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Sheep and Rainbow

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My girls have a birthday party to attend today. And as usual, I’m last minute making the card. The invitation was a rainbow and clouds, so I figured I would just emulate that.

The birthday girl loves goats so I was lamenting the lack of goat images in my index when I remembered she also loves sheep – and hey I have one of those – and, even better – it looks like a cloud!

I can’t believe how quick this card came together – even with all the hand & die cutting!

Thanks for taking a peek!

happy baa-thday
Stamps: Party Posse (Paper Smooches);
Colors: Spring Rain, White, Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Harvest Gold, New Leaf, Blueberry Sky, Plum Pudding (PTI); Going Grey (SU); Black marker (SU); Black ink (Palette);
Other: By the Numbers impression plate, Cloud dies (PTI); Rainbow die (MFT);

Birthday Hoot

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I am out of birthday cards and have lots to send this month. Most of my cards go to folks that are part of a RAK group – which means I don’t really know them so my normal method for making a card (tailoring it to the recipient) doesn’t work. When I’m not sure where to begin, I like to browse my stamp index….problem is I have WAY to many stamps and I end up with too many ideas in my head. My solution – go random!

I don’t remember where I first read about it, but I know some stampers have taken to trying to use more of their older stamps by using a random number generator to help them pick sets from their index. My index is digital and can’t really be numbered in a useful way. Instead I found a random file picker program – I can point it to my digital index directory and have it pick a file for me. (I found the “Pick Me” program here.)

This morning I got Owl Always Love You – a Gina K set I bought when the owl craze was in full swing. I also decided to use a sketch from Retro Sketches (rs#2) – a new sketch challenge blog.

I originally had stamped the image on a rectangle, but quickly decided I wanted an oval with some pieces hanging out. I know there is a way to die cut with pieces hanging out, but it would have taken me too long to figure that out – so I traced my die onto the paper and hand-cut the shape.

I wasn’t exactly sure what colors I was going to use when I was coloring, but since I don’t normally do “weird” colors on natural things, I didn’t worry about it. When I was done I decided to add a bit of blue marker around the image. That blue reminded me of Aqua Mist so that is where I went. I kept the other colors neutral so the card didn’t get too overwhelming.

I really wanted to emboss the card base with a wood grain, but I felt the card was on the edge of too much, so I stopped.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
Stamps: Owl Always Love You (GinaK);
Colors: Kraft, Aqua, Rustic White (PTI); Black (Memento);
Other: markers (Copic); oval dies (Spellbinders);

Kiddie Cards

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A few months ago I needed a couple boy birthday cards.

The first card is pretty straight forward.

The second card I used some bits from a card that failed me months before. The little banner and the cute monster are from my scraps bin. I pulled the rest together around them.

Happy Birthday
Stamps: Free Spirit: Boy, Free Spirit Sentiments, Offbeat Backgrounds (WMS);
Ink: Going Grey (SU); Black & Red markers (SU);
Paper: White, Kraft (PTI); Pacific Point? (SU);
Other: Limitless Layers Circle (PTI);
HB 2 U
Stamps: Make a Monster (SU); Tiny Treats: Valentine, Birthday Bash Seniments (PTI);
Colors: Real Red, Pacific Point (SU); White & Black (PTI); Celery or Olive? (SU);
Other: Twine, Black ribbon (SU); star die (?);

Reverse Applique

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I made this card months ago for the Papertrey Make-it-Monday: Reverse Applique (mim40).

I used the Leaf Prints dies and Fall Prints & Patterns paper. I faux-stitched along the edges with a brown Copic marker. This was a masculine birthday card, so I kept it simple and just added a bit of twine.

Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Birthday Basics;
Colors: Rustic Cream, Kraft, Dark Chocolate;
Other: Leaf Prints dies, Fall Prints & Patterns paper; twine (stash); marker (Copic);

Razzleberry Rose

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This week’s Clean & Simple challenge at SCS was a color challenge: Rich Razzleberry and White. Razzleberry is one of my favorite colors!

I had tons of ideas, but settled on using this rose from an old set – Abundant Joy. I stamped the rose full strength, but the sentiment is off-stamped, though the ink is quite rich and so it is hard to see any difference.

I also added an embossed square around the image. I did the embossing from the back so that the embossing is out, not in (debossed).

Thanks for taking a peek!

Birthday Wishes
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Abundant Joy, Watercolor Wishes (sentiment);
Colors: White, Rich Razzleberry;
Other: Sq die (Spellbinders);

Shell-ebrate

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For the final round of the SCS CAS design team search, Jenn set a color challenge (SpringDT3). The colors are: bashful blue, certainly celery, and creamy caramel.

It took me awhile to decide what to do with my card, but this idea kept coming back to me, so I decided not to continuing ignoring it. I had to go with the colors I have in Copic, so my green is more Gable Green than Celery, and I went with Kraft because I love it; I think my changes still qualify.

I had fun coloring this little guy. I added a bit of green scallops under the sentiment because it needed it. I finished off the card base with some polka dot debossing.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Let’s Shell-ebrate
Stamps: Party Posse (Paper Smooches);
Colors: Bashful Blue, Gable Green (SU); White, Kraft (PTI); Black (Memento);
Other: YG11, YG13, YG17 Markers (Copic); Scallop Square die (Spellbinders); Polka Dot Impression Plate (PTI);

Just a Number

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I made it to the second round of the CAS DT spring search at SCS. The next challenge was an inspiration challenge (here). The photo was a bright playground scene. The numbers across the bars are what really drew my eye.

I decided to make a card for my sister – her birthday is in a couple weeks (I can post this now because she doesn’t read my blog).

I wanted to keep the bright colors, but make them a little trendier than bold primary. The “it’s just a number” sentiment was the first thing I thought about using. The bars in the picture kept jumping out at me so I decided to add a line of text behind the number die cuts.

Thanks for stopping by!

it’s just a number
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Birthday Bash Sentiments, Around & About Sentiments;
Colors: Berry Sorbet, Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreunse, Hawaiian Shores, White; Going Grey (SU); Charcoal (Palette);
Other: Block Alphabet Numbers dies; dimensionals;

Cowabunga

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I created this card for the Waltzing Mouse sketch challenge (wmsc85).

The sketch is a hard one if you don’t have the right stamps…but I turned it on its side and found it much easier.

I’ve been in love with this swoop image since I bought the set – but I haven’t used it yet. For this card, I inked the image first with Aqua Mist then went back and touched the outside edge with Hawaiian Shores. It is a light gradient, but it is more obvious in person.

No idea who I’ll give this card to – but it was fun (and quick!).

Thanks for stopping by!

Cowabunga
Stamps: Free Spirit – Boy, Free Spirit Sentiments (WMS);
Colors: Kraft, White, Summer Sunrise (PTI); Calypso, Saffron (SU);
Other: Dimensionals;

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

You Turn My World Upside Down

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I made this card months ago when I first got the stamp set, but never got around to posting it here. Since Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, I figured I better get in gear!

I thought I was clever putting the bat right-side up and having the sentiment say “upside down”, but it took my hubby for*evah* to figure it out!

To do the sentiment, I printed some words (“turn” “upside down”) on the computer and then selectively inked the “you color my world” sentiment and stamped it in place (hence the slight color difference in blacks).

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Turn My World Upside Down
Stamps: Falling for You, Word Salad (Paper Smooches);
Colors: Sweet Blush, Plum Pudding (PTI);
Other: markers (Copic); Dainty Lace Border die (MFT); Linen impression plate (PTI); CK Journal font;