Nice Sentiment

I saw a card posted from one of the companies I follow and wanted to Case it so here we go. I think there is only one item from that card that I am actually using here. I used dies, paper and stamps from five different companies! That's the way it goes and I am very fortunate to have as many stamps, dies and paper as I do. I love the sentiment.

Turtles

This is the stamp and die set for May for The Stamps of Life. I think her stuff is super cute! I have a hard time using it though because I don't have the right people to send it to that likes the cutesie stuff like this. Also I have a hard time keeping in the theme! I always want to make it look more realistic but this time I decided to stop, just stop at this and see if it will work. What do you think? Does it need more or something different?

Birthday Card for my Son

My oldest son loved Steampunk when he was younger and when I bought this paper I thought of him. It is cool but best of all it is Ocean themed. I hope it doesn't seem girly though with the mermaid and all. The paper is by Graphic 45 and called Voyage Beneath the Sea. It is discontinued but someone was selling it and I was able to buy it. Have been looking for it for a long time! I feel lucky to have gotten it. I used Diamond Glaze on the gentleman and fish, fussy cut the coral and other items to make layers.

Mother's Day Card Take 2

This is another card I made for Mother's Day, I made one for my mom and one for my mother-in-law. I used Stampin' Up! products again for this one. Some of the birds were cut from the Bird Ballad paper and some are stamped and colored. I tried to add some bits here and there to make this more interesting! This is called a fun fold card.

Mothers Day Card in Coral(ish)

I love this color, it's kind of a coral color. I made this for Mother's Day and then made a thank you card for someone else as well and then made one for myself to keep! I used mostly Stampin Up! products, the Mothers Day is from Penny Black and the circle die is a random die brand.

These cards are a way to use double sided designer paper and be able to display both sides. Easy, quick card!

Card using the Water Colored Paper in Previous Post

Just wanted to post this card to show what I did with the paper from the video I made!

Kitty Cat Card

This is a Case of a card however I didn't have the same of anything! Different Cat stamp, background, flowers - all what I had on hand that was similar. It's another fun card! By the way the background stencil is from The Stamps of Life, it is awesome. I used watercolors with a water brush to basically smear the blue color all over it and when I took the stencil off I was so pleased. Definitely going to use this again!

Watercoloring with Ink Card

I used Stampin' Up! Reinkers with a watercolor brush to color these plain foil card stock papers. I even made a video for my friends who wanted to see how this is done!

Here is the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UumtIDd4fGY&t=645s

I have never made a video before! I wonder if I should make another some time? It was fun.

The card below I made with the same technique - this is what it looks like finished. I used gold foil card stock for the birthday greeting.

More Ornate Garden

Two more quick cards with the Ornate Garden Suite. Super easy to make these cards!

Floral Card with Ornate Garden

The stamps, dies and paper are from the Ornate Garden Suite. I Cased a card and changed the color of the cardstock for the mat. I used a sentiment from a different set - the ornate set comes with a great thank you set but I didn’t want a thank you card. I did some masking with the daisies! Kristina Werner is always talking about the Gina K masking paper and I bought it a while back but this is the first time using it. It is wonderful! No edge problem, usually when I mask the edge of what I am masking leaves a gap. This paper is super thin and nice removeable adhesive. So glad I used it, will now be little less reluctant to do the masking technique.

Poppy Cards in Blue

Here are the other cards I mentioned in my previous post. Totally different, right? These use the blue background poppy papers. I love these just as much as the others! I used dies and embossing folder from the Ornate Garden Suite as well as various companies sentiments and dies. The flower dies and stamps are the Poppy Sets from Stampin' Up! I should have bought the whole suite to begin with, I ended up piece by piece buying it. Glad I bought the Ornate Garden one in one swoop! Expensive but it is amazing to have everything coordinate and match so well, makes card making a lot easier. Which do you like better, the white(ish) background flower paper yesterday or the blue background flower paper today?

Poppy Paper Cards

So I have been seeing sets of cards made with the Stampin' Up! Peaceful Poppies Designer Paper so this is my first set I Cased. I am working on the second set. This paper is gorgeous! Every sheet is pretty. The second set is totally different, wait until you see! You won't believe its the same paper. I made two of each of these, relatively quick considering minimal stamping and coloring. The sentiments are from another company (either Hero Arts/Gina K or Simon Says Stamps - can't remember).