Summer Cottage Window

Cottage Window with a few added flowers! The Shelf is from Little Additions stamp set as well as the flower pots which are the lamp shade turned upside down from the lamp stamp! The flowers are from Cottage Window.

I started to watercolor some Summer Starfruit ink around the window and decided to sponge some on instead. I have to say....sponging using the new style pad is a little different, it takes some getting used to! Thus the sponge mark directly under the window...LOL! 

Stamps: Cottage Window, Little Additions, Itty Bitty Banners.

Paper: Early Espresso CS, Shimmery White CS, Gumball Green CS, Summer Starfruit CS, Twitterpated DSP.

Ink: Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze, Cajun Craze, Primrose Petals

Accessories: Big Shot, Bitty Banners Framelits, Finishing Touches Edgelits, Aqua Painter, Sponge, Espresso Baker's Twine.

Bird Silhouette Cottage Window

Simple card showing masking and the new paper-piercing pack as well as Cottage Window!

The Window was stamped in Early Espresso ink, water colored with Soft Suede ink. The Lovely window was masked off and the tree and birds from the new Serene Silhouettes set were stamped in Midnight Muse ink and then using Summer Starfruit, More Mustard and Primrose Petals inks, I sponged. inside the window.

Stamps: Cottage Window, Serene Silhouettes, Made for You.

Inks: Espresso, Suede, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, More Mustard, Primerose Petals, Bashful Blue.

Paper: Primerose Petals CS, Shimmery White CS, Twitterpated DSP.

Accessories: Big Shot, Bitty Banners Framelits, Sweet Buttons Embosslits, Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Espresso Baker's Twine, Summer Starfruit Ribbon, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Mat, Sponge, Paper-Piercer.

Sweet Cottage Window

I really like this new Cottage Window stamp set! I didn't notice until I cut this piece of Twitterpated DS paper for the background that the pattern on it matches the new Fancy Fan embossing folder! I'm so glad Twitterpated DSP was carried over to the new catalog....so versatile!

The window was stamped in Early Espresso ink as well as the tree branches and then colored with markers. I inked the flower swag from the Cottage Window set with markers, stamped it and cut it out to fit across the birthday banner. Framed with a few pearls, butterfly and the Finishing Touches Edgelit border strip make this a soft, sweet card!

Stamps: Cottage Window, Itty Bitty Banners.

Paper: Shimmery White CS, Twitterpated DSP.

Ink: Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Gumball Green, Primrose Petals, Bashful Blue.

Accessories: Big Shot, Label Framelits, Finishing Touches Edgelit, Bitty Banners Framelits, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, White Organza Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Sponge, Aqua Painter, Crystal Effects.

Cottage Window #1

Well I liked this as I was stamping it but got impatient when I got to the trim/floorboards and didn't line them up so they are crooked!....oh well! The curtains I drew in with my Sahara Sand marker which I don't like but I thought the whole thing was a great idea and when I saw this set called Cottage Window in the catalog, I knew I'd be making a scene or two with this...the possibilities are endless with this window! Too Fun I just need more patience next time!

I used Cottage Window and Little Additions stamp sets!

Check out the little pillows in the chairs...they are the new Lovely Labels tiny postage stamp punched out using Twitterpated DS paper! The Perfect Pillow!

Curtain Rod: Little Additions-hanging string? 

Trim/Floorboards: Little Additions-shelf upside down inked with marker

Vase on table: Little Additions-lower half of lamp

Pillows: Labels Postage stamp punch

Wall Frames/Chairs/Table: Little Additions set

Flowers in Window: Cottage Window stamp

Bird in the Oval Frame: Cottage Window bird stamp inked with no legs

Inks: Midnight Muse, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, River Rock, Bashful Blue, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Baja Breeze, Espresso, Sahara Sand, Gumball Green.

Accessories: sponge for bottom carpet part in Baja Breeze, Post-it note for masking window. 

Blossoms of Blue

Baja Breeze Stippled Blossoms. The main flower was masked off and stamped with the lace using Summer Starfruit ink. I love the lace image called Viola's Lace( pg.108)  builder wheel, the same with the writing at the top of the circle...Travel Journal builder wheel (pg. 108) stamped in Crumb Cake ink.

The bottom of the circle was sponged with River Rock ink. I also really like the new Summer Starfruit color, especially as an accent color and it goes really well with River Rock too!

