Bird Tribute

So I have been gardening and working in my backyard which I started doing last week because it's finally sunny and nice here! Well on Friday I came in around 5 to take a shower and I heard the birds out back going crazy through my open bathroom window! I thought maybe something was after them so I walked back out there and around back by the pool pump under the trees and there on the ground was a baby bird dead...fully feathered but covered in pitch on one side. That explained the the bird fenzy going on! My darn pine trees are hard on the wildlife and the pool! WE are slowly removing the pines one by one! 3 gone, 7 to go...yikes!

But the adult birds followed me after I picked up the dead bird to dispose of it, the poor things were wanting their baby! So sad! So this card is a tribute to the little bird I found last Friday in my backyard!

~Stamps: Every Moment

~Paper: Soft Suede CS, Shimmery Wt CS, Botanical Gazette DSP, Bashful Blue CS.

~Inks: Basic Black, Suede. Markers; Suede, River Rock, Sahara, Mustard, Bashful Bl., Pear Pizzazz.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Circle Die #2, Beautiful Wings Sizzlit,White Gel Pen, Espresso Baker's Twine, Pear Seam Binding, Sponge, Aqua Painter, Vintage Trinkets, Sponge. 

Garden Fence

I've been working in my backyard this week and last week so this card is inspired by all my hard yard work! LOL!

The fence was made by inking up the bark looking texturz plate in kit #4 with Early Espresso ink and then misting it with water and laying Vanilla CS over the ink. After the panel dried, I sponged it with Suede, River Rock and Sahara inks to complete the wood look! I cut the panel into three pieces and clipped off the upper corners to make fence posts!

~Stamps: Four Frames, Punch Potpourri, Nature Walk, Pocket Silhouettes.

~Paper: Black CS base card, Vanilla CS, Shimmery CS, Pear CS.

~Inks: Melon Mambo, Razzleberry, Basic Black, Espresso, Suede, River Rock, Sahara, More Mustard, Bashful Blue markers.

~Kit #4 Texturz Plate, Two-step Bird Punch, Boho Blossom Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Crumb Cake Seam Binding, Razzleberry Taffeta Ribbon, Sponges.

PCS June Sneak Peek!

The June issue of Paper Crafters Sampler is filled with wonderful baby cards and projects!

This month's theme Hey Diddle Diddle....has ideas for everything baby! Showers, annoucements, favors, gifts, decorations....this issue has it all!

My Project for this month's issue is a punch art baby cradle card! So cute and easy to make!

To see directions on this project and more click here to sign up and be sure to use code PCSCF or mention my blog Stampcrave!

Summer Roses

Another watercolored rose using the Fifth Ave. Floral set! This is a set I fall in love with every time I use it!

~Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral.

~Paper: Confetti White base card, Shimmery Wt. CS, Paisley Petals DSP.

~Ink: Versa Mark, Cherry Cobbler refill ink.

~Accessories: Heat Gun, White Embossing Powder, Water Color Brush, Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Celery Ribbon, Lace Trim, Organza Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Dimensionals.

Flower Garden

For the Flower on today's card, I embossed the image on Shimmery CS with Versa Mark ink and White Embossing powder and then watercolored it using Pumpkin Pie and Tangerine Tango refill inks and a small watercolor brush!

~Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral.

~Paper: Whisper Wt. CS, Shimmery Wt. CS, Paisley Petals DSP.

~Ink: Versa Mark, Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, Espresso.

~Accessories: Heat Gun, Wt. Embossing Powder, Watercolor Brush, Basic Pearls, Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, Peach Ribbon.

Amour Spotlight

Quick and Easy Card! As I was cleaning out the retiring stamp sets, I pulled a few current sets out to pair up together!

~Stamps: Extreme Elements, Artistic Etchings, Four Frames.

~Paper: Whisper White CS, Baja CS, River Rock CS, Espresso CS.

~Ink: River Rock, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler.

~Accessories: Baja Breeze Seam Binding, Decorative Label Punch, Postage Stamp Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Sponge.

Circle of Friends

Here is another set I have sadly neglected-Circle Circus. For this card, I was actually just playing around and started adding elements and punched circles to the stamped background...and I kinda liked it! The White CS background was stamped with Circle Circus using Blushing Bride, Celery, Rose Red and Razzleberry stamped off twice! The solid circles are punched out from Blushing Bride DSP and tacked down around the edges! The Center Scallop was embossed on Springtime Vintage DSP and punched out and then the punched circle was added on top with the lovely rose!

~Stamps: Circle Circus, Tiny Tags.

~Paper: Whisper White, Blushing Bride CS, Blushing Bride DSP, Confetti Cream CS, Springtime Vintage DSP.

~Inks: Versa Mark, Rose Red, Celery, Blushing Bride, Razzleberry.

~Accessories: Heat Gun, White Embossing Powder, White Taffeta Ribbon, Eyelet Scallop Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Jewelry Tag Punch.

