It's the Best Day Birthday

 Hello friends.  I have another birthday card for a young girl at church.  She was born the day after the young girl I made the card for a couple of days ago and they are best friends, as are their families.

I embossed a panel of SU Basic Beige with an older Cuttlebug birthday EF and mounted it to a white card base.  The image and sentiment are from SU Best Day (ret).  I colored the image with several different alcohol markers and added Diamond Stickles to the balloon, hat pom pom and bow tie. The 2nd photo shows the glitter better.  I mounted it with foam tape to a stitched circle die cut.  I added a strip of Crisp Cantaloupe pattern paper to the center of the beige panel and then added the circle with foam tape also.  The sentiment is also mounted with foam tape.  I think she will like the card as I like it.

I will share this at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge ( used the right diagonal row down - Orange, Glitter, Polka Dots).

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Merry Christmas Poinsettia

Hello friends.  I have a new Christmas card to share made with Altenew's Poinsettia 3D Die Set.  I was looking as all my Poinsettia stamps & dies and thought I haven't used this one this year so here it is.

I cut the poinsettia from SU Cherry Cobbler, shaped the petals and layered it together. The center is cut from gold foil.  I used one of the dies to cut the leaves from SU Evening Evergreen (ret.) and shaped them also.  I found a lt. beige plaid paper in my stash and thought it would look good as the background.  I added it to a mat of SU Chocolate Chip (ret.) and then to a white card base.  The greeting is cut from gold foil with Creative Expressions Festive Mini - Stacked Merry Christmas (I have had this die for several years and love using it).  I also cut 2 white layers and stacked them for dimension and glued to the card.  I really like the finished card.

I will share it at Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Birthday Cupcake

 Hello friends.  I have a new birthday card to share today.  I made this one for a young girl at church who is turning 9 next week.

I had this MFT cupcake left over from a previous project and the papers are scraps from my stash.  I colored the cupcake to match the colors in the papers - SU Pretty in Pink and Mint Macron Blends, with a little yellow on the candle.  I mounted the cupcake with foam tape to a white oval cut with Spellbinders Essential Stylish Ovals and then a mat of Pretty in Pink.  The pattern papers were mounted on white and cut with a stitched rectangle die, then mounted to the white card base.  Happy Birthday is from a SSS set and glued across the bottom of the oval.

I saw TGIF is celebrating their 600th challenge so will share my card there.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful weekend.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Seize the Birthday Geometric + Word Die/Dies

 

Hello friends.  It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Nance has chosen Geometric + Word Die/Dies as our "Topping" this time.  Of course you can always just make our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday card if you wish.

I thought Spellbinders Argyle Plaid had a Geometric feel to it so I used it to emboss a panel of SU Basic Beige and mounted it to a white card base.  I also used Spellbinders Sunflower Serenade to die cut the pretty sunflowers from SU So Saffron and the centers from Kraft and Soft Suede.  The leaves are from a different die set (no name) cut from a green from my stash.  I used Memory Box  Happy Birthday Posh Script to cut the sentiment twice from SU Soft Suede and layered it for dimension.  I am pleased with the final result.

I hope you will check out all the fabulous cards by the DT and our Party Guest over at Seize the Birthday and join in our fun challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Birthday

 Hello friends.  I have a new birthday card to share today. This one is for a special lady at church who has a birthday this week.

The pretty flowers are from PTI Into the Blooms: Poppies.  I cut them from SU Blushing Bride and blended SU Sweet Sorbet ink over them for dimension.  The leaves from a different die set were cut with green from my stash.  They are mounted on a panel cut with Honey Bee Spring Vine Layering Frames, then over a panel to match the blooms.  The sentiment is from The Greetery Arched Sentiments, cut with the matching die and layered 3 times for dimension.  That finishes my card.

I will share at Triple B Challenge

and at Addicted to Stamps & More - Birthday theme

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Last Two Thank You Cards

 Hello friends.  I wanted to share the last two Thank You cards I made for my friend.  She will be going home on Monday and is very happy about that. She wanted 2 masculine cards so these are what I came up with.  They were inspired by cards I had seen on Pinterest, but I used different colors and papers.

For this one I used SU Cloud Cover to emboss the leafy border in white, then added a strip of Misty Moonlight to match the card base.  I embossed an older SU sentiment in white on the strip.  The butterflies are also from an older SU set and colored with Cloud Cover and Misty Moonlight Blends.  They are punched out with an older matching punch.

For this card I also used an older SU set for the plane, fussy cut it, colored with SU Pecan Pie Blends and mounted it with foam tape to a white strip bordered with Pecan Pie cardstock.  The striped paper is from my stash and had no name on it, but matched the Pecan Pie color.  I also stamped the sentiment with Pecan Pie ink.

I have also been working on more Christmas Cards and Birthday cards so will share them later.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Christmas Blessings

 Hello friends.  I have a new Christmas card to share today.  I made this one for the October CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Poinsettia

ETA:  My card was one of the top picks at Krafty Chicks Challenge

I used Poppystamps Blooming Poinsettia to cut the flower from white, cutting 2 of the largest layers, and then blending Kitsch Flamingo DOI to the centers before gluing them together.  I cut the leaves from SU Mint Macron.  I wanted a little something extra so I die cut Spellbinders Ribbon & Trim die from white and added it under the poinsettia, although not too much of it shows.  I embossed the sentiment with gold as the center of the poinsettia is cut from gold foil.  The background beige panel is a card front from an older SU Paper Pumpkin kit and has a light pattern on it.

I will also share this at Peace on Earth Christmas challenge

and Krafty Chicks Challenge as they are looking for Christmas cards.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Seize the Birthday - Double Frame

 Hello friends.  It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Nancy wants us to use a Double Frame on our cards.

I thought this was a good challenge to use the Double Frame by Penny Black.  I have only used one of the frames previously.  I cut them in SU Crumb Cake and Soft Suede (Ret.).  I layered them with foam tape between the layers.  The image and sentiment are from an older Newton's Nook stamp set called Loads of Blooms.  This is my first time using it although I have had it for several years.  I colored the image with SU Blends (Flirty Flamingo & Granny Apple Green) and Copics.  I layered the sentiment with foam tape and the card was done.  This is different than my usual floral cards but it does have flowers and  I like it.

Be sure to check out all the different ways the Team used frames on their cards at Seize the Birthday.  Hope to see you in our gallery.

I will share this to Darnell's NBUS as this is the first time using the stamp set.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Thank You Card #4

 Hello friends.  I have another thank you card for my friend and I really like this one.

I used a SU Peaceful Pine panel and embossed it with SU Lovely Stripes EF, then mounted it to a white card base.  Then I die cut a white stitch octagon from SU Memorable Blooms die set.  I stamped the Thank You from an older SU set as I like the font.  I stamped and die cut the flowers from SU Charming Day set and colored them with SU Peach Pie and Soft Succulent Blends.  I mounted the white die cut with foam tape and then mounted the flowers with foam tape also.

I will share this at Triple B Challenge

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Thank You Card #3

 Hello friends.  Happy World Card Making Day.  I did get another Thank You card made for my friend.

I embossed a Crumb Cake panel with Altenew Piped Floral Lace 3D EF and added it to a white card base.  I die cut the flowers (SU Pumpkin Pie) and leaves (green from my stash) using Spellbinders Hello You die set.  I also blended Pumpkin Pie ink to the centers of the flowers and shaped them with my fingers before gluing them together.  I added a gem to the centers.  The lacy frame is from SU Scalloped Wishes, stamped in Early Espresso ink and cut with the matching die.  I stamped Thank You from The Greetery Arched Sentiments in the same ink and mounted it with foam tape.  Then I mounted the flowers and leavers on the bottom of the frame.  I really like this one and I know my friend will also.  She has been in the hospital and then rehab with a broken arm and unable to make cards herself so she asked me to.

I will share this at Triple B Challenge - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies.  Isn't there inspiration board beautiful.

and at Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Thank You Card #2

 Hello friends.  I am still working on Thank You cards for my friend so here is #2.

I embossed a lt. blue panel with Spellbinders Diamond Plaid EF and added a darker blue mat, then glued them to the white card base.  The flowers are from SU Birthday Blooms (ret.) colored with SU Flirty Flamingo and Old Olive Blends.  There was no matching die so I stamped and cut several with my Scan 'n Cut.  The white circle is cut with SU Spotlight on Nature Dies and stamped with Thank You from SU Magnolia Blooms (ret.).  I glued the flower on the circle and then mounted it with foam tape, adding foam pieces on the flower sections not on the circle.

I will also add this one to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge - middle row down, Die Cuts, Free, Embossing

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a Wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Thank You Card

 Hello friends.  A friend requested I make her a few thank you cards so this is the first one.

I had all these pieces left from other projects so all I had to do was put them together in a layout I like.  The white panel is embossed with Altenew Piped Floral Lace 3D EF, which I love.  The blooms and leaves are from Spellbinders Club Blooms dies.  I don't remember the ink I blended in the centers.  I just added the pretty rhinestones to the centers.  The leaves were cut from a green in a Recollections pack.  The ovals were already cut, I just stamped the sentiment from an older SU set - Magnolia Blooms.  I added the flowers and leaves to the ovals and mounted it with foam tape and my card was done.  I really like the finished card and so does my friend.

I will send this to Can You Handle the Pressure challenge - did not use the optional twist of trees.

and to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge - used the center row down, DieCuts, Free, Embossing Wet/Dry,  I used several dies and embossing.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn