Father's Day Silhouettes - May Make and Take 4

Since Father’s Day is coming up it is almost required to make a Father’s Day card. So this is what I came up with.

I would say this is definitely the most difficult of the cards that my guests made. I generally try to have one more difficult card and the rest relatively easy that way there is a good range for people to enjoy and even experienced stampers still have fun. Currently my group of Make & Take guests are all new stampers and it was so much fun teaching them how to use the great tools and products that Stampin’ Up offers such as Smooch Spritz and the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig. For those of you who do not know how to use the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig I will have a tutorial on it for you later this weekend as my first tutorial. Now on to the card supplies and instructions!

Stamps: Nature Silhouettes, Trendy Trees, Wood Grain Background
Cardstock: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
Paper: Thoroughly Modern DSP
Ink: Basic Black, Black Stazon, Bashful Blue, Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Natural Hemp Twine, Log Cabin Smooch Spritz, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Post-It notes, Sponge Daubers, Stampin’ Dimensionals

The card base is Kraft cardstock cut at 5 ½” x 8 ½” and scored at 4 ¼”. The card front was stamped using the Wood Grain background stamp with Chocolate Chip ink. The Thoroughly Modern DSP with the polka-dots was cut at 1 ¾” x 5 ½”. The “thinking of you” stamp from Trendy Trees was used with Basic Black ink to stamp in the bottom right hand corner of the patterned paper. This was then sprayed with Smooch Spritz using the Color Catcher and set aside to dry. This is so much fun because people can spray it as light or as heavy as they want to. After the DSP is dry it is adhered to a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock cut at 2” x 5 ½”. Some Natural Hemp Twine was tied around the layers and into a knot. These layers were then adhered to the card front in the center.

The main image panel is Very Vanilla cardstock cut at 2 ¾” x 3”. The tree from Nature Silhouettes was stamped in Black Stazon using the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to get the image centered. Four Post-It notes were adhered to the panel using the edge of the tree image as a guideline with the sticky end of the post it on the Very Vanilla cardstock. This creates a mask for sponging. Sponge Daubers were used to sponge on Bashful Blue ink over the entire image and then to add some Not Quite Navy ink blended in to make a night sky. The Post-It notes are removed (definitely a WOW moment!) and the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to position the deer or wolf (I left the choice up to them, but I chose to use the deer) and stamped the image in Black Stazon. This image panel was adhered to a 3 ¼” x 3” piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock and this was adhered to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. That’s all there is to it! It really doesn’t take much to make a pretty sponged scene! Thanks for stopping by! Come back tomorrow to see the 2-5-7-10 box that was the 3D project for May!

Amethyst Expressions - May Make and Take 3

This card was completely cased from a card I received in the All About Color Swap 2 for Soft Subtles. The original artist is: Sandy Carlson. For my Make & Takes I like to have various other cards on display to inspire my guests or show off new/current products. I will have to take a picture of my display before the next make and take to show you. Well this card that I received in a swap was displayed during my very first Make & Take and a couple of my guests requested that it be one of the cards that we make at the next one. Well, here it is!

Stamps: Herb Expressions
Cardstock: Almost Amethyst, Basic Grey, Whisper White
Ink: Black Stazon
Accessories: Almost Amethyst and Certainly Celery markers, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder

The card base is Almost Amethyst cut at 5 ½” x 8 ½” and scored at 4 ¼”. The next panel is Basic Grey cut at 5 ¼” x 4” and adhered to the card front. The panel on top of that is Whisper White cut at 5 1/8” x 3 13/16”. The Whisper White panel was embossed in the Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and adhered to the card front on top of the Basic Grey panel. The image panel is Whisper White cut at 2 3/8” x 3 ¾”. The lavender from Herb Expressions was stamped in Black Stazon several times across the bottom of the cardstock.


Tip: Stazon ink works well for images that will be colored in using markers or watercolor because it will not smear and is not water soluble. This also works great on non-porous surfaces such as glass or window sheets.

