Father's Day Card

Here's the Father's Day card I made for my FIL. The DSP is a technique called bargello where you vary the pattern of the stripes. I pulled the colors from the Travel Journal DSP.

Here you can see how I lined up the pattern on the paper then I trimmed the ends.

Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Woodgrain; Paper: Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Garden Green, Night of Navy, Travel Journal DSP; Ink: Night of Navy; Accessories: bird punch, sponge

Happy stamping!

Trifold card

This week's workshop wow challenge was Cami's trifold card. This was a fun and easy card! The card is 4 X 11, scored at 3 1/2 and 7.
TIP: Score just short of 3 1/2 to make the card lay flat better.
Next time, I may make this card taller. You could use up to a 5 1/2" wide piece of cardstock for a 4 X 5 1/2 finished card size.

Here you can see that you punch with the slit punch on the 4" section of card which is the back of the card.
TIP: Fold the card closed before punching so you can line the slit up perfectly!
Then punch a small hole in the slit to thread the ribbon through.


To add the wow factor to my card, I embossed all of my images in black and colored them with markers. I used the scallop oval punch to punch the hole in the middle section; this becomes the front of the card when closed. I stamped the bee onto a piece of white cardstock and punched it with the wide oval so it would fit into the scalloped oval window.
Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Flores Suaves, Perfect Punches; Paper: Whisper White, Bashful Blue; Ink: VersaMark, Markers: Sahara Sand, Daffodil Delight, Pink Pirouette, Marina Mist, Baja Breeze, Tangerine Tango, Wild Wasabi; Accessories: black EP, heat tool, scallop oval punch, wide oval punch, white taffeta ribbon, slit punch, hole punch
Happy stamping!

More new colors

Here's the second card I made with my new stuff. This is a CASE of a card I made back when I first got Awash with Flowers. The cardbase is Daffodil Delight, and the mat is Early Espresso. All of the outlines are stamped in Early Espresso, and I drew over the stems with Wild Wasabi. The big flower is Daffodil Delight with a Cajun Craze center. The tulip (?) is Marina Mist. The small flowers are Cherry Cobbler, and the triple flowers are Pink Pirouette. The edges of the focal image are sponged with Early Espresso and Cajun Craze.
Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Awash with Flowers; Paper: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso; Ink: Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Pink Pirouette, Wild Wasabi; Accessories: Marina Mist and Early Espresso 1/8" taffeta ribbon, sponge
Happy stamping!

New stamps and new colors!

Happy Monday, everyone! Sorry I didn't post last week. Life was so busy that I didn't have the chance to stamp at all. But I have 3 great projects all ready to go this week, so let's get to it!
One thing I did make time for last week was the box of preorder stuff I got from SU. Not only did it have some pretty new colors, stamps and ribbon, it also had MY NEW CATALOG! I have been drooling ever since. There is some fabulous stuff in there, let me tell you!
This card is the first I made with my new stuff. The hydrangea and sentiment are from a Level 1 hostess set called Because I Care. I colored the hydrangea with Marina Mist and Wild Wasabi markers. I tore off one corner and sponged the whole thing with Crumb Cake (the color formerly known as Kraft). The cardbase is Crumb Cake with Medallion BG stamped in Crumb Cake. The sentiment was stamped in Wild Wasabi and Crumb Cake, punched with the wide oval punch then sponged with Crumb Cake. There's a Wild Wasabi scalloped circle behind it. Isn't that cute? I've seen that in several places lately, and I love the way it looks! The finishing touch is Marina Mist 1/8" taffeta ribbon.
Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Because I Care, Medallion; Paper: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Wild Wasabi; Ink: Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi; Accessories: wide oval punch, 1 3/4" scallop circle punch, Marina Mist 1/8" taffeta ribbon, sponge
Happy stamping!

WICKED color challenge

Here's another card I made for this month's WICKED challenges. The challenge was to use Dusty Durango, and Dawn suggested a color combo of Dusty Durango, Soft Suede and So Saffron.
I used a piece of So Saffron cardstock for my focal image. First, I created a sun by sponging Crushed Curry (using a Post-It with a circle punched out as a stencil) and then sponging Dusty Durango around it. I also sponged Crushed Curry onto the edges of the cardstock. I stamped the coneflowers in Dusty Durango and the grass in Soft Suede. Then I sprayed some Log Cabin Smooch Spritz onto it. If I could do it over, I would use the gold instead because the brown looks like a swarm of bugs to me, LOL.
The cardbase is Dusty Durango stamped with Sanded in Dusty Durango, sprayed with gold Smooch Spritz, and the sentiment is from Boho Backgrounds stamped in Soft Suede.
Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Inspired by Nature, Sanded, Boho Backgrounds; Paper: So Saffron, Soft Suede, Dusty Durango; Ink: Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, So Saffron; Accessories: sponge, cutter kit, Soft Suede grosgrain ribbon, 1 1/4" circle punch, Smooch Spritz (Gold Glow and Log Cabin)
Happy stamping!

Frosted Window

This week's workshop wow challenge is the frosted window technique. It uses a deeply colored image topped by a lighter image on vellum. For the cardbase, I used Sahara Sand and topped it with a Garden Green piece that I embossed using Rhonda's cuttlebug. Thanks Rhonda!

Here are my 2 images.
Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Le Jardin Botanique, Woodgrain; Paper: Whisper White, vellum cs, Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, Garden Green; Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, Riding Hood Red, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip; Accessories: Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon, blender pen, scallop trim border punch, big shot, finial press embossing folder

Happy stamping!

Last Chance Lists are here!

It's June 1, so that means the Last Chance lists are posted! There are 3 this year: stamps, Definitely Decorative and accessories. All Definitely Decorative is 25% off, and some of the accessories are 25% off too! They are while supplies last, so get your orders in right away! Click on the links below to see the documents.
Last chance stamps
Definitely Decorative
Last chance accessories
Happy stamping!