Category: Summer

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.

Sailing Cat

 

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

Celebrating Sunny Days

Today I’m sharing a spring/summer-themed card featuring the Hero Arts Color Layering Graphic Flowers stamp set.

Hero Arts Sunshine

I created a one-layer card (with the exception of the dry-embossed strip on the left) using the stamp set and a MISTI. I’m completely sold on the MISTI at this point. (Note: the sentiment is designed with that distress on some of the letters; I realized that after stamping it something like five times!)

Taylored Expressions Burlap embossing folder; Stampin’ Up cardstock; Stampin’ Up inks

Ellen Hutson – Taylored Expressions Mix it Up Challenge!

Ellen Hutson Mix It Up Challenge

I’m delighted to be a guest for the Ellen Hutson Mix-it-Up Challenge sharing a project that combines fabulous products from Taylored Expressions and Essentials by Ellen.

TE and EH Mix It Up

My inspiration comes from a sunny, summer day in the Pacific Northwest. The Olympic Mountains stand proudly behind Puget Sound. The summers here are exquisite!

TE and EH Mix It Up

The Taylored Expressions and Essentials by Ellen products that I used are listed in full on the Ellen Hutson Mix-it-Up Challenge post.

Ready to “mix it up”? You have a chance to win a $50 gift certificate at Ellen Hutson! You can find the challenge details and the link up for your project in the Ellen Hutson Classroom.

End of Summer Beach Scene

Today, I’m sharing a “Thinking of You” card in honor of the end-of-summer. The changing of the seasons is always bittersweet, and for me, especially at the end of the summer!

ThinkingofYouBeachScene

I created this card a couple of weeks ago when the weather was still summery, but today the PNW drizzle has resumed! This will probably be my last “summer-themed” card of the year as Halloween and holiday supplies are now out on my work table! I used the Taylored Expressions Build a Scene Rolling Hills and Rolling Waves to create the sand and waves. While the Avery Elle stamp set coordinates with their Hello word die, I find myself using the sentiments alone as I really like the font.

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Avery Elle Happy Camper Van

Today, I’m sharing a card featuring the Avery Elle Surf’s Up stamp set.

HappyCamperVan

I used this same set for my AEI♥U Challenge #27 – Embossing card. While I watercolored the embossed vans for that card, I decided to go in a different direction on this card pairing the paper-pieced, heat-embossed van and palms with sand dunes cut with the Dotted Borders set. All of the patterned papers (other than the trunks of the palm) are from the Avery Elle Brights and Everyday collections (links below). I finished the card with a sentiment from the Happy Camper set, heat-embossed on black cardstock.

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