First Birthday Card

My little grandson turned one in January and his Mama decided to have a Fiesta Taco Bar for those who came to celebrate with him!  So I pulled out this stamp set, Birthday Fiesta and the retired DSP, Festive Birthday to go along with the birthday theme!

I also used the retired Number of Years stamp set and Large Numbers Framelits, to bad Stampin Up retired those framelits, they are so handy to have!  I also used the swash stamp from Sheltering Tree to give the llama some ground to stand on.  Over all I think it turned out really cute!  Mary

Blooming Basket

Good Friday to all, I hope your week has been going well!

I made this card to send to a customer who recently placed a order with me.  When I send cards to my customers, I always leave them blank so that they can re-use them, if they want.  I place a hand-written note inside with a few mailable goodies from me!

This is a Sale-A-Bration stamp set and a embossing folder that was offered as a bundle.  The embossing folder is called Basketweave and will be offered in the new annual Stampin' Up! catalog in June 2018.

For this card I used Sahara Sand, Pink Pirouette and Whisper White. I used my Sahara Sand ink pad and lightly tapped the embossing folder to add some color to the background.  I used my Stampin' Blends, because you all know how much I like to color and I love how it turned out!!  I also use some Linen Thread and made a double bow the the basket handle.  This I a stamp set that I will keep and use long after the Occasion catalog has retired!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and will try to come back next week to share again.  Mary

Heartfelt Blooms

Awhile back I made two cards, the same, for my two aunts who both had birthdays coming up.  I when with this stamp set, Heartfelt Blooms and love how the cards turned out!

For the two cards I used Thick Whisper White for the card bases, then cut a piece of Sweet Sugarplum, then stamped the image in Sweet Sugarplum on regular Whisper White.  I heard from my cousin that she thought the card was so pretty.  Simple, clean and simple and no extra postage needed!  Sorry I don't remember which stamp set I used for the sentiment, but you can easily use your favorite!

Thanks for coming....Mary

Icing on the Cake

When the new annual catalog came out last July, I spotted this stamp set and knew it would be on my list to have, as I use to decorate cakes for awhile when my daughters' were young.  They loved it when Mom have left-over icing to have on either graham crackers or vanilla wafers!  Makes me want to get my cake decorating supplies out and make a real cake now!!

Now I made this "no calorie" cake for my uncles' upcoming birthday, I hope he likes it!!

Here are the details:

Stamp sets: Icing on the Cake and Stylized Birthday

Card stock: Thick Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo and Whisper White

Inks: Calypso Coral (I forgot I was using Flirty Flamingo) and Pear Pizzazz

It's not a hard card to make and I will be using this set some more in the future!

Mary

Bird Banter

Hi, today I'm sharing a card that I made for my friend, Linda's birthday, which is today!!  She doesn't follow my blog but wanted to give her a Happy Birthday wish!

I found this cute card on Jackie B. blog, she was kind in sharing the measurements for all of the card stock.  Since it used some bright colors, I knew Linda would like it!

Here is the inside of the card too.

Here are the details:

Stamp set: Bird Banner (in the Occasions 2018 SU catalog)

Ink: Black Memento

Card stock: Smoky Slate, Pumpkin Pie, Lemon Lime Twist, Bermuda Bay and Whisper White

I used Stamp' Blends to color the images with

Dots Embossing folder-retired

I won this cute stamp set at the November 2017 OnStage, I really like those cute birds.

One Wild Ride

Well this is the last of the wonderful cards that Erica Cerwin designed, I hope you have enjoyed her talent.

Stamp set: One Wild Ride

Card stock: Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black and Whisper White

DSP: retired

Inks: Smokey Slate, Pumpkin Pie, Black Memento and Crumb Cake

Thank you for coming by to see these cards, I appreciate it!  Mary

Bear Hugs

I had a request from my daughter for a one year old birthday card with an outdoor theme.  So I put on my thinking cap and and scanned Pinterest too.  If you remember, last year I made my Dad's birthday card using this set, you can see it HERE.  I used the same colors on this card too!

I hurried to make this card for her because I will be out of town next week, visiting my daughter.  Hubby will be home and holding down the fort!  Anyway, I was just getting done and she called and said she was coming by to pick up some items we had for her, one hour early, so I didn't get a picture of the inside to share with you this time.  When I gave it to her, she loved it and said the parents would really like it too!

