F-A-L-L Birthday!

I love Fall.. even though Fall in Texas isn't really Fall!! I made this handsome birthday card for my uncle who lives in chilly Minnesota! To make my leaves these beautiful Fall colors, I used my stamping sponges paired with ink and very vanilla cardstock, and I am so happy with the result! I also utilized some awesome new items that can be found in the 2012 Holiday Catalog! This holiday catalog is good through January 2, 2013... need a copy? Leave me a message below and I'll be happy to get one mailed out to you!!

Supplies:

Cardstock:
Crumb Cake Cardstock
Early Espresso Core'dinations Cardstock
Comfort Cafe Designer Series Paper
Very Vanilla Cardstock

Stamp Sets:
Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink:
Cajun Craze
More Mustard
Always Artichoke
Bravo Burgandy
Early Espresso

Dies:
Autumn Accents Bigz Die
Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Accessories:
Naturals Designer Buttons
Linen Thread
Stamping Sponges

Clean and Simple Birthday!

Here is a Clean and Simple (CAS) birthday card made using the Betsy's Blossoms stamp set! I don't make many simple cards but I loved this one too much to pass up! Thank you to Tammy Fite at stampwithtammy.com for the idea, only changes I made were the colors and the sentiment. List of supplies is listed below the picture, thank you for looking!! :)

Supplies:

Cardstock:
Calypso Coral Cardstock
Whisper White Cardstock

Ink:
Calypso Coral
Early Espresso
Lucky Limeade

Stamp Sets:
Betsy's Blossoms
Happiest Birthday Wishes (Retired Hostess Set)

Accessories:
Basic Pearls

Sunflower Wedding Card

This is the wedding card that I made for the same cousin from the previous post. It may be hard to see in the photo but the Sunflower is embossed to add some texture! Supplies are listed under the photo.

Cardstock:
Crumb Cake
Early Espresso
Soft Suede
Elegant Soiree Designer Series Paper (retired)

Ink:
Whisper White Craft Ink
Early Espresso Classic Ink

Stamp Sets:
Sunflower Background Stamp
Petite Pairs

Dies:
Lots of Tags Sizzlits

Punches:
Modern Label Punch

Accessories:
White Embossing Powder
Embossing Buddy
Heat Tool
Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon

Open Sea Birthday

My Grandpa had a birthday last weekend, boats are his thing so this is the card that I made for him.
I used the "Triple Treat Technique" which has been very popular lately...I'm sure I'll be using this technique more, I really like it! :)
If you want to learn how to do this technique please contact me, I'll be happy to teach you how!!

Supplies:

Cardstock:

Night of Navy

Very Vanilla

Ink:

Night of Navy

Sahara Sand

Baja Breeze

Stamp Sets:

Open Sea

Turtle & Co. (retired)- used for sentiment

Accessories:

Linen Thread

Chocolate Chip Corduroy Buttons (retired)

Piggly Wiggly Birthday

Today is my grandma's birthday and she adores pigs! So, I've made her a birthday card that showcases none other than... a Pig!! :) I made the little guy into a magnet so that she can remove it from the card and place on her refrigerator if she would like.

The card is a CASE from Jackie Topa. I got my inspiration for the pig from Lynn Pratt.

Here are my supplies:
Cardstock:
Marina Mist cardstock
Old Olive cardstock
Whisper White cardstock
Pretty in Pink cardstock
Basic Black cardstock
Basic Grey cardstock

Ink:
Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker
White uni-ball Signo Gel Pen
Basic Black Ink Pad
Old Olive Ink Pad
Pretty in Pink Ink Pad

Accessories:
Button- Pretty in Pink

Punches:
Owl Builder Punch (eyes, feet)
Petals Builder Punch (ears)

Dies:
Circles #2 Originals Die

Betsy's Blossoms

Betsy's Blossoms is a new stamp set in the 2012-2013 Catalog, and it has been one of my favorites so far! Below are two cards that I created with this set.

This first card features the new Floral District Designer Series Paper which I love because it is just so fresh and coordinates perfectly with Betsy's Blossoms! I used our newly reconfigured Firm Foam Classic Stampin' Pads in Baja Breeze and Daffodil Delight.. they are fantastic, leaving a crisp fully inked image each time! This card is a CASE from Vicki Burdick.

This next card is a CASE from Mary Fish. It also features Betsy's Blossoms:

It's a Bird, It's a Plane... It's Buzz LightBear!!

My cousin's son is turning 3 and is having a Toy Story themed birthday party so I thought it was appropriate to create Buzz LightBear!! :)

The Bear die that I used is unfortunately discontinued but he was just too perfect to not use! My inspiration came from a fellow stamper, Jana Yoder.