Flowering Birthday - Stampin' Up! Flowering Rain Boots

   Just a quick share today to show off the Flowering Rain Boots bundle.  I'm behind on a few projects and I need to get cracking!

  I made this card a few weeks back just to play around with some of the stamps and dies in this cute bundle.  I love that the flowers in the set can be used a few different ways and the the watering can makes a fun vase!

  The cool lattice die is fun because you can use it singly or in multiples to create a larger element.  And you get the fun square off cuts to be used if you want also.  Hopefully yours will get adhered more aligned than mine lol!

  I'm looking forward to making a lot of pretty spring flower themed cards for birthdays in the next few months.  We've got a lot of gardeners in our family so I think they enjoy cards made with this bundle!

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Stamps: Flowering Rain Boots, Catch You Later

Ink: Balmy Blue, Night of Navy, Bumblebee, Petal Pink

Paper: Balmy Blue, Basic White, Night of Navy, SunShine & Rainbows DSP (SAB)

Accessories: Rain Boots dies, Stitched So Sweetly dies, dimensionals, Petal Pink cotton ribbon, enamel dots (retired)

Sweet Hearts - Stampin' Up! Sweet Conversations

   Today's card share is another project my stampers made at my last class.  Not much time to left to make and send some Valentine's and the Sweet Conversation bundle is a great choice to use.

  We created a bit of a collage like card with different elements from the stamps and dies.  This one starts with a Smoky Slate base to balance some of the bold red and pink of the Sweet Talk DSP.  Then the "XO" is stamped on a piece of Basic White in Smoky Slate to create a background.

  Some hearts are cut out of Brushed Rose Gold paper and Real Red.  The banner is also cut from Real Red along with a stamped Blushing Bride heart.  The sentiment is stamped in Basic Gray and hand trimmed. The final details is a Real Red faux linen ribbon knot on the banner.

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Stamps: Sweet Conversations

Ink: Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Blushing Bride

Paper: Smoky Slate, Basic White, Real Red, Sweet Talk DSP, Brushed Rose Gold Specialty paper

Accessories: Sweet Hearts dies, dimensionals, Real Red faux linen ribbon

Blended Rainbow - Stampin' Up! Rainbow of Happiness

   I had my monthly class yesterday and my stampers made this sweet rainbow card using the Rainbow of Happiness bundle.  It's a nice cheerful card for these cold winter days.

  This card starts with a Pool Party base with the sweet sentiment embossed in white in the corner.  Then a piece of Basic White is cut on an angle (so you can see the sentiment) using the Basic Borders dies to make the cloud like edge.

  The rainbow pieces are die cut out of Basic White thick using the Brilliant Rainbow dies and then colored using ink pads and blending brushes.  Once the color was blended on the little stamped patterns are added over the top using the same color ink (all listed below).  The rainbow pieces are then adhered to the white cloud panel.  A piece of crinkled seam binding ribbon is tied across the bottom of the panel and then the whole thing is adhered to the card front using dimensionals.  

  A few iridescent rhinestones placed around the sentiment are the final touch for this card.

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Stamps: Rainbow of Happiness

Ink: Versamark, Polished Pink, Pale Papaya, Pool Party, Fresh Freesia

Paper: Pool Party, Basic White, Basic White thick

Accessories: Brilliant Rainbow dies, white embossing powder, Basic Borders dies, crinkled seam binding ribbon, iridescent rhinestones, dimensionals

Friendly Birthday - Stampin' Up! Friendly Hello

   I almost forgot to post this card that we made at my Jan.- June 2022 mini catalog and Sale-a-Bration kickoff 2 weeks ago. To see other class project we made click HERE.  If you're interested in joining my in person classes in the Richmond, VA area just give a shout in the comments or fill out this form and we can connect!

  Sale-a-Bration is always a favorite time of year for me!  I love that my stampers can earn fun new products for free.  This year the Friendly Hello set is one of the rewards and it's paired with the lovely Friendly Hello DSP for a $100 level reward!  Now is the time of year to stock up on basics like envelopes, cardstock and adhesives and get Sale-a-Bration rewards.

  I pulled the colors for this card right from the Friendly Hello DSP.  We started with a Pool Party base and then added a strip of DSP that shows all of the colors.  

  Then we stamped the bird and flowers in Memento black.  The bird is colored with Pool Party Blends markers and the flowers are colored with inkpads and sponge daubers.  It's a quick, no fuss way of coloring and gives a nice relaxed look.  After coloring we added a piece of Granny Apple Green to the back then adhered it to the card front.

  The sentiment is stamped in Fresh Freesia and popped up on dimensionals over a piece of white Frayed ribbon for some fun texture.

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Stamps: Friendly Hello (SAB)

Ink: Memento black, Fresh Freesia, Petal Pink

Blends: Pool Party light & dark

Paper: Pool Party, Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Friendly Hello DSP (SAB)

Accessories: white Frayed ribbon, dimensionals

Monkey Business Birthday - Stampin' Up! Catch You Later

 Just a quick share today to show a fun birthday card.  I'm getting ready for my monthly class so there is lots of activity to get set up to stamp with 2 different groups.

 The Catch You Later set caught my eye in the mini catalog because of the cute animals.  I wanted a casual, non-floral set to be able to color.  

   I used not only the new Catch You Later set but also the new embossing folder Stripes & Splatters.  For this card I used the stripes one on the Crumb Cake strip at the top of the card.  The DSP is also new and you can earn it for free during Sale-a-Bration.  The Friendly Hello DSP is a lot of floral patterns but also has this great leafy design in Granny Apple Green.

  The monkeys are stamped in Memento and colored with Stampin' Blends markers and then die cut in a circle.

  I cut a few leaf sprigs in Garden Green with the Forever Flourishing dies and topped that with the sentiment stamped on a piece of Balmy Blue.  A few bright green sequins finish off the details on this quick and easy birthday card.

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Stamps: Catch You Later

Ink: Memento black

Blends: Granny Apple Green dark, Ivory, Soft Suede light & dark

Paper: Crumb Cake, Basic White, Balmy Blue, Friendly Hello DSP (SAB), Garden Green

Accessories: circle dies, Forever Flourishing dies, dimensionals, sequins

Framed Hearts - Stampin' Up! Sweet Conversations

   I'm sharing a sweet little Valentine's Day card today.  Actually it could be for any time of the year but with the heart day just around the corner it was my inspiration.  I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches for the layout. 

 I used a Basic White thick card base and then added a piece of Sunshine & Rainbows DSP in a sweet polka dot pattern.

  I cut the frame with the Stitched Shapes and Layering Square dies and popped it up with dimensionals.  I stamped the hearts in a few different pastel shades then embossed the outlines in gold.  I die cut them and arranged them around the edge of the frame.

  The sentiment from Happy & Heartfelt is also embossed in gold then fussy cut and popped on the larger heart.  I used my Flirty Flamingo marker to color in the little heart.

  A few more smaller hearts in the card colors and a retired iridescent sequin finish this card off.

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  Stamps: Sweet Conversations, Happy & Heartfelt

  Ink: Coastal Cabana, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Versamark

  Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Sunshine & Rainbows DSP, Blushing Bride, Soft Sea Foam

  Accessories: Sweet Hearts dies, gold embossing powder, dimensionals, sequin, Stitched Shapes dies (retired), Layering Squares dies (retired)

Watercolored Sympathy - Stampin' Up! Blessings of Home

  Unfortunately I had the need to make another sympathy card this past week.  This one started as just playing out with some inking techniques to make a background and before I had taken the card in another direction I found out I needed a sympathy card so I used the background I already had made and built the card up from that.

  I started with a piece of watercolor paper that I lightly brushed with Soft Succulent reinker and water for a very light band of color down the middle of the paper.  Then I dripped large drops of water and reinker from above for the large splatters.  Once those were dry I flicked smaller drops of reinker for a lighter splatter. When that was dry I inked up the smaller flower stamp in Gray Granite and then stamped off before stamping the water color paper.  Then finally I tore the edges off all the way around the panel for a soft look.

  I used a square vellum doily as the base for building up the rest of the elements.  Next are a few sprigs of greenery from Soft Succulent cardstock, then a small strip of retired burlap ribbon.

  I stamped the flower in Gray Granite onto another piece of watercolor paper and used Soft Succulent, Fresh Freesia, Daffodil Delight and Mango Melody reinkers to color it.  I die cut with the matching die from Flowers of Home die set and then popped it up on dimensionals over the other elements.

  The sentiment from Many Messages is stamped in Gray Granite and then adhered across the card front.  I added a few adhesive pearls to finish the details. 

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Stamps: Blessings of Home, Many Messages

Ink: Gray Granite, Soft Succulent, Fresh Freesia, Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody

Paper: Fresh Freesia, Watercolor paper, Soft Succulent

Accessories: Flowers of Home dies, vellum doily, adhesive pearls, dimensionals, burlap ribbon (retired)

Cheerful Tulip - Stampin' Up! Flowering Tulips

   When I saw the new colors over at CAS Colours & Sketches it was a no brainer for me which set I was going to use.  Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody and Daffodil Delight were just asking to be made into a tulip card.  As the challenge is clean and simple I just stamped and didn't add any extras like die cuts but you could certainly step this card up a few notches but it's so pretty all on its own!

  I'm thinking this might be a perfect card to make a set of for Easter this year.  Bright and cheerful but easy to mass produce!

  I did emboss in black the center of the flower and the sentiment and it's just the right amount of detail.  The sentiment is from the new Happy & Heartfelt set and I just love the script-y font and it embosses so nicely!

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Stamps: Flowering Tulips, Happy & Heartfelt

Ink: Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody, Daffodil Delight, Versamark

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White

Accessories: black embossing powder, corner rounder