Wetlands

Love these little sand pipers from the Wetlands set in the catalog and thought they would be perfect to use on the Watercolor Paper #122959.  I used Soft Suede card stock for my main card.  I used the Woodgrain Embossing Folder #127821 using Marina Mist cardstock, but first I stamped the grass with Soft Suede ink before running it through the Big Shot.  I thought using the Marina Mist card stock with this embossing folder actually made it look like water.  Using Jet Black Stazon ink #101406 I stamped the sand pipers on Watercolor Paper and used the Aqua Painters #103954 to create the background effect.  I used the Deco Labels Collection #130102

 to cut out the dies.

Halloween Happiness

Next week, it will be close to the 90's in Indiana, so it's not quite fall yet, but I made this card a few weeks ago when we had some cooler weather.  Halloween Happiness is a new wood-mount stamp in the Holiday Catalog on page 20.  I used various shades of markers to ink up each pumpkin and used a black marker for the "Halloween Happiness".  I stamped the Jack O'lantern and trimmed him out with a dimensional on the back to make him pop out on the card.  The base color of my card is Basic Black. Then layered with Tangerine Tango.  Next, I used the new In Color Crisp Cantaloupe but first I put it through the Big Shot using the new embossing folder called Stylish Stripes on page 22 in the Holiday Catalog.  The Washi tape is called Witches' Brew which is self sticking.  It comes in three designs on page 20 of the Holiday catalog.  I stamped "You Make Me Smile" from the A Round Array stamp set with Black Stazon ink.  I punched it out with 7/8" Scalloped Circle Punch and put a Deminisional on the back with some 1/8" Tangerine Tango Taffeta Ribbon.

Mosaic Madness and Artisan Label

I'm so in love with this color combination (Island Indigo and In-color Coastal Cabana).

This is a card I designed for a workshop a few weeks ago.  I used the Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder  #129984 on the Island Indigo card stock.  Then I used the stamp from Mosaic Madness on Coastal Cabana and punched each one out with the Mosaic Punch #131267.  Each one has a Basic Rhinetstone Jewel in the center.  The "Happy Birthday" verse is from Label Love stamp set stamped on Whisper White card stock   It is then punched out with Artisan Label Punch #130920 and trimmed out with Paper Snips. Then I punched out an a Coastal Cabana card stock using the same punch and layered the Happy Birthday verse onto it and attached with Dimensionals to the front of the card.

 

Too Kind Coastal Cabana

This is the same design of Too Kind, but using different colors.  I used Island Indigo and the new In-Color Coastal Cabana together.  I really like these two colors together.

You're Too Kind

 

I love this new stamp set called Too Kind.  I wanted to teach my customers how to do the two-step stamping using the Stamp-a-ma-jig #101049.  The stamp-a-ma-jig helps you position your stamp image exactly where you want it.  The base of this card is Calypso Coral 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" folded at 4 1/4" and I layered the new In-color Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock by first inserting it into the new Beautiful Boroque Embossing Folder #130917 and running it through the Big Shot.  I attached it with Multipurpose Liquid Glue #110755.  Next, I used the Big Shot and my Labels Collection #125598 to cut out a framelit of Whisper White and then a larger framelit of Calypso Coral.  I stamped the larger flower with the new In-Color Crisp Cantaloupe ink (the lighter color)on the Whisper White card stock, and used the Stamp-a-ma-jig and then used Calyspo Coral (the darker color). Then I stamped the stem with the new In-Color Pistachio Pudding ink. Then I did the smaller flower.

I put Dimensionals on the back of the Whisper White Framelit and layered onto the Calyspo Coral Framelit and attached to my card with Snail Adhesive.  I added Jewels Basic Pearls #119247 to each flower.  I stamped "You're too Kind" with Basic Gray ink.

 

Dianne's Mosaic Madness

My demo friend Dianne sent me this gorgeous card in the mail.  Don't you just love it??? The stamp sets she used were Mosaic Madness and Best of Birthdays.  The embossing folder is the new Modern Mosaic.
The colors she used for the card are Pool Party and Soft Sky.  She also used the new punch Mosaic and Rhinestone Basic Jewels on each punched Mosaic. This is one of my favorite cards.  Thanks Dianne!

By the Tide

This is a card I made with the By the Tide set.  The cardstock is Crumb Cake, Whisper White and Night of Navy.  All of the ink used was Night of Navy.  I used the 1" Circle Punch and a Dimensional.  The technique is called tearing cardstock.