The tops of the lavender were colored in with an Almost Amethyst marker and the stems/leaves were colored in with a Certainly Celery marker. This panel was adhered to a 2 ½” x 3 7/8” Basic Grey panel. These layers were then adhered to a 2 5/8” x 4” Almost Amethyst panel. Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon was added around the image panel layers and tied into a knot with the ribbon ends neatly trimmed. This was then adhered to the card front and you’re done. This is a pretty easy and quick card to make even though it looks time consuming and difficult. I hope you come back tomorrow to see the Father’s Day card that included a sponged scene!

Blue Rose China - May Make And Take 2

Here is the second card that my guests made at the May Make & Take. Enjoy!



This card was inspired by this wonderful creation by Tina Dyck: http://mytherapymycreations.blogspot.com/2010/05/all-rain-and-no-gain.html
Once I saw this I just knew I HAD to re-create it for my Make & Take because the ladies would love it! It reminds me so much of the china dish set that my Mother gave my husband and I as a wedding present. You can see the resemblance:

Stamps: Elements of Style
Cardstock: Kraft, Whisper White, Night Of Navy
Ink: Night of Navy
Accessories: Square Lattice Embossing Folder, 5/8” Basic Black Stain Ribbon, Designer Label Punch, Bashful Blue Marker, Blender Pen


The card base is Kraft cardstock (soon to be known as Crumb Cake) cut at 4 ¼” x 11” and scored at 5 ½”. A 3 7/8” x 5 1/8” piece of Whisper White was stamped with the flowers from Elements of Style in Night of Navy ink to create a patterned paper. This was then run through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice embossing folder and adhered to a 4” x 5 ¼” piece of Night of Navy cardstock. A piece of 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon was added around the middle and these layers were then adhered to the card base.


A 2 3/8” x 3 3/8” piece of Whisper White cardstock was stamped with the flowers from Elements of Style in Night of Navy ink. The flowers were then colored in with a Bashful Blue marker. Then I used the Night of Navy ink pad and the blender pen to add shadows to the flowers. To do this, squeeze the pad in the middle when it is closed. Open the pad up halfway and you will see ink on the lid of the case, use the blender pen to pick up this ink and add it to your flowers. This beautiful flower piece is adhered to a 2 ½” x 3 ½” piece of Night of Navy cardstock and then to the card front.


The sentiment was stamped in Night of Navy ink on a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock. I then used the Designer Label Punch to punch out the sentiment and another label from Night of Navy cardstock. The Night of Navy label was cut in half lengthwise and adhered to the back of the sentiment label to add a shadow on either side. This was adhered to the card using Stampin Dimensionals and you’re done! I hope you enjoy this beautiful card as much as all the other ladies did. Come back tomorrow to see more!

Razzleberry Medallion - May Make and Take 1

The Make & Take for May was wonderful! The ladies all had a wonderful time making the projects and seemed excited to come back again! Throughout this week I will be posting the projects that my guests made this month. So come back each day this week to see them all!

Stamps: Medallion, Watercolor Trio
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Sahara Sand, Basic Black
Accessories: Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, 5/8” Bashful Blue Stain Ribbon



This card was inspired by a card created by Kirsten Davies on Stampin Connection. The card base is Rich Razzleberry cardstock cut to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and scored at 4 ¼”. The medallion was stamped in Rich Razzleberry ink on the card base. Then a portion of the medallion was stamped on a 2 7/8” x 2 7/8” piece of Whisper White cardstock using the Rock-N-Roll technique with Sahara Sand and Rich Razzleberry ink. (For the tutorial on this technique click here). When stamping you want to make sure that you get the center of the medallion onto your Whisper White cardstock. http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/rock_n_roll/



The sentiment from Watercolor Trio was stamped in the bottom right corner of the stamped Whisper White cardstock in Basic Black ink. This panel was adhered to a piece of 3” x 3” Basic Black cardstock. The Slot Punch was used in the middle on the right side of the image panel to punch through both layers and a piece of 5/8” Bashful Blue Satin Ribbon was tied into a knot and the ends trimmed. A large brad from the Silver Hodgepodge Hardware kit was put in the center of the medallion and Stampin Dimensionals were used to adhere this panel to the card front lining up the medallion image. Make sure to come back tomorrow to see the second Make & Take project that uses the Elements of Style set from the summer mini.

