Fabulous Florets

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Several of my customers have asked for cards designed without any phrase added to them, this is one of those cards.  It would be very easy to add a banner with a phrase relating to any occasion you wanted a card for.

• The card base is Very Vanilla CS with a front of Raspberry Ripple that was run through the Big Shot in the Fancy Fan Folder.
• On a piece of Very Vanilla CS cut at 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" I stamped the leaves from Fabulous Florets with Lucky Limeade.
• On a Scrap of Watercolor Paper I stamped the largest leaf with Lucky Limeade I added more color with Old Olive Ink and an Aqua Painter, after it dried I cut it out and popped it up with Dimensioals over the same leaf in the design.
• On another scrap of Watercolor Paper I stamp the smallest flower from the set with Stazon, I colored it with Ink and an Aqua Painter and after it died I cut it out and popped it up With Dimensionals overlapping the popped up leaf.

There you have it a card without a phrase.

Frosty Friends

I have a weakness for snowmen, mind you I hate snow and being cold but snowmen make me smile! I decided to try an unusual(for me anyway) color combo.

• Card base is Crumb Cake with the Heartfelt image for Layered Labels heat embossed in Early Espresso(done on a diagonal).
• I stamped the Snowmen from Frosty Friends (Holiday Catalog) with Stazon onto Watercolor Paper. I colored the image withe Regal Rose, Crumb Cake, Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede and Pumpkin Pie Markers and then with an Aqua Painter and Bashful Blue Ink I colored the ground and the shadows on the Snowmen.
• I ran a piece of Regal Rose CS through the Big Shot in the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. and layered the image on it.
• I sprayed Champagne Shimmer Paint Mist on Early Espresso CS and layered the image once more. then added it to the card front.

So for me at least, an unusual colored Snowman card.
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Heaven Blessed- fast & easy

Today I get to brag about my oldest son! He is really into film making, he takes thre classes relating to film as a Senior in High School and is currently an intern for a film company.  Yesterday was the School Film Festival Ryan had several film projects entered in several catagories, he won 3 first place(2 minute comedy, music video and short film) and one second place(short film) and his films will be going onto State. So proud of my boy!

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• The card base is from the Simply Sent Everyday Elegance card kit and it is free with a $50 order!
• The bunny from Heaven Blessed was stamped with Stazon onto Watercolor paper and colored with Ink and an Aqua Painter, then  The phrase was added below the image stamped with Island Indigo. Then it was cut with the smallest Label Framelit die using the Big Shot.
• Using the smallest Label Framelit 2 Daffodil Delight CS were cut each was cut in half a different direction and layered behind the image to frame it.  A piece on Island Indigo CS was cut with the next size larger Framelit and the image was layered onto it and the it was added to the Card Front.
• This card goes together pretty quick!

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

Zoo Review

Zoo Review makes a great masculine card!

• The card base is Crumb Cake cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" folded in half with 1/2" from the front. A 1" x 5 1/2" piece of Well Worn DSP was added to the inside of the card! (This is my favorite DSP).
• The lion was stamped on Watercolor paper with Stazon and colored with Watercoclor Wonder Crayons and an Aqua Painter.
• The image was layered onto Cajun Craze and then Not Quite Navy.

Have a great day and go ahead and stamp something. . .

A Little Bit of Magic- Cottage Wall

I love the Cottage Wall designer paper, this should be retiring in June, there is a color in the design that is retiring so I am assuming that this paper will too.

The card base is Whisper White, with a front from the Cottage Wall designer paper.

I stamped the image with Stazon on watercolor paper and colored it with markers and an Aqua Painter. (I was asked why I have been using markers instead of Watercolor Wonder Crayons, I use both, Markers make for a more vivid image, crayons are more muted. With markers I have every Stampin' UP color, with crayons I don't have the In Colors) I pulled the colors for the image mostly from the designer paper. I added Dazzling Diamonds to the edges of the wings.

the image has a narrow border of Rich Razzleberry, then mounted again on Old Olive.

Have a great day, let me know what you think of this card.

A Little Bit of Magic- Gift Set

My Granddaughter had a birthday party to go to yesterday, it was a "Fairy Party" so this is the gift we made for the birthday girl.

I covered a large and a small composition book with Barely Banana CS(retired) on the front cover of the large one I embossed the small fairy image with versamark and a retired embossing powder Hologram, using the same embossing on the small the image I used was the fairy dust. The binding on the books is a piece of designer paper from Tea Party.

I stamped the main images on water color paper with Stazon and colored the with markers and an Aqua Painter, I matted the large image on Pretty in Pink, added the girls name in Almost Amethyst(retiring) and matted it again on Almost Amethyst. The small image is matted only on Almost Amethyst.

The tin holds crayons, I embossed the small fairy all over the top with the Hologram embossing powder. The gift was a hit with everyone that attended and mainly with the birthday girl!

King of the Grill

If you have read some of my older posts you know that my husband doesn't think that women know what men think when a man thinks masculine card(men think boobs). I almost didn't buy this set, but my husband walked by when I was looking at it in the Summer Mini(page 29) and said "Now you could make a card for a an with that one". So of course I bought it ;).

The card base is Going Gray(retiring and going fast). I ran a strip of Not Quit Navy through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice folder to add texture to the card front. I stamped the image on Watercolor paper with Stazon and colored it with Markers, Watercolor Wonder Crayons and an Aqua Painter. I matted the image with NQN and Dusty Durango. I used Word Window and Modern Label punches. A great card for birthday or Father's day!

House of Haunts

This is this years Halloween card! I confess I don't really send Halloween cards, and have only received one, once (from my nephew Kyle). I use my Halloween stamps for scrap booking. This card starts with a Dusty Durango base. Happy Halloween is embossed in black. I stamped the image in Versamark and embossed it in black on Watercolor paper. With a Versamark pen I scribbled some more ground around the tree and embossed that as well. With a 3/4" punch I punched a post it note on the sticky edge and added my moon. With Watercolor Wonder Crayons I painted my sky. I used Summer Sun around my moon, the rest of the sky is a blending of Not Quite Navy, Brilliant Blue, Night of Navy, and Elegant Eggplant. It is matted with Dusty Durango and Elegant Eggplant.

Loads of Presents

I thought this was a fun boys card (big or little). I water colored the truck with watercolor wonder crayons, distressed the edges of both the image, mat, and bottom of the card front. The designer paper comes from the Simply Scrappin' kit "Best Ever" the stamp set is "Loads of Love". Card base is Close to Cocoa, matting is Real Red, image is stamped with stazon on watercolor paper

Bloomin' Beautiful

I love this stamp set! Water coloring may just be my favorite thing to do on a card. I used Pretty in Pink CS and Designer Paper, Candy Lane.