Jean Manis - Right as Rain

Paper Smooches Leprechaun

Hello! It’s hard to believe that March is just around the corner. I don’t have many occasions to make St. Patrick’s Day cards, but I couldn’t resist making one with a much-loved Paper Smooches stamp set A Magical Spring.

I paper pieced the leprechaun image with solid and patterned paper. It took some time, but I especially like the technique for the Paper Smooches images. I used a now-retired MFT Stamps die to create the frame on which I stamped the sentiment. I added clovers cut with a Taylored Expressions die set.

Supplies: Doodlebug Paper Pad 6″X 6″ Pot O’Gold

Paper Smooches – Spring is in the Air

Hello! Today, I am sharing a spring-themed card featuring Paper Smooches stamps and dies (one of the first companies whose products I bought when I started cardmaking). It’s not yet spring here in the PNW but that doesn’t mean I’m not looking ahead with hope.

The items I used on my card I have had for several years.

Supplies: Paper Smooches Flap Happy (butterflies), Butterflies 1, 2, 3 Dies, Lovely Thoughts (sentiment), Bazzill Sour Lemon cardstock, Lawn Large Stitched Rectangles

Spellbinders Coffee Date

Hello! Today, I am sharing a coffee-themed friendship card on which I have combined several Spellbinders die sets designed by Sharyn Sowell. Let’s take a look!

I used one of the Coffee Brewing dies to cut the coffee pot, which I backed with off-white cardstock. I first tried backing it with cardstock of the same color, but there wasn’t enough contrast.
I used the Cup and Beans die set to cut the two coffee mugs and their handles from patterned paper in my stash.
I used the Coffee Woman die to cut steam from vellum, which I placed behind one of the coffee mugs.
I stamped a sentiment from the “Coffee Break” MFT Stamps set and added it to a card base created with patterned paper.

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Mixed Media Butterflies

Hello, today I am sharing something a little different than my usual fare – a mixed media card featuring the Fun Stampers Journey Small Things stamps and dies.

I stamped the butterflies with Ranger Archival black ink on watercolor paper on to which I had smooshed Distress Inks.
I cut the butterflies with their coordinating dies.
I stamped the sentiment on to a background which I created on my computer from supplies by Katie Pertiet for Designer Digitals.
I added the butterflies with adhesive, popping up a few with foam adhesive.

Creating this card made me think about various stamp sets I own which I could layer to create a similar background. Something to ponder! Thanks for stopping by!

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Love Is In the Air – CAS Valentine

Hello! We have A LOT of snow here in the PNW (very unusual and the amounts we have received are record-setting). Given the situation, I made a snow-themed Valentine using the Scenic Snow Globe from My Favorite Things.

I created the sentiment on my computer and printed it on the Fog Gray cardstock, which I then cut with a Lil’ Inker square die.
I cut the house, tree, snow banks, and snow globe from a variety of cardstock colors. I assembled the house and tree and then set them aside.
I applied embossing paste to the globe background with the Falling Hearts stencil.
Once the paste was dry, I adhered the house, tree, and snow banks to the globe background, and I adhered the assembly to the card base.

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