To get the background of the trees, I lightly dragged my Crumb Cake ink pad over the embossing folder, run through the Big Shot, and when done, rinse the embossing folder off with water and dry.

Here is what I used:

Stamp sets: Number of Years and Bear Hugs-retired

Framelits: Large Number and Bear Hugs-retired

Card stock: Dapper Denim, Whisper White, Crumb Cake

Inks: Craft Whisper White, Crumb Cake

SU Markers: Crumb Cake, Dapper Denim, Calypso Coral and Always Artichoke

Linen Thread

Embossing Folder: Woodland

Thanks for coming by,  Mary

The Open Sea

I'm still busy making cards for the auction next month.  Today I'm sharing another card that is great to give to your favorite guy in your life.  This is another Pinterest find, with a few slight changes.

Here is what I used.

Stamp sets: Balloon Adventure-sentiment, The Open Sea-retired

Card stock: Midnight Muse-retired, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler

Inks: Midnight Muse-retired, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Cherry Cobbler

Stipped embossing folder-retired

Linen Thread

I love how this one turned out!  Thank you for coming by.  Mary

From Land to Sea

The card I'm sharing is going to my uncle who lives in Iowa.  Over the Labor Day weekend he will be going on the Freedom Flight and people who know him were asked to send him a letter or a card to let them know how special he is to us.  I mailed this card to his daughter, who will be picking him up at the airport, and they will give him all the cards and letters that were sent to him!  He is going to be so surprised!  Click on the picture to enlarge it.

I got this stamp set right before the retirement list came out, but was still happy to have it, because it makes a great man card!  I did see a card like this on Pinterest, I CASE'd Tracie St-Louis for this card..  I did change it very slightly.  I did fussy cut the Sea Turtles out and popped them up on Dimensionals.  Seeing the picture, it looks like I could have sponged the Soft Sky a bit more.

Stamp set: From Watercolor Wash, Land to Sea and By The Tide-both are retired

Card stock: Shimmery White, Marina Mist and Early Espresso

Inks: Soft Sky, Marina Mist, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke, Early Espresso and Crumb Cake

Staz-On Black

Aqua painter

Sponges

Thanks for dropping in, I so appreciate you visiting my blog!  Mary

Tasty Truck

Good morning on this fine Monday, I hope that spring is has sprung in your part of the world.  This past week-end it was here in the mid-West and we thoroughly enjoyed having the windows and doors open to air the stale winter air out of the house!

This past Saturday was my youngest daughter's 32nd birthday, where has the time gone too!!

Since I was too busy to make cards the last two weeks of Sale-A-Bration, I decided to go ahead and make some cards with this retired stamp set anyway, it's just too cute not to use!

Her favorite color is purple, so I used Perfect Plum for her truck and tried my hand at watercoloring the truck in.  I did use Whisper White card stock for this, but would suggest you use Watercolor paper  it just works better.  For the rest of the scene, I used stamps from Sheltering Tree, along with Pear Pizzazz and Crumb Cake inks.  I used a Crushed Curry maker for the awning of the truck along with Smoky Slate for the window highlights and tires.  Pink Pirouette was used for the ice cream and icing on the cupcakes.  I sponged the sky with Sky Blue.

While I was at it, I made one in pink for my other daughter, her favorite color, as her birthday is in two weeks too!

My daughter texted me and said that her card was cute, so I think she liked it!

Off to the craft room, see you soon.  Mary

Nailed It

Good Monday to all, I hope your week-end was wonderful.

Last Friday was my uncles birthday, so I wanted to send him a birthday card with this new set called, Nailed It.  When I saw this set in the current Occasions catalog, I immediately thought of my Dad who is a retired carpenter!  Then I knew it would also make a great Father's day card, as well for any one who is handy!

I really like how it turned out too.  I used Sky's the Limit sentiment-retired and Hexagon embossing folder, but my uncle will not know!

