Wrapped Bouquet

 This was one of the first sets I bought out of the spring mini catalog- the bouquet wrapped in what looks like newspaper is something that always appeals to me

basecard is Soft Sky - retired - but one of my favorites with so saffronl although hard to tell here with the diecut from Stitched so sweetly dieset.

stamp the sentiment from Peaceful Moments - Stamped the image in pear pizazz then colored it in with a bunch of different colors- colored the pink flowers with melon mambo using watercolor technique for a soft color then added extra color to the center with the melon stampin blends. Diecut extra leaves in white and watercolored it with different ink refills- pear pizazz and old olive to create a fuller bouquet.

tied it with some left over grass type ribbon left over from another project to finish the look

Enjoy!

Lynda

Seashells thank you

 the basecard was thick white with a layer of pretty peacock. Took a piece of whitecardstock.  Took the seashells embossing folder and on the flat side inked it direct from the pad using granny apple green, balmy blue and pretty peacock (retired) and embossed it and it creates this gorgeous negative seashells that just POP- - took the stitched nested labels with the thank you from the spring Sale-abration and tied with the crumbcake baker's twine.

Dragonfly Garden and Dandy Garden memories and more cards

I missed everyone so much and not having classes I got lazy and have not been making much cards and things and feeling rather blue.  Being rather tech slow I took me a while but I did finally figure out how to host a zoom meeting and started a zoom class this month to see how it goes and it was not bad- a little clumsy - doing it out of my dining room on a corner table so I can fit the camera - You would all laugh if you saw my setup.  But I don't have a fancy craft room (although I would really love one) or even a dedicated table so I am using an old hospital side table I had kept from my old office when it went bust and it shakes when I stamp and my stamping area is tiny but the camera 

my husband got for my kids so they can go remote seems to work fine so I am making do.  

It was SO GREAT to see everyone on line and being able to share all of this fun stuff that I have been amassing.

Anyway this was one of the cards we made at our get together- using the  Dandy Garden memories and more cards which is preprinted and pretty good deal.  Took a strip of the Dandy Garden DSP across the bottom.

then a Calypso coral piece then a white stamped in black memento ink with the flower image and the dragonfly on a scrap piece- color with various markers as shown.  bumblebee on the wings and mount using dimensionals. Sentiment from Garden Wishes set with versamark and heat emboss with white embossing powder onto bumblebee cardstock and die cut using the die from Ornate frames. Add some basic pearl jewels to finish.

 

Touch of Ink February 2021 S&C challenge

This is another card I made for the Stamp & Chat February challenge.

White basecard was stamped with the leaves with Grey Granite to add some interest to the background.  

I took a layer of Pear Pizazz.  I took a white cardstock and stamped the flower image multiple times as shown and the butterfly in black.  I used water brushes and ink refills on a tray to water color teh flowers and the butterfly in daffodil and pumpkin pie and Calypso coral (also on the flowers) and Pear pizazz on the leaves.

the words are from the retired set Label Me Bold.

 The back graound is done with Balmy Blue ink pad using blender brushes. I have some stencils with cloud shapes and I used that to create the feeling of sky and clouds

Forever & Always

 

Some of our local demonstrators have been getting together monthly for a Stamp & Chat -now a zoom meeting and this was the card I made for our monthly challenge layout.

the base white cardstock was embossed using the Painted Texture embossing folder .

I layered a piece of Melon mambo.  
i took a white cardstock, stamped the leaves from the suite sampler set (Hostess set from the Spring 2021 mini) and from Forever & ALways in old olive and water colored it in.

Used water painters with melon Mambo to color in the flowers and Crushed curry for the center and diecut and mounted with dimensionals.

Used the Blending Brushes with Balmy Blue to create a soft sky color,

The words are from Rooted in Nature set. 

Valentine's Day Treats - Paper Pumpkin Jan 2021 alternative.

For Valentines Day I need little treats for my office staff and the Paper Pumpkin this time was a cardset of 8 which was super cute but I needed treat bags or boxes so I cut the cards in half- thank goodness they were printed front and back so I could do that.

I scored 3/4 inches from the edge on the card halves on all four sides. I cut thick white cardstock into quarters and did the same with it as well.  then I cut the corners to make tabs so I could turn them into boxes.  I needed 16 and it was just perfect.

I diecut the hearts from the Many hearts Die in Real Red for the pink boxes and white cardstock for the red boxes- I stamped the white hearts with

curlycue hearts in Blushing Bride and mounted them on the boxes.

I diecut the banner from the Floral Heart Dies (which I absolutely LOOOOVE!) I', going to use this die for other cards as well - i love the gentle curve, stitched edges and the prescored bend.

The sentiment is from the paper Pumpkin set that came with the kit which I thought would be more universal for my staff than happy Valentines day in case they want to give it away to someone else.

 

I filled the boxes with an assortment of chocolates and candies

I hope they enjoy it!

now I have all these printed mailboxes and hearts from the kit to play with as well......
 

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!