Heartfelt Thanks

Happy Friday! Today I'm sharing a 'thank you' card that I made. It's full of hearts, too! I began by embossing the sentiment shape from Pretty Petites onto Calypso Coral card stock using VersaMark and White Embossing Powder.. Then my project "grew" by matting it with a Basic Black Full Heart and then a Vellum card stock piece that was dry embossed using the Happy Heart Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I matted that with a Calypso Coral piece of card stock and anchored the edges using black Candy Dots. I added some Stacked With Love DSP Itty Bitty Accent Hearts. They are popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

All those layers were added to another Stacked With Love print and tied with a slender Chevron Ribbon in Calypso Coral. My card base is Basic Black.  I love how this turned out. What do you think? Please leave me a comment, I love to check in and see if anyone commented!

Christmas Tags--Simple and Shaker

SOMEtimes when I receive a new box of Stampin' Up! products, I have a chance to dive right in. The other day, I did just that by making these two tags right off the bat.

This shaker tag was made by using two layers of Whisper White cut out using the Labels Collection Framelits and my Big Shot. I stamped "to" and "from" on the front. In the middle of this top layer, I cut out the tree using the Snowflake Card Thinlit. I laid that (top) piece face down and adhered a small piece of Window Sheet onto it over the tree opening. I adhered some pieces of Stampin' Dimensionals all around the edge of the tree and on "top" of the window sheet. 

I added the teeny stars punched from Brushed Silver card stock using my new Confetti Stars Punch.  I placed the backing over the front by standing over my work surface to make sure it was even. When I turned over my tag, there were stars "floating" in the tree! 

I added a Daffodil Delight star punched from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack and then made it sparkle with a single Basic Rhinestone. I punched a hole with my Crop-a-dile and used Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine for the tie.

My second tag was much simpler! I stamped the background from Cheerful Tags onto Crumb Cake card stock using Cherry Cobbler Ink. Then I stamped "MERRY" from the same set three times (I didn't use the Stamp-a-ma-jig!) in a row. I added the word "Christmas" in my own cursive. (I could have used another stamp, but I was comfy sitting at my desk :-) I added three rhinestones for shine. I hand-snipped my tag because I didn't yet have the Note Tag Punch. I added a hole using my Crop-A-Dile and then another piece of Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine. Two tags are now waiting for Christmas presents!

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Happy Birthday, Star!

This star-shaped card is directly from the 2014-2015 Idea Book & Catalog. You can find it on page 135 in the upper right corner. Sometimes I an stuck for ideas, so I will look through my catalog. There is always something that I have all of the supplies for, or can adapt to the supplies I do have on hand.

Here is a close up so you can see the elements it takes to put this card together. The star card base is a folded piece of Hello Honey card stock and I used the largest Stars Framelit to cut it out. The next smaller-sized star framelit was used for the Hello Honey Designer Series Paper Stack print. I used another star to make it into a frame. I scored from the inside edge of the star to the tips for folding into a 3-D effect. Then another star was cut out of Gold Glimmer paper to shine inside the frame. My final star was cut from Gold Glimmer paper using the Itty Bitty Accents Punch. My banners with the sentiment are cut from the smallest Banners Framelit. 

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Star Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Hello Honey, Whisper White, Gold Glimmer Specialty

Designer Series Paper: 2014-2016 In Color Paper Stack

Stamps: Memorable Moments

Ink: Hello Honey

Big Shot: Banners and Stars Framelits

Punch: Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack (Star)

PPA210 Color Challenge-Happy Birthday Cake!

I'm in love with this color combination! I had fun creating this card and then putting it together. See what the other design team members and others who play along have done at Pals Paper Arts.

My focus was on the "cake" made using two rectangles and then topping it with flowers. Each section was done differently. Then my background was simple and full of polka dots. The Apothecary Accent Framelit was die cut out of the Subtles Designer Paper Stack. The background was a piece of Pool Party card stock dry embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder.

Back to the "cake" details. The bottom layer has "happy birthday" from Something to Say inked in Basic Gray ink. I decorated above that with In Color Sequins (Lost Lagoon hearts) and added a Basic Pearl. Below the sentiment, I used a piece of Lost Lagoon Satin Ribbon. The middle layer has "Seize the Cake" from Something to Say inked in Lost Lagoon ink and matted with Pool Party card stock. To decorate the top of the cake, I stamped the flowers from Something to Say in Pool Party ink and punched them out using the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack. I decorated them with pearls to match the bottom layer.

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Color Challenge Birthday Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Basic Gray, Lost Lagoon, Pool Party, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Subtles Stack

Stamps: Something to Say

Ink: Basic Gray, Lost Lagoon, Pool Party

Big Shot: Apothecary Art Framelits, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder

Punch: Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

Embellishments: Lost Lagoon Satin Ribbon, In Color Sequins Assortment, Basic Pearls