Sale-a-bration You Brighten My Day

During the week I was playing with the SAB set You Brighten My Day.  All three cards are rather simple, each being embellished in a different way.  I used DSP, a variety of cardstock, embossing folders, the new tag punch and circle punches and an Itty Bitty Banner framelit to create the cards.  The next time I use the house image in a grouping, I will use dimensionals to let it stand out from the simply stamped houses.   Have a great day and find yourself a little stampin' time!

Paper From Florida

I mentioned in a post last month that I visited my favorite stamp store in Fort Myers, The Owl and The Pussycat. I purchased a pack of paper that is all about the sea and used it to make today's cards.  The paper itself has a vintage look and feel.  The Sahara Sand card is simply a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of the paper layered on Midnight Muse (retired) cardstock. The sentiment stamp caught my eye at the store and I had to use it!  I purchased a pack of  precut window cards and a sheet of Designer Paper that was just a sheet of stamps pertaining to sea life.  The trimmed stamps fit perfectly under the square windows.  I used a section of one of the papers in the pack to top off the card. Wasn't sure what to do with the rest of the card, so for now I just stamped "enjoy" from the retired Fabulous Phrases stamp set.  If you are ever in Fort Myers, Florida you need to visit The Owl and The Pussycat.  A truly nice stamping store with some extremely beautiful samples.  Have a great day!

Refresh, renew, rejoice

It is time to start thinking about Easter.  So while in my scraproom last night, I sat down to color the image from the Indescribable Gift stamp set using my new Pink Pirouette Blendabilities markers.  I used Old Olive marker for the leaves.  And since I did not have a brown Blendabilities, I used a Copic Marker for the branch.    After creating the background paper using another piece of the  Irresistibly Yours DSP and Soft Sky ink, I decided that I would fussy cut the flower image.  And then I looked across to my Scan & Cut and it was cut out in seconds.  After putting the card together and stamping the sentiments, I wished I would have adhered the flower branch using dimensionals.  So, I made another version.  This time I adhered the flower branch with the dimensionals, used a smaller piece of Whisper White and yet a different print from the Irresistibly Yours DSP collection.  This is the card we will be making at card class in February and you will have the choice of DSP pattern and the flower color.    Have a great day! 

Pop Out Swing Card

Today's card is a Pop Out Swing card and definitely a card we will be making at the February card classes.  The image, Love Is Kindness, was simply stamped in Stazon ink and colored in with my Marvelous Markers.  I know we now have the alcohol markers, but I sure depend on my Marvelous Markers.  This is a fun card to make and I can see myself making a few of them~~or more.  Have a great day!