Free As A Bird

Today's cards were created using Stampin' Up's Free As A Bird stamp set.  The sentiment on the square card is from the Thoughtful Greetings stamp set by Pretty Pink Posh.  The square card is one I saw on Pinterest a while ago and was by a Stampin' Up Artisan demonstrator.  The images on both cards were colored using alcohol markers.  The birds on the branch image was adhered to popped up squares.  The squares on the square card measure 2-1/4" by 2-1/4" while on the other card the squares measure 1-3/4" by 1-3/4".   Before adhering the squares, I splattered the squares with black ink and added blue backgrounds  Neither of the sentiments were on popped up squares. And finally, little gems were added to each card.

Have a great week!

Fort Myers Beach

 As many of you know, we vacationed in Fort Myers Beach every year for a number of years.  I have been watching the news and seeing the devastation Floridians have suffered from Hurricane Ian.  It is hard to believe that many of the places we frequented are no long there.  That being said, the condo building we stayed in is still in tact.  Of course, not sure about the structural and inside damage.  So today's card is a very simple card wishing better days ahead for those who have lost so much.

I used Stampin' Up's Palms dies and black cardstock for the silhouette of the palm trees and sea grass.  I adhered those to a pattern paper from Honey Bee's Beach Vibes paper packet. Lastly, the sentiment from Stampin' Up's Paradise Palms stamp set was added.  

My heart goes out to the people of Florida.  Have a great day!

Happy Fall!

We have been having beautiful weather here in Tennessee.  I love it when you can feel and smell Fall in the air and soon the colors will change.  So today I an posting an Autumn Blessings card.  It was made using Spellbinder's Parcel & Post dies.  The mailbox was quite easy to make and that did not take much time.  I spent more time sponging the edges!  All the little pieces coming out of the mailbox were a different story.  The sentiment is from a combination of Sunny Studio Stamps sentiments which were stamped in Versamark and embossed using gold embossing powder.  I actually purchased this set and the Christmas add-ons, but changed my mind when I started die cutting all the little pieces! I will save it for an occasion that doesn't call for making at least 50 cards~~lol!  

Have a great day!

Sunflowers

 I recently received new stamp and die sets from My Favorite Things.  Needless to say, I have been creating with the sets.  Today's card were made using Their Die-namics Sunflower Wreath and Farmhouse Foundations sets.  The sentiments on all of these cards were stamped using Thoughtful Greetings.  For the watering can card I created the shelf using a piece of wood patterned paper.  The twig wreath on the Happy Thoughts card is from Stampin' Up.  The jar of water was created by die-cutting the jar and adding a piece of vellum (colored with alcohol markers) behind the die space on the layer.  I added the stems behind that vellum before adhering the white layer to the card base.  I also used Stampin' Up's Deckled Edges dies on two of the cards.  

Making all of the flowers, leaves and stems took some time!  That was when I was thinking that I should have purchased the Stampin' Up Mini Cut & Emboss machine.  So out came the SU catalog.  I was all set to order it when I found out that the magnetic plate was no longer available.   I know I could just tape down the dies, but I have the magnetic plate for the Big Shot and it is something I use all of the time.  So, I am just sticking with the Big Shot I have now.  

Have a great day and weekend!