Fabulous Friend Wreath Card

Last fall I found this stamp set with matching dies

at a yard sale, lucky me ! 

I found out afterwards that it was made by

Stampin' Up! and that the word dies were missing.

Oh well, it's still useful. 

I've had fun playing with it

and have a couple of cards to share.

You need to wait until December to see a 

neat (time consuming!) one I made for Christmas.

This card also uses the Banners For You

stamp and die set by Stampin' Up! for the banner.

(also found at that yard sale and missing a couple of pieces)

The neat burlap ribbon/bow was easy to make:

ink your stamp with Crumb Cake ink

then ink up the Canvas background stamp

with Baked Brown Sugar ink. Stamp that

inked Canvas stamp on top of the Crumb Cake

inked bow pieces.

Lastly stamp those "over stamped" bow/ribbon images

onto Very Vanilla card stock and cut out. 

I was quite pleased that this idea turned out

so well to make a burlap looking bow. 

Just a photo taken at a slightly different angle to try to show

 the dimension I created with curled up die cut flowers

and dimensionals under the banner as well as the bow. 

The Cajun Craze flowers have little yellow rhinestones in the centers.

The leaves were created by stamping the same flower image

with Old Olive ink then cutting them apart with scissors. 

I almost forgot to include details about the background!

I stamped the Hardwood background stamp with

Tip Top Taupe onto Naturals gray card stock (oh so old!).

It is layered onto Early Espresso textured card stock

and a Baked Brown Sugar card base. 

It was a bit time consuming, but fun to make

for a long time "pen pal"  online friend. 

Thanks for looking =) 

Fall Fest Thanksgiving

I am having the worst time getting photos of my cards.

Maybe one day I'll make a little "booth" to photograph

them with more consistency rather than rely on

whatever light is coming through the windows.

I doubt it ;)

This card has a  Kraft/Crumb Cake base.

The color in the closeup photo is way off.

The stamp images are from Stampin' Up!

Fall Fest and Holiday Home

The inks and card stocks are also from SU!

Thin twine and burlap ribbon are from

my craft supplies stash. 

Thanks for looking =) 

Die Cut Leaves and Canvas Card

I die cut leaf shapes and an acorn from a Triplits die set,

using card stocks from Stampin' Up!

I added a bit of twine then glued them all on top of a piece of

canvas craft ribbon cut into a banner shape.

The edges of the card base were lightly sponged

with ink before adhering all the pieces.

Thanks for looking =) 

Woodgrain Wondrous Wreath

A fairly simple fall card,

all supplies from Stampin' Up! :

Wondrous Wreath stamp set and matching dies

Hardwood stamp

Canvas stamp

Tin Tile embossing folder

all inks and papers

Thanks for looking =) 

Stained Glass Cornucopia Card 2

Here is a stepped up card made with the same image

that I used yesterday.

Twine, burlap ribbon and piercing add fun details.

Thanks for looking =) 

Stained Glass Cornucopia Card -CAS

Simple card !

The most time consuming part was coloring

in the heat embossed image using inks from my

dye ink pads and an aqua painter !

Stained Glass image and inks were from Stampin' Up!

                                                                   Thanks for looking =) 

Leaf Trim Card

This simple card features leaf trim that was

wrapped around a gift my Mother received last year.

She gave me the trim to make something with.

It is layered onto Early Espresso card stock

that I pierced around the edges of.

That is mounted on top of a piece of burlap ribbon

from my crafting supplies,  cut to fit.

The Cajun Craze card stock base

has ink lightly sponged along the edges.

Thanks for looking =) 

Ouch Card

Simple get well card made with

supplies from Stampin' Up!

Happy Healing stamp set

Blush Blossom card stock

inks and an aqua painter

Thanks for looking =) 

Get Well Soon

Wow, the color difference in these two photos

is so off ! The blue is Brilliant Blue and the red

is Real Red, both by Stampin' Up!

The colors in the top photo are closer to real life.

Tag It and Happy Healing stamp sets,

markers, paper punches are all from

Stampin' Up!

Thanks for looking =) 

Masculine 17th Birthday Card

A rather simple birthday card for a young man.

The Pacific Point blue layer is embossed with a 

Tim Holtz 3D Alterations folder

then layered onto a white card base.

The Gumball Green numbers were die cut from 

a set by Stampin' Up! then cut across

 to lengthen them behind the banner.

I'm not sure of the manufacturer of the banner, greeting

and matching die set.

Thanks for looking =)