Season of Chic Part 2

 Hello again! 

Just a very quick post and a very simple card today. It does show how versatile the Season of Chic stamps and dies are as this card features the wash of color stamps and flower dies. 

Stamping in bright Altenew inks suggest a flower bouquet. I love these flower dies, how they have a whimsical texture all their own with just the outline of the flower. 

This thank you card came together in about 15 minutes! 

Hope you week is going well. I so appreciate your kind comments and visits this week! 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Luminous Seashells

 Hi there! I really couldn't figure out how to title this post since it technically doesn't use my featured stamp set of the week. It is simply the Seashells 3d Embossing Folder, all dressed up! 

The lovely Distressed Gold Designer Paper was die cut with the Season of Chic die and added for texture and bright interest.

As well, some inks were sponged to accent the shells, and a pale luminous glaze was added on some of the greenery. Small dots of aqua  were dotted across the top of the design. 

The entire panel is Very Vanilla card stock, layered on a Soft Suede base. I sponged  around the perimeter with Distress Oxide ink. Purposefully leaving off the sentiment allows me to choose one or not, when sending it. I think I really like it best this way! 

Have a wonderful day! 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Three for One: Season of Chic from Stampin' Up!

 Oh, I can hardly believe that June is almost over, can you? June is my birthday month, and our dear new little grand made her entrance to the world last weekend! What a delight and such a happy time! God in His goodness helped me get better (even though vaxxed I had a rough stint with COVID)  just in time for my husband and I to help with the older children. You can bet I'm still smiling! 

I really enjoyed being able to focus on one stamp set last week, and you seemed to like it too! Three cards coming up this week using the Season of Chic stamps and dies from Stampin' Up! If you missed it, you can find my first card made with it HERE. 

My second card is a clean and elegant thank you. 

I began by embossing white card stock with the Seashells 3D embossing folder. I love the clean texture this gives! Using the die that looks like a grid, I cut that out of the embossed piece for even more texture. The shell on the left was die cut directly from the patterned paper, it was a perfect fit! The pink shell was die cut from the pink/gold paper and I stamped it to add the shell detail. 

Every once in awhile this happens - I was positively thrilled with how this turned out!

Thanks so much for popping in! I've loved having you visit. 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

The Paper Players #597

 It's time for a new challenge #597 at The Paper Players! It's a sketch challenge this week and I love playing with sketches! Seeing as it's been super hot here, my card had to have a cooling off feature, lol. How about a kayak on the water?

I thoroughly enjoyed taking a literal approach to the sketch and making a masculine (or not) birthday card. I snipped out the kayak, colored it in with colored pencils and placed it on a white rectangle. I stamped the sentiment, the circles and fish as accents also using the Adventurous Journey stamp set from Stampin' Up!  The circle patterns were stamped onto white card stock using Dapper Denim ink and the Bold Prints Circle Patterns stamp from Hero Arts. 

I kept this very very simple and easy to make. I can't wait to see how you will be inspired with the sketch! Hope you're staying cool, make it a great day! 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

One Set, Three Ways: The Greetery Print Shop Daisy Days day 3

Hi there! 

Well, today I'm back with the third card using Print Shop Daisy Days! This ensemble of stamps, stencils and dies is so much fun to play with as there are so many options. Today is all about layers, layers and more layers! 

I began by choosing my color palette. Using WPlus9 inks, I sponged in hues of pastels in aqua and peach using the stencil. I die cut it, and also quite a few extra flowers for layering. Before placing the die cut, I  sponged and splattered ink in aqua on a rectangle cut with the Postal Frames Die. I wanted to provide a splash of color behind the daisies image. Then I layered daisies and more daisies over top, placing the panel on a pale yellow card base. 

It was hard to get a good photo. In real life, it's an explosion of soft colors! Adding a hand cut sentiment and a bow wraps it up. 

I'd love it if you'd care to share some feedback. Do you enjoy this feature? Do you have a favorite of the cards I've shared this week? I would love hearing from you!

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

One Stamp, Three Ways: The Greetery Print Shop Daisy Days

 Welcome back for day 2 with Print Shop Daisy Days! Clean and elegant is the style for today, with colors of pinks, aqua and gold. 

This time I used the die cut image. After stenciling I snipped the image apart to use on a white card base. In keeping with the gold foiled sentiment, I added a few flat gold sequins. 

I think this crisp and clean look is my favorite way to use the set so far. I may try one of these days just using a part of the stencil on a very simple one layer card. 

Hope you are having a great day! One more for tomorrow, I pulled out all the stops on this one! See you then! 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

It's a trio of Daisy Days! featuring The Greetery

 Hello,  I'm finding myself quarantined in the craft room so I'm making the best of it! In the heat of summer is when I really don't mind doing a little extra stamping. I'd like to focus on one set of supplies this week and make at least three cards with it to stretch myself and get more use out of one set. 

My focus this week is from The Greetery: the Print Shop Daisy Days stamps, die cuts and stencils. 

I used Distress inks in tumbled glass, broken china, peacock feathers, mowed lawn and cracked pistachio to fill in the stencils. I partially die cut the large image on the left side, and slid an aqua panel underneath the die cut parts. 

A few extra flowers were die cut for dimension and layered on top. The sentiment is from the Comforting Commands stamp set. These daisies will surely bring someone a smile! 

This is a new set, so I will be entering this at NBUS! 

I'll be back tomorrow with day 2 of Daisy Days. Hope you will visit again! 

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!