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!

May Paper Pumpkin Alternative

Hello! We are still having some weather here so I feel like spring is finally here to stay!! Yay! Yesterday in the mail, I received my Paper Pumpkin kit for May. It's been a while since I've been part of the Paper Pumpkin family but since we've been at home the past couple of months, I thought it was a good time to rejoin. My daughter has been into making cards a lot lately so I thought these kits would be fun for her to help put together. I love that these kits have everything you need to put together some cute projects! This month's kit was extra special because it included the new 2020 - 2021 In Colors. These new colors are so great!! Just Jade, Bumble Bee, Cinnamon Cider, Magenta Madness and Misty Moonlight are the new colors. So far I think Magenta Madness is my favorite but I'm sure it will change over time!

For my first card, I decided to mix things up a bit and use pieces from the different cards to put my own card together. For some reason, I like coming up with my own cards before making them according to the instructions. But the cards that are shown are also super cute and I will be doing those next!

For more information on signing up for Paper Pumpkin, please contact me. These kits are great if you want to do some crafting but don't feel like making a big mess. Everything you need comes in the box so it's perfect for crafting in the living or outside on a nice day!

Have a wonderful day!

Hello! I'm back on this gorgeous sunny day with another Peaceful Poppies card. I used the Peaceful Poppies DSP again along with the the black and white stripe paper from the Golden Honey Specialty DSP from Sale-a-bration. I cut the black and white strip paper with one of the dies from Stitched So Sweetly.

I then cut two poppies using Purple Posy card stock (my favorite) and leaves using Mossy Meadow and Old Olive card stock. The "thanks" sentiment is from the Well Written dies. I finished off the card with Mossy Meadow twine, Black Glittered ribbon and Iridescent sequins.

This card was pretty quick to put together and would be a great way to use up your DSP. I love mixing and matching different DSPs and finding fun color combinations.

I would love to see you CASE this card and come up with your own mix matched DSP combos.

Have a great day!!

Mother's Day Cards

Hello! I know it's been quite a while since I've posted. At the beginning of this quarantine in March, time was moving like molasses but somehow since April, time has been flying by. Work, homeschooling and other random chores have wiped me out so by the end of the day, I'm beat and not up for crafting. But I managed to find some time and energy this past week to make mother's day cards. I know we are past mother's day but I still wanted to share the cards as the sentiments could be easily swapped for birthday, thank you, etc.

Again, I used the Peaceful Poppies suite. One of my favorites of all time. I love all the colors in the papers and the dies are fantastic. As you can see I used the same layout for both cards but just used different papers from the pack.

I used Night of Navy as the base for both cards. The flowers and leaves were die cut with the Poppy Moments dies and DSP. The flowers/leaves were then layered on Sparkle Glimmer paper that was die cut with the Stitched So Sweetly dies.

The sentiment is from Well Said and is stamped on Petal Pink card stock that was punched with the Classic Label Punch. Additional touches to the cards are a strip of Purple Posy linen ribbon, a Mossy Meadow linen thread bow and Champagne Rhinestone basic jewels.

Make sure you stock up on this paper before it's gone by the end of the month. Although I have to tell you the new catalog has some great DSP.

Stay tuned as I will have another card to share this week with the Peaceful Poppies suite. I made this card a while ago but just never found the time to share it.

Thanks for stopping by!

TGIFC258 - Rainbow Hello

Hello! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. We enjoyed another weekend on quarantine but at least the weather was nice so we got outside for a bit. I also made my first batch of macarons with my daughter so that was fun. For my first time I think they came out pretty good. My daughter and I also spent some time making cards. It's her favorite thing to do lately. She made some cards for her friends and cousin and I played along with the TGIF challenge. This week's challenge was a color challenge - rainbow was the color!

 I love making rainbow cards. Plus who couldn't use a rainbow card right now to brighten your day.

I used one of the hearts from the Be Mine Dies and cut them out in Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Pineapple Punch, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape, and Blushing Bride card stock. Isn't it so pretty?!

Behind the hearts is Dazzling Glimmer paper cut with the Stitched Nested Labels dies. And all of that is layered on a piece of the Golden Honey Specialty DSP.

The sentiment is from Seriously The Best. I stamped it on black card stock and embossed with white embossing powder. After I cut out the sentiment I added several strips of ribbon: Denim Ribbon, Purple Posy Linen Ribbon and Whisper White Polka Dot tulle ribbon.

After I put the card together, I looked through all of my embellishments and added enamel dots in various colors to the hearts along with some rhinestone jewels.

I love a pretty rainbow card. I hope to do some more rainbow cards soon!

Stay safe and healthy!