My daughter's birthday card

My daughter's birthday is Saturday, so I spent some time tonight making her card (a lot of time actually!).

Colors: Hydrangea, Ocean, Watermelon, Sunny Yellow

Patterned Papers: Whoops-a-Daisy paper pack

Stamps: Solo "7" (large 7), Snap Crackle Pop (candles), Joy (wish), San Serif Alpha (make a), With Love (flames)

Tools: Cuttlebug embossing folders: Happy Birthday, Number Collage

Accessories: White string, Breeze eyelets

Purse album

This is a fun mini purse album. It measures 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" when closed and approximately 16 1/4" when open. There are inserts in each of the pockets as you can see in the last picture.

I will be teaching this as a workshop on Tuesday, August 26th at 6:30 pm. Workshop fee is $12.00.

Colors: Buttercup, Blush, Petal and Sweet Leaf
Patterned Paper: Paper Garden Paper Pack
Stamps: With Love, Make It Count, Genuine Fun, Delight In Everything
Accessories: Smokey Plum Organdy Ribbon, Just Blooms Big Pinks Paper Flower, Garden Green Brads, Baby Pink Button

Happy Friday!

This card was made using the June stamp of the month, With Love. It's the only stamp set used!

Colors: Garden Green, Hollyhock, Olive, Barn Red
Stamps: With Love

It's been a while!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. It's the end of the school year and suddenly everybody has some place to be every night!

Anyway, here a couple of cards that my customers will make at Stamp Camp next week.

The first card utilizes the June stamp of the month, With Love and Spot On Backgrounds.

Colors: Hollyhock, Olive
Papers: Hollyhock cardstock, Garden Green cardstock, Boom-di-ada Creative Basics paper pack.
Stamps: Spot On Backgrounds, With Love






The second card would make a fun birthday or congrats card.

Colors: Barn Red, Desert Sand, Black, Twilight
Papers: Sassparilla paper pack
Stamps: Yeehaw

Just had to copy this card!

Every once in a while I indulge myself by buying the latest issue of Cards magazine (always with a 50% off coupon since it costs $19.95!). When Michael's had their latest 50% off coupon last week I purchased the May issue.

A card very similar to this one was inside... I fell in love with it immediately and had to copy it using CTMH stamps!

I don't know if you can tell, but the dry embossed background is also heat embossed with clear EP. It's gorgeous in person.

Colors: Black, Vineyard Berry, White Daisy

Stamps: With Love

Accessories: Black eyelets, Vineyard Berry Organdy Ribbon

Tools: Word Window punch, Cuttlebug embossing folder

A couple of cards for the weekend...

I wanted to show you that you can use the June Stamp of the Month in a different way.

Here, two of the vases in the set make up the lamp.

Colors: Dutch Blue, Olive, Goldrush
Stamps: With Love, Treasures of the Heart
Papers: Rustic Outdoors












For this card, I created the crumpled flowers by cutting three different sizes of each flower on my Cricut machine (George cartridge). In this case, I cut 1 1/2", 2" and 2 1/2" flowers. Spritz each layer with water and crumple. Uncrumple the flower very gently and repeat with 2nd and 3rd layers. Stack on top of each other and crumple them until you get the desired effect. Use a brad to hold the layers together.

Colors: Watermelon, Ocean and Hydrangea
Stamps: With Love
Papers: Whoops A Daisy paper pack (new from the summer catty!)
Accessories: White Daisy Bigger Brads

Dream a little....

I don't why, but I just love the look of this bird in the sunset! Maybe it's the dark shadow in the vibrant background....

Colors: Barn Red, Sunflower, Goldrush, Autumn Terracotta, Desert Sand
Stamps: April Word Puzzle (bird), With Love (branches), Card Commentary (dream), Simple Stitches

A fun card!

This card was made using the Script embossing folder from Cuttlebug. I also used the Funky Circle Frame die.

Colors: Autumn Terracotta, Crystal Blue, Sunflower, Olive

Stamps: With Love (flowers), Say It In Style (Thank You)

Cupcake Birthday Card

Here's another card using the June Stamp of the Month, With Love. The stamp set itself is flowers, vases, stems and leaves, so you have to think outside of the box for this one!

The cupcake wrapper was created by stamping the short vase from the set on striped paper. The cupcake top is the ice cream from the I Scream stamp set. Candles are stems and the flames are leaves.

Once again, I inked up the embossing folder before running my cardstock through. I would not recommend using Close To My Heart or Stampin' Up's black inks on your folders. They both stain right away. I used a Marvy Uchida black ink pad for this project. Close To My Heart used to carry them, but unfortunately they no longer do.

Colors: Ocean, Black, Vineyard Berry, Buttercup
Stamps: With Love (June Stamp of the Month), I Scream and Today's Date (August Stamp of the Month)
Accessories: Black Organdy Ribbon, pop dots

Spirograph Card - June Stamp of the Month

Aren't the colors in this card happy?

I used a scallop punch for the spirograph piece. Just punch a scallop and use embroidery floss or other fibers to wrap two layers and create the classic spirograph look. Layer with punched flowers and a sparkle for a great embellishment!

I don't know if you can tell from the photo, but I inked up the embossing folder before placing my cardstock in it and running it through the Cuttlebug. Just be sure to wash your embossing folders right away to avoid staining!

Colors: Crystal Blue, Autumn Terracotta

Accessories: ribbon (Michael's), clear sparkle

Tools: Floral Fantasy Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Floral and scallop punches.

Another Peek at the June Stamp Of The Month

Here's another card made with the June SOTM set, With Love.

I didn't have the notebook paper punch, so I created the look with my Bind It All machine and just cut the slits with scissors.

Colors: Sweet Leaf, Hollyhock, Blush, Buttercup

Accessories: Buttercup Bigger Brad and Hollyhock My Accents brad and spiral clip

A Sneek Peek!

Here is a sneek peek at upcoming Stamp of the Month sets!

Colors: Sweet Leaf, Amethyst, Hydrangea

Patterned Paper: Sweet Pea paper pack

Stamps: With Love (June SOTM - Flower's and Vase), Today's Date (August SOTM - Sentiment and June circle stamp)

Accessories: Spring Buttons, Amethyst Organdy Ribbon