Home to Roost - Enjoy the Simple Moments

Another stamp set free with a $60 order is  "Home to Roost" , starring Roo the rooster (I just made that name up)

This rooster looks ready to tackle the world, and the bright colours of his plumage definitely make a statement.

He was coloured with a variety of Stampin' blends, then die cut with a Stitched Oval framelit.  Behind the stitched framelit is a slightly larger Grapefruit Grove foil oval (you probably recognized this Halographic foil).

Because Roo is a little bit country, the Buffalo Check stamp was used to create the Cajun Craze plaid DSP at the card front bottom.  A strip of the foil is placed at the top of the plaid piece.

Peeking out above the plaid piece is some wheat greenery. This was stamped in Old Olive on a piece of Whisper White and then die cut with the Rectangle framelits.

All this on a Cajun Craze cardstock base layered with Whisper White.  "Enjoy the simple moments"

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Home to Roost, Buffalo Check
Inks:  Black Memento, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Stampin' Blends (Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Bermuda Bay)
Papers:  Cajun Craze, Whisper White, Grapefruit Grove foil paper
Accessories:  Stitched Oval Framelit, Layering Oval Framelit, Stitched Rectangle Framelit, Stamparatus

Santa Pop & Twist card

It's been a while since I made a Pop & Twist card.  Tonight I thought I'd make up for lost time.
Actually I didn't think I would have the energy to make anything tonight as I was absolutely exhausted from my trip to Toronto.
The traffic was heavy in both direction, compounded by heavy rain and fog.  The way home was absolutely horrendous because not only was it raining and foggy, I hit rush hour traffic.

But I surprised myself with a burst of creativity.

Here's what I came up with:

The card front features Santa making a list and he has placed his official seal on the transactions.  I rounded the art piece's corners and matted it with Cherry Cobbler card stock also with its corners rounded. It was adhered to the card front matted with Santa's Workshop DSP.  At the bottom is a 1" belly band which holds the card closed.

The card opens in a pop, twist manner ( thus the name for the technique) to reveal 4 panels in the middle, and an image at the top and a place to write a sentiment in the bottom.

This is a close up of the two panels on the left. All images were stamped using the stamparatus and coloured with Stampin' Up's new blends. The snowflakes were die cut using the Blizzard Thinlets.

This is a close up of the two right panels and below is a close  up of the top of the inside of the card.

Both the top and bottom of the card have the Santa's workshop DSP adhered to them.  On the top I used the stitched oval framelet to die cut the Santa in the chair image directly from the DSP, and then matted it with a slightly large Cherry Cobbler oval.

On the bottom I placed a blank oval for a sentiment.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Signs of Santa

Inks:  Black Memento, Blends 

Papers:  Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Santa's Workshop DSP, Glimmer paper, 

Accessories:  Blizzard Thinlets, Corner Rounded punch, Dazzling diamonds, Stitched Oval Framelits, Layering Oval Framelits, Stamparatus.

A Wonderful Moment to Celebrate - Paper Players #400

There are many moments in life to celebrate, and none so momentous as the expectant arrival of a little one.  So for the "celebration" theme with Paper Players # 400 I chose to use focus on this special event.

Because the trend today is to not want to know the gender of the baby prior to its birth, the color scheme I used reflected that - using pale pinks, blues, and sea foam green.  The Twinkle, Twinkle DSP was a perfect fit for the theme.

On a Powder pink card base, a Whisper White layer embossed with the Tufted Embossing Folder was layered. 

A strip of the Twinkle, Twinkle DSP was matted with the Soft Sea Foam card stock and adhered to the left side.  A piece of  3/8" Powder Pink mini ruffled ribbon was attached to the edge of this panel.

The image was coloured with ink pads and a blender pen and then die cut with the stitched oval framelit.  A second stitched oval framelit was die cut in Soft Sea Green card stock and attached to the art piece off set to the left.

The coloured balloons were fussy cut and added behind the art piece.

The flower was made using the Four Petal Flower Punch.  Selecting only the white beads from the Tranquil Texture Sprinkles mixture, I added them to the center of the flower. See the tutorial on my blog here on how to make the flower.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Wonderful Moments

Inks:  Black Memento, Daffodil Delight, Petal Pink, Pink Powder, Soft Sea Foam, Pool Party, Old Olive

Papers:  Powder Pink, Whisper White, Twinkle, Twinkle, DSP, Old Olive, Soft Sea Foam

Accessories:  Tufted Embossing Folder, Stitched Oval Framelits, Dimensionals, Four Petal Flower Punch, Tranquil Texture Sprinkles (white beads only), 3D Crystal Lacquer, Dazzling Diamonds, Clear Wink of Stella, Blender Pen

Picture Perfect Birthday Card #3

For this third card, I incorporated 3 different patterns of DSP and added the cute little Panda from the Party Panda SAB stamp.

This card took a little longer to make as there are more elements.
The base card is Bermuda Bay card stock, layered with 3 different patterns of the Picture Perfect DSP.

The image of the Panda bear was stamped using the Stamparatus, then was masked to add 2 more balloons that he was holding on to.  The image was cut out and adhered to a stitched oval die cut, which was adhered to the card front using dimensionals.  The balloons were coloured with Stampin Blendabilities (Pool Party, Rich Razzelberry, and Bermuda Bay).  Some glitter was also added to the balloons

The sentiment is also from the same stamp set.  It was punched with the Labels punch.

A Woodlands Christmas

I made this Christmas card before heading off to Bancroft for a craft show.  I used the direct ink application to the Woodlands Embossing Folder to make this card.

Using a brayer, I first applied Marina Mist ink directly to the inside of the Woodlands embossing folder (the side with the label on it), followed by Pacific Point ink, which was applied only to the top 2/3.
Dazzling diamonds was applied only to the tree trunk and branches, and added snowflakes between the branches.
Before matting this art piece with Night of Navy I added some crinkled Night of Navy seam binding with a bow, around the bottom. It was then added to the Whisper White card base.
The sentiment, from Versatile Christmas was stamped in Night of Ink and die cut with the stitched oval framelits.  Behind the oval I placed a 1 1/4" Dazzling Diamond glitter circle using dimensionals

Supplies Used:
Stamp:Versatile Christmas
Ink:  Night of Navy, Marina Mist
Papers:  Whisper white, Night of Navy, Dazzling Diamond glimmer paper
Accessories:  Woodlands Embossing folder, Brayer, Dazzling Diamonds, 5/8" Crinkled Night of Navy seam binding, Stitched oval framelits, dimensionals