Amethyst Awash With Flowers

This card was CASED from Candy Rattray’s beautiful creation which can be found on Stampin’ Connection. For those of you who don’t have access to Stampin’ Connection I have copied the picture here:

Now here is my version:

Stamps: Awash With Flowers, Well Scripted

Ink: Basic Black, Lavender Lace, Lovely Lilac, Pretty In Pink, Positively Pink, Certainly Celery, and Old Olive
Cardstock: Lavender Lace, Lovely Lilac, Whisper White
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, ½” Circle Punch, Extra Large Grommet (white), 5/8” Old Olive Grosgrain ribbon, Two-way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

The card base is Almost Amethyst cardstock cut at 4 ¼” x 11” and scored at 5 ½”. The Whisper White cardstock was cut at 4” x 4”. I stamped the outlines first using Basic Black ink and then stamped the flower and leaf images with the other colors of ink. The clear mount stamps make it really easy to get the flower images lined up with the outlines, which is one of the reasons that I will purchase the clear mount stamps from now on. Not to mention I could use the extra storage space! Now, back to the card…I used the Two-Way Glue Pen and some Dazzling Diamonds glitter to add some sparkle to my flowers. The stamped Whisper White image panel is adhered to the Lovely Lilac cardstock cut at 4 ¼” x 4 ¼”. A small strip of Whisper White was punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch and adhered to the back of the Lovely Lilac cardstock so that just the scallop trim shows.

I then used the ½” Circle Punch to punch a hole in the lower right hand corner for the Extra Large Grommet to go through. The 5/8” Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon (I just love this ribbon!) was wrapped around the image panel. Thread the two ends of the ribbon through the center of the Extra Large Grommet and then push the grommet through the ½” hole. It will take a little bit of fiddling to get the grommet “spikes” to punch through the ribbon then flatten the “spikes” out to secure the grommet. I bent them over with my fingers and then used a very small craft hammer to flatten them out completely. Tie the ribbon ends into a knot and trim off the ends to clean them up.

Then I stamped “Happy Birthday” from Well Scripted (I can always use more birthday cards) in Lovely Lilac ink on the bottom left corner of the Lavender Lace card base and adhered the image panel. I just love how this card turned out with all the different colors. It’s just very cheerful! Thank you Cathy Rattray for the wonderful inspiration! Come back tomorrow to see the first of the cards from the May Make & Take! My guests liked them and I hope you do too!

Snowflake Wreath - April Christmas Cards

Splitcoaststampers has a monthly challenge to create 10 Christmas cards per month. That way you have all of your Christmas cards completed long before Christmas. Well…here are my cards for April. Hope you like them!

Stamps: Berry Christmas (retired), Heard from the Heart, Snow Burst (retired)
Cardstock: Kraft, Ivory Naturals, Bravo Burgundy, Very Vanilla
Ink: Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Real Red, Sahara Sand, Versamark
Accessories: Mistletoe Ribbon Originals (retired), Scorpal, Embossing gun, Gold Glory Embossing Power, Embossing Buddy, Stampin Dimensionals

These cards I made for the Christmas Card Challenge on Splitcoaststampers.com. The card base is Kraft cardstock (which after July will be called Crumb Cake) cut at 4 ¼” x 11” and scored at 5 ½”. I used the Scorpal to add two score lines on the card front at 1 ¼” and 2”. The greeting from Heard from the Heart was stamped in Old Olive ink on the bottom portion of the card under the 1 ¼” score line.

I then cut a piece of Ivory Naturals cardstock to 2 1/8” x 5 3/8” and the Big Shot with the Petals A Plenty embossing folder to add some texture. Then I used a brayer with Old Olive ink to ink up the raised images that the embossing folder created. This was adhered to the card front above the 2” score line.

