New Anniversary Card

 Hello friends.  I am sharing a new anniversary card I made for some friends at church.

I embossed a panel with SU Exposed Brick EF and glued it to the card base.  Then I used a stitched octagon die (no name on it) to cut a green shape with the largest die. I then used the 2nd largest die to cut a white shape and the 2nd & 3rd largest dies to cut a frame from cream card.  I stamped the sentiment using a stamp from SU Layers of Beauty set.  Then I glued the cream color frame on the white octagon.  The flower is made using MFT Upsy Daisy dies.  I cut 2 large and 2 medium flowers from SU Barely Blush, blended Flirty Flamingo ink to the centers and glued them together.  The leaves and sprigs are from PTI Into the Blooms: Anemones die set. The pink buds are cut from Flirty Flamingo card and glued to the white sprigs.  I added a fancy rhinestone (Hobby Lobby) to the flower and added a few clear rhinestones on the sentiment panel and my card was done.

I will link to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge #297 - my card fits the middle and bottom rows across.

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

CAS Christmas - Snowman

 Hello friends.  I have a new Christmas card to share today.  I made this one for CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Snowman.  Thanks to Loll for starting the challenge again.

I looked through several of my snowman stamps and settled on Snowy by Penny Black.  He is easy to stamp and easy to color.  I stamped him on a panel cut with MFT Wonky Stitched Rectangle die and colored him with a few Copic markers.  I added Flower Soft to his hat band and pompom.  I  have had these glitter snowflake stickers (Hobby Lobby) for a while and thought I would add a few small ones to the background.  The sentiment is from an older Sweet 'n Sassy Crazy About Snowmen stamp set.  It has quite a few snowmen also, but I wanted to use Snowy.

You can see the snowflakes and Flower Soft better in this close up photo.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Seize the Birthday - Square Card & Non-White Base

 Hello friends.  I have been under the weather for a couple of weeks and am finally up to making a card just in time for our new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Glenda wants us to make a Square Card using a Non-White Base.

For my card I made a 5-1/4" square card using Crumb Cake.  I them embossed a cream panel with Spellbinders Diamond Plaid EF.  I had the flowers fussy cut from some older SU pattern paper so I colored them with SU Blends - Crisp Cantaloupe & Calypso Coral for the flowers and Soft Succulent for the leaves.  I mounted them with foam tape to the embossed panel, then added Memory Box Happy Birthday Posh Script die cut from Calypso Coral and my card was done.

Be sure to check out what the Team and our Party Guest have created for this challenge.  Hope to see you in our gallery at Seize the Birthday.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Combining Old and New

 Hello friends.  I was inspired by a couple of challenges to create my card today.

Just Us Girls - Die Week: Forgotten Favorite and Triple B Challenge - inspired by the white daisies in their mood board.

 

I had these MFT Uspsy Daisy Dies out for my card the other day and thought they would be perfect for these two challenges.  I have had them for over 12 years and love them.  I thought they would be perfect for the white daisies in the Trible B mood board so I cut 3 of them and layered them together, adding the yellow centers.  I added some Wink of Stella to the centers but it doesn't show up well in the photo.  I embossed a panel of Beige cardstock from a Recollections pack with my new Altenew Crisscross Blooms EF and glued it to a white card base.  The stem and leaves are cut using Simon Says Stampe Layered Perky Flower - I clipped the blooms off and added the white daisies.  The sentiment is from SU Go To Greetings (ret.) and mounted with foam tape.

I will also add this to Darnell's NBUS #88 Mutual Appreciation Celebration as this is the first time using the Altenew EF. Be sure to check out Darnell's post on this wonderful challenge.  She has done an excellent job inspiring all of us.

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

 

Happy Anniversary

 Hello friends.  I have a new anniversary card to share today.  This one is for a sweet couple at church and I have one more to make for July.

I used Altenew Cute Open Rose dies for the flowers and cut them from a scrap piece of aqua card., then added a fancy rhinestone (Hobby Lobby) to the centers.  The leaves are cut using a die from a Spellbinders set.  The lt. aqua panel is from my stash and is embossed with Spellbinders Diamond Plaid EF.  I cut the white arch panel and stamped the sentiment from a Stampin Up set and then mounted it with foam tape.  I glued the flowers on and then glued the leaves under the petals and my card was done.

I will add this to the Triple B July Challenge - I always love making floral cards.

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #296

 Hello friends.  I have a new birthday card to share today which is for my great-granddaughter's birthday and she loves pink and green.

I embossed a panel with SU Exposed Brick EF (ret.) and glued it to the card base. Then I added a strip of Mint Macaron gingham paper across the center.  I die cut a Mint Macon scalloped circle and a white plain circle to stamp the sentiment in SU Peaceful Pine ink.  I glued the circles together and mounted with foam tape.  The pretty flowers are die cut using MFT Upsy Daisy dies.  I cut them from SU Barely Blush and blended Flirty Flamingo ink to the centers before gluing together.  I added a fancy rhinestone to the centers and glued them to opposite sides of the circle.  The leaves from a Spellbinders set are cut from Mint Macaron and added under the flowers.  I really like the finished card and I know she will also.

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #296

My card fits the center panel down -Patterned Paper, Die Cut, 3D (daisies)

and the right diagonal down row - Summer Colors, Die Cut Layers.

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Poppies Birthday Card

 Hello friends.  I have a new birthday card to share today.  This one is inspired by a card I think I saw on Pinterest but I can't find it now.  (ETA:  I found the card here. Thanks Kelly) I changed a few things but kept the colors the same except for the blue.  The sentiment,  trellis die, white flowers, and leaves are all different and the flowers are arranged differently.  I have seen so many pretty cads with PTI Into the Blooms: Poppies that I had to  have it.

ETA:  My card was a Team Pick at Tic Tac Toe.

I die cut the poppies from SU Barely Blush and blended SU Melon Mambo ink on them.  The centers are cut from black.  I layered them together using pieces of foam tape between the main layers.  The smaller white flowers are cut using Spellbinders Petite Floral Potpourri and then blended SU Azure Afternoon ink in the centers.  I glued to die cuts together and added a small black gem to the centers.  The white oval is cut using two MFT Stitched Oval dies.  The leaves are cut from SU Granny Apple Green using PTI Into the Blooms: Wild Wood.  The card base and Waffle Flower Rhombus Panel Die are from SU Seaside Spray (ret.).  I glued the trellis on and then mounted the white oval with foam tape.  The flowers and foliage are mounted with glue and pieces of foam tape where needed.  The sentiment is from Gina K. Designs Elegant Thoughts.

I will share this at Tic Tac Toe Challenge - left column down, Floral, Pink, Birthday.

and the Triple B Challenge - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies

and to Darnell's NBUS as this is the first time using the Poppies dies.

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Seize the Birthday - Pink, Blue & Yellow

 Hello Friends.  It is time for out new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Barbara would like us to use Blue, Pink, & Yellow on our cards.

I used this cute set from Simon Says Stamp called Party Like A Panda stamp & die set.  After stamping the images I colored them with SU Blends: Balmy Blue, Pretty in Pink and Lemon Lolly.  I die cut the images and mounted each with foam tape.  The Birthday sentiment is fussy cut.  The hat was separate and blued on the panda's head.  I mounted them to a panel embossed with a really old SU EF called Filigree Frame.  I thought it looked kind of like confetti so that is why I used it.  The panel was glued to the card base and the card was done.  I really like the finished card and will probably give it to a little one at church whose first birthday is next month.

Be sure to check out all the team's wonderful cards, along with our Party Guests over at Seize the Birthday.  Hope to see you in our gallery.

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

CAS Christmas Challenge

 Hello friends.  I am glad Loll started the CAS Christmas Challenge again and I finally got a card done for this month's challenge - Bird.

I used Avery Elle Peace on Earth stamp & die set.  I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copics, with just a little lt. gray around the edges of the dove.  Noel was stamped on the tiny tag after coloring it with an ivory marker.  I die cut the bird and then trimmed some of the white around it before mounting it with foam tape on the card base.  I blended SU Balmy Blue ink on the card before mounting the dove.  I stamped Peace in the lower left corner and my card was cone.

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #295

 Hello friends.  I am sharing a birthday card I made for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge.  I chose the left column down -  Floral, Pink, Birthday.

and here is my card.

I used an older SU set call Two Tone Floral (which is a two-step set) for the pretty pink flowers and leaves.  I stamped the detailed stamp in Flirty Flamingo and the full image in Pretty in Pink and colored the stamens with a yellow marker.  The leaves were stamped in Wild Wasabi (ret.)  I cut them using the matching dies and laid them aside to determine how to display them.  I cut the lacy edge panel using Gina K. Designs Master Layouts 19.  I taped the outer frame to the center panel and mounted it with foam tape to a panel embossed with SU Cross-hatch EF (ret.)  I mounted the flowers across the top with foam tape and glued the leaves under them.  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp/Paper Rose Studio Stamptember set, and that finished my card.

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Birthday Card for Color Hues

 Hello friends.  I have a new birthday card made for Color Hues #135 - Black & Yellow.

I used an older MFT die for the pretty yellow daisies and cut the black leaves using a die from Spellbinders Club Blooms.  I added a black enamel dot to the centers of the flowers.  I tried several arrangements before deciding on this one.  I embossed a panel with Spellbinders Diamond Plaid EF and glued it to the card base.  Then I die cut the center panels of Spellbinders Infinity Punch and Pierce Plate.  I cut two of the larger oval and glued them together for stability and dimension, then glued them to the center of the card.  I then glued the smaller oval to the center and arranged the yellow daisies around the left end and glued the leaves around them.  The sentiment from Gina K. Designs Elegant Thoughts was stamped in black and die cut with the matching die.  I mounted it with small pieces of foam tape and my card was done.

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Another Anniversary Card

 Hello Friends.  I have another anniversary card to share made with a new to me die set from Altenew called Grand Dahlia.

After die cutting the layers of the flower, I blended 3 shades of Pinkfresh ink - Sunkissed, Mimosa, and Mango Sorbet to the centers.  I really like how it looks when assembled.  I die cut the center from a brown scrap and added Wink of Stella to it.  The leaves from the set are cut from SU Soft Succulent (ret.) and blended with the same ink.   I really love this soft green color and hate that it was retired.  I mounted the flower and leaves to a white panel embossed with SU Exposed Brick EF.  The sentiment is an older one from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps that I use a lot also.  I cut the words apart and mounted them with foam tape.  The white panel was  mounted to a panel of SU Crisp Cantaloupe and then to a white card base.

I will add this to Addicted to Stamps & More Challenge - Any Occasion

and to Darnell's NBUS

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn