A new and improved fabric flower!

Let's be honest; my first fabric flower looked more like a braided rug than a flower.  I twisted the fabric too tight.

I really wanted to do a fabric flower at my workshop last month, so I decided to try again.  The result was SO much better!  I CASEd this card from Splitcoaststampers, changing it up just a bit.

The fabric and DSP are Twitterpated.  The leaves are from the bird punch, and the sentiment is from Word Play.  It's also available as a single stamp until January 1.

Happy stamping!

Big card with dimensional flower

I needed a big card for work so lots of people could sign it.  This card is 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, a full sheet of cardstock folded in half.  The DSP layer is 4 X 7, and the Poppy Parade layer is 4 1/2 X 7 1/2. I used the scallop corner punch on the corners of both layers as well as on the sentiment piece.  I tied Whisper White satin ribbon and Daffodil Delight narrow taffeta ribbon around that layer before attaching it to the card base.

Come back tomorrow for a tutorial on how to make the flower with no special tools!

Happy stamping!

CASEing myself

If this looks familiar to you, it's because I made a very similar card at Christmas.  I made this to send to my hubby to let him know how much I'm looking forward to seeing him after my 3-week business trip.  It's also one more project in my quest to use up all of my Jolly Holiday DSP.  Maybe I'm kidding myself, but this cared doesn't seem too Christmasy to me, just masculine.  I realized after I made it that the circles lined up between the 2 patterns.  That was total luck, LOL!  For the sentiment, I used Word Play and Four Frames (omitted the bird).

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Sunny Garden Mojo Sketch

For this card, I used Mojo Monday sketch 190.  I love the bright colors, but I have to admit that I'm looking forward to using some different DSP when I get home.  Especially since I have some NEW DSP FROM THE NEW CATALOG just sitting waiting for me.  I think this will be a great birthday card for the soon-to-be 17-year-old in the family!

P.S.  I scheduled this for Wednesday, but it didn't post.  Sorry for the delay!

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More Jolly Holiday DSP!

I brought some Jolly Holiday DSP with me so I can try to use most of it up before it retires at the end of June.  I found a sketch I'd saved on my computer from the last Dare to Get Dirty challenges on SCS, and I used that as inspiration.

The card base is Old Olive.  I cut some DSP to 4 X 5 1/4 and used the scallop corner punch on the corners.  The Cherry Cobbler dotted layer is 3 X 4, and the Old Olive dotted layer is 3 X 1 1/4.  I cut a piece of Very Vanilla to 2/12 X 3 and stamped the script from THe Open Sea in Old Olive.  I added the sentiment from Word Play in Cherry Cobbler as well as the compass from The Open Sea.  I stamped the compass separately on Very Vanilla, cut out the circle and popped it up on a dimensional.

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Simple Sunny Garden card

I'm traveling for work again, and I finally have internet!  I brought some stamping supplies with me, but of course they're limited.  So you'll be seeing Clean and Simple projects for the next few weeks.  I did actually make a card last night, and here it is!  I started with Sunny Garden DSP.  I cut 2 3X3 squares and adhered them to a Poppy Parade cardbase.  I cut a 2 X 3 piece of Whisper White and stamped the sentiment from Word Play in Poppy Parade and Pear Pizzazz.  I used the scallop corner punch on all 4 corners and added some rhinestones.  Pear Pizzazz ribbon went around the center of the cardbase.

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Confirmation card

Our youngest was confirmed a few weeks ago.  We're finally celebrating, and here's the card I made for her.  I used the color combo from Beate's VSN Pirate Party challenge: aqua, light green and kraft.  My card is Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz and Crumb Cake.

I thought the compass and globe stamps from the Open Sea stamp set would work well with the sentiment I chose from Word Play.  The card base is Crumb Cake topped with Presto Patterns DSP sponged with Baja Breeze.  The sentiment is stamped in Baja Breeze and Pear Pizzazz on a 2 X 3 piece of Whisper White.  The globe is stamped multiple times in Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz and Crumb Cake on a 2 1/2 X 3 3/4 piece of Whisper White, and I ran it through the Big Shot in the Square Lattice embossing folder.  I used the ticket corner punch on all of the layers.  The compass is stamped in Soft Suede on Crumb Cake and punched with the 1 1/4" circle.  I added spinner hands after clipping off the round end.

Happy stamping!