Pink Overload! Blended Bloom, Perfect Pennants & Greetings Thinlits Dies

Hello again! I went over the top "pink" with these two cards, something I don't usually do. I have said it before, that pink isn't necessarily my go-to colour, but I'm trying to incorporate it more. Well, I sure have today... 

Okay, are you ready for pink overload? ............. This first card is using a single stamp called {Blended Bloom} and I absolutely LOVE it. It looks like a Helleborus plant which I have in my garden.  

Don't you think they look similar? Not the colours, of course - but the shape. Such a pretty plant, I get so many compliments on mine - which is a greenish purple colour. 

The designer series paper is from the {It's my party DSP stack}. I added a few other retiring goodies, the coordinating enamel dots, black stampin' emboss powder, the banner punch, two toned twine & the sentiment is from {Perfect Pennants}. I just love this sentiment, so lovely. 

Next, I was just taking a break from some gardening and decided to "play" for a little bit. I had some bits & pieces lying around and put them to work and this is what I came up with. Most items are retiring, like the Itty bitty punch pack, Greeting Thinlits Dies, Shine on Specialty Designer Series Paper, Two-toned Baker's Twine, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, White Filter Paper, It's my party enamel dots, Have a Cuppa Designer Series Paper. In other words, a whole bunch of fab stuff! 

Lots of layers, textures and even a bit of sparkle going on with this card. I'm pleased with how this pretty "pink" card turned out and the pink wasn't as scary as I thought... who knew?! 

I have a bunch more cards to share today featuring some of my favourite retiring products, hope you'll check back later!! 

Thanks for stopping by, happy stamping!

Beckie

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:
Stamps: Blended Bloom, Perfect Pennants
Papers: Have a Cuppa & It's my Party Designer Series Paper; Shine on Specialty Designer Series Paper; Tip Top Taupe, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Basic Black, Melon Mambo Card stock; White Filter Paper; Silver Glimmer Paper; Vellum card stock
Inks: Melon Mambo, Versamark + Black Stampin' Emboss Powder
Accessories: Greetings Thinlits Dies, Itty Bitty Accents punch pack, Boho Chic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Butterfly Thinlits Dies, It's my Party Enamel Dots, Two toned Twine, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Banner Punch, Heat Tool, Big Shot

I love you SEW, yes I do!

Hello again! I have share with one of my top picks from the Occasions Catalogue, called {I Love you Sew}, which is the host/hostess set. Love, love, love it. I am a sucker for punny sentiments and sayings, and this set sure is full of them. 

For this card, I have very few layers - which is very "unlike" me... but, with the busyness of the sequins and buttons I didn't want to distract from how fab they are. I tend to hoard both buttons and sequins, does anyone else do this? I went with LOTS & LOTS of bright, cheery colours. Here's the list: Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Cucumber Crush, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Real Red, & Old Olive, yep - I that's it!! That's it she says. I love colour so why not use just about all of them, right?! 

I stamped a lot, I mean a lot of sequins and buttons, both small and large. Definitely adds a fun element with all the colours. I didn't want to overwhelm the card too much by adding more layer than necessary and I didn't want to cover up too much of the lovely colourful stamped images so I went very simple with the add-ons. Just a strip of Cucumber Crush, a strip of Pacific Point - stamped with the cross-stitching using {Archival Black Ink}. Then a couple of banners, one in Crushed Curry and one in Pumpkin Pie stamped with I love you sew sentiment. Attached with a couple of staples and done! It did take a bit of time to do the multicoloured stamping, but it was worth it. I hope you like it!

Since already had my stamps all ready to go, I decided to make another card... 

This time I went with a few extra images, the paint swipe and beads to go with the buttons and sequins. Diagonal paint swipes with Cucumber Crush added a bold POP of colour. 

Again, like with the first card I didn't want to make it even more busy so I kept the add-on's more basic. This time to go with the banners, I added a few "real" sequins from the {Brights Sequins Assortment} and a wooden "celebrate" sentiment from {Expressions Natural Elements}. Oh, and a bit of {Gold Metallic Thread}. 

I hope you have liked my card shares, have a super day! 

Thanks for stopping by, happy stamping!

Beckie

Retiring Products: 

I Love you Sew (host set), Expressions Natural Elements, Tangelo Twist Classic Ink & Card stock. 

Ray of Sunshine, you are my Sunshine!

Hello, since there isn't much sunshine out there today - I thought I'd share some with my card inspiration. I used the stamp set {Ray of Sunshine}, which sadly is set to retire at the end of this month. It was on my very first order last June, there was something about the sweet sentiments and who doesn't love sunshine?! I've been on a mission to have all my shares this  month featuring some of my favourite retiring products, and this set is one of my favourites. 

I paired it with a couple of other sets, first is a Project Life stamp set from the Occasions Catalogue called {Memories in the Making}. I just had to add even more sunshine using the sun stamp, stamping it all over the bottom layer. 

