Mixed Blossom Card

Look what my friend Sheila made! She Case'd this beautiful card from Mary Fish. We were so happy that this stamp will be in the new catalog coming out June 1st.

Baby Onsie Card with Lion Face

I love this card!!! I saw several onesie cards on the internet but most of the idea's for this card is CASED'd from Nina Dee Deesigns and  Maggie Made Cards.  My neighbor's baby is due next month and this card is just perfect for her upcoming shower.

I used Pool Party Card Stock for the base.  The card measured 5 1/2" X 4 1/4" with the fold at the top of the card.  Using snail, I attached a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" of the dotted Pool Party from the Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack to the front of the card to give the onesie a pattern.

Keep the card closed and measure down 1 1/2" and towards the center 1/2".  Draw a line to the bottom corner of the card.  Cut away the space to create the arms.  Using the 1 1/4" circle punch, cut the holes for the head and legs.

Cut a strip of card stock or DSP 2 1/4" x 1/2" and add 3 brads.  I added a 1/8" strip of Island Indigo to add some contrast.

I used the scallop circle punch and the scallop edge border in Island Indigo card stock to at the scalloped trim.

To make the Lion Face - Punch one Ornament, one Scallop Circle, one five petal flower (cut off 2 petals), two 1/2" circles.  Once the shapes are punched, sponge the edges with Chocolate Chip ink.  I printed the free eyes from My Scrap Chick.   Use a pink marker to draw the nose.  Use a thin black marker to draw whiskers and dots on the nose.

FUN STUFF

Pool Party card stock - 122924

Chocolate Chip card stock - 102128

Island Indigo card stock - 122923

Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack - 122384

1 1/4" Circle Punch - 119861

1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch - 119854

Scallop Edge Border Punch - 119882

Ornament Punch - 119847

1/2 " Circle Punch - 119869

5 Petal  Flower Punch - 119880

Chocolate Chip Classic Ink Pad - 100908

Distressed Technique Butterfly Card

My best friend Sheila and I had the most wonderful time making this card for my son Patrick and her daughter Sarah.  We are celebrating her final year of pharmacy school and his recent B.S degree.  How proud we are of them...

The idea of the card came from the March 2012 magazine Stampin' Success. Wonderful publication that you receive when you are a demonstrator.

We started with a plain sheet of whisper white card stock and painted it with some blue acrylic paint.  When the card stock was dry, we embossed the card stock using the Big Shot and the Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

Next we took a sponge dauber and soft suede ink and applied it to the card stock using small circular motions.  We then took a slightly damp soft rag and removed the excess ink.

The results was stunning.  To finish the card, we used Soft Suede card stock as our base. We used the Labels Collection Framelit Die to cut out the frame and then attached it to the base using dimensionals.  The butterfly came from the Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die set.  Using the butterfly as a pattern, I cut an additional butterfly using a scrap of DSP.  Tied the two butterflies together using a piece of twine coated with soft suede and attached using glue dots.   The "Happy Graduation" came from one of my favorite stamp sets - Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Whisper White Card stock - 100730
Teeny Tiny Wishes  (set of 24)  wood - 115370
Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die - 118138
Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - 120175
Labels Collection Framelits Dies - 125598
Soft Suede Card stock - 115318
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad - 115657
Sponge Daubers - 102892
Stampin' Dimensionals - 104430
Mini Glue Dots - 103683