Cake shop

Is this not the cutest thing?

As soon as I saw this set I had to have it to make this sweet shop.

The base is whisper white thick CS- I like it sturdy.  Then I took a piece of  Daffodil Delight , ran it with the Pinewood Planks 3D embossing folder vertically. mount it using dimensionals.

Cut out the window using the rectangle die from the Sliding door die (the Barn door) and it is the perfect size!

I slid a piece of Grapefruit Grove Gingham Gala DSP to create a base.

The awning was made using a piece of whisper white cardstock using the now sadly retired scallop punch and the geniusly matched word window punch.   Take a strip of whisper white, then punch 6 pieces of Grapefruit Grove cardstock using the word window, glue it on every other scallop as shown and cut the top straight and mount it on with extra dimensionals.

The cakes were stamped with Piece of Cake stamp and Build a cake punch, colored as shown and the middle one mounted with dimensionals to pop it up.

I love the saying in side too. Seriously, right?Make other store fronts - flowers, cupcake, candy, ice cream- endless possibilites!

I have been putting my stamping on the back burner due to some stresses related to work issues but like this card says I deserve some R&R so will post some of the cards I have been making.

This is the Beach Happy set from the Occasions catalog.  THe base card is Crumbcake with a layer of Bermuda bay embossed with Seaside embossing folder to create the waves, a piece of 5/8 inch burlap ribbon. 
Stamp the image on a piece of whisper white. first the stems of the palm trees in soft suede then the leaves to match  in granny apple green, sponge the sand in Crumbcake, then the Pool party  water but put a strip of paper across the card to create a horizon line as you sponge the water
Take a scrap of whisper white and stamp the bench in black and stripes in bermuda bay.  sponge the area under the bench with crumbcake to carry over the sand image and the blue under the left side of the bench to continue the water- it's a small detail that really makes it look bad without it!  Stamp the sentiment and cut it out with the Rectangle Stitched framelits die- another total favorite! and the card is done!

Paper Pumpkin Variation March 2019

 

Picture Perfect BIrthday is probably one of my favorite Birthday stampset and you all know I have a LOT of birthday stampsets.  I got this paperpumpkin and wanted to play with it but dang if I don't always remember how old they are- so I changed it up a bit to make it looke like this.

Love the little blowhorn.  The confetti paper and the popper inside were just adorable.

  I did add some bling.
and added Tyler's name for his birthday

The party hat was there because I screwd up and got a smidge of ink on the side- Thank the lord for embellishments!  You'd think I intended it!

The sparklers are from Birthday Backgrounds.

Lovely Lattice in pool party

 This is a birthday wish for my sister Chrissy-   the stampset is Lovely Lattice -sale-a-bration set, stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloered in using pool party blender pens, and Petal pink and pink lipstick,  Old Oliv and granny apple green, daffodil delight for the center of the flowers.

sentiment from Part of My Story- sale-a-bration set  stamped with versamark and embossed with white embossing powder.

Alpine Adventures

 I don't know why I love old sled images. Every time somebody comes out with one, I have to have it. The die was no exception and it did not disappoint.  A few years ago Stampin' Up had a Chirstmas card kit with diet cut sled pieces on it and I was hoping they would come out with die so I can make all the sleds I needed and they have!

Base Card of thick Whisper white, then layer of  Real red then Balmy Blue. 
I took Shimmery white cardstock and put a swash of water then Balmy Blue ink all over to create a background wash.  Then stamp the

snowflakes all over for s subtle background.

Diecut the sled from the Wood Textured DSP then mount with dimensionals.  Diecut a snowflake from Whisper White scrap. 

Stamp the berries in real red then stamp the leaves in Old Olive then diecut out. diecut the ribbon in Real Red. Add Rhinestone Jewels here and there to add a little sparkle.

Stamp the sentiment in Real red on a 1/2 inch strip of whisper white and attach with dimensionals. 

Peaceful Poinsettia

Yes, it's the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas season is now officially here!

This poinsettia die is so beautiful.

Take a base of whisper white stamped with the image in  SmokySlate to add a little background.
Stamp the sentiment in poppy parade.
Add a strip of Poppy parade and then a strip of DSP from Under the Mistletoe.
Punch a bunch of leaves using the Sprigs punch,
diecut a piece of Poppy parade using the outline of poinsettia and then diecut red Glimmer paper

using the die - you can use both the outline and the detail diecut together to get the perfect outline- of course I did not even realize this until after I made my card so my cut was a bit wonky and uneven. LOL

put a bunch of rhinestone jewels in the center to finish off.

Take out Box Pumpkin

 I had this vision of a pumpkin from the Take out box but when I made it it just did not look like what I imagined. but when I turned it upside down, then Voila, it was how I imagined it.

I made a bunch of these at my last party and it was super easy to make.

Cut the box out and layered it together as shown. I used a pencil to draw the pumpkin lines before I put it together. 

Assemble the box, fill with treats, close the box and turn it upside down.

I took the leaf using the Leaf punch from stampin up and a tiny strip of Old Olive cardstock which I curled using a pencil.

I glued the two ends together to make a stem and mounted the whole thing on the boxtop where the pencil marks converged.

like this.

It was so easy and so cute!
Happy Thanksgiving!

I've been playing with other ideas for this box- love it!

Country Home

 Loved this set as soon as I laid my eyes on it.
Stamp the image and the sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black. I wanted to use this for a non holiday card so wanted a neutral sentiment.  Color the image using the Stampin' Blends. Mint macaron for the pitcher. Do dark on the outside then use the light to blend it in - If you leave a strip of white in the center I think it looks better than if you color the whole thing.

I  used Calypso Coral to color the poppy pods light and dark and cut them out and mounted it using a tiny piece of dimensional to lift the top part and the green tomboy liquid glue to stick it down on the other side so only 1/2 of it pops up and I really like the effect.

Layered crushed curry and old olive behind the Whisper white layer.

take the Galvanized Metallic paper from Stampin' Up 2017-2018 Holiday catalog and cut a strip and emboss using the Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (what a mouthful!) that creates this beautiful tinned tile look.


Layer the whole thing on basecard of Blackberry Bliss.

Happy Halloween!

 I am sorry but I made multiple attempts at correcting the above image but no go- for some reason it is stuck on its side.
First make the hat with 2 pieces in black using the tree punch - (retired Stampin' Up) and the 2 1/2 inch circle. cut out the center using the word window punch- also retired.  I  attached a black medium sized clothespin using glue dots to the triangle tree shapes- I also like to fold over a little of the tree to tape it onto the circle base as shown so it makes a hat.
punch a little square into the a 1/2 inch strip of glimmer paper and then cut it to make a buckle

 Diecut the take out box in green and stamp the sentiment from the Spooky Sweets set and punch out the bats using the spooky bats punch.

Clip the hat on top and I love the effect.






Here are some Spooky Treats I received from my friends to share with you all....

a Sweet little pouch from Annette

 This was card designed by Hermelinda for our swaps- the outside front

 on the inside- so cool!

 A cute treat by Deidre

 love the eyeballs - from Hermelinda

and an adorable box from Margery.

Happy Halloween everyone!

my husband's birthday card

 

My husband wanted the Iwatch for his birthday and I wanted to make a card to reflect that.
I found this stamp from Lawn Fawn called You're Clawsome and it was perfect.

I found a picture of the watch on line and I shrunk it printed it out so that it would fit in the claw and I thought it was pretty perfect. 

I did put the picture of the kids on the other side as a momento as I always do.  It's fun to see the kids growing up more and more every year. 

Enjoy!