Be Inspired Cards

My granddaughter has become quite an accomplished card maker, so I thought I'd share a few of her cards on my blog today to inspired you. Her first card is a case from Darlene Devries. Kayla used her design, but changed out the colors to her liking. She used the Mosaic Madness and Thank You Kindly stamp sets. I love it!

Her next card is one that she had fun making herself. I love her polka dot paper, buttons, colors and design.

I love her, she's a sweetheart!

Punch Art Watermelon

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Today I'm posting a close-up of one of the cards we made at my summer themed punch art class this month, which was a lot of fun, BTW. We made three different themed cards to celebrate summer, with watermelons, strawberries and kites.

If you'd like to punch out some summer fun, I've made the PDF tutorial for this month's three summer punch art cards available for purchase for $3.95. You can click here for more information or to purchase.

Thanks for stopping by!

Open House Tutorial

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(there's too many fun promos to list them all here)

Yesterday I held my annual New Catalog Workshop for my stamping gals. I was going to take pictures of the day, but in all the hustle and bustle I completely forgot! I emailed one of the ladies that the Catalog Workshop is a little crazy (how could it not be with 23 of us stamping at the same time!), but always a lot of fun. The ladies that stamp with me are the part that make up the fun. Thank you to everyone who came! Sure was a fun day :-)

I'm sharing the two cards that we made along with a FREE illustrated tutorial for the card that I designed. If you'd like to access the PDF tutorial for the butterfly card above CLICK HERE, or through my Free Tutorial page.

I found and CASE'd the second card from Vicki at stampsmiles.com. How can you improve on her card design? It's perfect for showcasing the new in-colors and Mosaic Madness stamp set.

Have a great day!

 

Happy Birthday, Mimi!

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             (there's too many fun promos to list them all here)

I've finally found some time to use some of the fun Sale-A-Bration items I got free. Better late than never, right? Today I'm sharing a birthday card I made for my youngest granddaughter, who is turning one. I tried to create a card that was pink and soft, but it just didn't fit her personality. The bright colors of the Sycamore Street DSP reflect her busyness and fun, bouncy countenance best.

I used the cute stamp set Bring on the Cake, stamping it in Island Indigo and then used Tangerine Tango, Summer Starfuit and Island Indigo markers to color and decorate the outlined numbers.

I hope that you're having a great day!

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango, Sycamore Street DSP (SAB-2013)

INK: Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango, Summer Starfuit

SS: Bring on the Cake(121899)

BIG SHOT: Labels Collection Framelit (125598), Stripes folder (123128)
PUNCHES: 7/8" Scallop (129404), Itty Bitty Shapes (118309)

ACCESSORIES: Jewels-Rhinestones (119246), 3/8" ruffled Island Indigo ribbon (122974)

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Grandson, Baseball and Birthday

My grandson, Jacob, just celebrated his "9th" birthday. Right now he loves baseball. He and his dad have been able to make it to a lot of the Diamondback games this season, so he knows all the players and all the baseball news.

I was going to give him one of the Build-A-Bear birthday cards from my card stash, but this year the bear thing just doesn't quite fit him, so I made him a "sports" card...sort of! This is a hybrid card since I used My Digital Studio to print the "Sunny Day" DSP and also the "#1 Champ" sentiment from the digital stamp set "Sporting". I do love this program...I say it everytime I use it, but it's true. I wanted my "#1 Champ" to fit inside a 1-3/4" circle punch, so I was able to make the #1 larger while shrinking the Champ (I love digital stamping). I rotated the Champ sentiment slightly upward, coloring the #1 in Tangerine Tango and the Champ in Pacific Point. After printing out my digital elements came punching: 1-3/4" circle punch - digital sentiment; 2" circle - Basic Gray. I snailed the digital sentiment onto the Basic Gray circle and used the Inlaid Embossing technique (See Video Tutorial) using the Big Shot and Square Lattice EB folder.

I did do some stamping using the Bring On the Cake stamp set, stamping the sentiment in Basic Black; I colored in the letters for "c-a-k-e" using Pacific Point and Tangerine Tango markers. The Tempting Turquoise DSP panel is 3x4, Tangerine Tango panel is 3-1/4x4-1/4, and the Basic Gray panel is 3-1/2x4-1/2.

I hope that you're having a great day. Thanks for stopping by :-)