Wonderful You Butterfly

Today I wanted to share this pretty card I recently made using leftover designer paper and Melon Mambo card stock.  The embossing on the whisper white adds a bit of texture and the pearls fit perfectly in the center of the butterfly.  I really like this Butterfly die from SU!, I've used it a lot.  Have a great evening :)

Sweet Friend Butterfly Card

Good Morning! Well, I'm back as promised with a Sweet Friend card to share.  This card was created with Kraft, Espresso & White cardstocks, along with Greenhouse Gala dsp. The card was embossed with the Elegant Bouquet folder, then sponged with White and Kraft ink to enhance the raised texture. (I used both inks because the white was too bright, so I toned it down with the Kraft)

The Butterflies were die cut with the Butterfly die and the Big Shot.  I really love this die!!! I can see me using it alot, not only for cards but wall art as well. I have several canvases I've been working on and the butterflies are the perfect size for embellishment. The dsp for the butterflies is a retired Hostess paper pack.

I also used the Eyelet Border punch along the bottom of the dsp and half back pearls from my stash.

Thank you so much for dropping by and I hope your Tuesday is warmer & dryer than ours seems to be!!

Deb :)

Tea Party DSP

Good Morning! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend???  Ours was extremely windy, but the temps were nice and the sun shone, so no complaining here! We went down to Calgary for the day on Saturday and I was amazed at how many trees' buds had not yet fully opened and how brown it was there compared to our area....usually its the other way around, as they seem to get more precipitation, especially late Winter & Spring.

Today I have another card share from my stamping date with Melody. This is another card Mel found on SCS, isn't it just gorgeous???? So easy to create yet so pretty, I loved the how dimensional it is.

This card used Old Olive as a base, Whisper White and So Saffron, and Tea Party DSP for the rest. We cut out the flower from one of the dsp sheets, then cut the smaller flowers and layered them on top. The leaves are an SU! Sizzlet, the tiny flowers were punched out and adorned with tiny half back pearls.

Thanks once again for dropping by and enjoy your Monday!!
Deb :)

Longtime Friend Thinking of You

Good Morning! Today I have another image from the retired SU! set Longtime Friend.  I used various coloured markers to colour in the image and cut it out with the oval and scalloped oval dies. The white cardstock was embossed with the Lattice embossing folder, the Thinking of You is from this year's SAB catalogue and the dsp is from a retired Hostess Level 1 paper pack.  The ribbon is from my stash, not sure where that came from!! Sometimes I think I have the same problem accumulating ribbon as I do designer paper.... :)

Hope you have a great day and Happy Friday! Its the end of the week!!
Deb :)

Thinking of You

Good Morning! Hope you are enjoying this warmer weather we are experiencing! Its kind of strange to go from -27 to +5 C in a matter of days!! 

For my card share today I have a Thinking of You card, one I made to tuck away in my stash. Its masculine in its own right, yet has a flower on it, and a bit of bling.  Not sure if I'd give it to a guy though.....the bling probably dictates that, hey?? :)

The details are pretty simple:  Basic Grey and Marina Mist cardstocks, along with the retired dsp Walk in the Park. I hoarded this paper from last year, I absolutely love it but figured it wasn't doing any good sitting in the bin, so I cut into it and made a few cards. :)

The leaves were punched from the newest SU! punch that coordinates with the Build a Blossom, what a great punch, I love it!! The flowers are from the SU! Flowerfolds die and embossed with the small dot embossing folder, and in the center is a medium sized Grey corduroy brad.  The sentiment is from the SAB set So Happy for You.

Glad you could drop by and check in, I hope your day is going well!

Deb :)

Sparkly Flowers and Miss Mouse

Good Monday Morning! Today I have another card created with the mouse from the Tina Wenke/Stampavie collection. I just love colouring this image, so so sweet!

Card details:  Whisper White, Regal Rose and Tea Party dsp, lace from my stash, SU! satin ribbon, SU! Best Blossoms die and Ice brad fo the center. The Just for You is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

I hope to have a few more cards to share this week so be sure to check back soon! Thanks for dropping by.

Deb :)

A Little Shabby, A Little Chic





Good Morning! Today I have a vintage, sort of shabby chic card to share with you.  I had so much fun creating this flower!!!  I used the 3 different dies: Best Blossoms, Table Setting die (centre of the flower) and the Island Floral die.  The squigglies are from the Sizzlet die Scribbles & Swirls, and the pearls from my stash.  I sprayed the flowers with water and squished them up to make the cardstock more pliable.  Then layered it all together and scrunched and squished somemore. Once I had the shape required, the layers were glued and allowed to dry.  I then sprayed the flowers with shimmer spray tinted pink. 

The main components of the card are: Basic Black & W. White cardstocks, pink retired dsp in Pink Pirouette, retired Night & Day dsp (don't fret though, if you own the MDS program you can download this designer paper to have forever!!). I also used the scalloped border punch, pewter jumbo eyelet, Pink Taffeta, White Satin and organza ribbon. The Musical Notes are a SU! wheel and From the Heart is also SU!,  from the Holidays & Wishes stamp set.

Thanks for dropping by and enjoy your weekend!!

Deb :)

Hedgie Flowers for You

Hi there! Today I have a Hedgehog card to share. This little Penny Black critter is so cute!!! I stamped Hedgie on watercolour paper and coloured with SU! markers. The dsp for this card is retired, but so yummy! I love the bright colours in this package, perfectly warm to create with these past few fridgid weeks. I'm so thankful its warmed up out there, it is just such a pleasure to get back to our daily walks with the doggies,  although there's so much ice I think we may need grippers or something for our shoes!

The base for the card is Regal Rose, Whisper White was used for the scalloped punch and word window punch, which I just shortened a bit.  The Thinking of You is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. I used Spellbinders for the image shape, embossed dots folder, SU! Daisy die and Button Sizzlet die.  The brown pearls are from my stash.

As usual, thank you so much for dropping by and hope your day is fabulous!!

Deb :)

Sweet Missy Mouse

Good Morning!  Excuse the lousy picture, I just didn't have a good camera day when I took this :)  A little fuzzy....

This darling little mouse is from the Tina Wenke collection, Stampavie Stamps.  I really don't use non SU! all that often, but I just couldn't resist this darling little face in the tea cup. So sweet. I stamped the image on watercolour paper and coloured in with SU! markers and sponged around the edges with Regal Rose ink.  I also used the Ticket Corner Punch on the corners of the main image.  I used to use this punch on everything and had forgotten how it adds such a nice little detail to the corners.

This card's base is white, along with Regal Rose cardstock for the mat, and the retired Tea Party designer paper.   I also used white lace from my stash, Certainly Celery ribbon, the Big Shot die "Daisies" (cut using Almost Amythest cardstock, retired as well) and the celery coloured pearls are from my stash of goodies.

Thank you for dropping by and I hope you are enjoying this great weather we are having, SO much nicer than the cold weather.  We won't hope for Spring yet, because we really know better, but its still fun to dream... :)

Deb :)

French Rose

Hi there &  Happy Wednesday!!! I have another pretty rose card to share. The inspiration for this card comes from the latest Stamp It! magazine, page 16.  I thought it was really neat how the designer used Crumb Cake matted on Crumb Cake.  For my card, I stamped the very old background stamp French Script (still one of my favs!!) with white craft ink,  then embossed with white embossing powder, and finishing by sponged around the edges with white craft.  The just for you stamp is from the gorgeous stamp set Just Believe and the rose is from Fifth Avenue Floral.

For the flower, I stamped with white craft onto watercolour paper, embossed with white embossing powder and then applied the reinker technique to colour it in. I can't rememember the colours I used on this one, I think Melon Mambo and Regal Rose? I sure enjoy doing these roses, each one turns out differently.

The Eyelet border punch was used with Whisper White cardstock, the ribbon is Crumb Cake taffeta, the pearls from my (endless) stash!. The designer paper is something small found in my stash of papers, you know that pile that keeps growing and being added to,  because you just don't want to "waste" anything!! :) I seem to have several stashes of those....

