Simple cards you can make in minutes...

These are the five cards we made at my stamp-a-stack on Thursday. Everyone made two of each (it goes faster that way!). The top one uses the stamp set Homegrown. Below, A Flower for all Seasons (a set you may get FREE thru March 31 when you place a $50 order) and a sentiment from Trendy Trees with Sunny Garden dsp.

The birthday card features Bring on the Cake, from the Occasions Mini Catalog, with pompom trim, piercing and the Scallop Border Punch. I CASE'd it from the mini! Below, Just Believe with pearls in Garden Green and Perfect Plum. The dsp is from the Woodland Walk package.

These Whisper White cards use Early Espresso ink, the Scallop Trim Border Punch and a strip of Greenhouse Gala dsp. You can see the flip side below. The bunny is from The Nicest Things stamp set, along with the words above. The "Happy Easter" is from Teeny, Tiny Wishes.

The Nicest Things in pastel...

The Nicest Things stamp set is great if you like to color. And since I just purchased the new Stampin' Pastels, I had to use them!

This was one of the cards at last week's 4 Cards for $5 class.

The girls were stamped in Basic Gray and colored in with the pastels and cosmetic applicators (flat on one end and pointed on the other). The layer of Pear Pizzazz under the Confetti White layer was first punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch.

There's a 2" x 5-1/4" strip of Pear Pizzazz dsp (from the In Color Pad) behind the girls, with a saying from Hodgepodge Happiness on it, punched out with the Extra-Large Oval Punch.

I added two Pear Pizzazz bitty flowers (Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack), with shiny rhinestones in the center of each. The greeting was then adhered with dimensionals.

Stamps: The Nicest Things (117036 wood, 120531 clear), Hodgepodge Happiness (117141 wood, 120570 clear);
Ink: Basic Gray pad (109120), Pear Pizzazz (119784);
Card Stock: Confetti White (102028), Pear Pizzazz (119795), In Color Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack (117158);
Accessories: Basic Rhinestones (119246), Stampin' Pastels (120962), Scallop Trim Border Punch (118402), Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (118309), 2" x 1-3/8" Oval Extra-Large (119859).

The Nicest Things card

The Nicest Things is an adorable new stamp set you may color to your heart's content.

I made this card for a friend. It uses ink pads, markers and watercolor crayons on the girls.


Behind them is a strip of Greenhouse Gala dsp layered on Daffodil Delight. I used the Ticket Corner punch so I could add four rhinestones (boy, do they shine!).


Hope you have one of the nicest days ever!