OH BABY!

It's simple but I like it!  I needed a quick card for our niece's baby shower that I'm not able to attend.  I used the Avery Elle Everyday Circle Tags & Dies for the Oh Baby and then I found the What's Kickin? as part of an old My Favorite Things Who's That Girl stamp set. 

PLENTIFUL PLANTS

This group of cards started out with a stamp set & die from Stampin' Up.  The stamp set is Plentiful Plants and the coordinating die set is called Perfect Plants dies.  The smaller die cut potted plant is from the Stampin' Up die set.  For the backgrounds I used the 3D Fern embossing folder from Stampin' Up and the Designer Series Paper Pack called Abigail Rose.  The scalloped die in the center of the cards is from My Favorite Things Rectangle Scallops. The sentiments are from Gina K Designs So Many Sentiments stamp set and Taylored Expressions for the Happy Birthday sentiment.  I plan to use some of these for guy birthday cards. 

DON'T WORRY, BEER HAPPY!

A few guy cards with a Beer theme are always a good thing!  The beer glasses/mugs are from My Favorite Things called Pint Sized Dies.  The sentiment stamp set is My Favorite Things called Here's To You.  The card in the upper right corner - that mug is Taylored Expressions Little Bits Mug.  Cheers!  🍻

I personalized this card for a guy turning 50!  

BRING ON THE CAKE!

Today's inspiration came from the new Birthday release from Taylored Expressions.  I realized I already a similar die set in my collection and I was inspired to get it out and make a few cards!  Go me!  

My die set is from Concord & 9th was a FREE gift with purchase a few years ago.  I had a few pieces & parts tucked in the envelope but I had never made them into a card.  It's high time right? 

Here's my inspiration die!  

The rainbow cake is a bit different, I didn't use the cake layer die, I made my own strips of card stock and stacked them all together.  I attached my sweet birthday cakes to all kinds of fun patterned papers.  Another thing I have a plenty of - 6x6 paper pads!  🙄 

FALL IS IN THE AIR

I spent time adding a bit of ink blending to some leaves that I had already die cut a while ago.  The ink you add really brings the leaves added dimension.  I have a habit of die cutting things and then tucking them away for future use. 😉 It's good thing and bad thing.  After doing the ink blending, I decided to use some of the leaves to make a few fall cards.  Leaves from from various companies including Studio Light, Lawn Fawn, Taylored Expressions & My Favorite Things.

I used embossing folders to add some interest to the lower part of the card.  These leaves are all so pretty and fun to make a Fall arrangement.

I used Taylored Expressions Harvest Sentiment strips for my greetings.

 

FALL LEAVES

I have been inspired to make Fall cards lately.  The leaf is from Taylored Expression Rustic Floral die set and the sentiments are Taylored Expressions Harvest strips.  The background rectangle is a die from Paper Rose and the scalloped rectangle is from My Favorite Things.  I decided to make 4 bar sized cards this time.  The leaves were already die cut and ready to go from a project that I did two years ago using the same pretty leaves, so these cards were quick.  Check out my 2019 cards HERE if you are so inclined.  🍁🍂

NEW HOME

These MFT My Neighborhood houses made a cute new home card!  I started with the Honey Bee Quilted Cover Plate and then die cut the houses out of card stock scraps.  

Simple inside greeting to complete the card.

IN THE ABSTRACT

Here are my completed cards using the Taylored Expressions In The Abstract kit.  

I used Taylored Expressions ink - Cookie Monster, Sprinkles, Avocado and Spearmint.  The small stamped sprig is from Kerri Bradford Home for Christmas.

I used three pink shades of Taylored Expressions ink.  The stamped leaf  & sentiment is from Flora & Fauna Mini Be Well Branch.

I made the Hello Friend card on the right first and then was inspired by the colors and just had to  make another one with an Ohio State sentiment!  I added a Buckeye leaf to complete the look!  

Taylored Expressions Inks Eggplant, Avocado, Candy Corn, Dijon, Blue Corn, Cilantro, Pineapple, Sweet Potato Pie and a few blues (sorry I didn't write them all down)  These cards have a Fall feel and were so fun to create.  

LITTLE ONE

I started out with this cute Little One stamp set & dies from Waffle Flower.  It's a good day when I get time to die cut & color pieces & parts.  It is one of my favorite things to do in the craft room.  🎨

Lots of cute little swaddled babies to use on cards! 

For this card I used all the die cuts - I positioned the negative of the die cut to get the placement of all the pieces which was helpful.  I decided to make a square card.  The square border is from Penny Black.  

A baby boy all wrapped up in the striped swaddle.  This time I stamped the design direct to the paper and colored with Copic markers.  I did add a bit of dimension to the baby in the middle.  So cute!

I'm in love...so sweet!  👶

This is another image in the stamp set.  I stamped & die cut, then colored it.  Another sweet baby card ready to go!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I made this shaker card a while ago but I wanted to use it for our God Daughter's July birthday.  I personalized it with a couple of stickers.  I added the 14 and the summer sunglasses to the balloons!  

