Whale Shower and an update

Hello everyone! I have a little update on the blog. I changed my blog name to Sootywing Studios. I've been wanting to change the name of this for a while and I've been going through several different names. I ended up with this one, Sootywing, because it's kind of a play on my married last name. My last name is Sootkoos and as I was searching for names, I came across a type of butterfly that is called a Sootywing. So I kind of liked it and thought that it was a different name. Also, since I've been doing more invitations for clients, I would like to have some kind of name to go by. Hopefully soon I will get a website going with all of the invitation designs I offer. In the meantime, I will just post them to my blog and facebook page.

So today's card is a card that I made for a baby shower that I went to over the weekend. I wanted to use the cute whale from Oh Whale! I made my own chevron background using one of the images from Border Banter, which I stamped in Daffodil Delight. I also used the chevron embossing folder on the gray cardstock. Can't get enough of those chevrons! I stamped the whale in Perfect Plum and cut it out with the Happy Whale die. Then I added the Perfect Plum ribbon, the sentiment and some rhinestones. Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Oh Whale!, Border Banter, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Perfect Plum, Basic Gray
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Perfect Plum, Basic Gray
Accessories: Chevron embossing folder, Happy Whale Clearlits die, Labels Collection die, Perfect Plum taffeta ribbon, Rhinestones, Modern Label punch

More hearts!

Happy Friday! Here is another card I made with the Hearts a Flutter set. These colors (Pumpkin Pie, Lucky Limeade and Raspberry Ripple) were inspired from a card I had seen on Maile Belles blog. These aren't your traditional valentine's colors but I think this would work as a Valentine's card. I stamped several of the hearts from the set in different colors onto the white cardstock. I cut out 3 banners using the Hearts a Flutter dies. I punched a heart in Pink Pirouette and added some Dazzling Diamonds to it. The "love" sentiment is from the Valentine Defined set. I colored in the "lo" with markers, stamped and punched and then I did the same thing to the "ve" part. I layered this on Crumb Cake cardstock that was embossed with the Chevron embossing folder and then that was layered on Crumb Cake cardstock. Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Stamps: Hearts A Flutter, Valentine Defined
Paper: Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade
Ink: Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade
Accessories: Hearts a Flutter dies, Dazzling Diamonds, White Baker's twine, heart punch, 1/2 circle punch, Chevron embossing folder

Hearts a Flutter

Hello all! It's been a long long time since I've done any stamping. Once I get home from work and we do the daily ritual of eating, cleaning and what not, I am just too tired to do any stamping. And then there hasn't been any time on the weekends either. But somehow, yesterday I had time to make 3 cards! I was on a roll! I got some new goodies on Friday so I had a little inspiration to make something. Today's card was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest. I used the new Hearts a Flutter bundle. This is such a cute set. I love those banners! The banners were stamped in Pool Party and cut out using the coordinating die. I stamped one of the heart images from the set in crumb cake on the crumb cake cardstock. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and I just colored each word with the Gumball Green marker and stamped them on their own little banner. I hope you enjoy! Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Hearts A Flutter, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Pool Party, Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral
Ink: Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Gumball Green
Accessories: Hearts A Flutter dies, Chevron embossing folder, Pool Party baker's twine, Heart punch, Dazzling Diamonds, green buttons