CAS Christmas - Winter Scene

Hello friends.  I made a card for the CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Winter Scene

I created my winter scene with these cute penguins from Lawn Fawn's Here We Go A-Waddling set and matching dies.  I stamped the penguins and lamp post with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored them with Copics.  I trimmed a little closer around the penguins after die-cutting them and added foam tape to them and the lamp post.  For the main panel I sponged Salty Ocean DOI for the sky and made a sidewalk by drawing a thin line and sponging SU Smokey Slate ink.  I added a little darker  shadow under the penguins.  The sentiment is from the same set.  I also used Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil and light molding paste to make some snow.  After my card was done, I lightly misted a mixture of 70% alcohol and SU Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint for a little sparkle.  It shows up in the photo below.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Another Birthday Card

Hello friends.  I have another birthday card to share using paper from the old DCWV Dots, Stripes, & Plaids mat stack that I used on my card yesterday.  I loved this blue plaid paper in the pad and wanted to use it.

I  die cut the Fresh Peonies image by Technique Tuesday after I colored it with Copics.   The sentiment from SU Happy Birthday Gorgeous (retired) is stamped in SU Pacific Point on a Stitched Rectangle die cut and mounted with foam tape.  The blue plaid paper has a light glittery stripe in the design so I added Wink of Stella to my flowers to give them some sparkle.  The sparkle doesn't show up much on the flowers. It is so pretty in person.  I also added 3 small rhinestones for a little more bling. 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Birthday

Hello friends. I am sharing a birthday card I made for a friend.  I found this pretty paper in an old DCWV Dots, Stripes & Plaids mat stack and wanted to do a card with it.  

The gray plaid has glitter stripes in the design and is very pretty.  I used Simon Says Stamp Dot Scallop Border die on the darker gray paper.  I stamped the medium daisy from SU Daisy Lane in Smokey Slate ink and punched them with the matching punch.  I layered 2 flowers together and added a clear faceted gem to the center of each.  The leafs and sprigs are cut with dies from the Wonderful Romance set (retired).  I thought the white sprigs added a little extra to the design.  The sentiment is from SU Beautiful Bouquet, stamped in Basic Gray ink and die cut with the smallest Layering Oval die.  The scallop gray mat is also a die from the Layering Ovals and mounted with foam tape.  The card base is SU Smokey Slate (a perfect match for the plaid paper).

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

Tis the Season

Hi friends.  I am sharing a Christmas card I made with my new SU Tidings All Around set. I saw a similar card using this set but don't remember where I saw it or whose it is. 

 I stamped the wreath twice, once in Old Olive and once in Pear Pizzazz inks, off setting it a tiny bit. I stamped the berries in Real Red.  The wreath cut out fine even though it was a little off from the die.

I added the tiny red flowers using a die from the Detailed Deer die set.  I layered 2 flowers together and added a tiny yellow pearl to the centers.  The wreath was mounted with foam tape on a panel embossed with the Pinewood Planks EF.  The sentiment is from the wreath set and is stamped in Real Red, die cut with a stitched oval die and matted with a scallop oval from Real Red.  The red bow is a die from Pretty Pines (retired).  I added a thin red mat and them mounted it to my card base.  

This was an easy card to make and turned out so pretty.  I might have to make a few more of them.
I will link this up over at Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Anniversary for The Flower Challenge

Here is another anniversary card for a couple at church.  I am linking it to The Flower Challenge -CAS. 

I use my new Spellbinders Floral Oval die set.  I first die cut the center oval from the white panel and then embossed it with SU Subtle EF.  I layered this over a mat of SU Pear Pizzazz and then added the die cut oval back in the white panel.  I die cut the flower swag from white card and colored it with Copics (the lady's favorite color is yellow).  I die cut 2 sets of the extra flower dies and layered them on the flower swag and then added tiny pearls to the centers.  The sentiment from SU Beautiful Bouquet is stamped in Pear Pizzazz ink.  I flagged the end and added it under the edge of the largest flower.  I love the way this card turned out and will definitely be using this set again.  It is very easy to use and makes a lovely card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Another Anniversary Card

Hello friends.  I am sharing another anniversary card I made for a couple at church (there are 4 this month).  I was inspired by this card on Pinterest made by Mariza.  

I love the card and I love the Verve set so I had to CASE it with a few minor changes.

I used Blueberry Bushel DSP from last year's SU 2018-2020 In-Color pack.  The heart image was stamped with Blueberry Bushel ink and die-cut with the matching die.  I mounted it with foam tape.  The sentiment is from the same Verve set, Love Everlasting.  The Verve heart border is cut from Brushed Silver CS.  I added a row of rhinestones to the bottom border and tied silver cording around the top border, which is only partially cut with the impression of the hearts.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Anniversary for JUGS

Hi Friends.  I am sharing a card I made for a couple at church.  I had to play in Nancy's challenge to use designer paper so I am linking to Just Us Girls Challenge - Designer Paper.