Have a great day and thanks for stopping in!
Deb :)

Pinwheel Fun!

Hi there! Today's card share is the last of my workshop creations.  I absolutely love these pinwheel cards, they are very showy and SO easy to do.  Darlene McCallum has great instructions here: http://dreamingaboutrubberstamps.com/?p=2871  Great for masculine or feminine cards.

This card uses Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, 1 1/4 inch square punch and Crushed Curry polka dot grosgrain.  This Crushed Curry is so pretty with the Melon Mambo, so summery and warm. I also used the Lattice Embossing Folder. Anyone notice that I kind of like this folder?!! :)

Thanks for dropping by, tomorrow I'll post the pictures of my fabric roses, they've been so much fun to create!!
Deb

Nouveau Chic meets Bird Punch!

Good Morning!  I hope everyone had a great weekend! Our weather was fantastic ~ sunny and warm, a bit breezey, definitely flip flop and shorts weather!!

Today's card share is one we did at my latest workshop ~ don't you just love this bird punch??? I think its so versatile, as it suits both masculine and feminine cards.  Also, this Lattice Embossing Folder is the BEST one yet!! It creates the most wonderful texture, really working the cardstock when it embosses, making it very detailed.  Another folder that could be used on just about any type of occasion card.

Details:
Stamp Set: None!! The punches and designer paper do all the work for me!! I'll add a sentiment inside though.
Cardstock:  The soon to be retired Soft Sage, Very Vanilla, Basic Grey and Nouveau Chic dsp
Ink: none
Accessories:  Big Shot, Lattice Embossing folder, Circle die, Scalloped Border Punch, Two Step Bird Punch, dots embossing folder, silver brads, 2 way glue pen.

Thanks for dropping by and have a great day!
Deb

Butterfly Wishes

Good Day!!  Well, I think this is IT!! The last Parisienne Summer card.  :-)  (we'll just conveniently forget that I still have a 6 x 6 piece hanging around.....!)

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Garden Silhouettes, Short and Sweet
Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Parisienne Summer
Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke markers
Accessories: Oval nesties, butterfly die, paper piercer, Swiss Dot embossing folder, half back pearls from my stash.

Thanks for dropping by!
Deb

For My Friend

Good Morning! Today I'm posting a card I created for a good friend of mine.  I really liked the colours together.

We had a great time at dog obedience yesterday, Sophie did better than I expected although she really doesn't buy into the "sit stay" quite yet!! She's an exhuberant little gal and sitting still isn't really part of her nature!! Something we will be working on as "homework" this week :-)

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Elegant Cheer

Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Basic Grey, Vanilla, Pariesienne Summer

Accessories: Nesties, Swiss dot embossing folder, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, soft fabric ribbon from my stash, half back pearls, oval punch

Thanks for dropping by!

Deb

Getting Closer to the end of that paper pack!!

Hi there! Well, we're definitely getting closer to the end of that paper pack. I would never have guessed I'd be making so many cards from half a package of dsp!!

I love this paper, its so elegant and summery, I sure will miss it when its completed.

This card uses several different pinks (ribbon, cardstock, half pearls) along with the Pale Plum (which took on a pinkish hue) and really liked them combined with the Bravo Burgundy & So Saffron. 

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Heartfelt Thanks (retired),
Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy, Pale Plum, So Saffron, Vanilla
Ink: Pink and green reinkers mixed with shimmer paint & painted on the stamp, Basic Black
Accesories:  Pink half back pearls, MS border punch, circle punches, Scalloped Circle punch, Pink Pirouette grosgrain ribbon.

Thanks for dropping by and have a great day!!
Deb

Dots & Dashes ~ an oldie but a goodie!!

Hi there, I hope you're having a wonderful Friday!!  Its a beautiful day here in Alberta although I do hesitate to get excited that Spring could actually be on its way!! It does feel like it though.  The birds are chirping, the sun is shining and it smells wonderfully clean out there.  The snow is rapidly deteriorating as well; now we need a good rainfall to wash away the winter grime.

