Happy 17th Sarah!

 Yesterday was our 3rd daughter's 17th birthday and I had a hard time with that? I have had two daughters before her turn 17 at some point, but who knows..just feeling nostalgic I guess.  She loves ALL THINGS VINTAGE, girl gets it from her mom...;)  I started out by layering Soft Suede onto Very Vanilla card base and then I stamped the Lovely Lace background in Gold Metallic ink onto Canvas paper.

 I cut a piece of Gold Soriee DSP to put behind the stamped butterfly, in which that is the Swallowtail stamp, and it is stamped in Gold Metallic ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock.  I ran a piece of Gold Ribbon behind both of the layers and tied a bow. I thought it would be pretty to add some Venetian Crochet Trim just over it to add some vintage feel to it.

I stamped out the Happy Birthday in Coastal Cabana onto Very Vanilla and used the Finishing Touches Edgelit die with Coastal Cabana card stock to add a little more pop of color, and what says vinatage than that gorgeous color! I finished off the card with three Basic Pearls that I colored with my Coastal Cabana Blendabilites.
I think I love this card more than any card I have ever made.  I may frame it for her (or for my stamp room-lol)...

Ballon Bash Slider Card

 Good Monday everyone! I hope you all have a great weekend.  This weekend I had a card class and a workshop afterwards.  My hostess asked me to make a peek a boo card, and well, it didn't end up being what I started it out to be. However, she liked it and that's all that matters.  I made my card base from Hello Honey card stock and and a piece of the Irresistbly Yours Specialty DSP that you can earn FREE during SAB and brayered Coastal Cabana ink over it. I adhered them together and used my Circle Framelits to cut through both layers at the same time.

                         
 I then took two of the Circle Framelits and layered them onto a piece of Gold Glimmer paper and cut them out so that I got just a rim of gold.  For the "shaker" part of the card, I used a 4x6 cello bag and punched a bunch of little stars out from the Confetti Stars punch and stuck them in the bag, cut the bag in half and sealed it with washi tape and then to the front of a piece of Lullaby DSP and then to the inside of the Hello Honey card stock base. I added a piece of Coastal Cabana punched with the Scallop Edge punch and a strip of Baked Brown Sugar that I ran through the Big Shot with the Polka Dot embossing folder.

 For the insert, I layered a piece of Whisper White onto Coastal Cabana and stamped the birthday sentiment from the stamp set Balloon Bash in Smokey Slate and the balloons in Hello Honey and Coastal Cabana ink.

I made the tassel out of Gold Baker's Twine. (the random gold star is there because I stapled the tassle onto the insert, but couldn't get it to come out easily, so it tore my paper so I had to cover it.)
Well, I'm off to the store to get some Valentine's candy for finishing some projects to be mailed out. Have a fantastic Monday!

One Tag Fits All

 Back in December, I went to the Catalog Premier and left with a FREE stamp set called One Tag Fits All.  Not gonna lie, it wasn't something I would have chosen out of the Occasions Catalog, but I've seen some pretty good things made with it.  I had seen something similar to this and thought it would become one of my card night cards for February, but for some reason it made the "no" pile.  I am not sure if it just lacks something or if it was something that just wouldn't get rave reviews.  I did want to share it so that you all can see something out of the box that you can do with it. I started by layering Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi and a Whisper White layer ran through the Big Shot with the Large Polka Dot folder to each other.

I punched out a 2 1/2" Circle of Chocolate Chip card stock and then stamped out the banner from the set in Whisper White ink to make a "smile with teeth." I then punched the eyes out from the 1", 3/4" and 1/2" circle punches from Whisper White, Calypso Coral and Chocolate Chip.  I made the "gleam" in the eye with the Chalk Marker.  I stamped out the sentiment on Blushing Bride card stock with Chocolate Chip ink.  For the paws, I used the Tangerine Tango Pom Pom Trim and cut 6 poms apart and glued them down to the banner with sentiment and then punched out 3/4" circles of Chocolate Chip for the finishing touch on them.
Today is going to be a day out for this family.  Hard to believe the next 6 days in Iowa in February are gonna be close to Spring like temps and so today is a day to go and get my baby grandson and keep him for a week~  Have a super weekend!

Celebrate Today!

 Here is a card that I made for a little friend of Jenna's who is turning 8.  I hadn't even inked this stamp set until now and I can say that the set and the coordinating dies are so awesome!  

I started by layering Daffodil Delight onto Whisper White base and then another piece of Whisper White for the "canvas" for stamping on.  I stamped out the balloon carrier in Smokey Slate directly on the paper and then again on a scrap of the Sweet Taffy DSP and cut it out and popped it up on Dimenionals. I punched out some "clouds" using the Cupcake Builder punch out of the same pack of DSP and glued them randomly around on the white.  I die cut 3 of the balloons using Sweet Taffy DSP and folding them in half and then attaching them with Fast Fuse together to make it 3D.  I cut the banners from the same die set out of Silver Glitter paper and attaching with Mono Multi glue. I adhered it all down to just cover the strings on the carriage and tied a Basic Gray Baker's Twine bow in the corner.

I stamped out the Celebrate in Melon Mambo across the bottom and then finished it off by stamping birthday in Basic Gray ink onto Melon Mambo card stock and flagging one end.
Sadly, the little girl didn't end up inviting Jenna to her birthday as she had told her she was going too, but we will give her the card anyway.  She is heartbroken, but what do you do? Be the bigger person and teach her that giving is good. Thanks for stopping by.

Big Day!

 Who can pass up a cute font and birthday stamp set? Well, I couldn't and you shouldn't! Did you know that during Salebration, (January 6th-March 31st) you can earn this very stamp set FREE! Yep! FREE! So, I got the idea from another demonstrator for the layout, but changed out the colors and layout a bit.  I stamped the candles in each dot of the Whisper White that I ran through the Large Dots(which is on the WEEKLY DEALS this week!) embossing folder, using Real Red ink.

 I then stamped out the main image in Tempting Turquoise onto Whisper White and punched out using the 2 1/2 circle punch and then stamped the same sentiment/image onto a scrap of Whisper White in Daffodil Delight and fussy cut out just the "celebrate" and popped it up over the turqouise one. (My apologies for the abnormal fussy cut, but my eyes are not young anymore...) Then I flagged the ends of a piece of Tangerine Tango cardstock and cut it in half and postioned it to poke out on each side.  I colored three Basic Rhinestones (didn't take a close up of them, so refer to the top photo) with one of my Pumpkin Pie assortment  of Blendabilities.

I stuck a piece of folded Black Chevron ribbon behind it to just make all the color pop a little more on this card.  So, I hope this might help you decide on another free item to get with your purchase during this limited time offer.
Thanks for stopping by!

Lotus Blossom

 This was probably the most popular card at class this month. (Also the most CHOSEN Salebration stamp set, 29 of my 30 club members chose it as their FREE!)   I have to say that I thought it might overwhelm, but I stuck to one color, Calypso Coral versus trying to make them crazy with more than one color.  I'm glad I did, not only did it keep things calm, I love how it turned out with one color. I used Chocolate Chip, Calypso Coral and Newsprint DSP to layer the card base.

 So, as I said, I stamped the flower in Calypso Coral in all three layers.  I stamped the stem in Wild Wasabi and the sentiment in Gold Encore all onto Very Vanilla card stock and then used the new  Ornate Tag Topper Punch to punch the top and where I then added a bow made from Gold Baker's twine. I punched the edge of a piece of Gold Glimmer paper with the Scallop Edge punch and glued it just behind the tag.

I had some choose the stamp set because of the flower, but had a couple want it JUST for this little saying.  I think I like the whole set! ;)

Would You Be Mine?

 Good Friday! I hope you all have a great week! I have struggled with some headaches this week, so am hoping that I'm about on the mend and in for a good weekend. Here is another card rom class this month. I love that we finally have a stamp set more on the masculine side.  I started with a Whisper White base and added Sahara Sand layer and an Old Olive layer that I ran through the Woodgrain embossing folder.

 I stamped out the sentiment in Momento Black ink and then stamped out the trees in Old Olive over it. ( I added the burplap ribbon with staples before I added the piece of wood image to see how far I need to go up).

I stamped out the wood in Momento Black ink and colored it with Soft Suede and Crumb Cake markers and then colored in the heart with Real Red.  I layered it onto a Real Red 2"circle with Dimensionals.  Sorry for a quick post, but my eyes are still achy and I need to get away from the computer screen for a bit.
I hope you all have a super weekend!