Hello, Jean here with something different.  I  like introducing a card by telling you how quick and easy it is.  Today's card is a detailed design that requires time, patience and a lot of glue.  Hope you'll like it!

Stamp Sunshine and Wildflowers on white cardstock with Onyx Black VersaFine.  Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder.  Cut it with the 3-1/2" wide Nested Globes die.

Cut the small Bird Blossoms flowers from Raspberry Sorbet and Orange Peel cardstock, and from light peach cardstock.  

Cut the small Fringe Flowers from the cardstock too.  Cut three sets of the small Fringe Flowers centers from a sheet of the Black Glossy Paper Pack.  

I couldn't send sunshine and wildflowers with a sunburst so...cut the larger Fringe Flowers from the bright yellow Graceful Garden Glitter Pad 6x6.  Cut the largest Fringe Flowers center from the yellow glittered 6x6 too.  We're using 5 of the 6 flowers and the center to create a sun.  Build the sun by starting and ending with wider pieces and layering the skinny pieces in between.  Attach the circle.  (The only diecut not used for the sun is shown in the first photo)

Attach the diecuts to the Nested Globe background.  Add 1/4" circles punched from the yellow glittered 6x6.

Attach the everything  to a textured white A6 card (4-1/2" x -1/4").

Stamp the greeting - from the new Sunshine and Wildflowers Clear Stamps - on pale peach cardstock with Onyx Black VersaFine.  Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder.  Add the greeting to the card - use foam tape for the "Sending."

Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting our blog...see you on Friday!

 

 

Supplies

 

94864 Bird Blossoms

94863 Fringe Flowers

CL5290

gp1002

94532 Nested Globes

sh44016 Raspberry Sorbet Paper Pack

sh44017

sh44004

Hi everyone.  I have an easy and quick birthday tag today featuring the flower image from the With Sympathy Clear Stamp set.

Gold heat emboss the flower image from the With Sympathy Clear Stamp set.on a mixed media paper tag.  Stamp the image on the bottom of the tag at an angle and at the top at an angle.  Next take Distress Spray Stain in Squeezed Lemon Ade to spray just in the flower.  If needed unscrew the sprayer and use the nozzle to fill in blank spots of the petals.  Heat dry.  Next spray Lumberjack Plaid Distress Spray Stain on the back ground of the tag.  Using a lilt water to help move the ink.  Unscrew the sprayer and use the nozzle to add extra ink in blank space and to intensify the ink in the leaves and around the bother.  Heat Dry.  Use an embossing ink pad around the edges of the tag and use the same gold embossing powder to add a golden edge to the tag.  Adhere a Black Happy Birthday Sentiment tab and tie gold ribbon through the hole. 

 

Supplies

 

cl5291 With Sympathy Clear Stamp Set

st011 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings Black Circle Tabs

 

 

 

Happy Father's Day to everyone celebrating today!   Hi, Jean here, adding an extra weekend idea - felt birds sharing thanks between generations!

Attach adhesive label paper (or a sticker sheet) to aqua woolblend felt  cut the large base sections of Bluebird Prince and Wistful Sparrow.  The paper backing stabilizes the felt and prevents adhesives from saturating it.

Here are the additional products used for Bluebird Prince - crown (gold Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6), head and wings (Rainbow Reflecions turquoise 6x6), beak (Sunset Collection yellow 6x6 - color the eye area with a black marker), legs (Sunset 6x6 - colored with a brown marker)

Additional products used for Wistful Sparrow - head and wing (Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad pale blue 6x6), beak (Sunset Collection yellow 6x6 - color the eye area with a black marker)

Prep the detailed Magnolia Leaf Branch die by rubbing it briskly with scrunched waxed paper to help release the delicate pieces.  Cut the branch from a medium-green 6x6 from the Greenery Collection.  Darken the stems with a mustard-colored marker.

Cut pale green cardstock with the 4-3/4" wide Wrapped  Stitch Rectangle die.  Attach it to a matching A6 card (4-1/2" x 6-1/4").

Attach the diecuts - use foam tape for the birds, and tilt the large leaf behind Bluebird Prince's crown to let the crown stand out.   Add a few of the extra leaves from the die set.  Trim the ends, then add a Thank You Foil Greetings White Tab.  Attach turquoise Christmas Fairy Dewdrops.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting our blog...enjoy the rest of the weekend!