I thought we all needed a break from  the Parisienne Summer designer paper creations! That being said,  you can certainly expect a few more because just when I thought I had used the last scrap, I've found yet another 6 x 6 square!! I truly feel the need to complete this mission, so be sure to check back in the next few days, I'll have just a few more Parisienne cards to share!

Does anyone recognize this paper? I had to go waaay back into an old 2006 catalogue to even find the name of this Dots & Dashes dsp.  It is from the days of "one sided" designer papers, and wow! have things changed since then.  The paper seems very lightweight compared to the dsp's now.  The other interesting element, with this collection anyway, is that none of these papers look really great together.  To layer even two of them onto the same card is a bit much!!

I had alot of fun creating these fun cards, they're for my DD's stash of birthday/occasion cards for friends and teachers. 

Recipe:

Stamp Set:  Riveting, Sassy Stems, "Hello" from my stash

Cardstock: Dots & Dashes, 2006 SU!, Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore, Glorious Green, Only Orange, Pink Passion, White and Watercolour paper.

Accessories: Big Shot, Daisy Die,Nesties,  Scalloped edge punch, Scalloped Circle Punch, Circle Punches, Ribbon and brads from my stash, embossing folders. 

Thanks for dropping by and enjoy your weekend!!!

Deb

Great Colour Combo!!

Good Morning! Today I have another card share inspired from the latest Paper Creations magazine.  I loved the Black, Grey, White & Bermuda Bay/Teal combination, its so very eye catching!!

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Dreams du Jour, and the half circle flowers are from an old SAB set, I don't know the name of it.  Its the only set I own that doesn't have an identification tag on it!! sorry :)

Cardstock: Black, White, Bermuda Bay, Basic Grey, Night & Day Specialty Paper (retired)

Ink: Basic Black, Bermuda Bay

Accessories:  Nesties, Paper Piercing tool, MS punch, black brads, Harlequin embossing folder

Thanks for dropping by!

Deb

Shimmery Heartfelt Thanks

This card was inspired by last month's Papercrafts magazine, I love using magazines for sketch and colour ideas. 

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Heartfelt Thanks

Cardstock: Parisienne Summer, Bravo Burgundy, Pink Pirouette, So Safftron, Vanilla

Ink: Basic Grey, shimmery Pretty in Pink & Always Artichoke (mix SU! shimmer paint with your reinkers and paint onto the stamp, gorgeous results!!)

Accessories: Various punches, So Saffron Brads, gorgeous new Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Button from stash, my sewing machine

Thanks for dropping by!

Deb

Simply Said Razzleberry

Hi there!  I thought I'd give this colour combination a try, I think Razzleberry is such an interesting colour and I'm finding it works quite well with many of the permanent SU! colours.

 The card was created with Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence, Lovely Lilac and Whisper White cardstocks.  The white was run through the Big Shot with the Heart embossing folder, Nesties created the circles.

The stamp  is from Simply Said set and the flowers were punched from two little flower punches I have in my bin.  I'm not sure where they even came from :)  The SU! Eyelet border punch created some interest and texture on the white cardstock, Dazzling Diamonds was used in the center of the flowers, the gorgeous ribbon is the Razzleberry grosgrain and the half back pearls are from my stash, and I do apologize, the middle one got knocked a bit when I was photographing and it seems to be off just a tad.

Thanks for dropping by and have a Terrific Day! :)
Deb

Happy Thoughts to You

Good Morning & Happy Monday :-)  I still seem to be stuck on using my Parisienne Summer dsp (retired), its such a gorgeous package and was really needing to be pulled out and enjoyed instead of hoarded away in my stamp studio! 

I've used a Pale Plum base for this card along with Very Vanilla, Parisienne Summer dsp, and Pink Pirouette.  Accessories are: MS border punch, nesties, SU! mat pack, paper piercer, Big Shot and the Blossom Party die for the flower, and a button from my stash.  The ribbon is the gorgeous new satin ribbon from the SU! Occasions mini, in Very Vanilla.  The sentiment is from the very retired Happy Occassions stamp set, still a favourite of mine.

Thanks for dropping by and enjoy your Monday :)
Deb