Serene Sunflower Just Because

I had a very busy day today, taking kids to the doctors, being my sons bus driver, and trying to clean my house in between it all. So, not much time to stamp today. It had been a long time since I had made a Love Note sized card. This card measures 3 x 3 inches. I was in the mood to make a card with bees and this color combination. I used the rub-ons from Stampin'Up!. The card stock is So Saffron, Glossy white and Basic Black.

My Pretty Peony

It has been raining here for a couple of days now and the weather man says it is going to last till the end of the week. All this rain started me thinking of my flowers in my front yard. We hardly ever get rain here so, I can't complain. Actually, it was very cozy just being rained in all day in my house. I know the rain is going to help my flowers bloom beautifully when Spring comes around. Can't wait! Today I used my Pretty Peony stamp set and matched it with my Basic Grey Stella Ruby pattern papers. I cut the blue flower right out of my BG paper and used crystal effects over it. I glued some small green beads to the center and sprinkled iridescent ice EP over the top. The blue background paper has been cuttle bugged, sewn and embossed with iridescent ice EP. I stamped the small outlined peony on pattern paper in ruby red and then used a Stampamajig to place the versamarked peony stamp over the outline and clear embossed it. The wire is very thin black wire that I wrapped around the end of a paint brush and slid off. I had a sticky chip board vine that I covered in DP. Of coarse I had to add a little sparkle with my Diamond Stickles to finish it off.

Doodle This Girl Power!

Right now the Hottest color trend in young girls fashion is the Black, White and Hot Pink Combination. Everywhere you look you see it mixed with peace signs or cartooned skulls. I was out shopping for my little girl and got inspired to make this card. I used the Doodle This stamp set along with my Girl Power set. For the background paper, I started out with a square of Textured Grey SU card stock that measured 5 1/8" x 5 1/8". I Embossed it first all over with the Pearl EP using the Doodle This swirl and again with the White EP. I placed a 5 1/8 x 5 1/8" square of paper vellum over my finished background square. I set my eyelets. Next, I cut my peace sign out of my Spellbound Black glitter pattern paper, embossing it with a small heart stamp in White EP, randomly all over. I added small silver stars with a glue pen, setting it on the background paper with dimensionals. I then punched all of my flowers out and Diamond Stickled some. I stacked them with mini glue dots, placing them on the peace sign. The Girl Power tag was made up of a silver metal tag, small pieces of card stock, Scraps of ribbon and a paper fastener to keep the ribbons secure. Here is a picture of my inspiration!

Baroque Sweet Things

I saw these colors used for a card in an old Stampin' Up! catalog and loved the way it looked together. I happened to have the Basic Grey brown/blue circle paper on hand. The circles matched exactly to the card stock I used. The colors for this card are Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery and Glossy White cardstock. I Glassy Glazed the Baroque Motifs stamp on the Soft Sky background along with the Cherish stamp. The Large flowers were made of punched flowers from cardstock and chip board flowers from Basic Grey. I just stacked them on top of eachother. I used silver brads in the centers to attach them together. I punched the hole in the center of the card with the circle scallop punch. The "Love You" stamp from Sweet Thing was stamped on Glossy White cardstock in Chocolate Chip and rubbed with Soft Sky and Certainly Celery inks.

Heartfelt Thanks

Today I had a small break from little Leila while she was napping. I was able to make four of these "Heartfelt Thanks" Thank you cards. The thought I had for making these was for my friend Sarah. She had put my name down on a referral for housing and they are sending me a check for $250.00! It was so nice of her to think of me! It is the same papers I had used for my Mom & Dad's Anniversary card. I love that with a good design and a few changes you can have a completely different card! The stamps used on this card were Baroque Motifs, Heartfelt Thanks and Word on Word. The card's dimensions are 5 1/4" x 5 1/4".

Priceless Blossom

Feeling creative today. My big blossom flower has a black line on it because the Basic Grey paper that I used was made like that. I never really noticed it until I photographed it. For some reason it shows up way more in the photo. I stamped the blossom in Rose Red onto the basic grey paper and used micro beads with crystal effects to cover the whole flower. I got to use the new rub-ons from Stampi'Up!

Flowerlicious! (Bloom'n Art)

These projects are for Kiriko's class this Thursday. I have used the Sublime collection from Basic Grey and a stamp set I have had forever but never used until now. It is called "In Full Bloom." The solid color papers I used are Apricot Appeal, Whisper White and Pretty in Pink. I rubbed the edges with a sponge dipped in Close to Cocoa ink. The little leaf charm and the silver rings are from the 100 Yen store. I used crystal effects and microbeads for the center of the flowers. Mini Mates stamp set for the "For You" saying. The stem of the flower is from the "Art of Life" stamp set. The background stamp is "Tres Chic" which I love! I had ordered some things from ISC and they sent me these cute little boxes! They are pictured next to the card. I had to do something with them! I decided I was going to make a matching "set" for my class.

Flower Power!

Believe it or not I was inspired by my night gown! I loved the colors together and all the different elements in the fabric. I used the letters of the word "flower" and stamped them around the card in Chocolate chip, Gable Green and Tempting turqouise. I used my favorite stamp set Baroque Motif and Mini Messages. The "Happy" title came from the So Very stamp set. I used irredescent ice and then Gassy Glaze over it. You can't see them very well but the small flowers on the hardware were punched out in Gable Green and then a top flower was punched out in vellum cardstock and set over the Gable Green flower.

"In Everything Give Thanks" Card