a "Joy Fold" Card. When I read the directions, I just had to make one, so here it is!! Im lovin this paper pack by American Crafts, its the Celebration series and is loaded with bright color schemes! The card base is Stampin UP (SU) Tempting Turquoise and the designer paper is the American Crafts Celebration series. I used Verve Stamps- "Seeing Stars" set. Inks used were SU Tempting Turquoise and Certainly Celery. Accessories: scallop corner punch (by Marvy) and Martha Stewart rhinestones. I really liked the quote in this stamp set and I thought the stars brought out the stars in the designer paper. Thanks for stopping by, have a splendid weekend!! HAPPY STAMPING!!
st Design Team project for So Sketchy. The sketch can be found on the So Sketchy blog. Please play along with us!! Ally posts new sketches quite regularly, and its fun to see what everyone comes up with. This card was particulary fun for me to make, as it was one of my first projects for the DT, and I was also able to use one of the Unity new release stamp sets, EcoChic. This card uses the following: SU Groovy Guava base layer, Basic Grey Designer Paper- Mellow, and SU Very Vanilla. I punched the "window" for the card with the Marvy Giga Oval Punch, and SU Groovy Guava stitched ribbon is tied on each end of the window. The bottom border of the card is punched with the Martha Stewart border punch Simple Scallop. The tree from the Unity EcoChic stamp set is colored in with Copic Markers and then the leaves were glazed with Glossy Accents. EcoChic was stamped in SU Celery ink and cut out with the SU Scallop Circle punch. I sponged the edges in celery ink around the scallop circle. We're off to Michigan tonight, for a fun week at our Aunt's!! Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!!
Here is a gratitude card that I made for my wonderful Aunt, who takes great care of my daughter, anytime we need her. I wanted to express my sincere thanks for all that she does for us as well as our daughter. (She also got a goody bag with some Unity stamps!!) The inspiration for this card came from one of Ally's sketches on So Sketchy. This is the July Card Sketch. The card uses Colormates cardstock Ocean Blue for the base layer and SU Whisper white and Celery for the matted layers. I used American Crafts Designer paper as well. Stamps used: Unity Stamps- Floral Fantastical. Accessories: Word Window punch, Copics for coloring the images, and colored rhinestones.
, and SU whisper white on the layering. Stamps used: Unity Stamps- Mix Up of Cuteness. Accessories: So Saffron ink is sponged around the edges of the WW top layer to bring out the yellow in the DSP. Colored rhinestones and green satin ribbon are also used. The Fiskars Threading Water border punch was used on the flap. Thanks for stopping by, Happy Stamping!!!
WOW, I cant believe a week has flown by and I havent been able to post any projects... that's not to say I havent been busy at work creating!! Amanda's Birthday party was this past weekend and then she started dance camp on Monday, so its been hectic. I did, however, squeeze some time in to create these 2 cards.
Decided to do a little scrappin' tonight, as I have been doing a lot of cards lately. I had these photos from our trip to the Skylands Botanical Gardens on my desk, just waiting to be put on a page. The lilacs were screaming for purple paper, so this is what I came up with. This is a 12X12 page, and very simple to make. I lined the page on each side with photos, and made a scalloped border, which peeks out of each side. On the left side, I used SU Pale Plum paper and on the right side I used Basic Grey- Sugared Designer Paper. (There are little flowers on this paper that perfectly match the pale plum paper, and the lilacs theme) I used the following stamps on this page: Unity- Butterfly Beauty and Sentiments O' Simple. The journalling is done in white gel pen, with sentiments stamped in SU Vintage Violet ink. I then outlined the sentiments for detail. The butterflies are colored with copics and then glittered. I love the pictures on this page, it reminds me of what a great time we have whenever we go to the gardens. Its such a wonderful place, filled with color and wonderful fragrances. Its also where Eric and I met, when we first started working in the NJ State Park Service.....so there are many special memories each time we visit. Thanks for stopping by, and Happy Stamping!!!
Hello, I made this card last night, and just getting to upload it now!! I was playing around with some new papers and stamps, and came up with this design. Its a regular size A2 card.....and some brighter colors than I am used to working with. Im starting to experiment with colors a little more.....
Happy 4th of July everyone!! and Happy Birthday America!! These are some projects I have been working on over the past two nights. I am having lots of fun playing with new Verve sets that came in the mail the other day!! I have to say the long card isn't sitting good with me, I dont know what it is, but maybe its the color choices I used, Im just not super happy with it. I do LOVE the way the Verve stamps, stamp, however. The images are so crisp and clear and they hold ink very well, which is uncommon with clear stamps.
"Happy Birthday America...." Paper: Real Red, Cool Caribbean, Brilliant Blue and Whisper White, Ink: Brilliant Blue, Real Red, Stamps: Verve: Fluttering By, Hero Arts: Clear Design July, and Stampin Up: So Many Scallops, Accessories: glitter, white organza ribbon. Techniques: I faux stitched around the edges of the card with white gel pen. I used Splitcoast Color Combo 92 (CC92) which is to use Real Red, Cool Caribbean and Whisper White. I also used Poetic Artistry's Mojo Challenge #6 layout.
as from Verve, and I cant wait to use those stamps. Hopefully tomorrow. And, my other package was from Unity Stamps, from their new release party last wednesday. I had to dive into them tonight. I was like a kid in a candy store, I didnt know where to start. Its quite exciting getting new stamps AND having a few hours to create something at night. So, these two cards are what I came up with tonight. This card uses Unity's new release set called Floral Fantastical. This set is just fabulous-o! This vase grabbed my attention right away! The card base is Blue Bayou, with DCWV Old World Designer Papers as layers. The sentiment was stamped in Blue Bayou then glittered. I colored the image with Copics and posted it down with small silver brads. I also added glitter to the vase and to the flowers. And, I just had to add some ribbon bows to soften it up a bit. This stamp set is amazing, it has a bunch of sentiments and several floral stamps. I think this set even has a Sympathy sentiment as a Get Well sentiment, so you can pretty much use it for anything!!! Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!!!
Party" by Unity Stamp Co. It was one of their new releases, on Wednesday's party night!! It has a lot of cute drinks stamps as well as some funny, and I mean FUNNY, ROTFL, sentiments. You can see "Hey, Let's Get Drunk!" on this card. For this card, I used Cameo Coral and Soft Sky Paper, love those two colors together!! I also used some of the My Minds Eye Wild Asparagus Designer papers. I used Nesties to emboss the oval then traced the line with a white gel pen to make it stand out a bit more. The sentiment, "is it 5 o'clock yet" is cut out and then outlined with glue pen and then glittered, for some sparkle. The wine bottle and glass are also glittered. I added a white ribbon bow at the last minute, as I felt it still needed something. I can tell right now, that I am going to get ALOT of use out of this stamp set. Its great, as well as Unity's other new releases. Check out their website.
Hello, this card was created and inspired by the Mojo Monday Sketch over on Julee's Poetic Artistry blog. I have to say, I truly enjoy creating from these sketches each week. I especially enjoyed making this card today, because I was able to do it during the day! My wonderful daughter decided she would take a nap this afternoon.... for the first time in months. She seems to have outgrown the napping phase of life. (We have cousins in from Michigan, who have been playing and swimming with her contantly, the past few days, at our Aunt's house down the street. So, after breakfast we decided to come home for a little break, and give a nap a try.....and it worked!! Then, we were off to more playtime and family dinner get-together this evening. She is soundly sleeping now....Ahhhh) So, after I describe this card, I'm going to try to create one more. Yes, ambitious.....hopefully I will be able to get to it. :) The recipe for this card: Stamps: Stampin Up!- Always, Paper: SU Celery, Soft Sky and Thyme, as well as MME Wild Asparagus DSP. Accessories: GLITTER, SU photo corner punch, SU Scallop circle punch and SU cirlce (1 3/8") punch, White organza ribbon, Ink: SU Bashful Blue and Celery. So there it is.....thanks for stopping by, and Happy Stamping!! 
