Wildflower Meadow for Wonderful You!



I'm enjoying the new In Colors. This Wildflower Meadow card uses Baked Brown Sugar card stock and ink, and Coastal Cabana card stock and ink, with a bow of white organdy ribbon. I used an Itty Bitty punch for the tiny flowers in the bigger, stamped ones, and added pearls. The sentiment is from Loving Thoughts. This was the second quick-card design from yesterday's 10-card class. I CASE'd the card from fellow SU! demo Chat here.

 

As a reminder, my All-You-Can-Stamp Event is this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The doors will open at 10:30 a.m. Bring your own adhesive! No need to let me know you're coming - just show up at my studio and bring a friend, 6287 NE Silver Springs Ln, Poulsbo (off of Miller Bay Road). Orders will earn FREE retired items for every $10 ordered.

Summer Smooches card holder and petite purse die

At my Summer Smooches class last night, everyone made this card holder. I got the instructions in a free tutorial from fellow SU! demo Jill Hilliard. I used textured 12" x 12" Crumb Cake card stock for the pocket inside, and one piece of 8-1/2" x 11" Tangerine Tango card stock for the outside, along with two 1" x 5-1/2" strips of Summer Smooches dsp (orange pattern), and a 3" x 5-1/2" piece of the floral pattern from the same dsp pack. There's a new Summer Smooches fabric brad, along with some ruffled Lucky Limeade ribbon. I was able to cut through both Tangerine Tango layers at the top with the Adorning Accents edgelit, so they're identical. To finish, I stamped this floral image from Apothecary Art in Jet Black StazOn and used a blender pen and watercolor crayons to color the image, then used a label framelit to cut it out using the Big Shot. The sentiment is from Loving Thoughts, and is adhered with dimensionals.

I die-cut a variety of card stocks and patterns from the Summer Smooches pack for everyone to make a petite purse, using the new die that's on sale this month (and will be in the new June 1 catalog). This one is Tempting Turquoise with faux stitching (paper piercings connected with a white gel pen) and a patterned flap with an antique brad. It holds several pieces of chocolate. We also made four cards that I'll be posting over the weekend.

I know this is a long post, but I have one more thing to share. My hubby put up some 1" x 2" x 12' strips of wood today so I can get some of my retired stamp sets out of cabinets and in plain sight. There's a high ledge on the wall because that's the foundation wall at the back of the building. Previously, this wall held several display boards and 3d items.

There are only three shelves because he wanted to make sure I could reach the stamps! I'm 5'9" and can just reach the stamp sets on the top shelf. Here's a photo of the 90+ sets that are back in the limelight:

This cleared out one of my cabinet shelves... but I have more (cabinets, that is). Yikes! And I already have loads of stamp sets stacked on tables that are for sale. The ones shown here are the ones I want to hang onto for awhile yet. How do you know when you have a problem? heh heh heh

Mixed Bunch and Pocketful of Posies dsp for quick card

Happy Friday! This is yet another simple design I used for my last 10-card class. It uses 1-3/8" strips of Pocketful of Posies dsp with the Blossom Punch and Mixed Bunch stamp set. We used the 3/4" circle punch for the Poppy Parade inside of the flower, and a sentiment from Loving Thoughts in Baja Breeze to complete the card. I hope you have a fabulous day!

Apothecary Art smooch card for the Happiest Birthday

My clubs got to make this embossed Apothecary Art Baja Breeze card. It's CASE'd from the Occasions Mini Catalog cover. It's got a bit of everything - smooch spritz, crochet trim, pleated satin ribbon, punched flowers, a brad, pearls, a trinket and more! I did the Faux Suede Technique on the Riding Hood Red flag behind the main image. Using a bone folder, I ran the card stock between my thumb and bone folder to break down the fibers. The card stock splits in half and when you pull the layers apart, they feel like suede.

Stamps: Apothecary Art, Loving Thoughts;

Ink: Basic Black, Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz,  Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette;

Paper: Confetti White, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red;

Accessories: Trinkets, Cherry Cobbler/Whisper White Baker's Twine, 8mm Pearls, Labels framelits, paper piercer/mat pack, Blushing Bride Smooch Spritz, crochet trim, Blushing Bride pleated satin ribbon, scallop border punch, Boho Blossoms punch, Everyday Enchantment brads & ribbon, Adorning Edgelits and embossing folders.

Shimmer paint and P.S. I Love You Forever and Always

One of my clubs was all about shimmer and shine this month. I used a sponge dauber to rub White Frost Shimmer Paint all over the polka dot-embossed Attic Boutique dsp. The next two layers are the Paper Doily sizzlit die in Soft Suede (with twine holding on the trinket heart charm) and a doily cut from a piece of Flirtacious dsp.

The stamped heart images are from P.S. I Love  You. It's my favorite set to use for valentines this year. We rubbed shimmer paint on the smaller heart after punching it out with the Full Heart Punch. Finally, the sentiment from Loving Thoughts and the empty banner from Take It to Heart finish the card. This card was inspired by one on page 26 of the Occasions Mini Catalog.

Stamps: P.S. I Love You, Take It to Heart, Loving Thoughts;

Ink: Poppy Parade, Soft Suede;

Paper: Whisper White, So Saffron, Soft Suede, Flirtacious dsp, Attic Boutique dsp;

Accessories: Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Paper Doily Sizzlit die, Big Shot, Trinket Hearts, Early Espresso/Whisper White Baker's Twine, Stampin' Dimensionals, sponge daubers, Full Heart Punch, Heart Framelits, Cutter Kit, sanding block

Button Buddies valentine for Monkey Challenge #95

My A La Card Monkey blog is closing in on 100 challenges. Come and see what it's all about! This week it's Monkey Challenge #95: Sweet + Sketch. I think the Button Buddies pig with googly eyes is pretty sweet. I'm really diggin' the Pool Party and Poppy Parade colors. I also used the Stripes Embossing Folder on the Poppy Parade layer, sanding it a bit to make the stripes stand out.

Stamps: Button Buddies, Take it to Heart, Loving Thoughts

Ink: Basic Black, Poppy Parade;

Paper: Whisper White, Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Everyday Enchantment dsp;

Accessories: Stripes Embossing Folder, Pool Party ruffled ribbon, dimensionals, Big Shot, Hearts framelits, Circles 2 die, Scallop Circle punch, Brights buttons.