Brightest Beauty Card

Sharing another wattle card, but this time I am not using the traditional wattle colours, as I wanted to do something different. I used the candy canes background die and cut the die-cut piece diagonally in half and layered that over some white glimmer card stock.

My card is simple enough that it can be used for any occasion.

Products used

 

Stamps: Brightest beauty
Dies: Golden beauty, candy cane & bouquet bunch

Tools: Timber 3D embossing folder
Cardstock: Whisper white & white glimmer paper  

Inks: Tranquil tide & blushing bride

Sentiment: Banner Banter 

Embellishments: Enamel dots & blushing bride baker's twine

 

Bubble Over Birthday Card

Today I have a card that I made ages ago which uses the retired 'Bubble Over' stamp set and coordinating dies from Stampin Up. I do like how the bright colours pop against the white.

Products used

 

Stamps: Bubble over
Dies: Bottles & bubbles framelits

Punches: Itty bitty accents heart
Cardstock: Whisper white, melon mambo, daffodil delight & vellum 

Inks: Memento black, melon mambo & daffodil delight 

Sentiment: Bubble over

Embellishments: White baker's twine & clear enamel dots

 

Adorable Owls Shadow Box Card

I can't seem to get enough of these adorable owls...my mind is just spinning with so many ideas that I want to make with these little cuties!

For this card, I knew I wanted to create a shadow box type card, that folds flat and is suitable for posting. I wanted to make the colours go from light to dark, so the card had some depth and a mystical feel about it. It took me a little while to work out all the measurements, and I will do a tutorial at some stage with the instructions when I have some more time on my hands.

For the owl, I used my water brush and a couple of drops of refill ink in crumb cake and tip top taupe for the head and body. I used my stampin blends for the eyes, beak and feet. I also used a thin strip of a window sheet to hold the owl in place, which makes the owl look like it's flying.

The tree dies unfortunately are not Stampin Up dies, as I was after a certain size for this card. The sentiment is one I created and printed myself.

Products used

 

Stamps: Adorable owls

Dies: Circle, banner & winter trees (by MFT)

Cardstock: Crumb cake, soft suede, early espresso, whisper white & window sheet
Inks: Memento black

Stampin blends: Granny apple green & mango melody

DSP: Twinkle twinkle

Sentiment: made myself (non SU)

Sketch Challenge Card

Since Valentine's Day is only 10 days away, I am sharing a card that will be suitable for the ocassion. I made this card for a sketch challenge for one of my up-line meetings I attended. We are always given either a sketch or colour challenge to complete and bring along to the meeting to share with everyone. I really loved this sketch challenge as it was my style of card I like to make. 

For the tag component, I was inspired by one that Madeleine Mrotzek made, but used different colours and changed the sentinment. Madeleine is very talented and makes stunning cards and tags and she often uses beautiful rainbow colours in her work.

Sketch challenge

 

Products used

 

Stamps: Painter's palette
Dies: Tailor made tags, wreath builder, sports event, sunflower & cherry blossom

Punch: Banner
Cardstock: Whisper white, pool party, real red & blushing bride
DSP: Snail mail & gold specialty paper
Inks: blushing bride, verso mark & white embossing powder

Sentiment: Sealed with love 

Embellishments: White linen thread (non SU)

 

Adorable Owls Birthday Card

Sharing a clean and simple adorable owls card which doesn't take too long to make. I created the clouds using a cloud stencil from MFT using soft sky ink, then stamped the tree branch from the 'take care' stamp set (retired). 

For the owl and balloon I used my stampin blends and then fussy cut them both. I assembled the owl and balloon to sit on top of the branch and added a handmade sentiment that I created myself.

Products used

 

Stamps: Adorable owls, bird banter & take care
Dies: Banner

Cardstock: Whisper white

Inks: Memento black, soft sky, early espresso & granny apple green

Stampin blends: Crumb cake, SU300, tahitian tide, pumpkin pie & granny apple green

Sentiment: made myself (non SU)

Hello Cupcake Birthday Card

Sharing a card I made quite some years ago which I cased from Mary Haugen at the time. It uses one of the free sale-a-brations items back from 2019, which I still own today. I did make some subtle changes to my card so that it was a little different.

Products used

 

Stamps: Hello cupcake
Dies: Call me cupcake Thinlits

Punches: Banner triple
Cardstock: Whisper white, crumb cake, basic black, daffodil delight & regal rose
DSP: Botanical butterfly
Inks: Crumb cake, pink pirouette, regal rose, verso mark & white embossing powder 

Sentiment: Hello cupcake 

Embellishments: Linen thread & silver rhinestones

 

Christmas Gleaming Card

I love the rustic feel to this card and it was very easy to make. I fussy cut 3 of the holly leaves and berries and used my blender markers to colour them. I added the clear enamels dots to finished off the card.

