daisy birthday with flower and field DSP

Sale-a-bration started today and I just Love this Designer paper that came free with my first order.  

I love the pretty little daisies  so of course I had to jazz it up with some more daisies!

Mu mother's birthday is coming up soon and thought this a perfect card for her.  Take a base of white cardstock, then I added a layer of so saffron then a layer of the DSP.  I punched out 6-7 medium daisies and layered 2-3 pieces together then uses a little watercolor with water painters to add a soft blue with Pool party. I punched a bunch of leaves , some I tried to emboss it with Tim Holtz tattered leaves but it was a bit too much so on others i just scored it and used a marker to add some veins and with the simplicity of this card it seemed to be more appropriate.

I used Old olive to stamp the sentiment and used pool party markers to outline the story label punch

not sure which set this sentiment coms from- I took it out because I use it all the time and now i can't figure out which box it came out of - I know i know - I shoulda cleaned it up right after - but I have several different stamps i took out and now I can't find their original box - oh well - I'm sure I will run into it one of these days. I had these US ArtQuest mini Prills in "you had me at yellow"  -you gotta love the name!-  I just love the little balls that looks like center of the flowers - I just used the multipurpose liquid glue and let it dry a tad then mounded the balls on - it is so sweet!

I used n old punch to make the leaves but will be looking to see if there a more appropriate die to use in the future.  

I thought I would start the year 2021 with a clean slate but still have a punch of work from 2020 to finish up so have to get back to the grind- but it was nice to take a little time to make a card for someone. I now feel more energized....

 

Gorgeous Posies

 

There are some images that pull at me and I somehow just love it although I don't know why - that is how it is with this set- There were a lot of kits in the new Stampin' Up catalog this year and the Simply Citrus and the Boho Indigo really spoke to me so they were on my list of things to get- if I had unlimited funds I would love it all but we all have a budget you have to stick to.  My friends told me they got the Gorgeous Posies project kit and how they LOVED it and yes they were quite beautiful but i think the color scheme was not "me" so I resisted. And although I have gazillion flower stamps I kept seeing this stamp and really liking it.  So I finally broke down and bought it and this is the card I mad with it using my favorite colors.  

Base card is Daffodil delight with a layer of Flirty Flamingo.  Same colors used for the flower and the 3 round berry things.  Pear Pizazz was used for the sentiment and the leaves. 

 
The sentiment was diecut with whisper white and Flirty Flamingo using the Tasteful Labels die - the die has an impression around the margins so I fussy cut it so it would be layered- I wish the designers would make layers that are closer- the 1/4 inch layers look clunky and old fashioned sometimes.  1/16 to 1/8 layers would be nice- I hope someone is listening.  I put rhinestone basic jewels but i colored it first with soft suede stampin' blends to darken it a bit- i know it is hard to see but it does make a difference.

I punched some flowers using an old martha stewart flower punch but it looks Stampin Up is coming out with something similar for the spring for their Hydrangea Haven- which cuts out a bunch at one time which should be great- anyhow i colored the center with Flirty Flamingo. Used an old Calypso Coral ombre ribbon which seems to work here and I think this card screams Me! 

you know my rule- I have to be able to use a stampset in at least 3 different ways so I can justify buying it so I will have to work on some more ways to use this set! 

 

poinsettia tag card

 

I think I have every poinsettia die manufactured- I can't help myself- and this one from Stampin' Up is quite beautiful - great size and I like the leaves and ball like things that add that little something.  the coordinating papers are quite gorgeous as well.  

Anyhow, this month's Stamp n' Chat challenge was to make tags so I did - this has been rummaging around my brain and it worked out almost exactly how I pictured it in my head.

I had a bunch of tags i got eons ago just for this purpose from Tim Holtz or somebody I cannot recall - no label on box either. I stamped it with some christmas musical note background stamp- again not sure the source as I've had it forever (and back then things were not as well labeled)

I stamped the most wonderful time of the year from the Stampin' Up Festive Corners set - I'll be using this for my Christmas card this year as well- I really love it.

Diecut the poinsettia in real red , leaves from Mossy meadow and the ball things (anyone know what this is called?) in expresso and layered it as shown. the center is Daffodil delight.

Added some stars from Snowflake sequins

You can use the tag as is - really pretty or mount it on a red cardstock as I did here and use it as a card.

Have a Hoot on Halloween

Gayle suggested that we use this layout for our October Stamp n Chat so this was my take on it.

I used the stitches square die to cut out the openings and embossed the early expresso cardstock with the woodgrain embossing folder (sadly retired- but wood planks would work also beautifully.)

stamped the owls from Have a Hoot stampset set and colored it in water stampin' blends and watercolored the background

It's funny but the branches look like they connect -and they re looking at each other!

These owls are just so super cute!

the label die is the small one from "Hippo Happiness" die set. 

Happy Sheltering Halloween!

I bought some Halloween candy for my staff treats and for the trick or treaters just in case but I don't foresee any kiddie coming by with this pandemic-

Stay Safe everyone! 

Fall Updates

I have a hoard- and I mean a HOARD of cards from years past - some were swaps I made, some fronts only swaps, some were ATC's and not ready for sending out to people but still.....   So I brought them all down from top of my bookshelves with the intention that i will use it to make a full card or something more usable to someone.  So this is an example of such card- the base was solid but the center image was somewhat lackluster so I stamped this jack o' lantern from Everything Essential set from the Fall Winter catalog 2020-2021 and it just brightens the whole card and updates it and now I would be proud to send it out- and I did!

