Paper Smooches - Right as Rain

Huge Thanks: The Heart Desires Challenge #1

I’m sharing a card created for The Heart Desires Challenge #1. I absolutely fell in love with the inspiration images!

I love the colors and the sea creature theme!

I pulled out an older Paper Smooches set -“Surf & Turf” – whose images I Copic colored and fussy cut. I added hearts cut with a Lawn Fawn die from cardstock, which I colored with Copic markers for an exact match to die-cut circles. The background (Stampin’ Up cardstock) was dry-embossed with a Tim Holtz embossing folder. You can never have enough wave background options – I think I’m going to have to add this embossing folder to my list!

Let’s Set Sail!

Warmer, sunnier days this past week had me in the mood to make something nautical (one of my favorite card themes). I created a whimsical sailing scene with a miscellany of products from my stash.

I’ve professed my love of the Poppystamps Walking Cat die, which I’ve used on quite a few cards. I would have used the same die here, but the Walking Cat didn’t fit on the Paper Smooches Sail Boat (it was too big).

With the Paper Smooches Sail Boat die, I cut the sailboat from a variety of colors and adhered the pieces to a dry-embossed background. I attached the boat part (red) with foam so that the cat could be placed behind the hull. I heat-embossed the sentiment (from a Simon Says Stamp set) onto a panel that I cut with one of the dies in the Poppystamps Marina Sailboat die set.

Have a great weekend!

Supplies: Paper Smooches Sail Boat die, Poppystamps Sitting Cat die, Poppystamps Marina Sailboats die, Simon Says Stamp sentiment

VersaMark Ink Pad

Hero Arts Embossing Powder, White

Lawn Cuts Dies, Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables

Sizzix Tim Holtz, Texture Fades Embossing Folders, Waves & Bubbly, 2 pk

Paper Smooches Floral Thank You

Today, I’m sharing a spring-themed “thank you” card created with Paper Smooches dies and stamps.

I cut the Dainty Flowers outlines twice from white cardstock and adhered the layers with liquid adhesive. I then adhered the outlines to the card panel and inserted the leaves and petals, (I added a little glue inside the outline areas beforehand), which I’d cut from colored cardstock. I used several other floral die sets to cut additional scattered flowers. I heat-embossed the sentiment from Lovely Thoughts and cut the sentiment out with a circle die. I adhered the sentiment circle to cardstock dry-embossed with the Taylored Expressions Weathered embossing folder.

A Little Birdie Told Me

Despite rain and cold here in the Pacific Northwest, the birds seem incredibly happy. This CAS spring-themed friendship card was inspired by those hearty birds!

I paired a Hero Arts sentiment (I like the typeface, the length of the sentiment in terms of placing it on an A2 card AND what it says!) with the Paper Smooches die-cut birds and branch.

Supplies:

Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Heavyweight, Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb, 25 pk

Hero Arts Embossing Powder, White

VersaMark Ink Pad

Hero Arts Wood Block Stamp, A Little Birdie

Paper Smooches Wise Dies, Birds

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Icy Mint, 10 pk

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Red Hots, 10 pk

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Marshmallow Chick, 10 pk

Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Environment Desert Storm, 25 pk

Floral Appreciation Card

The sun is out here in the Pacific Northwest and spring is definitely just around the corner. For the card I’m sharing today, I combined Distress-inked die-cut pieces with a Paper Smooches sentiment to create an appreciation or friendship card.