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Different Valentine

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This is another card I created for my mom’s December stamp camp.

This time we wanted a card that used a set that wasn’t your typical valentine and we wanted the feel of it to not scream valentine either.

The background stamping was masked so the flourish would not appear below the sentiment.

The flower is stamped 3 times and cut out in layers and popped up to create a dimensional flower.

I added tiny pearls to the flourish for a final touch.

Thanks for taking a peek!

LOVE
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Creative Elements, Lovely Letters;
Colors: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry, Vanilla;
Other: Pearls

Valentine Greetings

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I created this card for my mom to use at her December stamp camp.

The hearts are hand-cut and popped-up.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Valentine Greetings
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts, Grateful Greetings;
Colors: Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Crumb White, Black;
Other: Pink ribbon, Petals a Plenty embossing folder, Rounded Corner punch;

Spring Elements

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This weekend is a Virtual Stamp Night (well, really weekend). This is the “mini” weekend so just a handful of challenges today & tomorrow. I created this card for the first challenge. But I’m not happy with it, so I stopped playing. Still, I wanted to post the card anyway, cuz I’m like that.

I honestly don’t know what it is I don’t like. I’m not sure if the cut-outs are too high but it was after I drew the frame that I stopped liking it, so maybe something with that. I tried to make it better by putting rhinestones on it (over the already stamped ‘sparkles’ that are part of the sentiment – I won’t do that again). If you have thoughts – please share.

Anyway, I do really like the way the rainbow and white embossed elements turned out – which I guess is why I’m sharing. 🙂

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Spring
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Spring Fling;
Colors: White (PTI); Pretty in Pink, Marigold Morning (retired), Daffodil Delight, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Lavender Lace (retired);
Other: Going Grey & Basic Grey markers; sponges; white embossing (Filigree); Take Three die (PTI); Rhinestones (Kaiser);

Clean & Simple Class – Day 4

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Day 4 of class was to take a stamp and use it in different ways. I chose to use the large floral spray in the Elements of Style set by StampinUp.

My first card uses the spray as a background. I stamped it in very light ink a couple times on the card base.

To do the sentiment, I stamped the frame in a dark brown (to help pull the focus) and colored it with Copics. I’m a cutter – of stamps 🙂 The sentiment was trimmed so I could stamp the words separately.

I really like how this one turned out.

For the second card, I wanted to use the spray as the focal image. Of course, I didn’t have a lot of time to color the whole thing, and Day 5’s lesson was in my head – so I chose to do a technique: Spotlighting.

This time I stamped the spray in dark brown (since it should be the focus).

I embossed the background – not sure if that lessens the CASness, but I like the feel it adds.

I also chose to keep the same colors for all the cards.

I really wasn’t sure what I would do for the last card. I knew I wanted to do something unexpected with it. After looking over the lesson again, I liked how Kristina & Julie used their image within other images. That made me remember this totally awesome card by Dawn O. So I cased it.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Best Wishes
Stamps: Elements of Style, Four Frames, Oval All (SU);
Colors: Cream (PTI); Bamboo ink (CTMH); Rich Cocoa ink (Memento);
Other: markers-R20, R22, YG91 (Copic); ribbon (PTI);
Happy Birthday – Spotlight
Stamps: Elements of Style, Warmest Regards (SU);
Colors: Cream (PTI); Rich Cocoa ink (Memento);
Other: markers-R20, R22, R24, YG91, YG93 (Copic); Fancy Tags 1 die (Spellbinders); pearls (Hero Arts); Square Lattice embossing folder (SU); circle die (Spellbinders);
Happy Birthday – Butterfly
Stamps: Elements of Style (SU); For Every Occasion (CTMH);
Colors: Cream (PTI); Rich Cocoa ink (Memento);
Other: markers-R20, R22, YG91, YG93 (Copic); Butterly die (SU); pearls (Kaiser);

Pink Bubbly Birthday

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I created this card for the Clean & Simple Cards challenge at SCS (cas151). The theme for this challenge was “beverages”.

