Shades of Spring Mother's Day card

Here is a card I designed for Mother's Day. I chose Lavender Lace as the base card and layered a piece of Shades of Spring designer paper on top of it. The flower petals were cut with the Sizzix die Flower Layers. I cut the 3 pieces each out of both Lavender Lace card stock and the Designer paper. Using a lot of layers makes the flower so full and pretty! The flower center is a Circle Fire Rhinestone brad.
A piece of 3" x 3 1/2" Pretty in Pink was run through the Sizzix with an embossing folder.
Next I wrapped a piece of Celery ribbon around the card before attaching it to the card base.
Two celery leaves were cut out with the Bigz Birds with Leaves and Flower die.
The sentiment ( from the Well Scripted stamp set) was stamped with Lavender Lace ink on Whisper White paper. It was punched out with the scallop oval punch and inked on the edges. It was layered on top of a wide oval of Lavender Lace card stock.

This elegant card is very simple to make. Actually, the only stamping is the sentiment, so it can be assembled quickly.



On the inside of the card I added a layer of Whisper White card stock, topped with a strip of Certainly Celery, and then a strip of DSP over that. Next I cut out one of the flower images from the designer paper and popped it up on top with a dimensional dot. I love decorating the inside of a card. It just seems to tie everything together!

Mother's Day will be here soon. This is a great card to get you started.
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Season of Joy tree

I loved this set when it came out in last year's mini catalog. I am thrilled that it was chosen for the big catalog. It is so versatile because it can be either casual or elegant. The tree stamp is one of my favorites in this set.

This card uses the same basic layout as the one I posted recently using Scandinavian Season. It is a tent-fold card with a panel of designer paper and a few embellishments. The ric-rac strip was made with the scallop border punch. Three gold brads finish the embellishment.

After photographing this card I decided to add a little glitter to the star on top. Actually, I like it either way!

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A Scandinavian Season

Here's one of my first creations in a series of Christmas cards for this year. It uses Riding Hood Red and Baja Breeze card stock, with paper from the Ski Slope designer paper pack. The card is folded from the top and has an easy layout to follow.

The tree was stamped on Whisper White card stock with Baja Breeze ink. The flower was stamped again on a white scrap and cut out. Using a two-way glue stick, glitter was added to the swirls on the tree. The flower was attached with a square ice rhinestone brad.

I love this pretty designer paper's lacy look. It fits so well with the tree stamp. For a final touch I added a piece of silver ribbon under the main image. Hope you enjoy it!

Harvest Home

I designed this card for a friend who wanted an easy Thanksgiving card. I stamped the image in black StazOn ink, then colored it with markers. I love the Ruby Red for coloring old barns, so I carried that color out when I matted the picture. I decided to mat the picture on an angle. I like a little variation like this occasionally.
The leaves are stamped in Olive Green and the edge of the paper is torn.
The sentiment that comes with this stamp set is too large for this card, so I chose the retired saying from Fancy Flexible Phrases. I think it fits nicely at the edge of the image.

Mother's Day card

I was in need of a project for a group of 6th graders I'll be working with this week, so I came up with an idea for an easy Mother's Day card.

This card is 3 x 6". I used the large square punch to make a window in the card. Then I punched a bunch of flowers from paper scraps using the retired 3 flower punch and glued them on the punch -out. I thought this would make it easier to define the area for the punched flowers to be displayed. I slid the square in place so they show through the window. Next I rolled the It's Beautiful wheel across the bottom of the card in Orchid Opulence ink. I glued the apple green ribbon in place and trimmed it even with the card. Next I stamped a So Saffron flower and My Mom on a white card scrap and punched it out. It is attached with a dimensional dot. Inside the card I stamped Happy Mother's Day. I hope this will be easy and fun for my group of kids!