Stamp set: Hardwood background and Nailed It with matching Framelits

Card stock: Night of Navy, Real Red and Smoky Slate

Ink: Smoky Slate, Night of Navy and Black Memento

Silver Foil Sheets

Dimensionals

Well off to get my house clean, have a good one.  Mary

Thoughtful Branches

Things have been busy around my house the last week or two, but I found time to make a couple of birthday cards for my two aunts who live out of town.  I wanted to make them special and I looked through my stamp sets and found Thoughtful Branches, which is retired.  This set was only available for one month last summer and I really debated on if I should buy it or not, but I figured I could use it for many years to come, so I got it.  It makes a really pretty hydrangea flower with the Thinlits that were available to go with it.  I also used the Jar of Love stamp set and matching framelits and I really like how they both turned out!  Thank you Krystal De Leeuw for sharing your card, which is what I CASE'd.

Card stock: Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Sahara Sand , Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive

Stamp sets: Jar of Love, Thoughtful Branches (used matching Thinlits for both sets), Endless Birthday Wishes and Gorgeous Grunge

Ink: Craft White, Sahara Sand, Soft Sky, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Wisteria Wonder, Sweet Sugarplum, Black Memento and Smoky Slate

Brick Wall embossing folder

Dimensionals

I hope they enjoy this summer flower in the middle of winter!  Mary

Dragonfly Dreams

I needed a birthday card for my friend, Linda, and decided to try my hand using the Dragonfly Dreams and Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits for her card.  It's ok, her birthday was yesterday, so she should have received her card by now.

Linda likes the rich, dark colors of green, so I decided to use some of my retired DSP, Botanical Gardens from last year.  I also wanted to use some Gold Foil so that the Dragonfly would stand out from the background.  Here is what I came up with.

I think she will really like it too.  I used a piece of Gold Foil paper large enough to cut out the Dragonfly and then used that piece to mount my DSP on, little to no waste that way too!  I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set, Dragonfly Dreams, that coordinates with the Thinlits, using Black Memento ink.  I also made a black dragonfly and mounted that on the inside with a small strip of Gold Foil and DSP.  I stamped, "Enjoy your special day!"  The card base is Very Vanilla, as that is what is in the DSP.

I hope she likes it!!  Mary

Lift Me Up

I was needing some Thank You cards for a couple of Online orders that were placed with me.  So I decided to make some Birthday cards and I wrote a note on a post-it note so the ladies can send these cards, if they choose too.  I wanted to get them done quickly, so I CASE'd the Occasions Catalog, on page 10.  Makes it so easy to use what Stampin' Up! shares with it demonstrators!!

I followed it except I stamped the sentiment, "Hope your day is on cloud nine.  Happy Birthday" on the inside.  Here is what I used:

Stamp set: Lift Me Up and Timeless Testures

Thinlits: Up & Away

Card stock: Thick Whisper White, Crumb Cake

Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy, Delightful Dijon, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Pool Party

Aqua Painter

Dimensional

I stamped and cut the balloons and clouds out one night and assembled all three cards the next day.  I really like how they turned out and easy to mail too!!

Thanks for coming by!!  Mary

Marquee Messages Birthday

Oh, I'm a bad mother-in-law, I forgot to get my son-in-law's birthday card in the mail so that he would receive it on time.  Do I get points for mailing it ON his birthday, lol?!

I pulled out a stamp set that they gave to us at OnStage 2016 in Salt Lake City this pass April.  At first I was not too impressed with it, but the more cards I see made with it, I'm beginning to like it more and using it more too.

For the card stock I used Island Indigo, Tempting Turquoise, Tangelo Twist-retired, and Whisper White.  For the little light bulbs and stars, I used yellow Stickles because I like how it looks, makes me think of actual light bulbs!

In hindsight, I should have done something for the message in the middle, but since I was late to begin with in getting his card to him, I didn't want to take a chance on messing up what I already had going.  I did fussy cut out the three separate pieces and layered them.  I think the color combination goes well together.  Anyway, I know he will like the cash that is on the inside!!

Hope to see you Friday.    Mary

Thoughtful Branches

Well here we are again and it's Monday, I hope you all enjoyed your week end, I did!!

This is a limited time stamp set, until the end of August 2016, and I have to tell you, I've seen some pretty amazing cards that have been made with this card!  I CASE'd this card from Dena Rekow, you can see her card HERE thanks for sharing!

