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

italics = retired product

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THREE Posts Today!

Wow, I must be on a stamping roll! Actually, I realized this morning that a bunch of challenges were ending today, and I really wanted to participate, so I had to hurry up and make cards for them! This one is for the Color Throwdown Challenge #268 (CTD268).

I stayed true to the colors, even though I kind of wanted to substitute Soft Sky for the Pool Party. This combo made me think: flowers, stems, and sky. So that is what I made! (With pictures, there is a fine line between accurately representing the colors, and not washing out the white parts of the card - sorry.)

The leaves were also made with the flower punch - I just cut the "petals" apart. The stems are very thinly cut strips of cardstock. 

The flowers and sentiment are popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Had to make a pretty envelope! This way of decorating an envelope just requires Snail and Paper Snips - no Big Shot or special tools.

Operation Write Home is always in need of more "miss you" cards for soldiers to send home to friends and family. Learn more about donating cards here. This card will be headed their way once I have a decent amount of cards to send.

If you would like to donate, but don't have time to get envelopes, follow all the rules, etc, feel free to send cards (or card-fronts from swaps and whatnot) to me. However, please make sure you at least take a look at their deadlines; i.e. don't send me any Christmas cards at this point in time. Write a comment below or send me an email at funkyj25@yahoo.com and I can give you my mailing address. Thanks! :)

Stamps: Polka Dot Punches, For the Birds
Paper: Certainly Celery Prints DSP, Really Rust CS, Certainly Celery CS, Regal Rose CS, Melon Mambo CS, Pool Party CS, Whisper White CS
Colors: Really Rust Ink, Regal Rose Ink, Melon Mambo Ink, Pool Party Ink
Tools: 5-Petal Flower Punch, Big Shot, Top Note Bigz Die, Bitty Banners Framelits
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals 

italics = retired product

No-Words Birthday Card

I'm very stressed out about a presentation I am giving next week, so I needed some stamping time to soothe my nerves. I like to *challenge* myself to try to use more than one challenge on a card! ;) So today, it was Color Throwdown #265 (CTD265) and Mojo Monday #316 (MOJO316).

I used Midnight Muse instead of Not Quite Navy, because I was trying to stick with current SU! products. But then I ended up using a retired stamp set anyway. Oh well!

It was hard for me to combine this many colors into one card (my stand-by is 3 colors and 1 neutral) but I finally made it work! Leave a comment and tell me which one do you like better: with or without the Crisp Cantaloupe embellishment on the left side?

Stamps: Patterned Party
Paper: Pistachio Pudding DSP, Crisp Cantaloupe CS, Pistachio Pudding CS, Baked Brown Sugar CS, Midnight Muse CS, Whisper White CS
Colors: Pistachio Pudding Marker, Crisp Cantaloupe Marker, Midnight Muse Marker, Baked Brown Sugar Marker
Tools: 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Bitty Banners Framelits, Big Shot
Accessories: Crisp Cantaloupe 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Trim, In Color Boutique Details, Stampin' Dimensionals, Glue Dots

italics = retired product

Last Chance Stamps...

I have a TON & a half of stamps and accessories that I don't use and am selling and offering for trade. Check out my thread on SplitCoastStampers for that.

However, this post is focusing on some lovely products that are only available for a few more weeks! Both stamp sets and the Designer Series Paper (from hostess pack) are on the Last Chance list and will no longer be available after June 30! Heartfelt Thanks (item #114980, $32.95) is one of my very first stamp sets (it came in my Starter Kit way back in 2006). It is a GREAT set for poppin' pastels and two-step stamping.

I totally multi-tasked on this card. I used Stacey's Jewelry Color Inspiration #40 for the colors, SCS Sketch Challenge 232 for the layout, and now I have a card for my grandparents' anniversary! At the end of this month they'll be celebrating 61 years of marriage!! I think they've taught their 5 kids, 17 grandkids, and 4 great-grandkids a lot about love and family!

Supplies: Heartfelt Thanks Stamp Set, Hugs & Wishes Stamp Set; Certainly Celery and Whisper White cardstock; Pretty in Pink Textured cardstock; Garden Green Patterns Designer Series Paper; Garden Green Classic Stampin’ Pad; Garden Green and Pretty in Pink Stampin’ Write Markers; VersaMark Ink Pad; Stampin’ Pastels; Sponge Daubers