I got a cardfront as a swap that had this pumpkin and the acorn strip which was super cute but it was a bit plain.  I embossed the base mustard cardstock with the Meadow Moments embossing folder along the top ( sorry that it is hard to see) .  I then punched the pumpkin accent with the Rectangular Postage Stamp pumch.   With the large sentiment form Country Home set stamped in black and the acorns and leaves from Beautiful Autumn - with the coordinating punches- which I Love Love Love! it makes embellishing this card and bringing it up a notch super easy. So I took these updated cards and some other cards I've made to my office with a bunch of envelopes and asked my staff  to take the cards with promise to send it to people and they were practically all gone by the end of the day which makes me very happy that these cards will make it home to some happy receiver instead of sitting in a box collecting dust on top of my shelves!

 Taking something old and trying to make it new again with what I have - it is totally fun and great brain exercise!  Try it for yourself.  Hugs, Lynda

 

Mama Elephant /MFT Slimline Cards for my twins

Splitcoast Stampers Challenge for today was for slimline cards and I have been working on cards for my boys so I thought I would share it with you.

This template is from Mama  Elephant Slimline basics die - oh so cute! The stamps are from Bobo Tea and Zodiac Monkey- but the tiny Bobo Tea is from Zodiac Tiger set that I had to get just for that stamp. but it is a cute set anyway and I was born under the Tiger zodiac so I guess it is ok. 

Base card is white 8 1/2x 7 scored down to  81/2 x 3 1/2. THe scallop is with Sahara Sand and I put the soft sky CS behind the openings which were all mounted with dimensionals.  I did but a balloon image and stamped the inside with sentiment from the Happiest of Birthdays set from Stampin' Up.

Kyle loves his pigs so I used the Slim Woodland die from Mama Elephant and colored it with variety of techniques and mounted onto a 8 1/2x 7inch CS folded to 8 1/2x 3 1/2.  Stamped the Farmland background from Hello Bluebird and extended the image with the black markers and colored it in. 

the animals are from MFT The Whole Herd set. the chicken with the balloons are from Party Animals.

They are mounted using dimensionals of course.

These are perfect for adding money because they are nice and long. 

Enjoy!  Lynda

 

Paper Pumpkin June 2020- box of sunshine to give away

I have a whole mess of the paper pumpkin boxes as they are perfect for giving away but it is so plain and I love how the June package had a vibrant color and came with a label we could use to make the box decorative with extra embellishments.  I did add a small flower with a crystal jewel colored with a sof t suede blender marker to add some brownish hue. 

I am going through  my hoard of cards-  and trying to give it away to someone who I hope will use it with some small bits of treats.  This was for my dental hygienist Faye who is moving to Santa Barbara after taking care of me for several decades - I will miss her so much- she really is a gem!

I have plans to make more of these to give away given there are so many people I need to thank - and what better way to clean out your stash than to give it to people who may actually use it?

Enjoy!

Lynda
 

Bojo Indigo Carved wood TLC 808

Technique Challenge at Splitcoast stampers was something I have not tried before called Carved Wood and I thought it was pretty cool - the sample used a stencil to create an embossed image but I thought why not an embossing folder itself? and ti works just great.

I took a piece of whisper white CS about 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, scored it every 3/4 inches to create planks, then embossed it using the Greenery EF.  I took the Misty Moonlight pad to color the raised images. then used a sponge dauber with Soft Suede to color in the planks to create the carved wood look.   I mounted the piece onto a folded A2 Night of Navy cardstock after putting the blue ribbon from Bojo Indigo kit. 

I took a piece of stitched circle stamped with sentiment from the same kit in Misty Moonlight 

stamp the vase with midnight Muse, the leaves and flowers in white scraps and stamp the flowers using Melon Mambo and color in the center of flowers with Magenta Madness- i did fussy cut it more so it would be individual and used aqua brush to color the leaves with old olive.

 

mount the flowers and leaves with dimensionals.  added some crystal jewels for some added sparkle. 

Kind of an old fashioned look but I love it.

Enjoy.

 

Boho Indigo Thanks

I saw this in the catalog and just fell in love with this kit.  Love the DSP, love the stampset,  love the colors that remind me of the Japanese Blue Indigo Shibori fabric that we use for quilting and other fabric crafts.

I used the Papertrey cover plate: horizontal strips to diecut a whisper white CS and layered it over the Misty Moonlight base card.  Stamped the sentiment using Misty Moonlight ink and same for the vase and diecut.  Stamped the flowers with Melon Mambo ink then using the aquabrush and Magenta Madness added some extra color around the center to make it pop a bit. I did fussy cut the flowers after diecutting it out.

diecut the leaves with Old Olive CS and layer as shown.  I alway wanted to learn Ikebana.

Mount the flowers and the vase using dimensionals. 

 Enjoy!

Lynda

MFT Farmer Girl/ Hello Bluebird Farmland- splitcoast challenge F4A547

 

This was fun- I love farm and animal images and when I saw this MFT- PI farmer girl I ordered it- then I saw this  Farmland background stamp from Hello Bluebird so I had to have it.  I have barn dies and fence dies but it is a lot of work - this was just so easy- perfect neutral background- just coloring it and put what you want in front of it to create the perfect farmscape.  

This card is for a friend- thus the challenge F4A547.

The stampset did come with Hay there stamp but I used  the sentient from SU Beautiful Autumn in black. 

Used stampin Blends and some Copics to color.

Stamped the imaged, colored it , die cut it out, mounted with dimensionals and a really quickie card to send to a friend.