Picture Perfect - Hummingbird and Roses

It's April!  That is the month in Indiana that I usually hang out my hummingbird feeder.

However, it is too cold this week and feels like Old Man Winter is back.  I will be glad when it warms up and my little hummingbirds come back for the spring and summer months when my roses are also in bloom.  This card was made using the Picture Perfect stamp set.  The base of my card is Cherry Cobbler with a layer of Soft Suede.  I stamped the roses with the Real Red and Cherry Cobbler.  The leaves and hummingbird are stamped with Mossy meadow and Old Olive.  I cased this card from Create with Christy and loved how it turned out.

Apple of My Eye - Oranges

This is a very simple card to make using the Apple of My Eye stamp set in the 2016 Occasions Catalog.  The colors I used were Tangerine Tango, Basic Black on Whisper White.  I used the 2-3/8"Scallop Circle Punch and 1-3/4" Circle Punch.  The ribbon is the 3/8" Basic Black Stitched Satin Ribbon.

The Wilderness Awaits Fox

This is another card I made using the The Wilderness Awaits using the fox.  I learned how to color the fox my using Michelle Zindorf's tutorial.  The card also uses the stamp set World of Dreams for the leaves in the background.  The colors I used were Hello Honey, Old Olive, Soft Sky and Basic Black Archival.

The Wilderness Awaits

The Wilderness Awaits is a nature stamp set of beautiful animals.  It is a new set in the annual catalog. I just bought the set last month and hope to make more cards using it.  This is another card that I made following Michelle Zindorf's technique on how to emboss and color the duck as well as brayer the sky and lake.  The base of my card is Soft Suede with a layer of Smoky Slate.  I used Soft Sky cardstock using the Woodgrain TIEF for the background.  I used a one-inch layer of Soft Suede across my card and attached Antique Brads on either side.  I attached the duck layers with Dimensionals to the center of my card.

Picture Perfect

 Doesn't this card remind you of the sun glistening on the ocean water?  I purchased a tutorial from Michelle Zindorf  on how to make this card a few months ago, but decided today that I am going to try to recreate her scene with a few little changes. Michelle is such a master at using the brayer and I have learned so much from her tutorials.  The starfish is from the stamp set Picture Perfect from the 2016 Occasions catalog.  I love this set because it has so many possibilities of creating cards.  It is a photopolymer set with 18 stamps.  Besides, the starfish, it includes a  rose, leaves and a hummingbird.  Each of the items has multi-step images  for each.  It also includes a numbered tab so that you will know which stamp to use first besides having 5 sentiments to choose from.

Another set I used was Gorgeous Grunge from the annual catalog which is another set I use a lot.

The colors I used were Versamark Pad, Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Hello Honey, Island Indigo, Tempting Turquoise.  It was such a fun card to make.

Friends & Flowers Birthday

This is another birthday card that I made using the Friends & Flowers set in the 2016 Occasions catalog as well as Party Pants from the Sale-A-Bration catalog.  This card was inspired by Mary Deatherage, but I changed the colors and stamping somewhat.  The base of my card is Whisper White and the second layer is Night of Navy with another layer of Whisper White.  The water is from the Have a Cuppa DSP which is Bermuda Bay.  I used the 1-1/4" Circle Punch to make the waves.  I punched out three balloons using the Balloon Bouquet Punch to make one Bermuda Bay, one Pumpkin Pie and one Night of Navy and popped them up with Dimensionals.  I used the White Gel Pen on each balloon.  I stamped "Happy Birthday to you!" from Party Pants set on the Pumpkin Pie one. The balloon strings are also from Party Pants in Night of Navy. The fish was made from the Friends & Flowers set using the Festive Flower Builder Punch inn Pumpkin Pie and popped up with a Dimensional.  I also used Rhinestone Basic Jewels for the fish eye and bubbles.

Products Used:

Friends & Flowers Wood-Mount Stamp Set
$27.00

Friends & Flowers Clear-Mount Stamp Set
$19.00

Party Pants Wood-Mount Stamp Set
$0.00

Party Pants Clear-Mount Stamp Set
$0.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.50

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$7.00

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$7.00

Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$7.00

Have A Cuppa Designer Series Paper Stack
$8.00

Balloon Bouquet Punch
$18.00

1-1/4" Circle Punch
$16.00

Festive Flower Builder Punch
$18.00

Stampin' Dimensionals
$4.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels
$5.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.50

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.50

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Party With Cake

It is time to celebrate with Cake!  This is a card that I made with the new set, Party With Cake
from the 2016 Occasions Catalog.  It can be purchased as a Bundle or separately. As a Bundle, you also get the Party Pop-Up Thinlets Die set to go with the stamp set.

The colors I used are Tempting Turquoise (base of my card), Daffodil Delight, and Melon Mambo.  I used the Lots of Labels Thinlits Die to stamp the words "It's Time to Celebrate with Cake" with Archival Basic Black ink.  Then I colored in the words with markers.  I stamped slice of cake with Melon Mambo.

Inside, I used the template and used a mask to cover up each word by using a Dauber to color in the the Happy Birthday cake inside.