For some reason the champagne glasses image came to my mind first, but I wanted a birthday card. I decided that if I kept the layout fun and the colors bright it would work. And besides we can “cheers” for a birthday!

I’m not sure my final card is quite simple enough, but I’m happy with it all the same!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Cheers to You
Stamps: Cheers to You (SU); Tags Its 5 (PTI); Polka Dot Basics 2 (PTI);
Colors: Pink Pirouette (SU); Lemon Tart, White (PTI); Black (Memento);
Other: R20 marker (Copic); Blush ribbon (PTI); Scallop border punch (SU); various circle punches;

Happy Day Birdie

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I created this card for two challenges. First, the colors are from the Play Date Cafe – a challenge blog I’ve been stalking for awhile but this is my first entrance (pdcc113). The layout is a Fall-to-Layout from Clean & Simple Stamping (ftl172).

I really loved the soothing colors and felt that the birdie could only be relaxed if free from the cage. 🙂

The scallop border is done by overlapping a couple square die cuts.

Thanks for taking a peek!

happy day
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Aviary, Friendly Phrases;
Colors: Celery, Pool, White, Black;
Other: Victorian embossing folder, white twine, white embossing; Scallop die (Spellbinders);

Black & White Ties

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I created this card for the Runway Inspiration Challenge (ric3).

This one was a tough one for me – all black & white. I wasn’t sure what to do at first, so I searched through my stamp index. When I saw the ties I knew that would be perfect!

I stamped the ties and cut them out so they would be popped-up (to give dimension – since I didn’t have any color for pop). Also, I added the line next to the sentiment to help balance out the card.

As a final touch I added little gold bead gems as tie pins.

Thanks for stopping by!

happy birthday
Stamps: Best Dad Ever (SU); Faux Ribbon-line (PTI);
Colors: Black, White (PTI);
Other: Gold bead jewels (Mark Richards); dimensionals (SU);

Hoppy Snapshot

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I got into Copic markers after Unfrogettable retired, but I still don’t know why it took me so long to put these two favorites together! I love this little froggie – he makes me smile every time!

This is a very simple card. I wanted a Polariod look, so I used a square die to cut a window from a piece of white cardstock. I stamped my image onto light yellow cardstock and colored with green Copics. The marker didn’t blend as well as on white cardstock, but it worked well enough.

Thanks for taking a peek!

hoppy birthday
Stamps: Unfrogettable (SU);
Colors: Kraft, White, Lemon Tart (PTI); Black (Memento);
Other: markers (Copic), Square die (Spellbinders), white colored pencil;

Santa Flying By

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I am a guest designer for this week’s Clean & Simple challenge at SCS (cas150). The challenge was “windows”. There is a lot of interpretation that could be done for that (and I’ll probably be making another card later today), but this card is what first came to mind.

I used a die from PTI to create the window. Since this should be Clean & Simple, I kept the interior design down to a minimum – no drapes, just white wood paneling. I added a tiny touch of color with a red rhinestone in the sentiment.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Merry Christmas
Stamps: Sensational Scenery, Wandering Words (SU); Signature Holiday Greetings (PTI);
Colors: Baja (SU); Pinefeather, Black, White (PTI);
Other: Alpha Block die, Wood impression plate (PTI); Label die (Spellbinders); Rhinestones (HeroArts);

Worlds Apart

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I created this card for mom’s stamp camp last month. My assignment was to use Zoo Review. Since the theme for that camp was the winter holidays, I decided to use the two cold-weather animals.

I know polar bears and penguins don’t co-habitate, but that made me think about how many “invisible” friends I have online – which lead me to the sentiment 🙂

Thanks for taking a peek!

World 2 Me
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Zoo Review, Word Play;
Colors: Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, White; and markers: Sahara Sand, Pumpkin pie;
Other: Dazzling Details (glitter glue), Northern Flurries embossing folder;