Happy Birthday

Supplies:

Stamps: Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips Birthday, Honey Bee Birthday Wishes

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark

Paper: Gina K White, Stampin' Up Basic Black, Mango Melody, Flirty Flamingo, Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green

Accessories: Gina K Master Layouts 4, My Favorite Things Stitched Blooms Dies, Papertrey Ink Handmade Quilt Cover Plate, Brutus Monroe Alabaster White Embossing Powder

Hello Stampers!  I made a card today using the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches.  

I started by selecting colors for the blooms.  Next I cut a white panel and die cut it with the handmade quilt cover plate.  Then I die cut a bunch of flowers and leaves, and arranged them to coordinate with the sketch.  When I finished I took a picture so as I moved the pieces to adhere them to the card I could remember where to put them.  To finish the front I heat embossed a sentiment and die cut it using a sentiment strip from Gina K's master layout 4 set.  Lastly, I decided to pop up the sentiment.  For the inside I stamped a sentiment and then die cut a couple of flowers for the inside.

That's all for now!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Terri

Happy Birthday

Supplies:

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp Friend Like You, Papertrey Ink inside sentiment, Gina K Woodland Friends

Paper: Gina K White, Stampin' Up Garden Green, Brown from Stash

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Tumbled Glass

Accessories: Pickett Fence Blending Brush, Cheery Lynn Designs: Mini Fanciful Flourish, Poppy Stamps Whittle Cloud Dies, Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips Dies, Hero Arts Wood Frames Infinity Dies, Copic Markers

Hello Stampers!  I got a bonus day off today due to the blizzard we are having right now!  So I took my cup of coffee into my craft room and got to work.  This card is for two challenges.  One being the Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers: Timber.  And the other challenge is using the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches.

For my card I started with the frame.  I die cut the wood grain frame, and then die cut a white panel for the inside of the frame.  I stamped my focal image onto this white panel and colored it in with Copic markers.  Next I framed the "arch" by blending Tumbled Glass ink onto the top portion of the white panel.  To the sky I die cut some whittle clouds and adhered them onto the ink blended sky. For the sentiment I stamped and die cut it with a sentiment strip die.  Then I was stuck.  I wasn't sure what to do with the sprigs that are on the sketch.  I tried grass, but that didn't look right.  So I went through my dies and found a flourish die.  It had similar leaves as the focal image, so I die cut two flourishes and cut them apart.  I adhered them flourishes to the card base and then popped up the sentiment.  I kept the inside of the card simple by die cutting a wood grain frame and stamping a sentiment.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Terri

Happy Easter

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin' Up Teeny Tiny Wishes and Papertrey ink Thoughts of Easter Sentiments

Paper: Lawn Fawn Blissful Blossoms 6x6 Paper Pad, Gina K White, Stampin' Up Powder Pink

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Stitched Bunny Die from stash, Lawn Fawn Mini Easter Eggs Dies, Simon Says Stamp Filigree Message Rounded Rectangle Die, Stampin' Up Nested Essentials Dies

Hello Stampers!  Easter is just a couple of weeks away, so I thought I'd start making some Easter cards!  This card caught my eye over at Splitcoaststampers for their Featured Stamper Challenge:

For my card I started by die cutting the Filigree Message die cut out of a 4x5.25 inch white panel.  From here I used my stamp a ma jig to stamp the Happy Easter sentiment.  For the bunny I die cut it out of the Blissful Blossoms paper, and popped it up with some dimensionals.  Next I cut out a 3.25x3.25 inch piece of powder pink cardstock and adhered it to the back of the white panel.  To finish the front I adhered the white panel to the white card base.  For the inside I stamped the sentiment and die cut it, with a pink mat.  Then I added some Easter eggs at the bottom for fun.  And that completes my card! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Terri

Smile It's Almost Spring

Supplies:

Paper: Gina K White, Stampin' Up Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Pebbles: Midnight Haunting 6x6 Paper Pad

Accessories: EK Success Circle Punches, Stampin' Up Small and Large Daisy Punches, Greetings of the Season Dies, Twine, and Dimensionals, Penny Black Heartfelt Dies, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Hello again Stampers!  I'm back with another card.  This one is for the Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers: Think Spring, and the Freshly Made Sketches Sketch of the Week!

I started with the tag on this one.  I die cut the swiss dot patterned paper and then added a punch art daisy.  For the sentiment I die cut it three times and adhered them together.  This was tricky because it is so dainty!  To finish the tag I added some black and white twine to the top of the tag.  For the left portion of the sketch I embossed a white strip of paper with the swiss dots embossing folder, and cut a slim strip of black cardstock and adhered it to card base.   After this was adhered to the card base I popped up the tag using dimensionals.  For the inside I again embossed a white strip with the swiss dots embossing folder and added a black strip of paper.  I also added a punch art small daisy and adhered it to the inside.

That's all for now, see you next weekend!

Terri

Cardinal Christmas

Supplies:

Stamps: Flourishes Christmas Classics

Paper: Gina K White and Stampin' Up: Tidings of Christmas 6x6 DSP, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, and Evening Evergreen

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: EK Success Tag Punch, Copic Markers, Stampin' Up Twine and Dimensionals, Spellbinders Circles dies

Hello Stampers!  It is Featured Stamper Sunday over at Splitcoaststampers!  Here is my inspiration card:

For my card I used a cardinal image as well and colored it in with Copic markers.  I die cut and embossed the focal image with a Spellbinders circle die.  Then I die cut a cherry cobbler frame for the focal image.  Next I picked out some patterned paper and matted it with cherry cobbler cardstock.  I added some twine and stamped and punched out the sentiment with a tag punch.  I did have to trim off the bottom of the tag as it was too long for the sentiment.  To finish the front of the card, I simply adhered the pieces to the card base.  For the inside I cut a piece of the patterned paper and matted it in evening evergreen.  Then I stamped and die cut the sentiment and matted it in cherry cobbler cardstock.  

That's all for now!  Thanks for stopping by!

Terri

May Your Days Be Merry

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin' Up Decorative Trees

Paper: Stampin' Up Very Vanilla and Mossy Meadow, Authentique 6x6 Tradition Paper Pad

Ink: Stampin' Up Soft Suede and Mossy Meadow

Accessories: Stampin' Up Decorative Trees Dies, Dimensionals, Nested Essentials Dies, May Arts Twine, Park Lane Gold Gem

Hello Stampers!  I'm ending my long weekend with some laundry and cardmaking!  I made this one for the Featured Stamper Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.  Here is the card I CASED:

For my card I started by selecting some patterned paper for the background, and to get a color scheme established.  Next I cut the card base and layers.  For the tree I stamped and die cut it, and added a die cut star with a gold gem on it.  I cut a very vanilla piece of card stock and stamped a sentiment at the bottom, adhered the tree, and added some twine.  Then to finish the front I popped up the focal image.  For the inside I stamped the sentiment and border, and then die cut it.  I added a strip of patterned paper and adhered the sentiment to it.  And that completes my card.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Terri