Embossed Wedding Cake

It's Wedding Season so for this card I wanted to use the Blushing Bride DSP which is so pretty! To show off the paper I did a square card using a diamond shaped layout with the focal image in the center! I couldn't decide what image to use so I ended up making my own. I stamped Bella Toile on Blushing Bride CS with versa mark ink and embossed it with white powder. Then I cut three tiered rectangles to make the cake and topped it with a punched out small heart. This was such an easy monochromatic card!

Every year around this time I start pulling out some of the stamp sets that get neglected and try to come up with some new stuff! I haven't used Bella Toile in awhile and I was happy how this turned out!

Basic Pearls looked perfect along the edges!

~Stamps: Bella Toile, En Francais

~Paper: Whisper White CS, Blushing Bride DSP, Blushing Bride CS.

~ink: Versa Mark, Blushing Bride.

~Accessories: Heat Gun, White Embossing Powder, Organza Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Dimensionals, Small Heart Punch.

Pastel Watercolor

Another simple card with watercolored flowers pieced onto pastel paper and framed with a little texture. I stamped the frame label on Vellum CS and then punched it out and colored just the bird with markers. The flowers were stamped on watercolor paper with stazon black ink and I colored directly on the flowers with markers and then used my aqua painter to move the color around.

~Stamps: On the Grow, Four Frames.

~Paper: Confetti Cream base card, Whisper White CS, Watercolor Paper, Vellum CS, Build-a-bear DSP.

~Inks: Stazon Black, Markers; Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Regal Rose, Baja Breeze, Soft Suede.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Framed Tulips Folder, White Baker's Twine, Basic Pearls, Eyelet Border Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Aqua Painter.

Baja Scooter

Simple Card using On the Grow set from the Summer Mini Catalog, the scooter is stamped on watercolor paper with Stazon black ink and water colored with markers and aqua painter.

~Stamps: On the Grow

~Paper: More Mustard CS, Baja Breeze CS, Watercolor Paper.

~Ink: Stazon Black Pad, Markers; Baja, Crumb Cake, Basic Gray, Basic Black, More Mustard, Regal Rose, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodyl Delight.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Framed Tulips Folder, Basic Pearls, Wt. Organza Ribbon, White Baker's Twine, Aqua Painter.

Framed Flower Collage

A mix of watercolor paper and vanilla cardstock on an embossed baja breeze frame.The background panel is watercolor paper which I dampened with water first and then stamped on it using the the music notes wheel and soft suede ink. Then I added a few flowers using pear pizzazz and baja breeze inks.The edges were sponged with suede ink. For the framed tulips embossed background, I did the same as yesterday's card only I brayered soft suede ink on the framed tulip folder before running the baja CS through in the folder. 

The little bow around the jar part is the white bakers twine dyed with soft suede refill and water!

~Stamps: On the Grow, Four Frames, Teahouse, Music Notes.

~Inks: Soft Suede, Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz, Basic Gray, More Mustard and River Rock markers.

~Paper: Vanilla CS, Baja CS, Watercolor Paper.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Framed Tulips Folder, Brayer, Decorative Label Punch, Crumb Cake Seam Binding, Lace Trim, Aqua Painter, Dimensionals, White Baker's Twine, Sponge.

Shabby Pastel Text

I love this card! I've been playing around with the Framed Tulips Embossing Folder and a few sets! For this card I inked up the brayer with Crumb Cake ink and then brayered the inside of the embossing folder before inserting the cardstock and embossing it! Love the Shabby look!

All the edges were sponged with Soft Suede ink. The printed moth on the paper was watercolored with Baja and Blushing Bride inks. 

~Stamps: Four Frames, On the Grow, Silhouette Sentiments

~Paper: Confetti Cream base card, Vanilla CS, First Edition DS paper, Build-a-Bear DS paper.

~Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Brayer, Framed Tulips Folder, Decorative Label Punch, Lace Trim, Crumb Cake Seam Binding, Doily Triple Layer Punch, Basic Pearls, 1/16" Circle Punch, Vintage Trinkets, Sponge. 

Shabby Birthday Flower

Shabby Birthday Flower Card! I see now that one of my rhinestones came off along the scallop, probably when I was taking a pic of it outside! It blew off in the wind! Oh Well, I still love it, we'll just pretend it's there! LOL

~Stamps: Four Frames, Charming, Friends 24-7, Something to Celebrate

~Paper: Confetti Cream CS, Vanilla CS, First Edition DS paper, Artichoke CS, Melon Mambo CS, Rose Red CS.

~Inks: Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Artichoke and Melon markers.

~Accessories: Fun Flowers Die, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Folder, Decorative Label Punch, Black Striped Ribbon, Pink Taffeta Ribbon, Antique Brads, Basic Rhinestones, Sponge, Water mister, Paper Piercing Tool.

Mother's Day Layered Flower

Another layered flower card! I could just keep making these until I run out of Antique Brads...I love these flowers! For this flower I layered 8 flower cuts that were sponged with Regal Rose ink and no water misting on these just the layers crumpled up and layered on the Pear Pizzazz larger flower.