Products used

 

Stamps: Christmas gleaming
Dies: Stitched nested labels

Cardstock: Very vanilla
DSP: Wood textures
Inks: Memento black & real red

Markers: Old olive & real red

Sentiment: Christmas gleaming

Embellishments: Clear enamel dots

Sailing Home Masculine Card

The 'Sailing Home' stamps and dies are still one of my favourite sets to use for masculine cards. I cased the below card from Susanne Rehm but made some changes to make it my own.

Using this sentiment, makes it a perfect card for a graduation card.

Products used

 

Stamps: Sailing home
Dies: Smooth sailing & stitched nested labels

Cardstock: Whisper white & balmy blue
DSP: Come sail away
Inks: Night of navy

Markers: Balmy blue & smokey slate

Sentiment: Sailing home

Embellishments: Sail away trinkets & baker's twine

 

Tree Rings Greeting Card

When I first saw this card from Katie Drew, I loved it so much, that I ended up buying the products to be able to make the card myself.

This was a very time consuming card, as it took ages to colour all the little branches, berries and toadstools with my stampin blends. However, once the colouring was done, it didn't take too long to assemble all the bits and pieces. 

I didn't stray too much from Katie's card, as I felt it was perfect the way it was, but I did make a few slight changes to make it my own. I didn't use as many little branches, and added a side piece of DSP and a strip of cherry cobbler card stock to add a little more interest. I also used a different sentiment and fussy cut around the words.

Products used

 

Dies: Tree Rings

Embossing Folder: Tree Rings

Cardstock: Very vanilla, soft suede & cherry cobbler
DSP: Neutrals
Inks: Cherry cobbler

Stampin blends: Cherry cobbler, pink pirouette, crumb cake, SU300 & granny apple green 

Sentiment: Flowing flowers

Embellishments: Brushed bronze metallic dots

 

Beautiful Angled Scalloped Tri-Fold Wedding Card

I have been wanting to try my hand at the angle tri-fold cards for a little while now, as I have seen many of these amazing cards on the web. I also wanted my card to be a tall slimline card that fits nicely into a DL envelope. I have made more complicated cards in the past, so I was sure this one wouldn't be too difficult to master. 

I decided to make a wedding/engagement card, so I could use a new 'congrats' sentiment die I purchased recently...sorry it is not a SU die. I used one of my favourite colour combinations and kept the design fairly simple. The hardest part of the card was doing the scalloped edge around the whole card (except the bottom) and getting the angles correct.

I also added a different DSP design to the inside left and right sides and the back of the card which I didn't take a photo of...sorry! This helped to cover the bottom edge of the scalloped pieces, so the card looked much cleaner. There is no stamping on this card, as I often like to use different die cuts instead.

I made quite a few of these cards all in different colour combinations and sizes, and will share them down the track.

Products used

 

Dies: Stitched be mine, wonderful floral, cherry blossoms

Punch: Itty bitty accents flower

Cardstock: Whisper white, pool party, real red & flirty flamingo
DSP: From my heart & silver glimmer

Sentiment: congrats die (non SU)
Embellishments: Silver rhinestones & white pearls

Adorable Owls Birthday Card

This card does feature lots of die cuts from different die sets (five to be exact), which I normally don't do too often, but you can substitute any of the floral dies with ones that you already own.

The background was made using the stitched greenery die, and all the foliage die cuts are from the other four die sets listed at the bottom of this post. I assembled the stems of all the foliage behind the circle piece of card stock and then stuck the owl on the top of the circle. The silver glimmer card stock gives the card some shine which meant I didn't have to use any other bling.

Products used

 

Stamps: Adorable owls
Dies: Splendid stems, wonderful floral, Cherry blossoms, stitched greenery & foliage frame framelits

Punches: Banner & circle
Cardstock: Whisper white, early espresso & silver glimmer paper
DSP: You're a peach
Inks: Memento black, verso mark & white embossing powder

Markers: Crumb cake, SU200, SU100, tahitian tide & pumpkin pie

Sentiment: Bird banter

 

Adorable Owls Birthday Card

I think the tree rings embossing folder and coordinating dies pair perfectly with the adorable owls stamps, as the owls are just the right size and fit nicely into the tree ring holes. I will be promoting both of these products at my next club night...so girls, prepare for cuteness overload!

The owls did take a little time to colour and cut for this card, so if anyone wants to make this card, then you'll need some patients!

I am so glad that I kept a couple of older bird stamps sets (bird banter and hello love) as the sentiments from these are perfect to use with the owls and gives you a few more options for your cards. I used the 'A little birdie told me' stamp for the front of the card, and 'It was your birthday' stamp for the inside of the card.

Products used

 

Stamps: Adorable owls
Dies: Tree Rings & word bubbles

Embossing Folder: Tree Rings

Cardstock: Early espresso, basic black & whisper white
Inks: Early espresso, memento black, verso mark & white embossing powder

Stampin blends: Crumb cake, SU300 & granny apple green

Sentiment: Hello love

Brightest Beauty Card

I was thrilled to see an Australian stamp set in last year's mini catalogue, as most of the stamp sets are very Americanised and are not always suitable. When I saw the Australian wattle, I knew I had to purchase this one. I also loved that it came with dies as well, as I didn't fancy fussy cutting this one out by hand.

