Love You, Friend

 Hello friends.  I am sharing a card I made for a very good friend.  We have been friends since high school and she just started making cards (thanks to me. 😉) and she loves it as much as I do.

 

The flowers are from an older CTMH set that I had borrowed and stamped for quite a while.  I colored them with SU Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green Blends and then cut them with my Scan N Cut as I didn't have the dies.  The lacy circle is a die from SU Encircled In Friendship (ret.) I taped the circle back in after stamping the sentiment from SU Shaded Summer (ret.)  I masked friend and then stamped it below Love You, so it would fit in the circle.  I mounted it with foam tape and then glued the flowers and leaves around.  I did add foam tape to the bottom of the flower.  This was mounted on a panel of pale minty green embossed with Spellbinders Columns EF.  I used the debossed side as I thought it was pretty also. 

This photo shows the detail of the embossing better.

I am linking to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge (used the diagonal Rose (flower, Die Cut, Use Word Love.

 

and also to Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge

 

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Merry Monday #143 - Carollers/Music

This is my card for Merry Monday #143 challenge - music theme or carollers.

 I looked through my stamps and found this pretty angel stamp that I had never used.  It is a clear mini stamp by Inkadinkado, Holiday Assortment.

I stamped the image in Versamark ink and used Ranger Detail Gold embossing powder.

This photo shows the gold embossing better. It is so pretty in person.

The card base and Spellbinders Square Scallop are MFT Electric Red CS. The image panel is mounted with foam tape.  The white panel is embossed with Sizzix Dot Swirl EF, which kind of matches the swirls in the border of the image.  I added some gold twine and a white poinsettia from an older CTMH Mistletoe Assortment pack.

I am also linking my card to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes.



Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful Sunday.
Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

Just Us Girls #275 - Stencil

Happy Wednesday friends.  My card today is for the JUGS challenge to use a stencil on your card.

Here is my card:

I used The Crafter's Workshop Mini Chicken Wire stencil and sponged Soft Sky, Lost Lagoon and Blue Bayou inks through it.  The card base and Spellbinders tag die are SU Lost Lagoon and the white is MFT Smooth White.  I added Lost Lagoon ribbon to the die.  The sentiment from CTMH Lifting Spirits is stamped in Lost Lagoon ink.  The MFT Upsy Daisy die is cut from SU Soft Sky, mounted with foam tape, and the leaves and fern are punched from Certainly Celery.  I added a gold rhinestone to the center of the flower and 3 smaller ones in the corner.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Welcome Precious Little One

I made this card for a good friend's daughter's baby shower this weekend.  She is expecting a boy.  The stork image is from a real old Close to My Heart stamp set, stamped in Mememto Tuxedo Black ink on X-Press It Blending Card and colored with Copics and fussy cut.  It has several cute images and this one is perfect for a baby card.  The sentiment is from Verve's "To The Moon" set stamped in SU Baha Breeze ink, punched with a circle punch and matted on a Spellbinders Scalloped Circle die cut. I paper-pierced the scallops.  The DSP is from DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Boy 6x6 pad.  The card base is MFT Smooth White CS and the mats are SU Soft Sky CS.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Merry Monday #106 - A Very Merry Christmas to You

I am playing along with Merry Monday #106 challenge to use a gingerbread man or woman on your Christmas card.    I used this cute CTMH Gingerbread Joy that I have had for ages.  He is so cute.  I stamped him in Mememto Tuxedo Black ink on X-Press It Blending Card, colored him with Promarkers and cut him out.  I paper-pieced his green bow and the bands on his legs.  He is mounted with foam dimensionals on DSP from Recollections Festivities 6x6 pad.  All the DSP is from that pad.  The card base is MFT Electric Red and the white is MFT Smooth White.  The sentiment from SU More Merry Messages is stamped in MFT Electric Red ink and cut out with a Spellbinder's die.  The circle and scallop circle were also cut using Spellbinder's dies.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Your Love Lifts Me Up for Just Us Girls Challenge #233

Love the inspiration photo at JUGS this week.  I was going through my stamps and found this Close To My Heart set, Lifting Spirits.  It had this air balloon in it - perfect  for the challenge.   I stamped the image on X-Press It Blending Card and colored it with Promarkers, fussy cut it out and mounted it with foam dimensionals.  I used some SU Bashful Blue ink and my brayer to ink up the flat side of the Darice Clouds EF and ran it through my Big Shot with MFT Smooth White CS, love how it turned out.  The sentiment is from Heart Benton from Inky Antics, stamped in SU Brilliant Blue ink and cut out with MFT Fishtail Flags Stax and Fishtail Flags Layers Stax Die-namics.   I added two enamel dots from MME Now and Then collection.  The blue and yellow CS is from Recollections.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn