Vintage Birthday

I needed a quick simple card to throw together. When I think fast it is easier for me to go the monochromatic way. I went straight for my Designer Paper to find a design and from there it all fell together.  The hardest part  was cutting out and curling the flowers.  I usually pull the retired soon after they are announced but I just could not give up or stop using the Well Scripted.  I never thought I would find a set that I could not replace or do with out, bu this one fits the bill....so far.

Card Details:

Stamps:Vintage Vogue, Well Scripted (Retired)

Paper: Pocket Full of Posies Designer, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Accessories:  2-1/2" Circle Punch, Lace Ribbon Border Punch

Mom-in-law Day

My mother-in-law is a country girl with love of flowers and butterflies so that was the look I was going for here.  I sponged and curled a bunch of edges.  To get the flower centers I used the large side of the crop-a-dile to get a small circle. I noticed I have been using retired sets lately.  I really need to clean out my setsa nd get them straightened out.  Free time is what I am lacking and if I do find some spare time cleaning is the last thing on my mind...I want to stamp!  If you are looking for any retired SU products please check out my retired store above ad see if I have something you might be looking for!

Card Details:

Stamps: Punched Posies, Well Scripted

Paper: Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Whisper White

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso

Accessories: Big Shot, Finial Press Impression Folder, Beautiful Wings Die, Designer Label Punch, Crop-a-dile, 2 Step Bird Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, early Espresso Taffeta Ribbon,

Happy Mother's Day

Wow, my weeks have been busy and to top it off I found out last week that I have pneumonia!  I had this project scheduled to post last week.  I finally figured out that I never saw it come through my e-mails and when I went to see why it had not posted I found that not only had it not saved any of my information, it had done the same to all 3 of the projects I had ready to go.  All was gone except for the image....not fun!

So this was the card that went to my beautiful mother for Mother's Day.  The flower was stamped with versa mark and embossed with Whisper White embossing powder.  I then used the re-inker and Aqua Pen to color it in.  I find it is easier to color before I cut it out...that way I do not have to stay in the lines. I kept it pretty simple so that it would make it through the mail and actually arrive on time.

Card Details:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Well Scripted

Paper: Regal Rose, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Ink: VersaMark, Regal Rose

Accessories: Big Shot, Tulip Impression Folder, Beautiful Wings Die, Decorative Label Punch, Leaves-2 step bird Punch, Whisper White Embossing powder

Belated Mother's Day

This is the card I made for my Mother and Mother-in-law.  I cased a card from here.  It was so beautiful I could not help but copy it.  My recipients loved it too. It was a very simple card to make.  The flowers were stamped in the Sage Shadow ink and then the edges where rolled in the Chocolate Chip ink.  I then cut out the flowers and curled them after I layered them on the Rhinestone Brads.  Of course I mailed it out late, because I just cannot keep up with my own schedule.

Card Details:

Stamps:  Vintage Vogue, Well Scripted

Paper: Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa,  Sage Shadow

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow

Accessories: Two Step Bird punch, Rhinestone Brads from the Pretties Kit

Anniversary

I am SOOOO far behind in my card making.  I had to stay up late last night and make a bunch to get caught up.  I tried to get pictures of them all before they went out in the mail so I hope to get the time to get them posted soon. This was a fun one to make! I hit the Sketch Challenge at SCS.  I usually hate doing 3-D layers and bulk because I never know how they will survive the mail, but I gave that up.  I have so many embellishments that never get used and it only cost me just a few cents more to mail.  This one (ok, I made 2) will go to my brother-in-law & sister-in-law and once of my close friends and her husband who both had anniversaries last weekend....today I NEED to get a name plaque and a wedding card done for a wedding on Saturday.

My Big shot sure got it's work out last night! Of course I had to use dies that would only cut on piece at a time, but it was worth it.  I did do a bit of sponging on this.  I sponged around the outside of the heart and the stamped vines.  The flowers I stamped in the Regal Rose and then rolled the edges in the Chocolate Chip.  The butterflies are adhered with mini glue dots with their wings folded up just a bit.  I do not know if you noticed but split the layer behind the vines so that it would show up on each background piece better. I covered the splits with the flower and the heart.

Sorry for the poor photo.  The sun has not shown it's face here for a few days and I was not able to get to my photo box this morning. I am re-arranging and it was too hard to get out right now.

Card Details:

Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Well Scripted

Paper: Rose Red, Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla

Ink: Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Big Shot, Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder, Naturally Serif Sizzlet, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Scalloped heart of Hearts Embosslit, Corner Rounder Punch, Chocolate Chip Corduroy Button

Butterflies in Flight

Could this card get any simpler?  I actually had a bag of butterflies cut out left over from a big project I had just finished so all I had to do is cut and fold the card base, cut and adhere the card front, stamp the sentiment and attach the little sparkley butterflies. (yes they are sprayed with shimmer paint spray).

Card Details:

Stamps:  Well Scripted

Paper: Whisper White, Perfect Plum

Ink: Perfect Plum

Accessories: Big Shot, Champagne Shimmer Spray, Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die

Love you (New toys!)

 

Wow, I just have not had the time to stamp.  My son had to be back to college early because of work so he flew out on Monday.  Then life got back to normal.  Well normal for everyone else, I get to play catch up on all of the things that did not get done while we were on break.

Today I decided I was going to play with some new toys and do the Sketch Challenge.  I was not so sure about the colors I choose until the card evolved a little more.

I HAD to use some of the new clear mount stamps.  The problem is I just ordered the blocks yesterday so I had to be inventive and mount them on something else to be able to use them.  I found they stick quite well one of the clear DVDs that come on the top of a pack of DVDs. :)  I am sure they will be much easier to use on the clear blocks, but I was just itching to use them!  I did lots of sponging around the heart and each top frame.

Card Details:

Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Well Scripted

Paper: Basic Gray, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Whisper White

Ink: Whisper White Craft, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Basic Gray

Accessories: Big Shot, SU Embosslits Scalloped Heart of Hearts,Stitched Felt Sweet Peas,Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain, Finial Press Impression Folder, Perfect Polka Dots Impression Folder, Chocolate Chip 5/8" Jumbo Brad