 

Supplies

 

94721 Magnolia Leaf Branch

94855 Bluebird Prince

94798

sp1013

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

gp1007

30094

st004 Thank You Foil Greetings White Tabs

fp1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

ddp101 Christmas Fairy Dewdrops

Send caring thoughts and words of support with a mix of design elements and soft colors.  Hi,  Jean here after (hopefully!) many glitches and challenges.  Hoping these quiet thoughts and gentle colors will calm things down a bit...

Stamp the butterfly -  from the Hello Butterfly Clear Stamp and Die Set - on white vellum with VersaMark.  Heat-emboss it with detail white powder.  Cut two butterflies from the purple Lagoon Collection 6x6.  Score and crease  the butterflies at 1/8" to the left and right of the center for extra lift.  Cut the vellum butterfly too.

Attach just the center of the vellum butterfly with a narrow strip of doublestick tape.  Layer the purple butterflies - offset and extend them beyond the vellum butterfly.

Cut the light blue/lavender Anemone Plaid with the die from the Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Cutting Die.  

Spritz both sides of pale lavender cardstock with a light mist of water and emboss it with the Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder.  Cut it with the coordinating die.

Attach the diecuts to a top-folded white A2 card - use foam tape for the butterfly.

Stamp the greeting - from the new With Sympathy Clear Stamps Set - on a light blue 6x6 from the Lagoon Collection - with Pearlescent Lavender Brilliance.  Dry the ink, then cut it with the short end of the largest block of the Vintage Tray die.  Trim the excess.  Attach it with foam tape.

Add purple/bronze Treasure Chest Fairy Gemstones.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Caring cards are always appreciated - especially when you've created them for the special people in your life.  Thanks for visiting our blog!

Supplies

 

cl5291 With Sympathy Clear Stamp Set

EF1040 Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die

gem101

sp1010

pp1025 Anemone Plaid 6x6 pack

cl5289d Hello Butterfly Stamp and Die set

I have a sweet card for today that features the Gypsy Swallow-Tail and also includes plaid papers and the Tender Peony Bud.

materials used

• white A2 side-fold note card
• plaid papers from FUCHSIA PLAID PP1029
• red card stock from BLUSH SP1012
• white card stock scraps
• watercolor paper
• GYPSY SWALLOW-TAIL 94891
• TENDER PEONY BUD 94881
• NESTED GLOBES 94532
• CHERISH HEARTS 94882
• a tiny gem from FAIRY JEWELS for the bird's eye

to make this card

• cut a piece of the plaid paper 4 X 5 1/4 and add to the front of the white note card
• cut two of the Nested Globes, one from red card stock and one from white card stock; layer the white one on top of the red and add to the front of the note card (no globes?  use another set of frames in two sizes)
• die cut the smallest of the Cherish Hearts from a scrap of the same red card stock and add to the white panel
• die cut the Tender Peony Bud from watercolor paper; paint it with watercolors, assemble and add to the left of the heart on the white panel
• die cut the Gypsy Swallow-Tail from white and plaid card stock papers; adhere together using the envelope as a guide; add a tiny Fairy Jewel for the eye
• use dimensional foam dots to add the bird to the note card

This is a sweet card to send at any time.  You could add one of the sentiment circle or rectangle tabs from Memory Box or stamp one of the sentiments from one of the clear stamp sets on the inside along with your personal message.  Change it up even more by using different frames behind the bird and flower or use different papers for the background and the bird.  So many possibilities!

Happy Crafting!

Nested Globes 94532  Cherish Hearts 94882        Fuchsia Plaid PP1029                   Blush Card Stock SP1012                 

 

Gypsy Swallow-Tail 94881    

 

Tender Peony Bud 94881

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with a fun colorful birthday card made with the

Rectangle Basics Set 30086

Exquisite Leaf Set 94664

and Happy Birthday Foil Greetings Black Tabs ST007

Here's a closer look at my card:

I took Distress Oxide inks in bold colors and added them directly to a piece of card stock, then after it dried, I cut leaves out of it and then added them to a piece of vellum.  Next I made a white frame for the edges with 2 of the rectangle dies. After adding it to the vellum leaf panel, I added thin foam strips on the edges to pop it up on the card base.  Lastly I added the ready made sentiment from Memory Box.  Here's one more look at my card:

I recently taught this card technique in my May card class at my local scrapbook store and it was so fun to see how each person's came out different using the same products!  I hope you will give this a try - it's quick and really a lovely look.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Supplies

 

30086 Rectangle Basics Set

94664 Exquisite Leaf Set

ST007 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings Black Tabs

 

Combine Garden Beauties dies and Nutmeg Forest 6x6 prints to create  simple, gilded dragonflies.  The die's details accentuate the beautiful sage and gold print.  Hi, Jean here with another quick card made even easier with designs from Memory Box.

