Thoughts &Prayers...

This is another set that has been around for quite awhile but a great one for any time you need a sympathy card.

I cased this one directly from SplitcoastStampers - my go to place for inspiration. I usually mix it up a little bit - adding the "Cathy touch" but I don't think I changed anything on this card. It was so gorgeous just the way it was.

Everyone loved the card but it is slow going coloring the stamp with all the little flowers. I showed everyone how to ink up the stamp in the green and then, using a blender pen, remove the ink from the flower portions of the stamp and finally coloring the flowers with a marker. If you try this technique, make such not to "color" back and forth with the blender pen (that just moves the ink around). You want to wipe it in one direction so you are actually removing the ink from the stamp.

 

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Feel Better Flowers...

When I was younger, an old boyfriend brought me flowers when I was really sick. He called them "feel better flowers" and they did just that. I am guessing that this card would have the same effect on the recipient.

I used the Field Flowers stamp set and the Express Yourself hostess set for this card. I stamped in Pear Pizzazz, Tangerine Tango and Crisp Cantaloupe.

Here is the really cool inside of this card! The paper was Watercolor Wonder DSP from the Everyday Occasions catalog this spring.

 

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Wedding Bells...

I rarely attend weddings anymore - perhaps it is the age - so when someone wants a wedding card, off to SplitcoastStampers I go! I cased this card and even had to borrow the stamp set for the sentiment because I no longer had it because it was retired last year but it was so cute that I had to do it.

The bells are from the Embellished Events set.

 

 

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All Those Leftover Ribbon Scraps.....

Do you have a bunch of ribbon scraps that you just can't seem to get rid of? Here is a great way to use those up. I have seen this idea on SplitcoastStampers and other blogs and I just think it is a great way to use up all those little pieces.

Just take a piece of paper and put some adhesive down in the center of the paper. I used the multipurpose adhesive sheets which retired but we have new ones which I am sure will work just as well - if not better! Lay your ribbons down on the diagonal and punch a shape out of the Cardstock you are placing on top. Super easy and super cute!

Here is the inside of our card. The stamp set was one of the Sale-a-Bration sets but Remembering your birthday has some stamps that will work. Also, in the new catalog there is a new set called Age Awareness that would be perfect too!

 

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Stampin' Up!'s Sketched Birthday

Here is a birthday card that we made recently. It seems like I am needing cards that will hold a gift card and this card is perfect.

To make this card, you place one card inside the other. The inside one is cut on a diagonal about two inches from the right side of the card. The outside card is cut on the diagonal about 3 1/2" down on the right. The back of the inside card is glued down to the back of the outside card. (You will need to trim a bit of the inside card along the right side.). Finally glue down the fronts along the right side and bottom to create the two pockets.

Stamps used: Sketched Birthday

Inks used: Gumball Green, Melon Mambo, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Basic Gray, Black StazOn

Paper used: Gumball Green, Calypso Coral, Tempting Tourquise, Birthday Basics DSP

Other: Summer Starfruit ribbon, tasteful trim die

 

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Stampin' Up!'s Lovely As A Tree

I have been so terrible about sitting down at the computer to blog so today I decided to research a good app so I could blog from my iPad. I now have an app to edit my pictures, one to apply a watermark easily and one to blog. What does this mean to you? It means more consistent blogging (hopefully)!

This also means a lot of catching up on cards I have made over the last six months. This will include retired product but I will try to make suggested substitutes from the new catalog.

I love Lovely as a Tree and hope it will never retire but I am sure it will someday - but not this year! I love the serenity of a single tree. In this card, we stamped in Basic Gray and then sponged in blue hues. Finally, we used a Signo gel pen to highlight the tree and ground.

The sentiment is from Perfectly Penned.

Colors are Whisper White, Pool Party and Midnight Muse.

Embossing folders are square lattice and Woodgrain. Banners framelits were also used.

Here's the inside of the card.

 

 

 

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Adorable Punch Art

I have several customers who love punch art and I am so grateful to the incredibly creative people on SplitcoastStampers who see how to take a few punched shapes and turn them into something like this adorable cat!

The punches you will need are:

• XL Oval
• Small Oval
• 1 3/4" Circle
• Build a Blossom
• Owl Builder
• Small Heart
• Word Window

 

 

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