Stamps: Stippled Blossoms, Itty Bitty Banners, Viola's Lace Wheel, Travel Journal Wheel.

Paper: Whisper White CS, Baja Breeze CS, River Rock CS.

Ink: Baja Breeze, Lucky Limeade, Summer Starfruit, Crumb Cake, River Rock.

Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Circle die, Bitty Banners Framelits, Fancy Fan Folder, Circle Cutter, Sponge.

Vintage Blossoms

The Island Indigo blue was chosen to stamp the flowers in to match this Fan Fair DS paper! I used Soft Suede as a contrasting color for the second layer. I like Lucky Limeade for the leaves because it has some yellow to it which contrasts nicely with any blues....warm and cool colors together complement as a whole!

I used just three colors for these stamped layered framelits, stamping off for the first step to make the second step darker with the same color.

I'm just in love with this stamp set, loving the large looking rose image the best!

I added a little bit of sponging around the edges of all the layers with Soft Suede ink.

Stamps: Stippled Blossoms

Paper: Very Vanilla CS, Fan Fair DSP.

Ink: Soft Suede, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo

Accessories: Big Shot, Fancy Fan Folder, Label Framelits, Trinket Brads, Vanilla Seam Binding, Dimensionals, Sponge, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Paper-piercer, Mat, Color Spritzer Tool .

Bleached Embossing

Fabulous You shoe embossed in white and painted with bleach and then colored with markers!

I like the Chevron Folder texture and black and white contrast together!

Stamps: Fabulous You, Apothecary Art.

Paper: Basic Black CS, Whisper White CS.

Ink: Versa Mark, Basic Black, Markers; Regal Rose, Calypso, Celery, Baja, Pool Party, More Mustard, Wisteria, Gumball Green, Pumpkin, Daffodil, Primrose.

Accessories: Big Shot, Chevron Folder, Large Scallop Edgelit, Delicate Designs Folder, Finishing Touches Edgelit, Heat Gun, White Embossing Powder, White Baker's twine, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Crystal Effects, Watercolor Brush.

Postage Due Collage

This card features the new set Postage Due...so very collage! Love it!

The background is all paper from the Fan Fair DSP! I love the Fan Fair product suite too! The product suites in the new catalog are so fabulous and they interchange very nicely as well!

This was very easy, thanks due largely to the paper! I used both Whisper White and Very Vanilla cardstocks, sponging the stamped images with Soft Suede ink to blend them to the DS paper. The three small little stamps are from Lovely Little Labels set. The Island Indigo flower was stamped separately, cut out and added with a dimensional. The two postage stamps were stamped on the Fan Fair paper and punched out with the Postage Stamp punch.  

Stamps: Postage Due, Lovely Little Labels, Itty Bitty Banners.

Paper: Whisper White, Vanilla, Fan Fair DSP.

Ink: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, More Mustard, Island Indigo, Riding Hood Red.

Accessories: Big Shot, Finishing Touches Edgelit, Postage Stamp punch, Little labels punch pack, Cherry Cobbler seam binding, Sponge, Dimensionals.

Layered Beautiful Birthday

Lacy and very feminine using the lace paper from Fan Fair DS paper and a lovely Whisper White Delicate Designs Texture Border. The 3-D roses I had on hand that I made from the Scallop Circle and Fancy Flower punches with Pink Pirouette CS. To make the flowers: Cut around the punched shape in a spiral to the center then roll the spiral on a wooden skewer and remove. Position the petals and glue the bottom to the layers. I know there are lots of tutorials out there on paper flowers, these are the rolled version. 

 The leaves are Celery CS using the Bird Builder punch!

Simple card with pre-made flowers showing the Beautiful Birthday single stamp!

Stamps: Beautiful Birthday

Paper: Whisper White CS, Fan Fair DS paper, Pink Pirouette CS, Celery CS.

Ink: Early Espresso.

Accessories: Big Shot, Apothecary Framelits, Lg. Scallop Edgelit, Delicate Designs Folder, Mat, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Pretty in Pink Tafeta Ribbon, Dazzling Details. 

