Fancy Fan Letterpress Plate with Love & Care

I changed the colors from a card created by Tiffany Bauer, and used the new Fancy Fan Letterpress Plate with Daffodil Delight Craft ink, along with the Love and Care hostess set in the Summer Mini (with Real Red and Old Olive colors). I ran scraps of Real Red card stock through the Big Shot on the Tasteful Trim die to get the big scallop border, then added a Teeny, Tiny Wishes sentiment with White Baker's Twine and a few pearls. I added "flower dust" with the Color Spritzer. It's a fun tool, if you haven't used it for awhile.

Three challenges in one card! Send Love & Care in a Mother's Day card...

One challenge is fun. Coming up with a card to fit two challenges stretches you. And using one card to fulfill three challenges ROCKS! For this Mother's Day card, I used the sketch from Stamping 411, the colors at Bloggers Challenge, and the theme from The Paper Players. You can see the details below.

I used the Summer Mini Catalog hostess set Love & Care for my card. I inked the stamps with Not Quite Navy, Rose Red and Certainly Celery markers (my blue, red and green for the color challenge) to ink up the stamps. I hated covering up some of the flowers with the sentiment because it's so pretty! The sentiment is from the All Holidays stamp set by Stampin' Up!.

It's a beautiful day here. I managed to finally stamp the remaining cards leftover from a stamp-a-stack yesterday and put away all of the supplies (a job in itself!). I'm going to walk to my daughter's bus stop to meet her. I hope you have a wonderful day/evening. If you have the time, try a challenge! They're fun!!!

Stamps: Love & Care, All Holidays;
Ink: Markers - Not Quite Navy, Certainly Celery, Rose Red;
Paper: Whisper White, Rose Red, Not Quite Navy, Certainly Celery;
Accessories: Regal brads, 5/8" Certainly Celery satin ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Big Shot, dimensionals, Mat Pack, paper piercer.

I have 5 cards to share from my Summer Mini stamp-a-stack, and a baby bunny to show from my yard...

My customers played withStampin' Up! Summer Mini products at a recent stamp-a-stack at my studio. The first card features a Level 2 hostess set, and the last two cards are single stamps. There's alot of variety in this mini that I think you'll love! My favorites are the stamp sets that coordinate with designer series paper.

These colors for this Love & Care card came from the Color Coach. I have never used them together before. They're Bashful Blue, Crumb Cake, and Always Artichoke. You may get this stamp set with a $300+ party.

It'd been awhile since I'd used a jumbo wheel at a class, so when I saw Fish Frenzy, I thought it'd be great with Summer Splash. The Scallop Border Punch mimics waves, and the silver brads just add a little bling. The greeting is from another Summer Mini stamp set called Best Dad Ever.

This Daffodil Delight card uses Fabulous Florets and Beyond the Garden dsp with 5/8" Real Red satin ribbon. I used the Daffodil Delight reinker and an aqua painter to apply the color. This card is CASe'd from Dawn Olchefske. The sentiment is from Happy Greetings.

Sail Away is a great single stamp for a man card. This was stamped in Night of Navy on Naturals Ivory card stock, and features some Nautical Expedition dsp, and Cherry Cobbler/White baker's twine. The "for you" is from the All Holidays stamp set, and the Crumb Cake layer was run through the Square Lattice Embossing Folder for the Big Shot.

I used Pretty in Pink and Old Olive markers for the Hello Blossom single stamp. I saw this card online somewhere (sorry, I don't remember!), though it had an extra layer or two.

Finally, I have to share this little guy. I was looking out into the backyard from our sliding glass window when I saw a single green leaf moving. No other leaves in the yard were moving. When I looked closer, I saw the baby rabbit nibbling on a weed! This rabbit was so tiny - it could fit in a child's hand. I wanted to hold it so badly, but it hopped away... probably through a little notch in the fence.

I think this baby's mom is a rabbit that appeared in our front yard and driveway the past two days. Here's a photo of it:

It looks the same, only different, doesn't it? It's not a huge rabbit, but it definitely is grown, compared to the baby one. Thanks to my hubby, Eric, for taking the photos.