Birthday Wishes Ice Cream

So today's card uses new and old.  The new is the Ronald McDonald House stamp set Sprinkles of Life  and the Delightful Dijon ink and cardstock.  The old is the Pink Pirouette, Pistachio Pudding and Chocolate Chip cardstock and ink and the Endless Birthday Wishes stamp set.  The cone color and shape is perfect. (Of course, that is Delightful Dijon.) I hand cut that.  But the scoops of ice cream were stamped and then punched using the new tree punch that coordinates with the Ronald McDonald House stamp set.  The candles are also part of the RMH set and the best part of the card is the inside which says "hope your day stacks up to be one good thing after another", also included in the stamp set.  I added a little definition to the scoops of ice cream using the white gel pen.  Come back tomorrow as I will have a cupcake card or two made with Sprinkles of Life.  Have a great day!

You've Got This

Happy Monday!  Hope all the moms and grandmas had nice Mother's Day celebrations.  I know I did.  My family is so very good to me.  A new stamp set, You've Got This, and two new colors were used on today's cards.  The set includes the flower image and the background linen-like stamp together with a few nice sentiments.  On the Watermelon Wonder card, I stamped off the background stamp twice before stamping it on the actual card, stamping the flower fully inked.  For the Mint Macaron card, I stamped off the background stamp twice before stamping it on the actual card and repeated it so that a majority of the card would be covered.  I can see this flower being used in a variety of ways using a variety of techniques and we will be using it often in future classes.  Have a great day!

Shaker Card

I am seeing shaker cards all over the internet these days.  So here is my version.  I don't think you

will be seeing very many shaker cards from me, but they are cute.  I was trying to create a circle of stars originally and after it did not look very good I switched to the shaker card.  I used our circle framelits on the top layer, the window sheet and to create the border around the window sheet.  I used the retired shaker frames to create the space between the top layer and the card base.  It worked perfectly.  But, since I did not use my embossing buddy around the inside edges of the shaker frame, the stars are sticking to it instead of moving around inside!!! Then you just might notice that in the upper left corner there is splattered ink and not on purpose.  I used retired in colors for this card, but neither the stamped image or sentiment is from Stampin' Up! The card is cute but before we make one in my class, I will perfect the technique a little more and get some foam tape since the shaker frames are no longer available.  Have a great day and a very Happy Mother's Day!

Mother's Day Favor

That Curvy Keepsake Framelit gets well used in my house.  Yesterday I made this pretty favor for
Mother's Day.  It was quite easy:  diecut the butterfly, cut it in half and when you have the candy or whatever in the box, close it and adhere half of the butterfly on each side of the handle; punch and adhere the little flowers and leaves if desired; stamp sentiment from Teeny Tiny wishes and tie it up with a few ribbons.  I think this would be a pretty addition to any table~~not just for Mom's but for bridal and baby showers, too. Have a great day!