Retirement card

My brother-in-law is retiring on April 1, so I made him this card.  I have had the stamp set for a long time because it has purple rubber!  That means it was either a hostess set or a SAB set.

The card base is Marina Mist, and the DSP is Print Poetry from the spring catalog.  I added wooden buttons and Summer Starfruit ribbon.

Happy stamping!

Nugget box

 

We also made this adorable nugget box at my workshop.  I got the pattern from Dawn Olchefske.  Her blog is awesome, and she is as sweet as she is talented!

We made the box from Pool Party cardstock and decorated with the Sent with Love bundle.  I punched out a little heart and added it to the stamp image for a pop of color.  We added 2 nuggets to the box and tied it with Island Indigo ribbon from SAB.

Here's the measurements for the box.

Happy stamping!

 

Lovely as a Tree!

I had a workshop on Thursday, and we made this card using Lovely as a Tree.  This is the oldest current stamp set, and I don't want it to retire!  Only a few more weeks until we find out for sure.

The card base is Wisteria Wonder, which I will miss greatly!  On top of that is Natural Composition DSP.  Like my previous card, I sponged it with white craft ink to enhance the pattern.  It makes me think of birch!  We colored the tree with Lucky Limeade and Early Espresso.  After stamping, we added wisteria dots to look like blossoms.

Happy stamping!

Natural Composition specialty DSP!

I just got the Natural Composition specialty DSP!  Why oh why did I wait so long?  This stuff is amazing!  It's a kraft colored paper with embossed images.  It's so pretty on its own, but you can jazz it up even more!  For this card, I used a Wisteria Wonder cardbase and cut a 4 X 5 1/4 piece of DSP.  I sponged the whole thing with white craft ink and then buffed it with a tissue to remove the ink from the embossed areas.  (This lightens up the paper a bit and makes the embossing stand out more.)  Then I used an aquapainter and ink to lightly color in some of the flowers and leaves.  I tied on some Wisteria Wonder ribbon and added a flower from the flower trim in the spring catalog.  I used my heat gun to shrink it down a little, and then I rubbed the edges with a little Wisteria Wonder ink.

Happy stamping!

Sent with Love

Today's card uses the new Sent with Love stamp set and DSP.  It's available through April!  The layout was inspired by my friend Rhonda.  She made cards similar to this at craft night.  The cardbase is Whisper White, 8 X 5 1/4 and scored at 4.  It's attached to a 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 piece of Calypso Coral.  The strips of DSP are 1 3/16 X 3 1/2 adhered to a 5 X 3 3/4 piece of Real Red.  I tied Pool Party (SAB) around the DSP and Real Red.  The airplane is inked in Real Red and Pool Party on a 1 inch wide piece of Whisper White.  I used the 1 1/4 square punch to cut the tails on each end.  The sentiment is inked in Island Indigo, Real Red and Calypso Coral then punched with the Curly Label punch,

Happy stamping!

Twin birthday cards

I made these twin birthday cards for my twin sisters-in-law.  I was inspired by the Mixability challenges on SCS.  These are mixed media challenges.  While that sounds intimidating, the challenges seem pretty straightforward so far.  The challenge a couple of weeks ago was to create a card using emboss resist.  I can do that!

The cardbases I used are Wisteria Wonder and Pool Party.  The doily stamp was stamped with white craft ink and heat embossed with white EP.  I sponged Rich Razzleberry and Island Indigo onto the center of each doily respectively.  After the ink had a chance to dry a bit, I wiped off the images with a paper towel to remove excess ink from the embossed areas.

I added ribbon to each card, punching a slot with the retired slot punch.  The sentiments are from Itty Bitty Banners and cut out with the Bitty Banners framelits.  They are tied to the bow with some bakers twine (Wisteria Wonder and Pool Party).

Happy stamping!

Non-traditional Valentine

I made this non-traditional Valentine for our 20-year-old.  I wanted to make a card that reminded me of her.  She loves the outdoors and bright green, so I think I succeeded!  The cardbase is Lucky Limeade.  For the focal image, I stamped the trees from Serene Silhouettes in black Stazon onto glossy white cardstock.  I cut it out with the Big Shot and a framelit, sponged Daffodil Delight in the center and then sponged several layers of Lucky Limeade around the edges.  The DSP is from Summer Smooches.  I added piercing around the edges along with Lucky Limeade brads.  The final touch is Daffodil Delight taffeta ribbon.

Happy stamping!