Easter Egg Card

Stampin Up Framelits are wonderful.  I used them to create the card base and the lattice embossed layer.  The extra large oval punch created the eggs. The Starburst framelits made the sun, and the Bitty Banners did the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes .  The bunny from Baby We've Grown was printed from MDS and cut out.  I love the way he peeks out from behind those eggs!  The little bunny in the grass is from Eggstra Spectacular.  Tiny flowers were punched with the flower in the Itty Bitty Punch Pack. I added pearls and rhinestones and one little candy dot on the banner.  Hope you like my card today.  Thanks for visiting.

Denise

Vintage Spiral Flower

This is my first Spiral Flower - that I actually liked!  Don't ask how many trial flowers hit the dust bin!  This one is done in Primrose Petals Coordinations cardstock with a Gumball Green leaf also Coordinations cardstock.  I sanded the edges and scrunched them up a bit before rolling.  I used two pieces of cs rolled at the same time.  There is a Large Pearl Basic Jewel in the center.  There are many videos out there in blog land.  Patty Bennett from Patty Stamps and Kay Kaltoff from Stamping to Share were a big help with their videos.

It does take a bit of practice.....at least for me.  My older hands and fingers aren't what they used to be!  But it's well worth it to have a bit of patience and if I can do it....I know you can.

Supplies:  Stampin Up Spiral Flower Originals Die, Sanding Block, Primrose Petals and Gumball Green Coordinations cs, Large Pearls Basic Jewels and the leaf die from the Secret Garden Die set.

Thank for stopping by.

Denise

Spring Card in a Box

This card in a box was soooo much fun to make!  I wasn't sure I wanted to make one but I'm glad I did.  And I really like how this one turned out considering it's my first one.  Me and little tiny things do not see eye to eye if you know what I mean!  Thank goodness for punches and dies.  I haven't put a sentiment (other than Happy Spring) on it yet.  I'll wait until I know how I'm going to use it.  Below is a close up photo.

Supplies:

DSP:  Gingham Garden
CS: Strawberry Slush, Pear Pizzazz, Rose Red, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Island Indigo
Other:  Bitty Banner die, The hot air balloon was cut with my Silhouette Cameo.  
The trees were a punch I've had in my stash for years.  The bunnies, fence, tulips and flowers on the trees were non-SU dies.  The grass was a Martha Stewart punch.  Happy Spring was computer generated onto the Bitty Banner flag.

I hope you like it.  I think I'll make more of these!  Thanks for visiting today. 

Denise

Sketched Birthday Meets Yippee-Skippee!

 

This was a fun card to make!  Inspiration came from two talented stampers Stamping Together at Monika's Place and Inking Idaho! It will be going out the door today to wish someone a happy day later this week.
Here's the inside of the card:

Supplies:

Stamps: Yippee-Skippee! (Sentiment), Sketched Birthday (Cake)
CS: Sahara Sand, Pool Party, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White, Basic Black
DSP: Sweet Sorbet (SAB)
Accessories: Tag Topper Punch, In-Color Boutique Details Button, Pool Party Ribbon
Decorative Dots Embossing Folder, Banners Framelits, Bitty Banners, Ovals Framelits,
Finishing Touches Edgelits, Decorative Label Punch, Candy Dots (1)

The balloon from Sketched Birthday was stamped twice, once on the Pool Party cs, once on Whisper White and colored yellow, cut out and paper pieced over the inside stamped balloon.  Coloring was done with Copic markers.

Thanks for stopping in today.  Stay warm and dry if you're buried in snow like we are!

Denise

Birthday Card For Mom

The hydrangea stamp above was one of the first stamps I purchased prior to Stampin Up.  I've only used it a few times in the years I've owned it.  After I saw Debbie Olson's card here I thought it would make a nice card for my Mom's birthday next week.  I stamped the hydrangea on vellum with versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Then I colored it using the emboss resist technique and Stampin Up markers.  The butterfly was punched with the Elegant Butterfly punch.  I added some jewels for his body.  I will add a birthday sentiment to the inside.  I hope Mom likes it.

Thanks for stopping in today.

Denise

Stippled Blossoms Just Because

Stippled Blossoms is one of my favorite Stampin Up sets.  I used it to make my own background layer - stamping randomly with the blossoms and leaves.  I was inspired by this beautiful card at LW Designs.  Stamped extra blossoms and leaves, cut them out and placed them with dimensionals.  The sentiment Just Because is from another of my favorite sets called A Dozen Thoughts.  It was stamped on Whisper White in Pool Party ink, cut out and layered onto Pool Party CS.  The ends were flagged with my paper ships.

Supplies:
Stamps: Stippled Blossoms, A Dozen Thoughts
CS: Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Whisper White
Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant, Wild Wasabi, Gumball Greeen, Pool Party
Other: Pearl Basic Jewels, Bitty Butterfly Punch, dimensionals

Hope you like it.

Thanks for stopping in today.

Denise



           

Valentine Sweetheart Treat Bags Kit

These Stampin Up Sweetheart Valentine Treat bags are perfect for little Valentine candies.   I made all twelve that come in the kit.  I decided to use the pool party twine and tags that came in the kit on another project.   The ribbon was from from my stash from who knows how long ago.  But I think it came from Michaels.  The heart tag was from the Hostess Set Perfectly You (retired from the Holiday mini).  The red glimmer paper hearts were punched from the (also retired) punch with three hearts - sorry I don't remember what it's called.  These were fast and easy to make and hold a good amount of candy.

Thanks for visiting today!

Denise