For the large sun, I used the largest of the sun rays from Ray of Sunshine, stamping it once, then moving it over slightly and stamping a second time. I continued the process until I had enough to cover the card then added a 1-3/4" Circle Punch using Daffodil Delight Card stock. The ink is both Hello Honey & Daffodil Delight. I added a few clouds using the {Sprinkles of Life} set, which is the Ronald McDonald set for 2015-16 - and it's being carried over...yay! I'm not sure if they've ever done that before with a RMD set before? This set is awesome, so I'm super excited about that!!! The sentiment from Ray of Sunshine is also very appropriate, "You are my sunshine". I'm sure there are days for everyone where they could use a little bit of extra sunshine, I know I could. I hope you like it, have a great day! 

Isn't this stamp set great? I love each of the sentiments, the two on the bottom are so inspiring. And that smiling sunshine face, so endearing. Available until May 31, 2016. 

Thanks for stopping by, happy stamping!

Beckie

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: 

Stamps: Ray of Sunshine, Project Life Memories in the Making, Sprinkles of Life

Papers: Daffodil Delight & Whisper White card stock

Inks: Daffodil Delight, Hello Honey & Soft Sky Classic inks

Accessories: Tree Builder Punch, Stampin' Trimmer, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Whisper White Baker's Twine, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

Botanical Gardens: Layout to Card!

Hello, what a beautiful sunny day!!! The garden is calling out to me. I shared a page layout on Monday featuring the {Botanical Gardens} products. I decided to make a matching card. This is something I had yet to try, and I must say it was really fun to try to "shrink" the layout, which is 12x12" to a card. But I did it. 

In the layout, I used four panels for the photos to go on. I decided to go with one panel, as to not overwhelm the card being much smaller than the 12" page. I used the exact same piece of designer series paper, the same stamps, and accessories but just less of them. 

I am really happy with how both the layout and card turned out and will definitely be trying this matching page + card designs in the future. 

You can see the comparison below first the layout page and the card. I'd love to hear what you think! I hope you like it, have a super day! 

Thanks for stopping by, happy stamping!

Beckie

Botanical Gardens: The "Butterfly" writings on the card!

Hello... I have a fun card to share featuring the {Botanical Builder Framelits Dies}. I absolutely love the edgelit die that is included with the framelits, it adds such a fun element to the card. 

I started by die cutting the bottom of the card, I angled it slightly. I really wanted to use the {Botanical Gardens Designer Series Paper}, since I tend to hoard my DSP - I took the plunge and used a bunch of it recently. I chose a print that wasn't too bold because I wanted the edgelit to be shown and a large print might not have done the trick as well. 

I used the colours that were in the particular piece of paper I chose, Pool Party, Hello Honey and Cajun Craze. I wanted to add a fun element with a butterfly, but I wanted it to look like the butterfly wrote out the word "hello" when fluttering by. Neat, eh?!

I added a {Window Sheet} along the edge of the card, otherwise it would be too short on the front and might look a bit silly standing on a slant. This way you can get a sneak of the pretty paper inside. 

I didn't realize until I had my design all finished that the only stamping was the sentiment on the inside. I used the fabulous {Suite Sayings} stamp set. I thought this saying went nicely with the "hello" die cut from the (Greetings Thinlits Dies}. I hope you like it, enjoy the sunshine!  

Thanks for stopping by, happy stamping!

Beckie

Guy Greetings, You're my Anchor

Hello, I'm on this masculine themed card kick lately. I am really liking the neutral colour palette, and the {Going Places Designer Series Paper} is perfect for that. I just can't say enough good things about this paper stack, love the neutrals and the subtle colours mixed into others. I made another card that I shared last week also using the {Guy Greetings} stamp set, you can view it HERE. 

I decided to add some twine, well I used the {Very Vanilla Thick Baker's Twine} to be exact! I absolutely love the thick twines. I tied a knot on each end and frayed the tail, it sort of fits with the anchor (nautical) theme. I hope you like my card and have a great day.

Thanks for stopping by, happy stamping!

Beckie

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

Stamps: Guy Greetings

Papers: Going Places Designer Series Paper Stack; Very Vanilla & Basic Black card stock

Inks: Black Archival; Smoky Slate Stampin' Write Marker

Accessories: 1-3/4" Circle Punch, 2" Circle Punch, Very Vanilla Thick Baker's Twine, Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Snips

Grateful Bunch: You are loved A LOT

Well, we thought we were done with winter... but, it's not done with us. I've got two pretty floral cards to share to help chase the winter blues away... I used wisteria wonder, very vanilla and Bermuda bay for my colours. I started by stamping the stems and leaves, then the blossoms which I punched with the coordinating punch {Blossom Bunch Punch}.

The DSP is from the {Have a Cuppa Designer Series Paper}. So many fabulous papers available in the Occasions catalogue to choose from. All stamps are from the {Grateful Bunch} set. 

