Lobster for your birthday?

Sounds good to me! Today I'm sharing a fun card made using the new By the Tide set. I love the fun lobster illustration in this set!  I tried to make the color combo on this card beachy so I used cherry cobbler, pool party and river rock.  I also used some of the new natural trim ribbon.  it's hard to tell in the photo but I also used the new borders scoring plate for the Simply Scored board to make some wave ripples along the bottom! 

stamps: by the tide, made for you

ink: pool party, river rock, cherry cobbler

paper: Whisper white, river rock, pool party

other: Natural trim ribbon, oval punch, cherry cobbler bakers twine, Borders score plate and simply scored tool

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Sweet little pinwheel!

 

When I noticed the little pinwheel die in the Spring Catalog I knew I had to have it - I've made these little guys before by hand, but a die makes everything easier :) I will be showing how to cut out and assemble these little pinwheels at my next stamp-a-stack so be sure to sign up! 

For this card I used a color combo based off the colors in the new little paper stack in the Spring book - It's called print poetry. It has a whole bunch of pretty colors in it and I picked primrose petals, summer starfruit and Raspberry ripple - which I realized after are all InColors! 

This card was really simple to make, I just used the primrose petals for the card base, embossed a piece of the summer starfruit with the perfect polka dots embossing folder in the big shot and then added a "flag" from the print poetry paper… see the dot theme? The pinwheel was made from paper from the print poetry stack as well. Then I added a little swatch of raspberry ripple behind it, punched out with the postage stamp punch. The set of stamps that coordinates with the pinwheels has some really fun sayings on it. I chose the one that said "blowing wishes your way" -- thought it would make a good birthday card.

stamps: wishes your way

ink: primrose petals

paper: Whisper white, primrose petals, summer starfruit, raspberry ripple, Print Poetry Designer Series paper stack

big shot: perfect polka dots embossing folder, pinwheel sizzlit die

other: brad, stitched satin ribbon in prrimrose petals and raspberry ripple, postage stamp punch

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Thanks a Ton

Did you get some great stuff for christmas? I know I did so now it's time to make some thank-you cards, right? 

For this card I used the marina mist paper as my card base and some paper with whales from the Sunshine and sprinkles designer paper. I also used a bit more of the beautiful new striped organdy ribbon - I can tell already this ribbon will be a staple of mine for the next few months - I love it!

The  whale is stamped with marina mist ink and cut out using the coordinating die (Happy Whale) in the big shot.  For this card I also punched out some circles to make it just a simple, fun design. The colors are a bit baby though.. maybe next time I will make it more Valentine colors!

stamps: oh, whale

ink: Marina mist,Melon Mambo

paper: Whisper white, Marina Mist, Melon Mambo, Sunshine and Sprinkles Designer Series paper 

big shot: Happy Whale Clearlits die

other: 3/8" striped organdy ribbon- melon mambo, circle punches, Modern Label punch

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Whalecome New Year!

Yes -- I know it's been 2013 for like a week now, but I'm finally done sharing all the holiday stuff and I'm ready to bring on the new year with some new bright and fun cards! The spring catalog from Stampin' Up makes this task easy --  Check out the fun new stamps and paper on this card! It uses the new set called "oh, whale"… This set will be great for making baby cards as well as kids birthdays, thank yous or valentines - I love it when something is that versatile!

For this card I used the daffodil delight paper as my card base and some of the super fun umbrella paper from the Sunshine and sprinkles designer paper. I also used a bit of the beautiful new ribbon (3/8" striped organdy). The stamped the whale with marina mist ink and cut him out using the coordinating die (Happy Whale) in the big shot. 

stamps: oh, whale

ink: Marina mist, Lucky Limeade, Early espresso

paper: Whisper white, Daffodil Delight, Sunshine and Sprinkles Designer Series paper 

big shot: Happy Whale Clearlits die, Window Frame Collection Framelits Die

other: 3/8" striped organdy ribbon- melon mambo

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Yarn wreaths with Felt flowers

I'm almost done sharing holiday projects -- I had so much fun making these yarn/felt wreaths for craft fairs and christmas gifts. It was fun trying different color combos of yarn and felt. Wrapping the foam wreath with the yarn was very time consuming -- it took over an hour to do each one plus the time to make all the flowers but they turned out so pretty! All the felt flowers are made with different dies in the big shot and then either sewn or glued together! Hope you enjoy them!

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Quick and easy Gift Bags

Once the gifts were ready I needed some extra gift bags... Luckily I had in my stash some plain kraft and white gift bags just begging to be dressed up for the holidays! I simply added on a sheet of paper from the Festival of Prints designer paper pack. Then I added a snowflake cut out with the  big shot Snow Flurries die and an oval stamped with Peace on earth! These went together very quickly and are so pretty!

stamps: Greetings of the season

ink: cherry cobbler

paper: Festival of Prints designer paper stack, whisper white

big shot: Snow Flurries Bigz Die

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Handmade Holiday Gifts

Now that the holidays are over and the gifts are unwrapped I can share a few of the ones I made this year. I found this idea on pinterest -- chalkboard mugs! Although it was a little harder than I thought it might be. I carefully used painters tape to tape off a section of the mug where I wanted the chalkboard area to be, covering the rest of the mug with plastic wrap to protect it. Then I handed them off to my husband, Jeff, who's handier with spray paint than I am. He gave them each a few coats of chalkboard spray paint. Then,  I carefully peeled off the tape and plastic wrap and touched up any mistakes with an exacto knife. To prime the area for chalk, you need to scribble all over it with chalk first and then wipe it off. Now they were ready to gift.. I added in some chalk in a little cello bag along with coffe or hot chocolate and some cute marshmallow snowmen and a candy cane! 

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