Celebrate You

Happy Wednesday...half-way through the week, which means it is downhill to the weekend...woohoo!!

Today I have a card I designed a while back for a class I did featuring the Birthday Bouquet Suite from the Occasions Catalogue. I have to say, this is still one of my favourite product suites of all time...so pretty!

Birthday card featuring the Birthday Blooms stamp set.

At this class I not only wanted to showcase the fabulous products in this suite, but I also wanted to teach my guests how to watercolour using blender pens. I must have done a pretty good job, because their projects looked UH-MAZING and no two were exactly alike. We began by heat embossing the floral image from the Birthday Bouquet stamp set in white on watercolour paper. Then using blender pens we coloured the image using Watermelon Wonder, Crushed Curry and Mint Macaron ink. To add colour to the background, we did a wash with an aquapainter and Soft Sky ink. Heat embossing the image before colouring makes it much easier for beginners, as the embossing resists the ink and helps keep it inside the lines. :)

The watercoloured panel is mounted on a piece of Birthday Bouquet DSP and then on a Watermelon Wonder card base. The sentiment, which is from the Suite Sayings stamp set, is heat embossed in gold and then die-cut using the Lots of Labels Framelits. I highlighted the label with a gold metallic foil doily, as bit of Watermelon Wonder lace trim and some pearls from the Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit. The final touch was a few tiny pearls scattered across the front panel.

On the inside I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped the heart border from the Birthday Blooms set in Mint Macaron ink and the sentiment in Watermelon Wonder ink.

This card was certainly a hit with my class participants, as I'm sure it will be to anyone who receives it to honour their special day.


Product List

Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140658] $23.00	Suite Sayings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140712] $26.00	Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper [140557] $13.75	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $10.50
Watermelon Wonder 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138334] $8.75	Watercolor Paper [122959] $6.25	Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad [138323] $8.00	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [131173] $8.00
Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [138326] $8.00	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181] $8.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.25	Embossing Buddy [103083] $7.50
White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $6.25	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $6.25	Heat Tool [129053] $37.00	Blender Pens [102845] $12.50
Aqua Painters [103954] $21.00	Big Shot [113439] $136.00	Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies [138281] $33.00	Metallic Foil Doilies [138392] $5.00
Watermelon Wonder 1" Dotted Lace Trim [138425] $7.50	Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit [140551] $15.00	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247] $6.25

Wedding Blooms

Happy Monday...and happy first full day of Spring! I hope you had a great weekend. I am back to work today after March Break...always a little bit tougher to get out of bed the first day back after a week off!

This morning I have a project I designed last weekend as I was playing with the Botanical Builder Framelits...

Wedding Card featuring the Botanical Builder Framelit dies with sentiment from the Suite Sayings stamp set.

Now, I didn't set out to make a wedding card when I first sat down to design this, but it sort of evolved into one. I began by embossing a piece of Whisper White card stock using the Lovely Lace TIEF. Then layered a piece of It's My Party DSP (it's not just for birthdays, you know!) which I had die-cut using the edge die from the Botanical Builders Framelits. I added several flowers die-cut from Whisper White card stock. I added shimmer to each bloom using the clear Wink of Stella glitter brush.

The sentiment is from the Suite Sayings stamp set and is stamping in Smokey Slate ink. I punched the stamped image using the 1-3/4" circle punch and then layered it on Smokey Slate and Mint Macaron card stock circles. I added some strings of pearls from the Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit and some self-adhesive basic pearls. The entire card is built on a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" Mint Macaron card base.

Inside view with sentiment from the For the New Two stamp set.

On the inside, I stamped a Whisper White panel using Smokey Slate ink and a sentiment from the For the New Two stamp set. I added a little flower punched using the Itty Bitty Accents punch pack, as well as a few more pearls.

Thanks for stopping by today...I hope you have a great week!


Product List

Suite Sayings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140712] $26.00	For The New Two Clear Stamp Set [138562] $22.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $10.50	Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337] $8.75
Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131202] $8.75	It's My Party Designer Series Paper Stack [140552] $32.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] $8.00	Big Shot [113439] $136.00
Lovely Lace Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [133737] $9.25	Botanical Builder Framelits Dies [140625] $41.00	Circles Collection Framelits Die [130911] $33.00	1-3/4" Circle Punch [119850] $22.00
2" Circle Punch [133782] $22.00	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack [133787] $21.00	Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit [140551] $15.00	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247] $6.25

Happy Easter Chickie!

Happy Sunday! I hope you are having a good weekend. Mine is shaping up to be super-relaxing, as Max and I are at my parents' place for a little R & R by the (still frozen) lake. It's promising rain for our entire visit, but I don't mind a bit...planning to snuggle up by the fire and enjoy some downtime.  It doesn't happen very often! I did pack a bag of stamping goodies too, so I won't get bored ;)

Today marks the beginning of a new sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps. Check it out:

I thought maybe you could use a little Easter inspiration, so here is the card I came up with:

Easter card featuring the Honeycomb Happiness stamp set with sentiment from the Easter Lamb stamp.

Is that little chick, not the cutest? I love how chubby he is and the sweet expression on his face. To create him I began by stamping the image on a scrap of Whisper White card stock using Basic Gray ink. I used the 2-1/2 circle punch to punch him out. Then I stamped him again on a scrap of Birthday Bouquet DSP and fussy cut just his body. I paper-pieced the DSP image onto the stamped one...so easy and so cute! I used my So Saffron marker to colour in his beak and feet and then layered the circle on a slightly larger Blushing Bride circle die-cut using the Circles Collection Framelits.

The embossed Whisper White background was done by inserting only half of the card stock panel into the Large Polka Dots TIEF...I like the way it mimics the circles in the sketch. I added some 1" circles punched from another sheet of Birthday Bouquet DSP and some little Blushing Bride flowers punched with the Itty Bitty Accents punch pack. The sentiment is from the Easter Lamb stamp...I cut it off and mounted it separately to increase it's versatility. I stamped it in Basic Gray ink and popped up my little banner with some dimensionals and added another little Blushing Bride flower with an It's My Party Enamel Dot. The card is built on a Mint Macaron card base.

Inside view with sentiment from Suite Sayings.

On the inside, I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped the sentiment from the Suite Saying stamp set and added another little paper-pieced chick, as well as a couple more punch flowers.

This sketch is super-versatile. Check out the rest of the Design Team's projects and you'll see what I mean. Give it a go and then be sure to share it with us at Sunday Stamps.  Have a great weekend!


Product List

Honeycomb Happiness Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141291] $0.00	Suite Sayings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140712] $26.00	Easter Lamb Wood-Mount Stamp [140740] $12.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $10.50
Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131198] $8.75	Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337] $8.75	Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper [140557] $13.75	Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad [140932] $8.75
Subtles Stampin' Write Markers [131263] $37.50	Big Shot [113439] $136.00	Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [133739] $9.25	Circles Collection Framelits Die [130911] $33.00
2-1/2" Circle Punch [120906] $22.00	1" Circle Punch [119868] $16.00	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack [133787] $21.00	It's My Party Enamel Dots [140554] $5.00