Primrose Fabulous You

Another card using Fabulous You set! Embossed in white and water colored which shows off the details so well! I paired this one with the new Made for You set "happy birthday"

Both Apothecary Accents frames were die cut in whisper white cardstock. To get the larger shaped mats behind them, I used the new Essentials paper-piercing mat on Primrose cardstock and pierced around the outer most edge and then cut along the pierced dots to get the larger frame! What a handy dandy tool that is, not only can you use them for paper piercing but to make frames for your die cuts too!

After embossing the heel in white I used ink from the Primrose pad to water color the shoe making the edges and a few of the flower centers darker!

Stamps: Fabulous You, Made for You.

Paper: Primerose Petals, Whisper White, Fan Fair DSP.

Ink: Primrose Petals, Versa mark

Accessories: Big Shot, Fancy Fan Folder, Apothecary Framelits, Lg. Scallop Edgelit, Delicate Designs Folder, Mat, Essentials paper-piercing pack, Heat Gun, White Embossing powder, Aqua painter, Rose Red Seam Binding, Itty Bitty shapes punch, Basic Pearls

Stippled Rose Birthday

For this card I stamped the Rose, Rosebud and Leaves from the Stippled Blossoms stamp set on a piece of beautiful Fan Fair lace DS paper! The Beautiful Birthday single stamp was stamped on more Fan Fair DS paper and layered along with Whisper White Scallop Trim.

The single Beautiful Birthday stamp (pg. 44 main catalog) is so pretty and perfect for any card!

 I love anything Vintage looking, aged and especially collage looking so I tried to incorporate the stippled blossoms into a collage theme for this card...well sort of managed it a little!

For the 2-step flowers the first step was inked with Primrose Petals ink and stamped off on scratch paper first before stamping on the lace paper so it would be a little lighter. The second part was stamped with Cherry Cobbler.

Stamps: Stippled Blossoms, Beautiful Birthday, Travel Journal wheel (pg. 108)

Paper: Primrose Petals CS, Whisper White CS, Fan Fair DSP

Ink: Primrose Petals, Cherry Cobbler, Celery, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake.

Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Rose Red Seam Binding, Basic Pearls, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Big Shot, Delicate Designs impressions folder, Large Scallop Edgelit. 

Stippled Blossom

I had to post another card today, I'm having so much fun with my new stamp stuff....I want to share!

This background and focal Apothecary Framelit are all stamped with the new Stippled Blossoms stamp set! This set is so nice too, I always get the 2-step rose sets and I saw this set and knew I had to have it!

I also found both my old Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink stamp pads difficult to ink images with so I replaced both of those pads with the new foam pads and WOW! You can see how vivid and nice these stamped images are with the new pads! I have to say....I will be replacing a few pads in my collection which I hadn't planned on doing but are so worth it after trying out these new style pads, especially as I find myself not using some of those colors because the pad is inadequate!

I also added to the main focal point the Travel Journal builder wheel after masking the rose, I love this wheel and it works well on it's own for a subtle bit of writing to add to a background.

Stamps: Stippled Blossoms, Itty Bitty Banners, Travel Journal wheel.

Paper: Whisper White CS, Shimmery White CS, Gumball Green CS.

Ink: Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Gumball Green, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Big Shot, Fancy Fan Folder, Large Scallop edgelit, Bitty Banners Framelits, Apothecary Framelits, in-color Brads, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Crystal Effects.   

Fabulous You Shoe

I love this time of year when I can play with new catalog stamp sets, colors and accessories! This new catalog set is called Fabulous You...set of three... the shoe, saying and little butterfly! Too Cute! I loved the little In-color Dahlia on the shoe, it gives it a 3-D look! Also playing around with the new Fancy Fan embossing folder and Delicate Designs impressions folder! This card shows all new products except for the Vanilla CS and a few markers!

Stamps: Fabulous You

Paper: Primrose Petals CS, Vanilla CS

Ink: Basic Black, Primrose Petals, Markers; Celery, Gumball, Old Olive, Primrose, Raspberry, Starfruit, Saffron, Pool Party, Pink Pirouette

Accessories: Big Shot, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Large Scallop edgelit, Delicate Designs impressions folder, Summer Starfruit 3/8" stitched ribbon, in-color Dahlias, Dimesionals, Crystal Effects.

