50th Anniversary Event Part II

The Anniversary party coverage continues on the Clear and Simple Stamps blog. Today they are showcasing the favor box, wine charms, and thank you card. You can see all of the details here.

Hopefully you have found some inspiration in these pieces for the planning of your next big event. Thanks so much for stopping. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

50th Anniversary Event Part I

Happy Thursday! Yesterday I mentioned that Clear and Simple Stamps would be showing pieces I created for a 50th Anniversary party. Today on their blog they are presenting part I. You can see all of the details here.

I think my favorite piece from this event is the little vellum candle sleeve. I just love the glow from the battery operated candle through the vellum and the embossed pears.

Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to check out the CSS blog for all of the photos and details on my projects.

Happy Stamping!

50th Anniversary Party

Are you helping plan a 50th Anniversary Party and looking for ideas? Maybe I can help. I had the pleasure of creating an anniversary party to showcase the Together stamp set from Clear and Simple Stamps. The individual pieces and details will be unveiled over the next couple of days here.

Thanks for stopping by. Happy Stamping!

English Robin

Just a quick post today to share a couple of simple cards using the English Robin stamp from Inkadinkado and my oval Nestabilities sets.

I hope you're having a wonderful day! Thanks so much for stopping. Happy Stamping!

Another Emboss Resist

I had so much fun making the emboss resist card the other day for the Papertrey Ink Anniversary challenge that I made another card. You can find my other card here. While this card is very similar to the first one the second one uses a sentiment from the Heart Prints Sentiments set stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa on the patterned paper. Next I stamped the small solid heart from Heart Prints over the word heart with versamark ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder. I sponged Distress Ink Old Paper all over the piece to make the embossed heart stand out and then sponged Vintage photo on the edges after roughing them up with my edge distresser.The little silver heart charm is from a package I picked up at Michaels. I colored the heart on the charm with a Copic marker.

Supplies:

• Stamps - Papertrey Ink Heart Prints and Heart Prints Sentiments
• Paper - Stampin Up Blush Blossom, Chocolate Chip; K&Company Lovely paper pack
• Ink - Versamark, Distress Ink Old Paper and Vintage Photo, Memento Rich Cocoa
• Misc - Clear embossing powder, Lace, Ribbon, Safety pin, Charm, Copic, Edge Distresser

Hybrid Valentines

I noticed yesterday that I hadn't shared a couple of valentines I made using digital images from DigiStamp Boutique and digital papers from the Valentine Game night collection by Lettering Delights  so I thought I would share them today. I love the bingo cards that come in the Valentine Game night collection so I had to work them into the cards.

Both cards use the same layout. For the top card I used the Valentine Bernard image and added a couple of buttons to the top right side of the card. I also used a darker mat on the base and under the scalloped heart. 

The bottom card uses the Valentine George image. Both cards use the Spellbinders Nestabilities Heart plain and scalloped and the digital papers from Lettering Delights mentioned above. The images were colored with Copics.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you are having a great week. I'm looking forward to the weekend! No big plans but hopefully some time for crafting and a nice dinner out with my hubby.

Sweet Hearts Valentines

Ok, the other day (see post here) I told you the Sweet Hearts set from Clear and Simple Stamps is great for non-Valentines Day cards but today let's focus on more valentines. For the first card I stamped the little heart background stamp on the top of the card with Old Paper Distress Ink, ran some red cord around the card, then stamped the heart and sentiment with Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink on a scrap of designer paper. Next I inked the edges of the scrap with Distress Ink Vintage photo and mounted it to the card with pop dots. For the finishing touch I added three gemstones to the heart. Very simple card but I really like the end result.

For the second card I pulled out the Bittersweet collection of papers from Basic Grey, some Stampin Up glitters and Studio G flocking.

I really should put some of these valentine cards that I've made in the mail so others can appreciate them.  Thanks for stopping by. I hope you're having a wonderful day. Happy Stamping!

More Easter

Are you ready for another Easter card? I hope so 'cause I inked up my eggs4Easter set again. This time I decided to use the chick stamp but instead of just coloring the chicks in with a solid color I used the decorated egg stamps to fill in the bodies of the chicks. What do you think?

I used my Twinklette markers to add flower centers on the guava chick and strips and dots on the caribbean chick. I also masked off the caribbean chicks body so I could stamp short legs.

Thanks so much for stopping! I hope you're having a wonderful week. Happy Stamping!

Supplies:

• Stamps - eggs4Easter from The Stamps of Life by Stephanie Barnard, Karen Foster snap stamps for "hey"
• Paper - SU Cool Caribbean, Kiwi Kiss, Vanilla, Lovely pack from K&Company
• Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa, SU Cool Caribbean, Groovy Guava, Kiwi Kiss, Distress Ink Vintage Photo
• Misc - Scallop circle punch, Button, Marvy Twinklette markers