I used Flirty Flamingo card stock and ink, it really goes well with Rich Razzleberry, which is what I used for a piece under the top layer of the card, I didn't quite get it off-set like Dena did, but it is under the flower piece.  I stamped the background with Striped and I really like that stamp.  I also used Crumb Cake card stock and embossed it with the Brick embossing folder and then swiped my White Craft ink over it to bring out the brick images more.  The stem is die cut from Pear Pizzazz.  I wrapped some Linen Thread around and tied a bow.  The sentiment is stamped on Very Vanilla, Flirty Flamingo ink.  The stamp set I used was Butterfly Basics.  I added a few white dots with my gel pen and then dab on some Wink of Stella for a little bit of shimmer.

I hope they carry this set forward, it has been wildly popular with SU demonstrators!

Thank you for coming by, I appreciate it.....Mary

Picture Perfect

I'm still on my card making mission for the auction, so the next week or so those will be the cards that I will be sharing.

For this card I wanted to use the stamp set, Picture Perfect, and use the Starfish image for my card.  I found one similar to this one on Pinterest, thanks Narelle for sharing.  When I was stamping the Starfish, I used Crushed Curry on Crumb Cake to add some depth to it, then I lightly sponged the edges with Crumb Cake ink too.

I then used Pool Party to sponge the sea part of the card and Crumb Cake for the sand.  I also used the splatter stamp from the Gorgeous Grunge to add some interest to the area where the two meet.  I used the sentiment from the Wetlands in Crumb Cake ink.  The banner was made with a strip of left-over Crumb Cake card stock and lightly sponged with Crumb Cake ink.

Card stock is Whisper White, Crumb Cake and Marina Mist.

Well off to the craft room, have to stick with my deadline!  Mary

Six-Sided Sampler

Here is a card I want to share with you.  I found it in the just retired annual catalog on page 105.  I CASE'd it and it turned out so well.  I'm making cards for my daughter to donate to a auction over where she works, so I figured I'd use some of my retired products.

I used the Endless Birthday Wishes stamp set, but pretty much copied all of it.

Stamp sets: Endless Birthday Wishes, Six-Sided Sampler and Timeless Textures

Card stock: Sahara Sand, Pool Party and Whisper White

Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink: Sahara Sand, Pool Party and Memento Black

Basic Rhinestones

Dimensional

Bold Butterfly Framelits

Quick, simple and easy.  Great little card!  Mary

Moon Lake

Well with Father's Day fast approaching, I needed to get my card made to give to my dad.  I already have his birthday card made.   This year Father's day and his birthday are six days apart.

My dad use to like to fish, so I wanted to make a card that he would possibly like.  I don't know if I've mention it but my dad has Alzheimer's.  He doesn't remember my name but his face sure lights up when I go visit him, so I know he still remembers me!

This is really a very simple card to make.  I used Black Stazon so that I could watercolor the water and yellow part of the card, I probably should have used green instead of yellow but that is for next time.  Thank you Chris Parker-Barnes for sharing your card.

I used Lost Lagoon for the card base, then Early Espresso for under the watercolor paper.  I used my Stampin' Up! markers to color in the images, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Always Artichoke.  For the water I used Soft Sky and Marina Mist and then So Saffron.  The sentiment is from Crazy About You.

Do you see the Linen Thread?  Somehow my ink pad lid got set down on my watercolor paper, of course, after I had already stamped the image.  So I used the Linen Thread to "hide" my boo-boo.  Remember there are no mistakes in stamping, only a chance to embellish!!

Have a wonderful week-end.  Mary

Swirly Bird

I thought I would get out my new stamp set, Swirly Scribbles and framelits, Swirly Bird and make another birthday card.

I may have made the bottom part of the sea alittle bit too dark, must be getting ready to storm :).  Oh well, it still is a good "guy" card, even for a small guy!

I sponged on Dapper Denim for the bottom part, then some Marina Mist and then finished off with Soft Sky.  I cut the "waves from the Dapper Denim card stock.  The sailboat colors are Crushed Curry, Marina Mist, Soft Suede and Real Red, which stamped and fussy cut out.  The sun is Crushed Curry and So Saffron.  My sentiment is from Build A Birthday, that was stamped in Memento Black.  The card base is Marina Mist and I used Whisper White for the main panel.

I highly recommend investing in this set/bundle, you will use it a lot!

Have a great week-end!  Mary