Catching butterflies / balloons

This little girl is so sweet she was first on my sale-a-bration list of stamps to get- then of course she is holding the net but it looks like it could be a balloon so i had to play and change it out since I am always in short supply of birthday cards. 

the base card is thick white with a layer of fresh freesia that I embossed using the Thanks/Hello embossing folder just on the top to add some interest. 

Cut out a circle in white and you can layer it on top of the freesia piece or you can diecut the freesia piece as well and have the white circle nest inside - I did that originally thinking I was going to use the 

white base to stamp the girl and color but then the blends bled through so I ended up using a nother piece of top.  color the girl with powder pink for the face, bronze for the hair and highland heather for the dress.  The balloon is from the Hey Birthday Chick - colored with mango melody. 

Sentiment if from the Special Moments Sale-a-bration set stamped in highland heather  punched with what else but banners: pick a punch to create the perfect corenr then mounted with dimensionals.

cut some extra butterflies to add interest if you wish. 

 

take the cake shaker variation

this is the new kit from Stampin' Up and I just love it - it is fresh and colorful and perfect for that some one special's birthday . it has strips of dimensionals that make it perfect for a shaker.

it comes with everything you need- although I did make an extra layer with the magenta and the base white thick cardstock. 

I put the piece of window sheet behind the diecut front then put the dimensional strips in between the cake pieces - i did block out all the cake sections because I did not want the shaker shapes to fall to the bottom.  

I did not want to block the image with a big sentiment piece so I stamped the make a wish senitment using versamark and white embossing powder and stapled it to the top and stamped the stars with the ink that came with it to add some interest to the front white panel. added the crystal to the candle

 layer the whole thing onto a piece of magenta madness to makeit pop then the yellow panel and then white thick CS.  Love it!

Lynda

Friendly hello Sale-a-bration flip card

Some birds freak me out but I was ok with this one. I loved the DSP that came with it as well. so pretty.

The base card is thick white. I diecut the circle die positioned as shown and diecut just half of it putting the plate over the 2 1/8inches in so it would only cut 1/2 of it. then scored it at 2 1/8 and 4 1/4 

Take a piece of 4 x 5 1/4 and cut in half vertically - cut out the half circle on the left piece - you can do it by hand after gluing it down ot use the die cut the piece as well. tape 2 pieces of gold paper to add a little sparkle - on the inside so it does not interfere with the front panel.  stamp the bird on the front - take another circle piece and stamp sentiment to put in the back - I used alcohol ink to color the front and it does seep through. used Pool party for the bird and fresh freesia, crumbcake and green apple green for the branch 

Happy Valentine's Day - See's Candies lollypop covered

I always like to make a little treat for my staff and had limited time. This was a simple thing that took no time at all.  Take a box of lollypops from See's candies. 

I covered it with 4x 1 inch strips of DSP from From my heart DSP (Stampin' up retired). then I took the Heart doilies (retired but so cute- I bought extra when it was available and stuck it on the front with a dimensional.  

Stamped the sentiment from Gumball Greetings on 1/2 inch strips of white CS and punched it with the Pick a banner punch to make the banner. Add a little red rhinestone over the i to add a little 

sparkle.  Add some heart stickers to add interest. Easy peasy sweet little treats made in no time at all. Made 20 of them in less than an hour. Valentine's saved!

Bouquet of Love Hybrid embossing folder

This is such a cool embossing folder - comes with a matching dies with a stitched heart and little flowers and sentiment bars - had to add it to my collection of dies.

Base card is Sahara Sand with a layer of  Petal pink embossed . wrap a bridal bliss shimmer ribbon (retired Stampin' Up) diecut heart and flowers with Polished Pink and flirty flamingo and the leaves using the sahara sand. Diecut the big heart with white after embossing or vice versa.  mount the flowers and heart with dimensionals and add some Pearl jewels and quick and easy card.