Frame with a View

Today's card uses primarily Pool Party with accents of Primrose Petals, Gumball Green and Soft Suede inks! I inked the flowers with Primrose and Gumball markers and stamped them. I masked the flowers and stamped the frame in Soft Suede then cut out the center of the frame and stamped En Francais on Whisper White CS to place behind the frame. The flowers were then sponged with Primrose ink. They look much more red in the picture then they really are! I added the little Doily stamp at the bottom from the Kindness Matters set using Pool Party ink and then sponged around the other three edges with Pool Party ink as well on that layer.

 I am loving this new set- Papaya Collage!

~Stamps: Papaya Collage, En Francais, Apothecary Art, Kindness Matters.

~Paper: Shimmery White CS, Whisper White CS, Pool Party CS.

~Inks: Soft Suede, Pool Party, Primrose Petals, Gumball Green.

~Accessories: Rose Red Seam Binding, Basic Pearls, Crystal Effects.

Unique Birthday

Another Sneak Peek at the Papaya Collage stamp set and the new in-colors! I used just the new in-colors on this one and added some texture to the cardstock and  the Denim Jean Ribbon which went with these colors pretty darn well! The frame is stamped in Primrose Petals ink, the small scroll frame in the upper corner with the circle center is stamped in Raspberry Ripple with a 3/4" circle punched from Summer Starfruit in the center.

~Stamps: Papaya Collage, Something to Celebrate.

~Paper: Primrose Petals CS, Summer Starfruit CS, Raspberry Ripple CS, Whisper White CS.

~Inks: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit.

~Accessories: Bigshot, Adorning Accent Folder, Perfect Pokla Dots Folder, Adorning Accents Edgelit, Denim Jeans Ribbon, 3/4" Circle Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Post-it notes for masking.

Sneak Peek-Papaya Collage

What a great new set called Papaya Collage which will be available in the new catalog starting June 1st!

I used the new in-color inks along with a little Soft Suede and Pool Party! The background cardstock is Summer Starfruit and Whisper White! I love how well the Rose Red Seam Binding ribbon goes with both the new in-colors Primrose Petals and Raspberry Ripple! This new set is just dynamite!

~Stamps: Papaya Collage, Apothecary Art.

~Ink: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit, Pool Party, Soft Suede.

~Paper: Whisper White CS, Summer Starfruit CS, Shimmery White CS.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Stripes Embossing Folder, Rose Red Seam Binding, Basic Rhinestones, Sponge.

Tall Flower Garden

Another No layer card using a mixture of Just Believe stamp set and Baby Blossoms (retired) stamp set which I love and continue to use in spite of being discontinued! Butterfly is from Clearly for you stamp set!

~Paper: Whisper White CS.

~Inks: Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Blushing Bride, More Mustard, Peach Parfait, Daffodyl Delight, Calypso Coral, Marina Mist, Indigo, Black.

Celebrate Spring

I was so inspired by Bonnie's ( bon2stamp) card that I had to create a few of my own with the same idea but different flower stamps!

Another NO layer/NO accessories card using Just Believe and Baby Blossoms stamp sets.

A few little blossoms were added from the Baby Blossoms set. The stems were drawn to the flowers with the Pear Pizzazz marker! I love to add little details with the fine point of the marker too, like adding a tiny bit of shading to the middle of the flowers.

These cards are so sweet, simple and fun to make!

~Paper: Whisper White CS

~Markers: Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze, More Mustard, Basic Black.  

Framed Flowers

 I was playing around with my Just Believe set and decided to add a few flowers from the Baby Blossoms stamp set to enhance it a bit! I also wanted to make a few simple cards with no layers or accessories for easy sending!

~Inks: Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Daffodyl, Mustard, Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait, Basic Black.

~Paper: Whisper White CS

May Class Technique Card

May Technique Card using Upsy Daisy stamp set and En Francais background stamp. Technique called Random Coloring by Technique Junkies!

Awe all my silhouette stamps are retiring BUT there is a new one I love coming out in the new catalog called Serene Silhouettes....can't wait to get my hands on it too!

Friends stamp is from Just Believe stamp set. 

~Paper: So Saffron CS, More Mustard CS, Shimmery White CS, Domestic Goddess DSP.

~Ink: Markers; So Saffron, Daffodyl, More Mustard, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Artichoke, Stamp Pads; More Mustard, Baja Breeze, Old Olive.

~Accessories: Scallop Edge punch, Water mist bottle, 1/16" Circle punch, Vintage Trinkets, More Mustard Scallop Dots Ribbon.