Steph's birthday card

Our middle child loves horses, so Horse Frontier was a no-brainer for me!  I happened across Mindy Backes' new challenge blog, Fab Friday, today, and the sketch seemed just right.  This card is also for one of the September Creative Crew challenges that start tomorrow.  Be sure to check out our new Crew!

Supplies include: Horse Frontier, From My Heart, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla cardstock, Early Espresso Coredinations, dots EF, Summer Smooches DSP, Brushed Bronze button with linen thread, Tangerine Tango marker, paper piercer and template.

Happy stamping!

CAS for the birds

I needed to make a quick card that shows all of the stamps in the Language of Friendship set.  I started with a Pool Party base.  I stamped the sentiment in Island Indigo and then stamped the flowers all over the card in Pool Party.  I used black StazOn to stamp the bird and branch on Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green then punched those out.  The bird's feet are also stamped with black StazOn.

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Dare to Get Dirty dirty card

Here is my dirty card!  The cardbase and flower are Crumb Cake.  I made the flower just like the one on the clean card, and then I sponged it with Early Espresso ink.  The embossed layer is Early Espresso Coredinations cardstock run through the same Lacy Brocade embossing folder that I used on the clean card.  Then I sanded it to show the embossing more.

I used a different sentiment from Perfect Punches and Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon to finish my dirty card.

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Dare to Get Dirty clean card

For the recent Dare to Get Dirty challenges on SCS, I decided to make 2 versions of the same card: 1 clean and 1 dirty.  Here is my "clean" card.

I used shimmery white cardstock for both the base and the flower.  I punched out the petals with the Blossom Petals builder punch then I wet them and crumpled them up.  I opened them up and used the heat tool to dry them.  An antique brad is the flower center.

I used the Adorning Accents edgelit to cut the edge of the cardbase and then ran it through the Big Shot in the Lacy Brocade embossing folder.  I added rhinestones for accents.  The final touches are white ribbon, and a sentiment from Perfect Punches.

Come back later this week to see my "dirty" card!

Happy stamping!

August Creative Crew card

I made this card for the August Creative Crew challenges on SCS.  The focus here is the DSP along with the brads and buttons.  These colors are just perfect for summer!

Details: the embossed dots on the card echo the dots on the vase and the brad used as a flower.  The bottom of the Island Indigo mat is cut with the Adorning Accents edgelit.

Mama found this layout in either a magazine or catalog.  I thought it was really fun and a bit different!

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Masculine Christmas card

It's Christmas in July for the SCS Creative Crew!  Here is my masculine Christmas card for that challenge.  The cardbase is Cherry Cobbler.  See that Early Espresso layer??  It's the new Coredinations cardstock from the Holiday Mini!  The paper core is a different color (Crumb Cake in this case), so you can emboss it and sand it; I used the Woodgrain embossing folder.  The image is from Lovely as a Tree.  I layered that onto Be of Good Cheer DSP and tied some Cherry Cobbler bakers twine around it.  The sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes is punched with the modern label punch.

Happy stamping!

New stamps plus paper piercing

I'm loving the new paper piercing templates!  This card uses Layered Labels for the main image, and the sentiment is from Itty Bitty Banners.  Both layers are cut out with the Big Shot.  The card base is Baja Breeze.  I used Twitterpated DSP and Island Indigo ribbon.

Happy stamping!