For my next card I went with some softer colours than I usually tend to gravitate towards. I used Mint Macaron, Wisteria Wonder and Very Vanilla with a splash of Whisper White. Starting by stamping the 3 flower image and punching it out with the coordinating {Blossom Bunch Punch}. The largest flower that I used, doesn't not fit in the punch but was relatively easy to fussy cut with some {Paper Snips} or fine-tipped scissors. 

I stamped the flower stems to get things started, leaving a diagonal gap so I could add the lacy image to the center on Wisteria Wonder Card stock and matching ink. This set is lovely and has nice details... just look at the butterfly.

I even added a bit of stamping on the inside of the card, I love this stamp set! 

I hope you like them, have a great day!

Thanks for stopping by, happy stamping!

Beckie

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: 

Stamps: Grateful Bunch 

Papers: Wisteria Wonder, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Mint Macaron card stock; A nice Cuppa Designer Series Paper; 

Inks: Mint Macaron, Wisteria Wonder, Bermuda Bay Classic Inks

Accessories: Blossom Bunch Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Snips, Whisper White Baker's Twine, Stampin' Trimmer, Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Shine On Birthday Bouquet Paper Tole

Hello, I have a pretty piece of framed paper art to share with you today. Looking at the flowers from the {Birthday Bouquet} stamp set make me happy since it has been snowing here ALL day and pretty flowers, even paper one's is always a good thing! My paper crafted creation has lots of layers, lots of fussy cutting and colouring, but I love how it turned out - so the effort was worth it. 

The background is from the {Shine on Specialty Designer Series Paper}. This paper is so stunning, and when the light hits it just right it does just as the name suggests - Shine on! 

And if that wasn't enough shine, I added a die cut oval with the help of a silver foil sheet. I added some embossed dots using the {Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder}.

I was going to colour with just Stampin' Write markers, but then I remembered I had a bunch of eye shadow make up sponges. I used watermelon wonder, calypso coral, mossy meadow & old olive inks for my sponged colouring.

I used the markers to add some more depth and intense colouring to the blooms from the {birthday Bouquet} stamp set. Such a pretty image, and when I first saw it I knew immediately what I wanted to make with it... some paper tole. Albeit, a much more minor piece of paper tole... but I'm pleased with the final project. I was going to add a sentiment, but then opted to leave it just as it is. 

I hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, happy stamping!

Beckie

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

Stamps: Birthday Bouquet

Papers: Whisper White card stock; Silver Foil Sheet; Shine on Specialty Designer Series Paper

Inks: Watermelon Wonder, Calypso Coral, Mossy Meadow & Old Olive Classic; Tuxedo Black Memento; Hello Honey, Watermelon Wonder, Calypso Coral, Mossy Meadow & Old Olive Stampin' Write Markers

Accessories: Ovals Collection Framelits Dies, Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Snips, Big Shot Die Cutting Machine

Going Places with Sky is the Limit

Tomorrow is the last day to earn your FREE sale-a-bration products. I can't believe it's almost over so soon. I still have some stamps un-inked. But, one that is nicely inked up... is {Sky is the Limit}. The card I made today is featuring it and all it's greatness. 

I paired this great stamp set with some great paper from the {Going Places Designer Series Paper Stack}. I love the patterns in this stack, and they are perfect for masculine themed projects. There are so many neutral colours and interesting designs that they would be a great fit for many other projects. 

I went with a panel look for the front with two contrasting patterns. One a simple crumb cake and very vanilla horizontal stripe and a basic black with a compass pattern. A vellum circle, a banner and some frayed burlap ribbon to add a bit more interest, then a fussy cut out plane complete with a vellum propeller. I hope you like it. I'll have some more Sale-a-bration shares later. 

Thanks for stopping by, happy stamping!

Beckie

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

Stamps: Sky is the Limit

Papers: Going Places Designer Series Paper; Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Whisper White Card stock; Vellum card stock

Inks: Crumb Cake Classic; Archival Basic Black

Accessories: Burlap Ribbon, 1/2" Circle Punch, Hexagon Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Snips, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Glue Dots, Stampin' Trimmer, 1-3/4" Circle Punch

Balloon Celebration & Pedal Pusher

Hello, only two more days of Sale-a-bration... sniff, sniff! I was playing with the {Balloon Celebration} stamp set and coordinating {Balloon Punch}. I used the fun, newer sale-a-bration addition {Pedal Pusher}. You're probably wondering where the bicycle is? I actually used the bicycle basket for the hot air balloon basket. Neat right?!

The clouds are stamped with soft sky classic ink, some straight stamped and some stamped off. Then I used the {Tree Builder Punch} to make some vellum clouds, I added a bit of {Clear Wink of Stella} to give a bit of shine. So pretty. 

I used the balloon string to make the balloon straps with some watermelon wonder punched out balloons. 

I am pleased with how this card turned out. I'm excited to play some more with this ultra fun stamp set. So many possibilities... I hope you like it :)

Thanks for stopping by, happy stamping!

Beckie