I stamped the scroll stamp from Barogue Motifs set on the newsprint panels using Regal Rose ink. You can never have enough Mother's Day Cards as I give them to my friends as well as my mom!

Happy Mother's Day you all!

~Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Something to Celebrate (L-2 Occasions)

~Paper: Vanilla CS, Pear Pizzazz CS, First Edition DS Paper, Basic Black CS.

~Inks: Regal Rose, Pear Pizzazz, Basic Black.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Fun Flower die, Antique Brads, Black Taffeta Ribbon, Blushing Bride Ribbon, Paper Piercing Tool, Mat Pack.  

Layered Paper Flowers

Another paper flower using the Fun Flowers Die! I made a bunch of these flowers and for this one I used four different cardstock colors, 2 cuts of each color. I double up the cardstock on the specific flower I want to cut out which makes a quicker job of cutting the layers for the flower out!

The CS used for the flower is Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Blushing Bride and Regal Rose. Base flower is Pear Pizzazz CS.

~ Inks: Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Regal Rose, Pear Pizzazz.

~Paper: Vanilla CS, Whisper White CS, First Edition DS paper, Paisley Petals DS paper.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Fun Flowers Die, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Framed Tulips Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Lace Trim, Black Striped Ribbon, Corner Rounder Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Antique Brads, Sponge.

Antique Paper Roses

I am having a ball making these paper flowers using the Fun Flowers Die!!

I used Rose Red and Melon Mambo CS for the flower and Artichoke CS for the base.

I used 8 layers for the flower, four of each color. All the layers were misted with water and then scrunched up and layered with an Antique Brad in the center.

~Stamps: Charming, Baroque Motifs.

~Inks: Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake.

~Paper: Artichoke CS, Vanilla CS, Crumb Cake CS, Baja CS, First Edition DS paper, Rose Red CS and Melon Mambo CS.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Fun Flowers Die, Vintage Wallpaper Folder, Sponge, Paper Piercer, Antique Brads, Corner Rounder Punch, Pear Seam Binding. 

Pastels & Texture

This card was an experiment using the new Flower Garden Embossing Folder and the Doily Triple Layer Punch. Lots of textured layers that are sponged with the reverse side of the embossed image colored with markers. I cut a slit on both sides of the flowers to allow the ribbon to slide behind them. I love to pair together White and Vanilla cardstock, just something different!

I'm not really sure I like this card all that much but thought it was at least worthy of posting LOL!

~Stamps: Four Frames.

~Paper: Vanilla CS, Whisper White CS.

~Inks: Pink Pirouette, So Saffron, Celery, Crumb Cake.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Folder, Flower Garden Folder, Square Lattice Folder, Top Note Die, Decorative Label Punch, Lace Trim, Pink Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Sponge, Hobby Blade,

Easter Little Girl

I wanted to use this little girl from Greeting Card Kids set and the Build-a-Bear Designer Paper to make an Easter card! I love this paper that has all the basic colors with small plaids, stripes and small designs which are great for cards as well as Build-a-Bear clothing dies!

I layered the Greeting over the Doily Triple Layer Punch (New-Summer Mini)

So to show off this paper, I just layered a few different designs using the Marina Mist paper as the repeat color. I cut out the Shimmery White CS circle using the 3" circle die which fits beautifully with the #2 Scallop Circle die! No more wasted CS cutting circles for this scallop die! I stamped the little girl on the small flower paper and cut out just the dress which I thought looked perfect with the matching paper!

~Stamps: Greeting Card Kids, Teeny Tiny Wishes.

~Ink: Stazon Black, Markers; Blush Blossom, Blushing Bride, Bashful Blue, Real Red, Baja Breeze, Old Olive, Pink Pirouette.

~Paper: Shimmery White CS, Build-a-Bear DS paper.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Circle #2 Die, 3" Circle Die, Lace Trim, Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Boho Blossoms Punch, Two-step Bird Punch, Doily Triple Layer Punch.

Father's Day Ship

Today's card uses The Open Sea, Nautical DS paper, 3-1/2" circle die and Circle Cutter and Mat.

Images stamped using Stazon Black ink on Shimmery white CS circle and then watercolored using the Aqua Painter and Watercolor Crayons. I used Pacific Point for the water but the DS paper is mainly Navy so I added Pacific Point CS Mats to all three images along with Navy to tie it all together. I added the Cherry Baker's Twine around the Navy Ribbon across the card and then to both ends of the greeting to add some details!

~Accessories: 1-1/4" Circle punch, 1-3/8" Circle punch, Pacific Point, Cherry and Mustard Markers on the Compass, Navy 1/4" Ribbon, Cherry/white Baker's Twine, Big Shot, 3-1/2" Circle die, greeting from Something to Celebrate (L-2 Occasions Mini).

Passing Ships

Simple and Quick Masculine Card! Love these colors together too!

~Stamps: The Open Sea

~Paper: Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Nautical Expedition DS Paper.

~Ink: Not Quite Navy.

~Accessories: Sponge, Cherry/white Baker's Twine, Photo Corner punch, Marina Mist Brads, 1/16" hole punch