Category: cardmaking

You Bring Sunshine

Hello! Today, I’m sharing a “just because” friendship card combining products from several different manufacturers.

You Bring Sunshine

To begin, I stamped the Simon Says Stamp Choose Joy sentiment on cardstock and inked the My Favorite Things Radiating Rays stencil with  Spiced Marmalade and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide inks above the sentiment.

I cut the panel with one of the dies in Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables set and adhered it to a card base cut from Stampin Up’ Island Indigo, which I had dry-embossed with the Taylored Expressions Weathered folder.

You Bring Sunshine

 

To create the sand bar, I colored white cardstock with Distress Oxide inks in Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap and cut it with a die in the Marianne Design Tiny’s Lighthouse set. To create the seagull, I colored cardstock with Distress Oxide inks in Spiced Marmalade and Black Soot and cut it with pieces in the Marianne Design Eline’s Seagull & Friends set.

 

 

 

My Favorite Things – Hey, Honey Bunny

Hello! Today, I’m sharing a bunny-themed card created with the My Favorite Things Beach Bunnies set. The set is not Easter-themed, but I couldn’t resist using the set now that it’s spring and Easter is around the corner.

My Favorite Things - Hey, Honey Bunny

I stamped the bunny and beach hut images and colored them with Copic markers. I created the background with the Radiating Rays stencil using Squeezed Lemonade ink. I cut the hill from retired Memory Box paper (Latte) using one of the dies in the Snow Drifts die set.

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Taylored Expressions – You Make Life Sweet

Hello! Today, I am sharing a friendship card created with Taylored Expressions products on which I use the design principle of repetition!
Taylored Expressions - You Make Life Sweet
I cut the Little Bits – Cupcake four times from cardstock that I had colored with Taylored Expressions inks in Strawberry Milkshake, Lollipop, and Cookie Monster. I added Distress Stickles to the frosting of the muffins and Nuvo drops to the cherries for texture and shine.
Taylored Expressions - You Make Life Sweet
I stamped the Toe-tally Awesome sentiment in Cookie Monster and Lollipop inks on the Misti and then cut it with the Sentiment Stacker 1 die.
For the card base, I used patterned papers from the Hello Happiness and Rainbow Brights packs, and to add texture, I dry-embossed Sugar Cube cardstock with the Lots of Dots embossing folder.
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Lawn Fawn – Copic-colored “Hay There”

Hello! Today, I’m sharing a “just because” card created with the Lawn Fawn Hay There stamp set.

Lawn Fawn Copic-colored "Hay There"

I stamped the cute critters and the barn and colored them with Copic markers.

Lawn Fawn Copic-colored "Hay There"

I created my scene from Lawn Fawn Noble Fir  and Mermaid cardstock  using a variety of Lawn Fawn dies: the Stitched Cloud Backdrop, the Grassy Border, one of the dies in the Stitched Hillside Border set, and the Picket Fence Border. I stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment on Black Licorice cardstock and cut it with one of the Everyday Sentiment Banners. The card base is made from Lawn Fawn Paper Bag cardstock.

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Mama Elephant – It’s a Good Day!

Hello! Today, I’m sharing a “just because” card created with the Mama Elephant Up and Away set.

Mama Elephant - It's a Good Day

I have had this stamp set for several years, but I have barely used it! It was fun to break out the set and color the images (especially the umbrellas) with Copic markers and colored pencils. I created the background with the My Favorite Things Cloud stencil (newly acquired) and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.

Mama Elephant - It's a Good Day
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