Hooray It's Your Day Elena!  🎈🎈🎈

 

BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS!

On this card, I used the Papertrey Ink Linen Embossing Plate after I had all the coloring done.  It adds a nice texture to the white space.  

I keep coming back to this stamp, I really really love it.  Honey Bee Pretty Postage.  The blessings word & die cut is Honey Bee Pickup Lines & the stamped Birthday is from Hero Arts Congrats Happy.  I saw this color combination online & probably would have never thought to color the leaves blue, pink & gray, it's so pretty! I used the Wonky Stitched rectangles from My Favorite Things & layered it onto a Fog card base.  

WEDDING CARDS!

I wanted to make a few wedding cards and this Gina K. Holiday Tapestry stamp set didn't disappoint.  I think it will be something that I use often for a variety of occasions.  I did one card horizontal and one vertical - works either way!  Today I stamped it with VersaMark ink on black card stock and heat embossed with Platinum embossing powder.  I used a stitched rectangle to die cut the layer.  I attached it to a white card base.  It's just beautiful!  

I decided to stamp & heat emboss the sentiment on a piece of vellum.  Perfect to make an elegant wedding card.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things Together Forever.

This sentiment is from Colorado Craft Company called Congrats Everything.  

RAINBOW PAINTING

These cards were inspired by Cathy Zielske on this video.  I followed her Rainbow 🌈 watercolor splash of color for the background.  I used 1 Oxide ink & Distress Inks to apply the ink to the watercolor card stock with a paintbrush dipped in water.  I stacked the die cut words and glued three of the sentiments together for nice dimension.  I stamped the secondary sentiment with Onyx Versafine ink.  I used a stitched rectangle to frame the design & attached it to a black card base with foam tape.  

Supplies Used - 🎨

Stamps:  Photoplay Birthday

Card stock:  Card base Black, Ranger Distress Watercolor, 110# Neenah

Ink:  Kitsch Flamingo(oxide), Distress inks Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet, Onyx Versafine

Other:  MFT Happy Birthday Script word die, MFT Celebrate die, foam tape, Stitched Rectangle die 

PRETTY POSTAGE METALLIC!

Happy March 1st!  Remember a few weeks ago when I posted all the Honey Bee Pretty Postage cards?  I have one more for you.  If you have been stamping a long time like I have, you may have some version of these metallic colored pencils in your stash.  I was inspired by a card that Kristina Werner did using metallic paints.  I stamped the image on black card stock with Versamark ink and embossed with silver embossing powder.  I used the metallic pencils to color in the image.  

I used a couple of fun square stitched borders to cut out the image.  I layered it on a square ivory card base.  The Happy Anniversary sentiment is from Hero Arts Everyday Sayings.  

BIRTHDAY BALLOON SHAKER

I was watching this Laura Bassen video the other day and decided I had similar supplies to make this cute balloon shaker card.  I used the Taylored Expression Up Up & Away cutting plate.  I die cut the balloons out of various colors of card stock & did a little ink shading on the balloons (like Laura did 😉) The birthday sentiments are from MFT and Papertrey Ink.  I added clear sequins for the shaker ingredients.  This was fun to make so I made another one!  

MORE PEACE & JOY

I had a few of these stamped up and decided I should make them into cards so they will be ready for next year.  I had already made this design before, but this time I added the strip of black patterned paper to the bottom.  Some of the cards are standard A2 sized and two of them are 4bar sized cards.  It's a bit of a process to stamp all the various images with different colors of ink so you might as well make several while you have everything out...am I right?  👊

PEACE & JOY

Peace & Joy to you!  I made this card years ago but I just love the simplicity.  I believe it was inspired by Laurie Willison at Soapbox Creations.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things Handwritten Holiday.  The leaves & berries & extras are from My Favorite Things In Bloom.  The little asterisks are My Favorite Things called Handlettered Holiday.  I used a woodgrain embossing folder on the brown border - you can't see it in this picture.  

For this card, I started with a layer of Amuse Studio Pinstripe card stock.  It's a nice way to avoid so much white space & you can stamp on the pinstripe without it overtaking the image.  The bold Merry Christmas Greeting is from My Favorite Things.  

HAWKEYE BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday to our favorite Hawkeye!  I created this card with Hawkeye colors in mind.  I started with a Numbers embossing folder on black card stock.  The beer mug is from Tim Holtz Beer Blueprint and the Cheers die is from My Favorite Things.  

BOO to you...

I copied this idea from CZ Designs - I used a different ghost & sentiment.  

hello, fall

Hello, fall!  This card idea came from the Amuse Studio website.  I used Amuse Studio Eat Drink and Be Thankful stamp set & dies.  Most of the inks I used are Amuse Studio.  The sentiment is from MFT Autumn Blessings.  The washi tape (black) is from the Amuse Studio Halloween Assortment and the card base is Gina K Tomato Soup.