I have so much paper that I say I could open my own store. :) 

I chose to use SU Subtles papaer in Pool Party and am using an older MTWWSC57 layout I saw on Pinterest.  I die cut the angled panels with SU Stitched Rectangles and the sentiment panel with one of the rectangle dies also. The sentiment is from Verve Love Everlasting.  The flower is made with SU Medium Daisy Punch and the punched leaves from Pear Pizzazz with SU Leaf Punch.  I added some rhinestones on the sentiment panel and a faceted gem to the center of the flower.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I really appreciate your comments.

Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Seize the Birthday - For Kids

Hello friends.  It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and this time Lindsey would like us to make a card for kids.

I made these two cards for two young boys at church.  They were born on the same day just a couple hours apart.  They are best friends as are their families.  As you can see one is blonde and one is brunette.  (By the way, they loved the cards.)

I sponged dark blue ink around the edges of the pattern paper which has white dots on it.  I though it was great for a galaxy look.  I used MFT Space Explorer for all the stamped images and the matching dies to cut them out.  I colored them with Copics and added the number 8 sticker to a balloon on each one.  I flagged the end of the sentiment and shaped it with my bone folder.  I added foam tape to the middle and glued each end down. The rocket and astronaut are both mounted with foam tape.

Be sure to hop over to the Seize the Birthday blog and check out all the fabulous kids cards by the designers.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

Seize the Birthday - add Geometric Shapes

Hello friends and happy Thursday.  It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and this time TaeEun would like us to use Geometric Shapes on our cards.  Remember it is always "anything goes" if you are not into the toppings option of geometrics.

For my card I used the SU Hexagon EF for the Soft Sea Foam panel and used the de-bossed side.  I also swiped my white ink pad across the raised design to make it stand out a little more.

The greeting is from SU Butterfly Wishes and is die cut with the Stitched Labels die.  I stamped the large flower from Daisy Lane twice in Flirty Flamingo ink and then sponged it lightly with the same ink.  I punched it with the matching punch, layered it, and added a Floral Essence Flower Center.  The leaves are die cut with a retired die.  The flower and sentiment panel are mounted with foam tape.

Be sure to check out all the fabulous cards by the designers at Seize the Birthday.  I hope you will join us for this fun challenge.  We can always use birthday cards.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I greatly appreciate you comments.

I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Wedding Album

Hello friends.  I am sharing a wedding album I made for a couple at church. I hope you don't mind scrolling through the photos as there are quite a few,  The album is 8 1/2 by 6 1/2 and I used papers from several different paper pads. The flowers and leaves are made with Heartfelt Creations Ariana Blooms stamps and dies.  I used SU Merry Merlot ink as burgundy is one of her wedding colors. I am entering this at The Flower Challenge - Anything Goes.  I read the rules and didn't read anything that says it specifically has to be a card.

On the cover I also used a Spellbinders die and SU Heirloom Frames Dies & Embossing Folder and mounted the frame with foam tape.

 Pages 1 & 2

 Page 2 flap opened

 Pages 3 & 4

 Pages 5 & 6

 Pages 7 & 8

Pages 9 & 10 

 Pages 11 & 12

 Flap on page 11 opened

 Page 12 with flap opened

 Page 12

Back Cover

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look.  I greatly appreciate your comments.

I hope you have a wonderful week.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

JUGS - Stacking Die Cuts

Hello friends.  I have an anniversary card I made for friends using the Just Us Girls Challenge - Stacking Die Cuts.  I finished my card just in the nick of time.

I used the cute Stitched Posies dies by Lil' Inker Designs and extra leaves by Impression Obsession.  I die cut the flowers in MFT Summer Splash and Tropical Teal card and stacked them together with a small pearl in the centers.  The leaves are die cut from SU Pear Pizzazz and Wild Wasabi.  The pretty die cut frame is my new die by Poppy Stamps.  I embossed the larger panel with SU Tufted EF (love this EF) .  I die cut it and added foam tape to the outside layer and added that to a Summer Splash panel stamped with the Mesh Background stamp by MFT.  I than glued the center panel flat and stamped with Stampendous Happy Anniversary.  I also added 3 small pearls to that panel.  So, the frame panel is stacked and the flowers are stack.  I really like how the card turned out.

I am also adding this to The Flower Challenge - Anything Goes.


Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

CAS Mix Up - Inchies

Hello friends.  I have a card for the CAS Mix Up Challenge - Inchies to share with you today.

I used stamping, coloring, dry embossing and texture.

I have never used such small stamps before but wanted to give it a try.  I first cut 4 one inch squares and then stamped these cute images from Cottage Cutz Snow Fun.  The set was a gift from a friend.  I colored them with markers, sponged some light blue ink around the 3 sides and then added a tiny bit of Snow Texture Paste to the bottoms. I think they turned out so cute.  I matted them with a thin red mat and added them with foam tape to a panel that was partially embossed with SU Softly Falling EF.  I stamped the sentiment in SU Real Red with a Verve stamp, added a thin red mat and then added the panel to my card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn