Mother's Day Cards

Since my mom already received it, I can share the springy card I made for Mother's Day.

I just LOVE this card design. Not too difficult, and packs a big WOW factor. 

To make it extra special, I added a little glitter and made a coordinating envelope. 

 

I love my mom! Big shout-out to her for sitting at the booth with me for 8+ hours at a craft fair last week! :) One of my best sellers was this adorable little flower pot Mother's Day pocket card (inspired by Julie Davison).

 

My sisters, best friend, and grandma all received this one from me. I love them all too! :)

FYI - The Blossom Punch & Mixed Bunch Stamp Set are only available through 6/2/15 while supplies last!

 

Fun Fold Card

Stamps: Mixed Bunch, All Holidays
Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Pool Party, Sahara Sand
Paper: Pool Party Coredinations, Sweet Sorbet DSP, Summer Starfruit CS, Whisper White CS
Tools: Blossom Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Envelope Punch Board
Accessories: Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, 2-Way Glue Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals

Flower Pot Card 
Stamps: Petal Potpourri, All Holidays
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive
Paper: Rich Razzleberry CS, Whisper White CS
Tools: Flower Medallion Punch, Berry Basket Bigz Die, Big Shot
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals

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Baja Snowflake

It may seem silly to be creating a Christmas card at the end of January, but I am playing along with the ladies at 'Tis the Season for their latest color challenge (TTS9)!

Instead of Marina Mist, I used Baja Breeze. I have a TON of Baja Breeze felt snowflakes left over from another project, and I'm trying to use them up. I also wanted to use the Ski Slope DSP because it has BOTH colors in it!

For my layout, I used the sketch from Mojo Monday #330 (MOJO330).

My "tall & skinny" card measures 4" by 7" so I had to make a custom envelope for it. I used the same pattern of DSP that I used on the card, so it coordinates beautifully!

Here is a peek at just the envelope itself. If you have been holding off on getting the Envelope Punch Board, I highly recommend it. It is definitely on my list of top 3 stamping tools I couldn't live without!

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Stamps: Mini Mates
Paper: Ski Slope DSP, Baja Breeze CS, Chocolate Chip CS, Whisper White CS
Colors: Chocolate Chip Ink
Tools: Circles Collection Framelits, Big Shot, 1" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Envelope Punch Board
Accessories: Little Felt Flurries, Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals 

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Freshly Made Christmas Sketch

I really like this week's Freshly Made Sketch #112 (FMS112). It's very clean and simple, and is a good way to use up DSP scraps!

I made four different Christmas cards using this sketch, and I'll be sending them to Operation Write Home as Any-Hero mail for the holidays. See more info in yesterday's post. Any-Hero mail should not be in an envelope; thus, I did not make any fun coordinating envelopes (despite wanting to!). I did something a little different with each card. I like this first one the best, with the rounded edges, on the Very Vanilla background.

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Merry 
Paper: Jolly Holiday DSP, Old Olive CS, Cherry Cobbler CS, Very Vanilla CS
Colors: Old Olive Ink/Marker, Cherry Cobbler Marker
Tools: Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Hexagon Punch (for flagged ends), Envelope Punch Board (for rounded corners) 
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals 

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Trendy Banner Card

I just recently got the fun hostess set, Perfectly You. You can get this set if you host a workshop or party - just invite your friends over to stamp and unlock your creativity!

It coordinates with the Hearts-a-Flutter Framelits, which were recently on sale (therefore, I bought those too). The framelits, of course, also coordinate with the Hearts-a-Flutter stamp set, which was also recently on sale! Guess whether or not I bought it. ;) I wanted to use the Christmas stamp, and of course use the matching framelit, so I came up with this card. Banners are so trendy right now!

 

To make the bigger flag behind the stamped images, I traced the outside of the framelit itself and cut it out. Perfect size! This would probably work with any other framelits... Something else I'll have to try!

Stamps: Perfectly You, Hearts-a-Flutter
Paper: Dashing DSP, Real Red CS, Old Olive CS, Very Vanilla CS
Colors: Staz-On Jet Black Ink, Real Red Ink/Marker, Old Olive Ink/Marker
Tools: Big Shot, Hearts-a-Flutter Framelits, 1/8" Circle Punch, Envelope Punch Board
Accessories: Linen Thread, Stampin' Dimensionals, Glue Dots 

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Razzleberry Lemonade

This card was inspired by two challenges: the Pals Paper Arts #179 color challenge (PPA179), and clean & simple layout 265 (FTL265).

This color challenge could be a tricky one... BUT I remembered that the old Razzleberry Lemonade DSP has Crushed Curry and Rich Razzleberry in it! I really don't like this paper... it is just too weird and the color combo is too funky (even for me, miss funkyj!). But, I was able to pull out a couple of patterns that would work for these challenges. I may even do another entry for the color challenge; we'll see.

I kinda like how the scallops on the side DSP pieces match the scallops with all of the punched images.

The little "flowers" or whatever they are were punched out of one of the patterns of DSP. I used the same pattern to make my envelope.

Stamps: Made for You 
Paper: Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, Crumb Cake CS, Crushed Curry CS, Rich Razzleberry Textured CS (but could use the current Core'dinations paper to achieve the same look), Whisper White CS
Colors: Crushed Curry Marker, Rich Razzleberry Marker
Tools: 1" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-3/4" Scallop Circle Punch, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Envelope Punch Board
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals 

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Manly Christmas Cards

While I was playing along with 'Tis the Season challenge #3, I came up with lots of other Christmas card ideas that didn't follow the sketch. Here are two that my friend thinks are "manly." I'm entering these into Great Impressions' November Challenge - Christmas (GISMC11), Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Keep it Clean and Simple, and the Penny Black Challenge - Anything Goes. On this first one, I love how Dasher fits perfectly inside one of the window frames. Although it's hard to see in the pictures, I paper-pierced around the edge of the brown layer.

I used the Window Frame Framelits on this next card as well, but added a little bit of a different twist. Instead of layering two frames, I layered one frame over a square. It gives it a different, funky look. Again, I used the Festive Paper-Piercing Pack to paper-pierce along the outside of the red window frame. I took a close-up, so you can see it on this card.

Stamps: Dasher, Perfect Presentation 
Paper: Merry Moments DSP, Real Red CS, Garden Green CS, Chocolate Chip CS, Very Vanilla CS
Colors: Chocolate Chip Ink/Marker, Garden Green Marker
Tools: Big Shot, Window Frame Framelits, Festive Paper-Piercing Pack, Paper-Piercer, Paper-Piercing Mat, Paper Snips (to cut out Christmas tree), Envelope Punch Board
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals 

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