Father's Day!

Hello, Happy Tuesday! I'm sharing my cards that I made for Father's Day this year. I should have shared them last week but I didn't get a chance. But this layout was super easy and fun to replicate for other cards. I used the new Playful Alphabets dies to create these cards. This is such a fun die cut set. I really didn't need another letters set but these are small and the font is so fun! I combined this set with the Well Written dies as well. I can tell I will be using these 2 sets together a lot!

Another fun new item I used on these cards is the Foam Adhesive sheets. I cut black cardstock to layer on top of the adhesive sheet. Then I layered all of the dies on the sheet and ran it through the big shot. It was great to have all of these letters pop on the card! Now that I'm thinking about it, I should have used it on the "happy" gold foil sheet as well. Oh well, I'll try that next time! The word "day" is from the Well Said stamp set. I stamped "Father's Day" in versarmark on Bermuda Bay card stock and embossed with white embossing powder. Then I just cut out the word day.

The word "Father's" was layered on top of a Stitched Nested label die that was stamped with one of the images from the Pattern Play stamp set. The DSP on the yellow card is from the Playing with Patterns set and on the green card it's from the Forever Greenery set. The gray on each card is from the In Good Taste set. I know I will be using the DSP from that set a lot!

The ribbon I used was the Denim Ribbon and the Misty Moonlight twine from the Flowers for Every Season combo pack. I love mixing and matches elements from the different product suites. And for once I did not add any sequins, dots or gems. I probably could have but decided to keep them off for these cards. :)

Is everyone enjoying the new catalog? Hope you liked these cards!

Have a wonderful day!

Sunflowers Blessing

Hello! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. The weather was fantastic here. Today's card features the Jar of Flowers stamp set again. This time I took one of the flower images and stamped it several times on white cardstock. Then I colored the flowers with Stampin Blends. It took a bit of time to color in the flowers but I love how the background paper came out! After coloring in all of the flowers I added some splatter with the Pool Party blend. I wanted some of the white spaces to be filled in a bit.

After coloring, I used the Stitched So Sweetly dies to cut out Pool Party and Coastal Cabana cardstock. On the Coastal Cabana cardstock I embossed the sentiment from So Sentimental in white embossing powder.

I layered all of these pieces on top of In Good Taste DSP. I also added a pretty bow using ribbon from the Flowers for Every Season ribbon combo pack. That Just Jade gingham ribbon is so cute and matches nicely with the other turquoise colors on the card! And for the final finishing touch, I added Champagne Rhinestone basic jewels.

What are your favorites from the new catalog?? I have new items arriving tomorrow so hopefully I'll have a chance to play more!

Have a wonderful day!

Jar of Flowers Birthday Card

Hello! The new Stampin' Up! catalog is live and it's fantastic!! As usual, Stampin' Up! has hit it out of the park with their new sets. The first set I am using is called Jar of Flowers and it comes in a bundle with a fun mason jar punch.

I stamped the jar and flowers in Gray Granite and colored in the flowers with various Stampin Blends. These flowers from the set are so pretty and so fun to color. I love how the jars in the set are reversible stamps. This means that I can turn the stamp over and use it to color the water in the jar. How fun is that!!

Some of the other new items I used was the super pretty Forever Greenery (green strip) and In Good Taste (wood grain) DSP. I think I will be using the In Good Taste DSP A LOT!! I paired that with Pretty Peacock card stock that was embossed with the Tasteful Textile embossing folder. The finishing touches include ribbon from the Flowers for Every Season combo pack and In-Color enamel dots.

Are you in love with this new set already too! Have you received a copy of the catalog yet? If not, contact me and I will get one sent out to you.

Have a wonderful day!