Happy Mail

This stamp, Happy Mail is a Pure Innocence stamp by My Favorite Things. Cuteness! It is colored with water color crayons by SU and all of the paper and ribbon are also by them. I paper pieced her dress with designer paper in the same pack as the blue patterned paper under the image panel. I put the bird and heart on pop dots and used some Stickles, guess I have been using a lot of the same products lately! Sentiment is from the stamp set. It was nice to make a card today, I made two actually and will post the other next.

Oh as a side note here, see picture below - Oliver being the typical cat has to lay all over the work area and of course leaned up against the card I just made which made him nice and glittery on his butt from the Stickles glitter glue :) Ha! Cats.

Seashore Stamp Cards 2 and 3

Here are the other two cards I mentioned. One is just an inspiration I had to go monochromatic with. It was CAS and then I decided to add a strip of patterned paper. Not being able to find one to match I decided to stamp a strip for it and found my old Stampin Up net looking stamp and it worked nicely. Then of course I had to add stamped shells in it! Then (of course) I had to stamp and cut out a shell. Then added the hemp twine, so much for CAS but I am very happy with it!





This second card is the stamp off from the first card, I wanted to have a faded or lighter look. I framed it with a piece of Kraft card stock that is embossed with a wood grain folder and a Spellbinder die cut. That is on pop dots and I used the same hemp twine to run a border around the edge. I stamped and cut out another shell and adhered. There is Stickles glitter glue on both the shell and the wave. That's all for now for this stamp!

Seashore Stamp

Ahhh I love this new stamp. As soon as I saw it I started thinking about getting it. It is by Our Daily Bread Designs. I have made three cards with it already, this one is the first one I made, for my sister's birthday. I love it! Of course anything ocean, beach etc. is my favorite :) I colored the stamp with markers then stamped it, kind of hard not being able to tell where some things start and finish but looking at another card someone made gave me a better idea where to color. I wish manufacturers would always include a color image. I know they want you to be free to create your own ideas but sometimes black and white isn't enough. Anyway I embossed a white piece of card stock, used a Spellbinders die to cut out the center and put it on pop dots over the image. I stamped and cut out the shell and added Stickles glitter on the shell and the splashing wave. I am very pleased with the result :) The card base is Island Indigo. I will share the other two coming up. Thanks for looking!

Tired of Owls Yet?

Yet another Hero Arts Big Eyes stamped card! I used the Cuttlebug happy birthday embossing folder, the bird branch punch from SU and some layered eyes of the owl stamp and here you go! Pretty simple but I love the colors and how it turned out :)

Purple and Green Card

Happy Leap Year Day!

This is a case of a card posted not too long ago which I made with what I had on hand. I used a different embossing folder, different stamps and sentiment plus different spellbinder die for the window. So how can it be cased?! Basically the layout and colors. I really like how this turned out. It used a lot of products and was somewhat time consuming but in the end it is really elegant! It was fun to make too. The back ground stamp is from Hero Arts, the butterfly is from a set by______, the dry embossing folder is from Sizzix/Cuttlebug, die window, ribbon sentiment die and leaves are all from Spellbinders. The card stock is from Stampin Up.

Same papers but different

This card is using the same papers as the previous card and the yellow background is the paper I stamped the owl on. The blue flowers are punched out of a blue card stock that I stamped with the newsprint background. The bird is the Stampin Up stamp and punch as well as the branch. Same Twine bundle as the last card, this one in yellow. I used some old clear plastic raindrops for the centers of the flowers.

Owl

Here is another take on the Hero Arts owl stamp. This time I used some older SU designer paper. I took this picture at an angle so you can see the glitter! That is why it is kind of wonky :) The owl is stamped on the patterned yellow paper but I dont know if you can see it all that well. Then I punched the eyes out of the orange paper and put them on pop dots and punched the whites out and placed on top. The branch he is sitting on is from the bird punch. Added some twine from that box of goodies I got a few weeks ago :) Then I felt like it was a little boring so I added glitter around his eyes, head, beak, feet and "feather layers".

Paper From My New Goodies

This paper pack has so many beautiful papers in it! How do you make a card and cover up these beautiful birds? So I ended up making a 5.5 inch square card and offsetting the sentiment so most of the birds would show. I then had to use my SU bird punch and add a bird along with them :) Had being that my absolute love for this punch compelled me to do it LOL! And now that I have the stamp that goes with it, it's really easy to color. I made this card for my mother-in-law's birthday, she keeps all of my cards :) She is one of the sweetest people I know. Ok I got to get card making, I have officially run out of cards to show on my blog so back to the craft room! Until then, have a nice day(s!)

From my New Goodies

OK this is an outright absolute case. I loved this card so much - one of the reasons I ordered this stamp! It is Big Eyes by Hero Arts. I used the Gina K heavy cardstock and an older SU happy birthday stamp. The eyes are actually three layers total, the original, the black newsprint and then the white eyes. They are on pop dots to give them depth. The owl is cut out and on pop dots too and the branch is part of the stamp and on the vanilla card stock base. Have a nice day!

Pretty Pattern Paper

I was looking at a blog the other day and the card was just fabulous and I really liked the paper she used. So I asked her and she was so gracious and immediately emailed me with the name of the paper - Crate Paper- Paper Hearts collection. So I had to use this as soon as I got it in. What a nice pack of papers! (6x6) I do so love Crate paper. I have made cards with this stamp before but it is so lovely - and it seemed to work well with this paper so here it is. I also used the Sizzix/Tim Holtz border die and some SU ribbon, Stickles on the flower centers and clear on the beaks and eyes. The main image is a Spellbinders die. So this is a nice mix of almost every company I love!

New Goodies and last (?!) CAS

Here is my order from Simon Says Stamps - oh my I went all out here! Lots of goodies - that Hero Arts blog hop got me too. So I should be making some things coming up with these stamps and supplies. Today's card is another cutie pie, they just make me happy coloring them. With all the boys in my house some girlie things are just necessary! I like how she is giggling about the bird on her head. Embrace life - that just fits. See how nicely this card stands up? I have ordered more of this paper (I only had a free sample) for these type of cards. It is 120 pound weight. I think I am using 80 pound right now. Its fine for layered cards but not so much for this. Have a nice day!

Tilda with Kitty

I dont think this qualifies for CAS but I have seen a lot lately that have more than this and they call them clean and simple. Depends on what you consider NOT CAS! So this image is CAS but maybe the rest is too much... This is Tilda from Magnolia, when I saw this stamp with her holding the kitty like that I just loved it! Dont all little kids just sort of hold their pets hanging like that?! I always try to explain to mine that they need to support them on the bottom too but anyway its cute :) The next card I have planned to show you is on the firmer card stock.

Puppy and Friends

Isn't this just the cutest image? OK one of the cutest?! It is from Stampavie. There are a lot of great artists under this brand and I love them all. This card is also shaped with the SU die and then I added some twine and two bows because I so need things to be symmetrical in some way LOL! I love the little blue birds, they look so happy. Not much else to say - I used water colors again and yes, this one curled too. I am learning!