Remy's Dinosaur Birthday

 

One of the littles in our family, Remy, turned 5.  He loves dinosaurs and that's what type of card I made him for his birthday.  

I used In The Wild dsp for the mat and blending colors on the main piece of cardstock.  The dinosaurs were stamped, die cut and adhered with dimensionals.  Little dinosaur feet were stamped on the inside.  Greeting from Stippled Roses.

Stamp set:    Dino Days, Stippled Roses

Paper:        Confetti White, In the Wild dsp

Ink:        Balmy Blue, Cajun Craze, Evening Evergreen, Lost Lagoon, Soft                           Succulent

Accessories:    Stamp Cut 'n Emboss machine, Dino dies, blending brush

Peggi's Stippled Rose

 

My friend,Peggi, celebrated her birthday while I was at retreat.  I'm posting her birthday card today.  I wanted her to have a beautiful, feminine card.

Stamp set:    Stippled Roses

Paper:          Basic White, Calypso Coral, Softly Stippled dsp

Ink:              Memento Black, Calypso Coral blends, Old Olive blends

Accessories:   Stamp Cut 'n Emboss machine, Stippled Roses dies

Latte Coffee Card swap

 

Today I'm featuring the last of the swap cards I made for retreat.  I made 16 cards showcasing three versions of the coffee mugs.  The mugs were cut out of the designer series paper, aren't they so cute!  It's hard to pick a favorite mug.  I cut off part of the front cardbase and affixed one of the mugs to the right side of the inside cardbase.  The mug was used to secure the front of the card closed by tucking it under the left side of the cup.  I used the dies to make the coffee carafe with a piece of dsp to look like coffee was being poured into a mug. The dsp has so many cute coffee themed prints.  The stamp set and matching dies are amazing.  It's available now as an Online Exclusive through Stampin' Up!

Stamp set:    Latte Love

Paper:        Basic White, Pecan Pie, Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral, Lemon Lolly,                         cardstock vellum, A Little Latte dsp

Ink:        Early Espresso

Accessories:    Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine, Latte Love dies, Nested Essentials                     dies, adhesive-back swirl dots, stampin' dimensionals

Zinnia Explosion Card

 

Today I'm featuring my fun fold card from retreat swap #2.  The Simply Zinnia bundle is a beautiful Spring set.  The designer series paper (dsp) is so gorgeous that I decided to showcase it as the star of my swap.  An explosion card provides more spaces to show off this dsp.  Unlike the 30 swaps I made for swap #1 (yesterday's card), I only made 20 cards for this swap.  It was still a lot of work.

I used several pieces of the dsp on inside of the card.  For the cover, I used the Zinnia 3D embossing folder and cut out one of the larger Zinnias from the dsp.

I finished off with gingham ribbon with some shiny sequins.

Stamp set: Simply Zinnia

Paper: Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist, Rich Razzleberry, Flowering Zinnias dsp

Ink: Memento Black, Mossy Meadow

Accessories: Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine, Zinnia 3D Embossing Folder, Simply Zinnias dies, ¼” black & white gingham ribbon, Adhesive-backed shiny sequins

Red Guitar Birthday

 

March was a busy month for me.  I went to a craft retreat in Washington State for several days.  We did three sets of swap cards with our retreat group and another craft group that was there too.

Today I'm sharing my card from Swap #1.  I always challenge myself to make masculine cards so here we are.  I really liked the Rock 'n Rock bundle from the January through April mini catalog, but I don't have.  Enjoy the Rhythm stamp set has a smaller guitar, so I decided to use it.  I used confetti white cardstock and the Exposed Brick 3D embossing folder to provide a grunchy look.  I carried the musical theme to the inside of the card as well.

Stamp set:    Enjoy the Rhythm

Ink:            Memento Black, Real Red blends

Paper:        Confetti White, Basic Black, Real Red, Zoo Crew dsp

Accessories:    Stampin' Cut and Emboss machine, Exposed Brick 3D embossing                         folder, Nested Essentials dies, Classic Matte dots, Stampin'                                 dimensionals

 

Softly Sophisticated Sympathy

 

Unfortunately, there have been three people I know who have passed away in the last week.  I had to create the card I hate to make, a sympathy card.

I chose the muted colors of white and Pool Party.  The softly sophisticated 3D embossing folder was paired with the small floral print from the softly stippled dsp.  I used a retired stamp set because I liked the words for the front and inside of the card.

Stamp set:    Thoughts & Prayers

Ink:            Memento Black

Cardstock:    Basic White, Pool Party, Softly Stippled dsp

Accessories:    Stamp Cut N Emboss machine, Softly Sophisticated 3D embossing                     folder, Nested Essentials dies, 5/8" Pool Party Crinkle Ribbon

GDP Sketch Challenge 434

 

Today's card is my take for the GDP #434 sketch challenge.  I needed another masculine birthday card so I used the Let's Go Fishing designer series paper pack to lead the way.  The greeting from Enjoy the Rhythm fit perfectly into the Stylish Shapes banner.

Stamp set:    Enjoy the Rhythm

Ink:            Memento Black

Paper:        Let's Go Fishing DSP, Very Vanilla, Wild Wheat

Accessories:    Stamp Cut N Emboss machine, Stylish Shapes dies, Snips