Shine Brightly

This happy card made from Lawn Fawn stamps uses distress inks and spray mists to create vibrant, shiny colors. 

Materials

Stamp Set - Lunar Lights - Lawn Fawn

Inks - Stampin' Up Ink pad in Basic Black

Distress Ink - Broken China - Tim Holtz

Spray Inks - Adirondack Color Wash Fine Spray Mists in Butterschcotch, Wild Plum and Stream - Ranger Industries; Smooch Spray in Vanilla - Stampin' Up

Card stock - Stampin' Up Whisper White & Basic Black

Tools - Paper snips - Martha Stewart, sponge

Instructions

1. Create card from Black card stock

2. Cut 5.25 x 4 inch rectangle in whisper white

5. Rub distress ink over rectangle and sponge until you achieved desired effect

6. Spray three scrap pieces of whisper white paper with each of the spray mists

7. When they dry (you can use a heat tool to speed up drying process) stamp one lantern on each one in black ink

8. Then carefully cut out each lantern with paper snips

9. Adhere each lantern to rectangle and add other stamped items including "ray" lines, hanging lines, decorative hanging cords and sentiment

10. Spray the entire card with Smooch spray for a shiny effect and adhere rectangle to card

You Lift My Spirits!

This card uses paper piecing to create dramatic hot air balloons floating in the clouds.

Materials List

Stamp Set - Look Up Addition - Practicing Creativity, Sunny Happy Skies (clouds) - Bella Blvd for Unity Stamp Company

Inks - Stampin' Up Ink pad in Basic Black

Card stock - Stampin' Up Whisper White & Bashful Blue

Designer Paper - Celebrations, Whisper White - Stampin' Up

Tools - Paper snips - Martha Stewart, 

Adhesives - Stampin' Up Snail and foam tape - Stampin' Dimensionals

Instructions

1. Create card from Bashful Blue card stock

2. Stamp large balloon on 5 different pieces of coordinating decorative paper, then stamp the small balloon on 7 different pieces of coordinating decorative paper (you can use the same paper twice if you want to)

3. Cut out one section of each balloon from each color

4. Stamp the balloon with black ink on white paper and cut out the balloon

5. Adhere the different designer paper pieces on the balloons

6. Stamp the clouds on light designer paper and cut out

7. Stamp one piece of the border on 7 different designer papers and cut out

8. Stamp border on white paper and cut out

9. Adhere border pieces to border and adhere to card - go over edges with black marker to fill in any white areas

10. Adhere clouds and balloons on card with foam tape

11. Stamp sentiment in basic black

What's Shakin'?

This fun card uses dry embossing and paper piecing to add interest.

Materials List

Stamp Set - What's Shakin'? Unity Stamp Co., Itty Bitty 

Inks - Stampin' Up Ink pad in Basic Black

Card stock - Stampin' Up Whisper White and Bazzill Basics Card stock on Petty Cash, Champagne, and Candlelight

Embellishments - White rick rack - local craft store, twine - Papertrey Ink, small silver brad - Michaels

Tools - Paper snips - Martha Stewart, Pattern #2 and Large Dots Texturz plates from Stampin Up and Label, Oval #3 and Label, Ornate #2 dies from Sizzix, Big Shot from Stampin' Up

Adhesives - Stampin' Up Snail and foam tape - Stampin' Dimensionals, Scotch tape

Instructions

1. Create card from Champagne card stock.

2. Emboss card with large dots impression plate

3. Cut yellow and green strips 5.25 x .5 inches. 

4. Turn them upside down, place them together and tape with Scotch tape

5. Emboss yellow, green strips with Pattern #2 Texturz plate

6. Adhere embosses yellow and green striped rectangle to card

7. Adhere white rick rack to card

8. Stamp shakers in black ink on whisper white, petty cash and candlelight card stock

9. Cuts out white shakers with paper snips

10. Cut out top of shaker in the yellow and bottom areas in the green, then adhere to the white shakers and adhere to card with foam tape

11. Die cut the oval #3 and ornate label with Big Shot

12. Stamp sentiment on white oval, adhere oval to ornate label

13. Glue twine on back of ornate label 

14. Attach brad to card

15. Place foam tape on sentiment frame and "hang" sentiment frame on small brad

Give You the Sea Card

This card uses copic markers to color in a peaceful underwater scene

Materials
Stamp Set - Give You the Sea - clear (Unity Stamp Company - Itty Bitty)

Inks - Perfect Plum ink pad (Stampin' Up) and various copic markers

Card stock - Whisper White (Stampin' Up) Desert Marigold, Lupine and Tangelo (Bazzill Basics Card stock)

Tools - Various circle punches (Stampin' Up), Paper Snips (Martha Stewart)

Adhesives - SNAIL & Stampin' Dimensionals foam tape (Stampin' Up)

Instructions

1. Create card from card stock

2. Cut orange and yellow card stock and adhere together, then adhere to card

3. Cut white rectangle and color with markers

4. Stamp fish, color with copics, cut out with paper snips 

5. Stamp sentiment in perfect plum

6. Adhere fish to card with foam tape

7. Punch circles, color and adhere to card

Fruity Hi Card

This card uses paper piecing to fill this bowl full of fun & cheery fruit.

Materials

Stamp Set - Simply the Best - clear (Hero Arts)

Inks - Black ink pad and various Stampin' Write Markers (Stampin' Up), Some Copics

Card stock - Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede (Stampin' Up_)

Decorative Paper - Garden Variety & Material Girl (Cosmo Cricket)

Embellishments - Off White Rick Rack (No source)

Dies - Harlequin - Sizzix Texturz Plate (Stampin' Up), Strawberry Bowl - Simply Charmed (Cricut Cartridge)

Tools - Small oval punch (Stampin' Up), Big Shot (Stampin' Up), Cricut Expression (Provo Craft), Paper Snips -(Martha Stewart)

Adhesives - SNAIL & Stampin' Dimensionals foam tape (Stampin' Up)

Instructions

1. Create card from card stock

2. Die cut bowl and dry emboss with Texturz plate

3. Cut decorative paper and to 5.25 x 3 and 5.25 x 1.5 and adhere to paper

4. Adhere rick rack to card

5. Stamp all fruit in Black ink

6. Color in fruit

7. Cut out fruit - I suggest getting some paper snips for detailed cutting - they make life much easier!!

8. Adhere fruit to card with SNAIL and foam tape

9. Adhere bowl to card

10. Stamp sentiment and punch out with small oval punch

11. Ink the edges of the oval with soft suede ink pad

12. Adhere small oval to card with foam tape