Quilt card for Shirley

It was my mother-in-law's birthday recently, so I had to make a blue card!  I decided to use the new Twitterpated DSP and made a quilt card.  The square lattice embossing folder really makes it look quilted!

The card base is Baja Breeze with accents of Island Indigo, Riding Hood Red and Pear Pizzazz.  The sentiment is punched out with the curly label punch.  I couldn't resist using that Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon and the Teahouse background stamp.

Happy stamping!

Punch preview from the Summer Mini

I was very restrained in my Summer Mini pre-order, but I couldn't resist trying out the new triple punch that SU is offering! One punch has 3 different setting for 3 different sets of punched images. (The flowers on my card use (L-R) outside edge from either 2 or 3 with inside piece of 3, 1 and inside piece of 2, 1 and inside piece of 3. If you look at the punch images in the catalog, that should make sense.)
I think I got the color combo from Dawn Olchefske's blog: Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Pear Pizzazz. Definitely summery! And look at all of the rhinestones I added, not to mention the glimmer brad! If you receive this card, you can be sure that I like you a lot.
The background stamp is Teahouse, and the sentiment is from the Level 1 hostess set Afterthoughts.
Happy stamping!

VSN Sketch Challenge

Last weekend, SCS had Virtual Stamp Night. This is such a fun event! I don't get to play along like I used to, but I did create one card. The theme this time was You Make My Heart Sing. This was a sketch with the 4 squares representing the chambers of the heart. In keeping with the theme, I made mine an anniversary card. This is also a sneak preview of one of the Creative Crew challenges for March! (Ssh, don't tell on me!)
The background was inspired by ponygirl40, a member of the Creative Crew. This faux peeling wallpaper technique is her specialty. It was a lot of fun to create. The cardbase is Crumb Cake stamped with Sanded (in Crumb Cake) and Woodgrain (in Chocolate Chip). The wallpaper is Very Vanilla cardstock with Teahouse stamped in Garden Green. I used a Wild Wasabi marker to color in part of the pattern. I tore off one corner, distressed the edges and sponged it all over with Crumb Cake before adhering it to the cardbase.
I can't believe how many stamps I used for this: 3 backgrounds plus 4 stamp sets!
Happy stamping!

Bright SAB card

I really wanted to use that cute owl SAB stamp, and I'm trying to use my DSP a lot more. That's how I came up with this crazy card!
Card base is Daffodil Delight with the Teahouse BG stamped in the same color. For the DSP strip, I cut Peach Parfait cardstock to 4 1/4" X 2 1/4" then punched the scallop border on both sides. Then I measured the inner part and cut the Sunny Garden DSP strip to 1 3/4" wide. The owl is inked with Poppy Parade and punched out. His chest is another design from Sunny Garden. I adhered him to a Pear Parfait decorative label.
I gathered the Pear Parfait seam binding ribbon by pulling a thread from the center of the ribbon. I folded each end over and added a rhinestone brad (retired from the Pretties kit).
Happy stamping!

Using my new stuff!

Almost everything I used on this card is new! I just got the Build A Blossom stamp set and coordinating punch from the Occasions Mini. I already love it! TIP: To punch out multiples of the petal, stamp them in a row and punch them out left to right.
I got the color combination from a blog. It was so unusual that I had to try it: Peach Parfait, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze and Whisper White. I stamped the petal in Riding Hood Red ink on Peach Parfait cardstock. After I punched out the petals, I stacked them together and punched a little hole at the end. A Peach Parfait glimmer brad holds them together, and I just fanned them out. The DSP is Greenhouse Gala, and the background is called Teahouse (new to me). I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of Whisper White, punched it out with the word window and then sponged Baja Breeze around the edge to make it stand out against the background of the card.
Happy stamping!