Thinking of You

Today, I want to share yet another card we'll be making at my June 13 card class.  I really like this one.  It's very pretty, yet easy enough to create it.  The three tiny, punched flowers add so much to it.  There is a tiny pearl in the center of each flower.

This card features another of the techniques from my Ribbon Techniques Album.  It's super simple and yet bumps up the card a notch with the added detail.

Once again, I've added coordinating details with papers from our Moonlight DSP Stack.  The sentiment if from our Four You stamp set.

If you like using card templates to get your creative juices flowing, be sure to save this one.  It's a great design to keep in your file.

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Playing with DSP, Part 4

Today, we're up to Part 4 already in my series on Playing with DSP (Designer Series Papers) and I have another beautiful card ready to share with you.  It's another combo of black and white.  It has worked well to hurry up Spring by my making more cards for Spring but, unfortunately, I've succumbed to a severe chest cold and it has set off asthma problems with me... big time.  I need to catch a break here!  I'm trying to focus on the warmer weather when we have it and my stamping and not think about how badly I really feel.  Thank goodness for my Nebulizer!  

... and another view from my previous post...

That's all for now.  Come back soon to see how I wrap up my series on Playing with DSP.

We'll be making cards featured in this series, at my April 7 Monday Night Stampers class.

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Watercolor Wonder Designer Note Cards, Part 2

In my previous post, we started a little series on cards made with our Watercolor Wonder Designer Note Cards.  Today, we'll continue with our second card, a huge and wonderful flower.  I stamped mine on a separate piece of CS, cut it out and attached it directly to the note card.  I felt like this gave some added texture and interest.  I love the vivid Tangerine Tango for the flower.  Here's my card:

The stamp is from one of our single stamps.  The 'hello' is from our Four You stamp set.  This seems to be my new 'go to' stamp set when I want a really nice greeting.  I like the subtle background of the polka dots.  I added some rhinestones for a little touch of bling.  Stamping part of the flower onto the corner of the envelope creates a nicely coordinating envelope.

Remember, you're going to have a different look for your stamping on these cards, because you're stamping onto watercolor paper.

... and here we have both of the cards we've seen so far.  Come back for my next post as we go on to Part 3 of our little series.

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A Sweet Sorbet Birthday Card

Today, I'm using our Sweet Sorbet DSP color story again, while bringing out a little more of the Summer Starfruit.  I thought this would be a good birthday card for a Spring birthday.  The card base is Sahara Sand.  With all the flowers and rhinestone bling, I think this is really a girlie card for a Spring birthday.  I'll have to come up with something else for the guys on my list.

Notice how I used our Petal Parade stamp set to create the focal piece.  It really coordinates perfectly with the background papers.  This is a great stamp set for adding subtle background images, as well as the brighter dimensional images where I've used the rhinestones.  I punched these out with circle punches, so it's a pretty quick and easy card to create.

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Let's Talk Cards, Part 4 and Final Part in This Series

Today, I'll share the last card of the series, a card with a super fun background technique.  I saw another post somewhere online that started me playing around with this technique but then I really took off on my own with it all.  My technique is one of those where I kind of make it up as I go along.  It looks prettier in real life, but I am pretty happy with the end results.  You cannot see all the shimmer in the photo, but it has a subtle sparkle that is gorgeous.

If you live in the area, I hope you'll sign up for my March 14 Friday Night Cards class.  Get a friend to sign up with you and you'll both get a free gift!

For those who do NOT live in the area, I've had recent requests for me to offer classes by mail.  I am looking into this, so be patient with me. 

Again, here's a sneak peek at all the cards for this class.

These cards will include playing with DSP a bit and a lot of water coloring techniques.  I think you'll enjoy them a lot.  The class includes envelopes and all materials to make the cards, except your adhesive.  All the envelopes are dressed up to coordinate with the cards, too.

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Friday Night Cards, A Sneak Peek

It's a beautiful, sunny day here.  I've already been out on the porch having a little photo shoot of some of my newest projects.  It's tricky doing photo shoots of projects outdoors because the weather has to be just right AND it can't be too windy.  Many times, I've nearly lost a card when a gust of wind came up just as I was ready to shoot.  Daylight makes for the best photos, so I endure.

Today, I want to share a sneak peek at what we'll be making at my Friday Night Cards class on August 9.  First up, is the bonus card.  For this class, you get to make 5 cards (for $15.) but, if you get a friend to sign up, too, you both get to make a bonus card.  Here it is!  

This one is my favorite!

I love the crisp look of black, white and yellow together.  I stamped the envelope to look like it was taped shut.  I did some special techniques on this card that I will share at my class.  So, come on now.  Go get a friend and sign up for the class so you can both make this card.  While you're here, you can see my Spooky Banner in person and check out some of my other new displays.  At this time of year, you'll see a lot of exciting new projects on display for the upcoming holidays.  I love it!  Have a great day and a super weekend.  Don't forget to create something beautiful today.

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Party Day!

I am so excited that I get to stamp with my friends today at my Open House/New Catalog Party.  Here is one of the cards we'll be making.  This is just a quick and cute little note card that is still quite elegant due to the stamp and the Crushed Curry, which looks super against the crisp, white background.

Sometimes, you just need a card in a hurry.  Of course, you still want it to be really nice.  At my Open House, I needed projects that wouldn't take too long because I'd planned several projects for people to make.  I chose to make a card that was an example of how to make an elegant card --- in just a few minutes.  I can't take credit for the 'wow' factor though.  I owe it all to the Beautifully Baroque stamp.  Love it!

Notice that I stamped the front and the back of the envelope.  That bumps up the 'wow' factor, too.  I love this new stamp!  I used Basic Gray for the 'hello' stamped greeting. 

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