A hobby blade was used to cut the fold in the card between the two score lines and the Mistletoe Ribbon Originals ribbon was inserted through the slot in the fold of the card and tied around the card front in a knot. For the main image panel I cut a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock 2 ¼” x 2 ¼” The small snowflake from Snow Burst was stamped several times in a circular pattern using Certainly Celery ink to form a wreath. The berries from Berry Christmas were stamped randomly around the wreath in Real Red ink. The embossing buddy and Versamark were used to stamp the poinsettia and ribbon from Berry Christmas at the top of the wreath and this was heat embossed using Gold Glory embossing powder.

The edges of this panel were sponged with Sahara Sand ink. The image panel was then adhered to a 2 3/8” x 2 3/8” piece of Bravo Burgundy cardstock and the panels were adhered to the card front using Stampin Dimensionals to pop it up. Of course I had to stamp matching envelopes so I used the same poinsetta and ribbon from Berry Christams and stamped it in Real Red on the bottom left corner of the envelopes. Thats it! What do you think? Come back tomorrow to see a card made with the set Awash With Flowers which will be in the new 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog!

Saffron, Banana, and Amethyst Bird

This is a fun card inspired by a card created by Sandra Bate that was posted on Stampin Connection. Fpr those of you who don't have access to Stampin Connection I have posted the photo here:

And here is my version. Enjoy!

Stamps: Well Scripted
Cardstock: Whisper White, Almost Amethyst, Barely Banana
Paper: So Saffron DSP
Ink: Almost Amethyst, Summer Sun
Accessories: Extra Large Bird Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Elegant Bouquet embossing folder, Big Shot


The card base is Whisper White cut at 5 ½” x 6 ½” and scored at 2 ¼”. I used the Big Shot with the Elegant Bouquet embossing folder on the back of the Whisper White card. Since the front of the card only covers half of the back you will be able to see this texture when the card is closed. I cut a piece of Almost Amethyst cardstock 2 ½” x 5 ½” and punched the edge with the Scallop Edge Border Punch. This was adhered to the front flap of the card. A piece of So Saffron DSP was cut at 2 ¼” x 5 ½” and adhered on top of the Almost Amethyst scalloped piece.


For the main image panel I cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock at 2 3/8” x 2 5/8” and stamped “Love you much” from Well Scripted in Almost Amethyst ink in the bottom right hand corner. This was adhered to a piece of Barely Banana cardstock cut at 2 ½” x 2 ¾”. This layered panel was then adhered to a piece of Almost Amethyst cut at 2 ¾” x 3”. This was adhered to the card front only on the left side of the panel since the right side of the panel hangs out over the back of the card.


I used the Extra Large Bird Punch to punch the bird and wing from Barely Banana cardstock and sponged these with Summer Sun ink. Two branches were punched from Certainly Celery cardstock and adhered to the image panel using the Two-Way Glue Pen. The wing was adhered to the bird using the Two-Way Glue Pen and the bird was adhered to the panel using a Stampin Dimensional and it’s done! I think this is a super cute card to give to a loved one! Come back tomorrow to see the cards I made for my April Christmas cards.

Earth Elements - Not Quite Navy

This is the second card that I made for the Earth Elements swap. This one took a little bit more time, but it was well worth the effort! I found inspiration for this card from the layout of this card by Renee Van Stralen.

Stamps: En Francais, Heard From the Heart
Cardstock: Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Sahara Sand
Ink: Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, Scallop Border Punch, Daisies Flower #2 Die, Big Shot, Scorpal, Whisper White Organza Ribbon

