Happy Birthday

 Hello friends.  I have a new birthday card to share today.  

I used a new die, Birch Press Splendid Cosmos Contour Layers die for the pretty red bloom.  I die cut it from SU Sweet Sorbet card and layered it together.  The center is cut from scraps of yellow and black.  The leaves for from PTI Into the Blooms: Dahlia cut from SU Old Olive card stock.  I mounted them to a panel embossed with Altenew Natural Wicker Pattern EF and then to a black mat.  The sentiment is cut from SU Wanted to Say dies and glued on in a slant to kind of match the embossing.  I then added it to a white card base to finish my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day and stay warm.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Birthday for Someone Special

 Hello friends.  Today is one of my great-granddaughter's 16th birthday and I am sharing the card I made for her. I have 6 family birthdays in January.

.  I used a balloon die from The Greetery and die cut 3 colorful balloons from yellow, pink, and blue cardstock.  I blended a darker ink around the edges and then stamped a background stamp on the blue and yellow balloons and used a Tim Holtz stencil on the pink balloon.  I die cut the balloon strings from grey cardstock and glued them to the tips of the balloons.  The Basic Beige panel is embossed with SU Forever Plaid EF.  I glued the yellow and pink balloons down and added the blue balloon with foam tape.  The number 16 is stickers from my stash.  The sentiment is from SSS Happiest Wishes and cut with a die from Altenew Featured Sentiments Dies.

I will share this at AAA Birthday. They are looking for winter birthdays but we don't have much winter here in Florida although we are going through a cold spell right now as is the rest of the county. I just went with a normal birthday card.

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Seize the Birthday - Use Something New

 Hello friends.  Hope you all had a good start to the New Year - 2025.  This is Seize the Birthday's first challenge of the new year and Cathy wants to see something new on our cards.

My new items are Altenew  Perfect Gift stamp & dies, and Altenew Basic Plaid 3D EF.  Love the background texture from the EF.   I stamped the flower in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with SU Rococo Rose (ret.) and Granny Apple Green Blends. I added a light yellow center and used my black Micro pen to go over the stamen dots.  I mounted the flower with foam tape.  I used Memory Box Happy Birthday Debut Script die for the sentiment and cut a black layer and a white layer with just the top die layer.  I did not use the shadow die, instead I glued the layers together off setting them for a thin shadow effect.

Be sure to check out all the fabulous cards by the team, and our party guests, using something new on their cards.

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 today.  This one is for my sister and brother-in-law; she has already received it so I can post it now.

I used Gina K Designs Blooming Sunflower Stamp & Die set for the pretty flower and colored it with SU Azure Afternoon & Granny Apple Green Blends, with a little yellow in the center.  The white panel is embossed with Spellbinders Deco Holiday EF and mounted to an Azure Afternoon panel.  The sentiment is from Sweet 'n Sassy Anniversary Innies. I stamped it on a white strip, added an Azure Afternoon mat and then to the white panel.  I mounted the flower with foam tape below the sentiment strip.  I colored some clear rhinestones with the Dark Azure Afternoon Blend and added them for a little bling.

I will add this to Just Us Girls Challenge - Die Week.

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Anniversary for JUGS Challenge

 Hello friends.  I have an anniversary card to share today.  I need several cards for friends at church so you will be seeing more anniversary cards.  It is Die Week at JUGS and I have used 3 different die sets for this card.

The pattern paper is from SU Timeless Plaid (available Jan. 7) and is cut with SU Scalloped  Contours die set (ret.). The white panel is also cut with the same die set and mounted with foam tape.  The sentiment is from an older Verve set and stamped in Calypso Coral ink.  The flowers are cut from white with an older MFT set, Plentiful Flowers.  Each flower has 2 medium and 1 small flower layered together - there is a larger flower that I did not use. I sponged Calypso Coral ink in the centers before gluing together, and then added a fancy rhinestone to the centers.  The leaves are cut from Old Olive with a die from Elizabeth Craft Designs Floral 10.  I glued the flowers to the left side of the white panel and then glued the leaves under the petals.  I really like the finished card and I think my friends will also.

I will also link to the Triple B Challenge - Birds, Blooms & Butterflies. (I love making floral cards)

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Birthday Card for Someone Special

 Hello friends.  I have another birthday card to share today.  This one is for a good friend. She likes purple so that is the color I used.

I embossed the white panel with Gina K Designs Lattice EF and mounted it to a mat of SU Highland Heather, then to the white card base.  The pretty flowers & foliage are from Gina K Designs Delicate Flowers stamp, die & stencils.  After stamping the images, I used the stencils and SU Highland Heather and Granny Apple Green inks to blend the colors on.  I mounted the  large flower, flower spray and leaf spray with foam tape and glued the larger leaves under the edges of the petals.  The sentiment is from GKD Blooming Sunflower stamped in Highland Heather ink and die cut with the matching die.  I then cut it apart and glued it to the panel.  I really like the finished card and think my friend will also.

I will add this to the Triple B Challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I wish you all a very Happy and Healthy New Year.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Color Hues 100th Challenge

 Hello friends.  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.  Well it has been a busy month and I haven't posted any cards but have been busy making Christmas and Birthday cards.  I finally got one done for the Color Hues Challenge. It is their 100th challenge and I wanted to play along.

ETA;  My card was chosen as one of the Top 3 at Triple B Challenge.

