New Home

Our friends recently purchased a new home and that called for a card.  Once again I used the Sunny Studio Stamps' Happy Home stamp set for their card.  I colored the image using Spectrum Noir markers and fussy cut the house.  With all the straight lines, it is a very easy image to fussy cut.  Since this image does not have a chimney for little hearts, I added a little singing bird.  The sponged area around the house matches the Pool Party Designer Series Paper used for the card layer.  Another item I used on this card (which I am using more often) is a Stitched Rectangle die from Lawn Fawn.  It adds a little texture to the white space.  I wish the family much happiness in their new home.  Have a great day!

Watermelon Treat Box

I realize that watermelon season is over, but when I saw this watermelon box in a video on the Lawn Fawn blog, I just had to recreate it.  Isn't it just the cutest?  I cut the scallop treat box using Watermelon Wonder cardstock.  The green striped wrap is Lawn Fawn cardstock.  The watermelon seeds were created using raindrop dies I have.  Since I did not have Lawn Fawn's  Tiny Tag Sayings and dies, I used a SU sentiment and punches for the tag.  Turned out just as cute!  Now I need to find what type of watermelon candies are out there besides watermelon flavored Jolly Ranchers.  Have a great day!

Watercolor Basket

The other day one of my friends mentioned water coloring the images in the Basket of Wishes stamp set.  I don't know why, but watercoloring the images did not even enter my mind.  So, I had to try it.  I stamped the images using black Stazon ink on watercolor paper.  Using my SU ink pads and a brush and water made it quite easy to watercolor the images.  Rather than using one of our aqua brushes filled with water, I left it empty and I dipped the brush into water.  That way it was easier to control the amount of water when painting the little leaves.  The watercolored basket looked so pretty when I was done that I used it to create a quick card.  I added a die cut sentiment and wrapped linen thread around the stamped layer, adhering that to a piece of Cajun Craze Designer Series Paper.  This is a pretty card and took a minimal amount of time to create.  Have a great day and find yourself a little stampin' time!

Matt's Birthday Card

Yesterday was my son's birthday.  I used the Balloon Celebration stamp set with  Marina Mist ink for the balloons and little stars.   In addition to the little clusters of stars, the single stars are the enamel shapes that Stampin' Up now sells.  The balloon strings were stamped using Smoky Slate. I used retired stamp sets for the sentiment and retired Designer Series Paper for the one layer.  The Balloon Celebration stamp set was a good purchase. It is getting a work out with all the birthday cards I have been making.  Have a great day!