Wetlands & Father's Day

Wetlands is one of my favorite stamp sets and I am happy that it will be around for at least another year.  Last night I made Father's Day cards (although my cards are birthday sentiments) using the set and a color combination of Basic Gray, Black, White and Smokey Slate.  For the card with four squares, I used the Off The Grid stamp (which sad to say is retiring) and a stamp from Gorgeous Grunge for the background layer.  For the card with the goose, I used the Hardwood background stamp (Occasions Mini) which is in the new annual catalog!  Speaking of the new catalog, I have not seen it yet, but I have read a few things about it.  And from what I have read, I see a nice big order in my very near future!  The new In-colors were announced:  Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey and Mossy Meadow.  As soon as I get my order, I will be sure to post the colors on my blog.  I am hearing about some really cute-sounding stamp sets that have my interest, especially the Ronald McDonald House set which includes a flamingo!!! Have a great day and find yourself a little stampin' time.

Pink Pirouette Card Version

I really thought about making another card in a box using Pink Pirouette in place of the Daffodil Delight, but then decided to create a card instead.  I used the same punches for the flowers, leaves and butterflies as I did for yesterday's card in a box. The Pink Pirouette against black is another beautiful color combination.  One product I used on this card is a non-Stampin' Up product, Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Pens.  I received a few of the glitter brush pens as a gift and I like them.  I have Dazzling Details and Stickles, both more like a glitter glue and use them often.  I also have a number of glitter pens which I put to good use.  But what is different about the Wink of Stella Pens is that they are nylon brushes that paint on the glitter. I used Wink of Stella Pens on the black flower centers and it leaves a very soft shimmery finish. The Wink of Stella pens can also be used to draw or write letters.  With or without Wink of Stella glitter, in my opinion, this is a very pretty card.  Have a great day!

Love This Card In A Box!

I was looking at the jonquils that are in bloom in the backyard and was reminded of a black and yellow card in a box I had seen online.  At the time I thought it was pretty and as I looked at the jonquils, I decided to make a Daffodil Delight and Black card of my own.  All of the items in this box were made with punches, so no Cricut needed!!  The orange butterflies were created using the Beautiful Wings embosslit.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and temporarily adhered until such time as I know the occasion for which this card will be sent.  I sponged the edges of the flowers with Tangerine Tango, cut the scallop circles to mimic sunflowers and added pearls to the butterflies.  The Dotted Scallop Ribbon border punch was used to decorate the edges of the three flaps while paper from the Brights DSP stack was used to cover the lower portions of the box.  The rain we are expecting today will bring even more flowers to bloom for my inspiration.  Wonder what color the next box will be?  Have a great day and keep dry!

Cricut Mother's Day card

For the last couple of days, many of you who are on my automatic mailing list, have not been getting my daily posts.  So I am trying to see if using my ipad instead of my desktop computer will change that somehow.  I created today's card using a "Create Now" project in the Cricut Design Space for my Explore.  It is a pretty card and took very little time to create.  Both the Pool Party card base and the white layer underneath were both cut on my Cricut Explore.  I wanted to add a little color, so I made a butterfly that was on the Explore Design Space and then added one from my "embosslit collection".  Have a great weekend and find yourself a little stampin' time!