Jean Manis - Right as Rain

Paper Smooches – CAS Spring-themed Floral Bouquet

Hello! The sun is out here in the Pacific Northwest and the longer days are much appreciated. I am sharing a CAS spring-themed card featuring some favorite Paper Smooches dies – Dainty Flowers and Dainty Flowers 2.

I used one of the dies in the Lawn Fawn Rectangle set (3 1/2″ x 2 1/4″) to cut the panel behind the flowers from TE Confetti Cake cardstock.
The sentiment from the Reverse Confetti Carton Cuties stamp set was heat-embossed on Gina K Lagoon Blue cardtock (Gina K Autumn Rainbow pack) and cut with a Lawn Fawn banner die.
The flowers were cut from white cardstock, as well as, SU Pineapple Punch, SU Poppy Parade, Gina K Lagoon Blue (Gina K Autumn Rainbow pack), and Gina K Lucky Clover (2018 Add-On Collection). I attached the assembled flowers to the rectangle background and covered the bottoms of the stems with the sentiment banner.
I dry-embossed the white card base with the SU Simple Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you have an incredible day!

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Reverse Confetti – CAS Friendship Card

Hello and happy March! I am sharing a CAS friendship card with an uplifting message created with the Reverse Confetti Fresh ‘n Fruity stamp set (with coordinating dies). I’ve owned this set for years and have never used it. (I’m currently working through my never-been-used supplies.) This set made me realize how much I like solid image stamps!

I used bright colors to reinforce the card’s message. I stamped the lemons with SU Daffodil Delight and Memento Dandelion ink (the Dandelion is just a little lighter) and the leaves with SU Cucumber Crush ink.

I used Echo Park patterned paper to create a ground on which to place the lemons. I used the SU Subtle embossing folder for the card base.

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Die-cut Easter Greetings

Hello! Today I am sharing an Easter card featuring Karen Burniston’s Spring Animals. I’ve followed Karen over the years and was excited to add these dies to my collection. She has a number of other cute critters that I’m considering.

I cut the Spring Animals pieces and assembled them (SU Daffodil Delight for the chick). The eyes and nose (on the bunny) were added with a pen by using the die as a stencil. This makes it easy to add those small details.
I used the Taylored Expressions Picket Fence Border and Cloud Duo dies to create the scene on which I placed the assembled animals.
I heat-embossed an older Reverse Confetti sentiment (Carton Cuties set) on a SU Cucumber Crush cardstock panel and added it to the rectangle cut from Taylored Expressions Sprinkles.
The light-pink card base was dry-embossed with the Taylored Expressions Flower Power embossing folder.

Where’s Spring?

Hello! Today, I am sharing a spring-themed card featuring the Festive Birds die set from Creative Expressions (I bought my set of dies from 123Stitch). I say spring, but since the birds are wearing winter scarves, it’s also winter-themed! Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring, and yet it’s been anything but spring here in the PNW. (I do realize that Phil is statistically often wrong in these matters!) Despite colder temperatures, the birds have returned and are chirping away in the morning. I don’t know how they stay warm!

I die-cut the pieces from a variety of cardstock colors, listed below. I created the sentiment on my computer and printed it on Stampin’ Up Pool Party. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have recently reorganized my cardstock by color and it is so much easier to choose colors!

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Supplies: SU Pool Party, SU Lost Lagoon, SU Calypso Coral, SU Crisp Cantaloupe, SU So Saffron

Friendship Butterflies

Hello! I am sharing another card featuring the Fun Stampers Journey Small Things stamps and dies. You can see my a similar card with this set here. I recently reorganized my cardstock by color (previously organized by manufacturer). It makes it so much easier to choose colors this way! This card uses lavenders and purples from a variety of manufacturers (listed below).

I used digital elements from Designer Digitals for the background. I recolored the elements in Photoshop to match the cardstock colors I chose for the butterflies – Bazzill Gummy Bear (large butterfly), Lavender Fusion (small butterfly in the bottom right), and SU Highland Heather (small butterfly in the upper left).
The butterflies were stamped with Versafine ink and cut with their coordinating dies. I brushed the butterflies with Wink of Stella to give them subtle shimmer.
I stamped the Chosen Family sentiment and cut it with its coordinating die.
The background was cut with the largest die in a set of Lil’ Inker square dies and attached to a card base created with Bazzill Sour Grape. The butterflies and sentiment were attached to the card with dot roller adhesive and foam adhesive.

Supplies: SU Highland Heather, Designer Digitals elements designed by Katie Pertiet