I have had this Pinkfresh Studio Butterflies set for quite a while and this is the first time I have used it.  I thought it would be pretty in purple and blue and I like the way it tuned out.  I colored it with SU Azure Afternoon and Highland Heather Blends.  I also added some Stickles Diamond for a little extra glitz.  The sentiment is cut with Memory Box Happy Birthday Posh Script.  I did not use the bottom layer but cut the top layer from SU Highland Heather card.  I glued the sentiment to the white panel cut with Alex Syberia Sparkly Flakes Cover Die. I glued the body of the butterfly down and added foam tape under the wings.

I will also add this to Darnell's NBUS as this is the first time I have used this set.

and to the Triple B Challenge - Birds, Blooms & Butterflies

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Seize the Birthday - Masculine

 Hello friends.  It is time for our new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Barbara has chosen the "Topping" option to make a masculine card.

 

 I made this card for my son-in-law who does a great job at fixing things and I thought it was appropriate for him.  I used some SU retired pattern paper and tool dies by Tutti Designs, not sure if they are still available, but there are others out there.  The Gray Granite panel is embossed with SU Paint Texture EF (also retired).  The sentiment from SU Labeled With Love is stamped on a die cut white stitched circle. I added the cute little screw die cut.  I matted all the papers with a thin black mat.  I die cut the tools twice and layered them for a more stability and added them with little pieces of foam tape.  The sentiment circle is also mounted with foam tape.

Be sure to check out all the great masculine cards by our party guests and the team at 

Seize the Birthday.  Hope to see you in our gallery.

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Anniversary Card for Granddaughter

 Hello friends.  I have a new anniversary card to share today.  This one is for my Granddaughter and her husband who will be celebrating their first anniversary in a week.  I really like the finished card.

The black & white stripe paper is from my stash - I glued it to a white card base.  The oval frame is from an older SU set, Framed Florets.  I glued the frame to the panel and after stamping the sentiment (SU Many Mates), I glued the oval back in the frame.  The flower is from a 2016 SU set, Birthday Blooms.  I already had the flower stamped and cut out so I decided to color it and use it.  I used SU Blends Tahitian Tide for the blooms and Granny Apple Green for the leaves.  I used a black marker to go over the stamens in the center of the large bloom.  I then mounted the flower with foam tape on the bottom of the oval frame.

I will link to the Trible B Challenge - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day, and a HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Thanks Card

 Hello friends.  I have a new card I made for a friend who deserves many thanks.  I used the colors from the Color Hues Challenge - Pink & Aqua, and the theme from The Flower Challenge - Thanks.

I also used some new goodies to make my card - SSS Rustic Layering Flower, PTI Cornered: Lace die, and an older Altenew Bold Thanks die.  I die cut the corners from the white panel and added it to a panel of SU Coastal Cabana.  I lightly blended some SU Pretty in Pink ink in the center where I wanted to place the flowers. I die cut two sets of flowers and leaves from white card.  I blended Coastal Cabana ink on the stem & leaves and then snipped the leaves from the stems so I could place them where I wanted them.  I blended Pretty in Pink in to the centers of the flowers and also the die cut centers.  I glued all the layers together and place them to the top of the white panel and then glued the stems under the flowers.  I glued the leaves to different spots on the stems.  I die cut Thanks from Pretty in Pink card and added it to the background layer cut from vellum.  I glued the sentiment across the bottom of the stems and my card was done.  I really like the finished card.

The Color Hues Challenge - Pink and Aqua

The Flower Challenge

NBUS Challenge

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

JOY Christmas Card

 Hello friends.  I have a new Christmas card to share today.  I love using dies that show the true meaning of Christmas and this one is perfect.  It fits the challenge at Just Us Girls - Word Week - JOY.

I used the Joy Nativity die from Cottage Cutz cut from gold foil (gold doesn't photograph well as it has reflections in it).  I also cut two white layers to add for dimension.  I used a piece of lt. blue pattern paper from my stash and die cut it with a scallop rectangle and mounted it to a SU Boho Blue panel embossed with SU Dainty Diamonds EF(ret.).  I added the panels to a white card base and mounted the JOY die cut.  I also used an older MFT set to stamp "to the world" and die cut with an Altenew die, then mounted with foam tape.

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Seize the Birthday - Focal One

 Hello friends.  It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Ashwini wants us to use a Focal Image for our cards.

 

What this means is, in your card, for the focal image, use only one stamp and stamp it only once. No more stamping is allowed on the focal image. However, you are free to color it and free to do anything else with the rest of the card.

If you're not a toppings kinda person, well...you can just
stick with our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday!
The choice is yours!

 

I used Picket Fence Brighter Days Gerbera Daisy for my focal image.  I stamped the daisy and colored it with alcohol markers and die cut it with the matching die.  I snipped off the leaf on the right side and rearranged it to place my sentiment (retired SU set) at the bottom.  I die cut a Scalloped Contours die  from SU Basic Beige and then embossed it with the Subtle EF.  I mounted this panel to a panel of SU Copper Clay and then to the white card base.  I then glued the daisy and sentiment on.

Also linking to Darnell's NBUS as this is the first time I have used this stamp & die set.

and to The Triple B Challenge

Be sure to check out all the fabulous cards by the team and our guest designers at Seize the Birthday.  Hope you join in our fun challenge.

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn