Apr 29, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Today I’m saying farewell to Summer Silhouettes. I have certainly gotten my money’s worth from this versatile set. If I wasn’t using the flower, I was working the leaves into a collage. Now I’m going to use it for two weekly challenges-Paper Players #292 and Can You Case It #117.
Here is a picture of my card:
Here is the Paper Players Banner:
And here is the Can You Case It Banner:
My card uses 2 strips of paper from the SAB Paper Pack, Wildflower Fields. I colored in some of the dots with my marker in Calypso Coral since I don’t have peach ink or paper. The diagonal striped piece of paper comes from the Pastels Designer Series Paper Pack. I adhered the strips to my cardstock according to the sketch.
I stamped the flower and stem from Summer Silhouettes and added the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes. I punched it out with a circle punch, mounted it on Calypso Coral and added it to the card to complete the sketch.
I added 3 rhinestones colored with a black Sharpie to add a little bling.
I loved the way this card turned out! I hope you do too! I love to get comments. Please leave one below.
Happy stamping!
Robin
Apr 28, 2016 | Uncategorized |
My card today works for two current challenges. Woot! I love that when it happens. So today I’m working with the Global Design Project Challenge 33 and the Freshly Made Sketches 234 Challenge. Here’s the card that I made:
The GDP Challenge is a color one. Here’s their banner:
The FMS Challenge is a sketch one. Here’s their banner:
I like the FMS sketch because it is pretty wide open. That makes it easy to work with. The GDP colors are fabulous! I would never have thought about adding Calypso Coral to the other two.
Today I’m working with the Traveler stamp set and the Wild About Flowers stamp set. Don’t see any flowers on the card? That’s because I’m only using the sentiment. I think it fits perfectly with the images from Traveler.
The only Designer Series Paper (DSP) on this card is from the Designer Series Paper Stacks. I love the perky stripe!
I stamped the suitcase image from Traveler first and then masked it. On either side, I then stamped the camera and passport images. I am in LOVE with this set! The images are perfect for guy cards.
I used Stampin’ Write markers to color the sentiment. I added it to the lower right-hand side to comply with the sketch.
I mounted my stamping on a Sahara Sand piece of cardstock and then finally added the finished product onto my card base.
I am so happy with the way this card turned out! Let me know what you think in the comments below!
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Happy stamping!
Robin
Apr 27, 2016 | Uncategorized |
The last couple of days I have spent time in my flower beds. I’ve been cleaning out the old and admiring the Spring flowers in bloom. While out there, I remembered that I had the Gift From the Garden stamp set and that it had not been inked up yet. Well, now it has and here’s the card that I finished:
I love all the stamps in this set. They are simply adorable. For this card, I started out with a Crumb Cake card base which I stamped with the garden glove stamp. I stamped off once before stamping my card.
The pots are Tempting Turquoise and the plants are Cucumber Green, Daffodil Delight, and Watermelon Wonder. I colored them with my Stampin’ Write Markers. The sentiment is from the set. I colored it in Crumb Cake except for the word “Spice” which I colored in Watermelon Wonder.
I finished up my card with some Watermelon Wonder Dotted Lace Trim and a piece of Venetian Crochet Trim.
That’s it! What do you think?
Both of the lace trims are on the Retiring List. Better order them before they are g-o-n-e!
Here’s the link to the retiring list in my online store
Happy stamping!
Robin
Apr 26, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Before I get to today’s card, I’d like to thank Joanne over at The Paper Players for choosing my card as a pick last week. Here’s the card that won her over.
Last night I shared one of the Father’s Day cards I prepared for my class. Today I’m showing off one for the Moms. I’m entering it in the TGIF #52 Challenge. Their theme is “Love You Mom”. Here is my entry:
And here is the TGIF Challenge Banner
My card uses a Blushing Bride card base. The panel down the middle is So Saffron. The banner is punched on either end using the Triple Banner Punch.
I placed a half inch strip from the Designer Series Paper stack horizontally on top of the banner. I placed a small gold doily on top of the paper strip.
My butterfly is made of 2 parts. The bottom is a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the English Garden pack. I die cut it using the Bold Butterfly Framelets. The top part of the butterfly is cut from the Butterflies Thinlets Dies and then sprayed with a clear acrylic spray to give it shine.
The sentiment is from the Watercolor Wings stamp set. I love this sentiment! Now that my mom is gone, it’s the little things we shared together that I cherish as memories.
I hope you like my card today! Please leave a comment below and subscribe if you like what you see.
Happy stamping!
Robin
Apr 26, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Usually my posts are about challenges that I have entered. This one is not. Today I am going to show you one of the cards I’m featuring in my Mother’s Day and Father’s Day card class. This one is for the dads. I CASEd it from Mary Brown.
As you can see it’s very clean and simple. A piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock is my card base. I added a panel of Crumb Cake with a 1/8 inch of Whisper White hanging below it.
The Arrows are made from the Chevron Border Punch which is retiring June 1. The “Cheers” is cut using the Greetings Thinlets which also are retiring. A 1/4 inch strip of Silver Glimmer Paper Finishes it off.
That’s all it takes to make a card for a favorite dad in your life!
Happy stamping!
Robin
Apr 24, 2016 | Uncategorized |
One of my daughter’s childhood friends is getting married. Ann has been in Emily’s life for over fifteen years. What’s really fun is that my husband, who is a pastor, will be marrying the couple. This will be the third childhood friend that Steve will have married. Ann’s shower is next weekend so of course I made a homemade card to include with her gift.
I am able to use Ann’s card in the week’s Global Design Project Challenge. This challenge is a CASE the designer one. Here’s Kristen Frattin’s card that I CASEd.
Kristin’s soft and elegant card was perfect for my wedding card. Instead of using Designer Series Paper (DSP) for the background, I chose to mask and sponge the stripes in Perfect Plum.
I used the For The New Two stamp set for my sentiment. I adore this pretty stamp set! You can snag it right now off the retiring list! I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark and then embossed it in silver. I die cut the embossed sentiment with a Lots of Labels framelet.
I kept the peek-a-boo doily underneath my sentiment. I also kept the leaves but substituted die cut ones from the Rose Garden Framelets. My finishing touch was to substitute silver thread behind the sentiment instead of the bow in the front of Kristin’s sample.
I love the way my card turned out! What do you think? Please leave me a comment below and subscribe to my blog if you like what you see.
Interested in the updated retirement list? Here’s the link to take you to it.
Happy stamping!
Robin