Cut two sets of Garden Beauties dragonfly wings from the sage and gold 6x6 from the Nutmeg  Forest set.  Cut the centers from the gold Rainbow Reflections 6x6.  Assemble the dragonflies - the one at the top combines the top wings from the big dragonfly with the bottom wings from the small dragonfly so you'll have 3 unique dragonflies. 

Cut three centers from the gold Rainbow Reflections 6x6.

Blend peacock feathers, salvaged patina and squeezed lemonade Distress Oxides on the  smoother side of watercolor paper.  Spritz the salvaged patina applicator with a light mist of water and blend the colors.  Heat-set the inks.  Spray the watercolor paper with Imagine's Gold Sheer Shimmer Spritz.  Let it air-dry for a few minutes, then heat-set it.

Cut it with the 2" wide Wrapped Stitch Rectangles die.  

Cut the teal 6x6 from the Lagoon Collection with the rectangles die.  

Attach the diecuts to a top-folded white A2 card - use foam tape for the upper wings and greeting circle tab.    Attach green Christmas Fairy Dewdrops.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing

Thanks for visiting our blog!

 

 

Supplies

 

94893 Garden Beauties

30094 Wrapped Stitch Rectangles

pp1034

sp1010

ddp101 Christmas Fairy Dewdrops

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

st009

Hi everyone.  I have a spring time birthday card featuring the Young Goose die set.  The Winter Days release was full of the geese die sets that had winter and spring/summer accessories to use all year long. 

Background:

Die cut the 2nd large die from the Heritage Rectangle die set from heavy card stock.  Ink blend the bottom 1/4th of the rectangle with Distress Oxide Bundled Sage.  Then ink blend the rest Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass. Set aside.

Flowers:

Die cut theBudding Gladiola stem and Fanciful Gladiola Stem die sets from gradients of similar colors from the Greenery and Blush paper packs.  Adhere the Fanciful Gladiola Stems per the envelope. For the Budding Gladiola Stem set I die cut the stem die from the lighter 2 shade of Bush paper and fussy cut the flower off and adhere to a green stem.  I also cut 2 sets of the leaves in 2 shades of Greenery paper and didn't adhere them together.  

Goose:

Die cut the Young Goose and hat from white card stock and the smaller scarf from 2 shades of the Blush.  Ink blend the goose wing and neck with Distress Oxide Lost Shadow.  Ink blend the beak and feet with Oxide Marigold.  Use a black gel pen to color the eye.

Assembly:

Adhere the background to a A2 side folder white card.  Adhere the flowers and leave to the background and trim off any leave hanging off.  Adhere the goose with foam tape to the bottom right hand corder of the card and a Happy Birthday Foil Greeting circle Tab to the lower left hand corner of the background.

 

Supplies

 

94827 Young Goose

94791 Fanciful Gladiola Stem

94792 Budding Gladiola Stem

94883 Heritage Rectangle Frames

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

sp1012 Blush 6x6 pack

st010 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tabs

Greetings friends. I want to share with you a card inspired by a sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.  The sketch looked like this:

I knew that I didn't have to literally have leaves on the side of my card, but I really liked the look and wanted to recreate it for my card.

To cut out my butterflies, I sprinkled some Color Burst watercolor powders onto a mat, spritzed it with water and then placed a piece of photo paper into the colorful puddle. When I was done, I was left with a background piece of paper that looked like this:

I then die cut a bunch of butterflies and added them to my card on top of an embossed piece of kraft cardstock. I then finished it with a Memory Box thank you label:

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope everyone is having a great weekend

 

Supplies

 

94885 Ethereal Butterflies

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

94881 Tender Peony Bud

94872 Gentle Peony Bloom

ef1014 Blooming 3D Embossing Folder

st005 Thank You Foil Greetings Black Tabs