I did the traditional wattle colours for my card, but will try some different colours down the track for the flowers. My card is simple enough that it can be used for any occasion.

Products used

 

Stamps: Brightest beauty
Dies: Golden beauty
Cardstock: Whisper white & gold metallic specialty paper
DSP: Tasty treats
Inks: Garden green & daffodil delight 

Sentiment: True beauty 

Embellishments: Brushed metallic gold dots & linen thread

 

Adorable Owls Birthday Card

I saw a beautiful card that Madeleine Mrotzek made using the rays of light stamp set and wanted to give it a go myself.

For the background, I used my blender brushes to add the rainbow ink colours to the stamp, making sure I started off with the lightest colour first (yellow). This gave a nice subtle feel to the stamp image.

For the owl and balloon I used my stampin blends to colour and then fussy cut them both.

Products used

 

Stamps: Adorable owls, bird banter & rays of light
Dies: So many stars

Punch: Banner
Cardstock: Whisper white & basic black
Inks: Memento black, daffodil delight, peekaboo peach, blushing bride, flirty flamingo, highland heather, balmy blue, pool party, pear pizzazz, verso mark & white embossing powder

Markers: Basic black, smoky slate, tahitian tide & pumpkin pie

Sentiment: Bird banter

Adorable Owls Card

Today's card is is a night version of the owl card I previously posted.

For the background, I used the night sky paper from the twinkle twinkle DSP. I cut a large circle and used another piece of white card stock underneath and stamped a moon (from Lavinia Stamps) in that space.

I used stampin blends to colour my owl, making sure I used light and dark shades. The branch and leaves were die cut using the apple blossoms dies. I assembled the card and added a handmade sentiment that I created myself.

I love how this card turned out and the moon adds the brightness the card needed.

Products used

 

Stamps: Adorable owls & moon (non SU)
Dies: Apple blossoms, circle & banner

Cardstock: Night of navy, whisper white, early espresso & mossy meadow
Inks: Memento black & seaside spray

Stampin blends: Crumb cake, SU100, SU300, seaside spray & mango melody

DSP: Twinkle twinkle

Sentiment: made myself (non SU)

Adorable Owls Card

So my favourite stamp set in the new sale-a-bration catalogue would have to be the 'Adorable Owls', and whats even better, is that you can get it free with a $90 purchase of stampin up products during January and February 2023.

I have spent the last week of my Christmas leave making so many cards featuring these cute little owls, and will be sharing them over the coming weeks.

Today's card is bright and happy and is perfect for our climate in Australia...Summer! 

For the background, I stamped up my rays of light stamp in daffodil delight, then used my blender brushes to add a little peekaboo peach and mango melody inks just around the sun area for a little more depth. I then cut a large circle around the sun area and used another piece of card stock underneath with a blended sun using daffodil delight, peekaboo peach and mango melody. This gave it the pop it needed to brighten the card up.

I used my crumb cake re-inker and water colour brush for the owl, making sure I used light and darker shades. I used my blender markers for the eyes, beak, feet and bow tie, as this was much easier to do than trying to water colour those tiny little areas.

The branch and leaves were die cut using the apple blossoms dies. I assembled the card and added the sentiment and little flowers to finish the card off. Hope this makes you smile :)

Products used

 

Stamps: Adorable owls & rays of light
Dies: Apple blossoms & circle

Punch: Itty bitty shapes & banner
Cardstock: Whisper white, water colour card, crumb cake, old olive & pear pizzazz
Inks: Memento black, crumb cake, daffodil delight, peekaboo peach & mango melody

Markers: Granny apple green, old olive & daffodil delight 

Sentiment: Bird banter

Embellishments: yellow rhinestones (not SU)

 

Forever & Always Card

This was one of my stamp club projects that we made show casing the 'Forever & Always' bundle. It was very simple to make and everyone loved that I used blue tones for this one.

Products used

 

Stamps: Forever & always
Dies: Always
Punch: Owl builder punch for the hearts
Cardstock: Whisper white, balmy blue, marina mist & basic black
Inks: Verso mark & white embossing powder
DSP: True love

Sentiment: Forever & always

Embellishments: White pearls & striped organdy ribbon

 

Happiness Abounds Card

This card could be used for a few different occasions and was very quick and easy to make. Since I was able to use the dies to die cut the flowers and leaves from the gorgeous DSP, it sped up the process greatly.

Products used

 

Stamps: Birch
Dies: Blossoming happiness & wood crate
Cardstock: Crumb cake, basic black & whisper white
DSP: Hues of happiness
Sentiment: Sealed with love
Embellishments: Linen thread & black pearls