Thank You!

I made this card for this weeks Play Date Cafe Challenge. Below is the inspiration photo and colors. I used several different stamp sets on this card. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's what I came up with

Materials

Card stock - white (Staples)

Ink - Tangerine Tango, Real Red (Stampin' Up)

Stamp Sets - Background Basic Gingham (Papertrey Ink), Messages (Hero Arts), Gerty Girlie Stamps (My Minds Eye)

Pom Pom Trim - Tangerine Tango (Stampin' Up)

Instructions

1. Create card from card stock - finished size 4.25 x 5.5

2. Stamp background in alternating colors

3. Stamp doilies and sentiment and cut out

4. Adhere doilies and sentiment to card with foam tape and add rhinestones

To: You, From: Me

I just got this stamp set in today and had to try it. So, I did yet another card for the Lawnscaping Challenge with only a few hours left to enter! I used the Lawn Fawn Cozy Christmas and Bows & Holly stamp sets. The images are so cute and fun, even if it is a little early for Christmas cards!!

Materials

Card Stock - Whisper White (Stampin' Up), Purple (Bazzill Basics)

Vellum - Papertrey Ink

Ink - Black (Stampin' Up)

Stamp Sets - Cozy Christmas, Bows & Holly (Lawn Fawn)

Markers - Raspberry, Holiday Blue, Emerald Green, Lipstick Red (Copic)

Instructions

1. Create card from card stock - finished size is 4.25 x 5.5

2. Cut white panel 4 x 5.25, stamp on strings of lights and color and adhere to card

3. Create scallop frame with 2 scallop circle dies

4. Cut vellum and adhere to scallop frame

5. Stamp present and tag, color, cut and adhere to card

Woo Hoo!!!

This is my third card for this week Lawnscaping Challenge to make your own patterned paper out of stamps. This is another new Lawn Fawn stamp set I just got and I was anxious to try it out. I think it's a fun and happy card. 

Materials

Card stock - Soft Suede, Tempting Turquoise, Confetti White (Stampin' Up)

Ink - Soft Suede (Stampin' Up) Various colored markers (Copic)

Stamp Set - Critters in the Forest (Lawn Fawn)

Punches - Modern Label punch, decorative label punch (Stampin' Up)

Dies - Circles (Spellbinders)

Buttons - Tempting Turquoise (Stampin' Up)

Twine - Blue/White Soiree (PinkPaislee)

Paper Snips (Martha Stewart)

Instructions

1. Create card from soft suede card stock - finished size is 5 x 5

2. Cut tempting turquoise 4.75 x 4.75 panel and confetti white 4.5 x4.5 panel

3. Stamp log repeatedly on white panel with soft suede ink

4. Stamp images on confetti white, color, and fussy cut!!

5. Run circle die on turquoise paper twice to get outline of circle

6. Stamp sentiment then punch out with modern label punch and then punch brown card stock with decorative label punch and adhere together.

7. Adhere circle, cut out images, sentiment, and buttons to white panel and tie twine around it several times (if it starts to unravel at the ends like mine did, put glue on your fingers and twirl the ends)

8. Adhere white panel to turquoise panel, then adhere to card

You're So Cool

I'm feeling a little wintry today. I just made this card with some new Lawn Fawn stamp sets for the Lawnscaping Blog Challenge. The challenge was to create your own decorative paper with stamps. 

Materials

1. Card Stock - Whisper White, Black, Not Quite Navy (Stampin' Up)

2. Dye Ink - Black (Stampin' Up) 

3. Craft Ink - White (Stampin' Up)

4. Markers - Black (Stampin' Up) Orange (Copic)

5. Stamp Sets - Critters in the Snow, Bannerific (Lawn Fawn)

6. Tape - foam tape

7. Tools - corner rounder punch (Stampin' Up), Paper Snips (Martha Stewart)

8. Pearls (Stampin' Up)

Instructions

1. Create card from black card stock - final size is 4.25 x 5.5

2. Cut white card stock to 4 x 5.25 and blue card stock to 3.75 x 5

3. Round corners

4. Place 4 small snowflakes on an acrylic block and stamp multiple times on blue card stock with craft ink and let dry (use heat tool to speed up drying time)

5. Stamp images, cut out and color in (add pearls to penguins for eyes)

6. Cut white snow hills, round corners and adhere to blue card stock

7. Adhere white card stock to card and blue card stock to white card stock

8. Adhere all images to card with foam tape