Friday, June 24, 2016

If You Could See My Face

This past weekend I was fortunate enough to go to friends "shoebox swap".  This is where each person designs a card and puts all the stamps and tools into a "shoebox" and then each attendee gets to make everyone else's cards.  It was an absolute BLAST!  This was one of the cards that we got to make.  Isn't it so pretty?  Sheila Lucas designed and brought this card to the group and I loved it so much I came home and make 8 more!
The hash marked paper is from the Playful Palettes designer series paper and the swirls are from the Swirly Bird set punched out with the 1" punch.  The swirly lines are from the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits and the corners were cut out using the retired Curvy Corner Trio punch.  

I love how the inside looks too.  Just another fun card.  Thanks Sheila!

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Thinking of You

This is a fast and easy card that comes together very quickly.  The two inside pieces are measured at:
 Indigo Island: 1-1/2" x 4-1/8" 
Whisper White: 1-3/8' x 4" 
Take the smaller Whisper White card and lay it onto the 5-1/4" x 4" Whisper White and stamp the tree trunk in Early Espresso ink.  Now take the smaller Whisper White piece and put it on another surface and add the leaves.  I stamped them three times without re-inking the stamp.  Now attach the smaller Whisper White piece to the Indigo Island piece and attach it to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals.  The extra frame of the Indigo Island will cover up where your ink didn't touch the Whisper White base.
I stamped the sentiment of my choice below this and added some Wink of Stella to the leaves to give it some more "pop!" 
I kind of redid the inside to match the outside.  And there you go!
CASED from Dawn Olchefske

Monday, June 20, 2016

Wishing You

I love the bold look of this card.  Its kind of classy and flashy all at the same time.  I used our new "Pop of Pink" designer series paper for the bold stripes and our new Layering Squares Framelits.  The main sentiment is from the Cottage Greetings stamp set and the Happy Birthday and candle are from the Sprinkles of Life Stamp set.  I used our markers to color the candle and then used the Wink of Stella in gold to also add to the flame to give it a little more sparkle.
I used the sentiment from Cottage greetings for the inside and added a few more candles to finish it off.
CASED from Sharon Hashimoto Burkert.