Shower Gifts

Hi! I wish I had time to scrap tonight because I am in the mood for it, but I have to babysit George tonight in about an hour. Sometimes things just don't work out! I'll share with you the rest of the gifts I made for Christine for the bridal shower this past weekend. First up is this card set and matching box. The pattern for the box was found on Splitcoast Stampers, and I used Unity Stamps to decorate the outside lid.

These are the cards I made to go inside:

Each features a birdie stamp from Hero Arts and sentiment stamp from SU!. Each card has the same design, but different patterned paper.

My final gift was the card (because really the card is like a gift, right?) I used this adorable SU! image from a mini catalog a few years ago, as well as BG "Porcelain" paper. The bride was stamped in Craft Chocolate Chip ink and then covered in clear EP and embossed. I cut the roses out of the BG paper, and the leaves from a Sizzlit die with my Big Shot.

Here is the inside:

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Scatter Joy!

I made this card today for the OCC Inspiration challenge.  The challenge was to pick your favorite embellishment and design a card around it.  It only took me a nanosecond to figure out my favorite embellishment: glitter!  I finally found my Season of Friendship stamp set, which was mixed in with my Christmas sets, and thought I'd make a wintery tree.  I added glitter along the tree branches, as well as on my sentiment piece, around the outside.  I used the paper pack "Afternoon Tea" paired with Baja Breeze, Wild Wasabi, and Riding Hood Red.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts, all other supplies are SU!

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A Little Birdie made a Wish!

And his wish came true! I got some new SU! stuff today, from a Bulk order I had placed.  In it was some new designer paper called "Morning Sunshine".  It is so pretty! I love the bird/owl theme that seems to be all over the place these days.

For my card, I used Mercy's sketch challenge (MTSC29), which are always fab because she has so many neat little layers and pieces to her sketches.  I used the stamp set "Petal Pizzazz" along with a bird image from Hero Arts.  I stamped the bird and stem onto my white piece of paper, and then stamped the leaf and flower 2 times on white cardstock and cut it out, and then layered the pieces together.  The brown flower is a button (also from the bulk order, the new Latte button set) with a brad placed in the center.  The sentiment is SU!, I'm not sure the set though.   

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Mojo Love

Hi!  I made this card this evening for the Mojo Monday #72 sketch challenge.  This is a special week because there is a prize at stake!  I used my Rosy bittybloom from Stamping Bella for my card.  She was watercolored with ink and an aquapainter, and her skirt was paper pieced with a piece of the Bella Rose dp.  I added some glitter to the center of her flowers with a glue pen and loose glitter. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set.  The flowers are from Prima (Essentials 4  if you are interested!).  The flowery scallop border is a MS punch.  

On another note, I am (not so patiently) waiting for my new SU! order to arrive! Who am I kidding, it'll be awhile since I just ordered it yesterday -lol!  I'm literally drooling over the gorgeous new cards I've seen with the new sets! Can't wait till the big brown truck visits my house! :) 

New Hero Arts

Hello! My Mom recently returned from visiting her brother in NC, where there is an Archiver's very close to his house.  She picked up some new stamps there, including this set by Hero Arts. The owl craze is huge now, and these cute Halloween owls are perfect for the holiday!  I used SC193 for my first card.  The DP is by Junkitz, a Halloween line by Teresa Collins, which I've had for some time now.  I used many stamps from this set, including the owl, spider web, spider, pumpkin, and sentiment.  The witchy owl is mounted on a nesties rectangle.  Her cape is highlighted with a Spica glitter pen (what witch isn't complete without some bling?!).

This next card features another stamp from this set, the owl ghost, and cat.  I used the Junkitz paper again, and some Halloween ribbon.  This card is pretty simple, but I like how it highlights the cute stamps.  The green spider web in the upper right corner is a Martha Stewart punch.

One other thing I did on both of these cards was to ink the edges of the paper. I use a dauber which fits on your finger, and dip it into ink, and then run the dauber along the edge of the paper. I do this on every piece of paper on the card. It is a simple technique which adds some depth to the paper!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!