The card base is Whisper White cut at 4 ½ in. x 11 in. and scored at 5 ½ in., 1 ¼ in., 5 ¼ in., and 4 7/8 in. To do this on the Scorpal is a little tricky. All the following scores are done with the 11 in. edge of the cardstock against the top of the Scorpal. The cardstock will be moved from left to right or right to left only. Score the 5 ½ in. first. Then move your 5 ½” score line into the groove for 4 ¼ in. and score in the 4 in. line (this gives you the 5 ¼ in. dimension). Then move the score you just did to the 3 1/8 in. groove and score in the 3 in. line (this gives you the 4 7/8 in. dimension). Then line up the left edge of your cardstock with the 3 in. line and score in the 4 ¼ in. line. Now all of your scoring is done and you have your decorative lines on the card front.
Use the sentiment from Heard From the Heart with Not Quite Navy ink and stamp below the 1 ¼ in. score line at the bottom of the card. The Not Quite Navy cardstock is cut at 4” x 4 ¼” and both edges are punched with the Scallop Border Punch. The Sahara Sand cardstock is cut at 3” x 4 ¼”, and the Whisper White cardstock is cut at 2 7/8” x 4 ¼”.
Place the En Fraincais background stamp on the table rubber side up. Ink up the En Francais background stamp with Not Quite Navy ink and place your Whisper White panel on top of the rubber. Cover the cardstock with a scrap piece of paper and rub over the top of the cardstock with your fingers. Be careful to make sure the cardstock does not move under the scrap paper. Remove the scrap paper and turn over the stamp and let your Whisper White cardstock fall off the stamp. (This is a way to get a good image with a background stamp without smudging the image when you try to remove it from the stamp). Adhere this to the Sahara Sand panel and add your Whisper White Organza ribbon, then adhere these panels to the Not Quite Navy panel.
To finish it off I used the Daisies Flower #2 die to cut one large flower and one small flower from Night of Navy cardstock, and one large flower from some scrap Whisper White cardstock that was stamped with the En Francais background stamp in Night of Navy ink. The flowers were all sprayed with a combination of rubbing alcohol and shimmer paint to create a form of glimmer mist. I created this set of swaps before the summer mini was released with it's wonderful Smooch Spritz, so I won't have to mix up alcohol and shimmer paint again to get a wonderfully glittery spray. These were adhered together and adhered to the stamped En Francais panel with the ribbon. A large brad from the Silver Hodgepodge Hardware kit was used to finish off the center of the flower. These panels are adhered to the card front and you’re done! What do you think? Come back tomorrow to see a great project using the Extra Large Bird Punch.

Earth Elements - Old Olive

More cards for swaps!!! Yay! Here is the first card that I made for the Earth Elements swap using the Medallion background stamp which is one of my absolute favorite stamps!

Stamps: Medallion, Warm Words
Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla
Ink: Sahara Sand, Old Olive
Accessories: Old Olive 5/8 in. Grosgrain Ribbon, Very Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware (brads), Scallop Oval Punch, Curly Label Punch.

The card base is Sahara Sand cut at 4 ¼ in. x 5 ½ in. and scored at 4 ¼ in. The next layer is Very Vanilla cardstock cut at 4 in. x 5 ¼ in. and this is adhered to the card front. The layer after that is Sahara Sand cut at 3 ¾ in. x 5 in. and sponged around the edge with Old Olive ink. The main image panel is Very Vanilla cut at 3 5/8 in. x 4 7/8 in. I inked up my Medallion stamp first with Sahara Sand and used the Rock-N-Roll technique to add Old Olive to the edge of the Medallion and stamped this on the Very Vanilla cardstock.

The Rock N Roll technique is where you ink up the stamp with a light color and roll the edges of the stamp in a darker color ink and then stamp your image onto the cardstock. Here is the link to this tutorial on Splitcoaststampers.com

I adhered the main image panel to the sponged Sahara Sand panel and added the Old Olive 5/8 in. Grosgrain Ribbon around the panel. I used the Curly Label Punch on some scraps of Old Olive cardstock. I stamped “happiness” from Warm Words (I absolutely LOVE this set! It works for anything!) in Old Olive ink on scraps of Very Vanilla cardstock leaving a lot of space between each image. Then I used the Scalloped Oval Punch to punch out the sentiment and then sponged the edges with Sahara Sand ink.

Note: When you want a stamped image on a punched paper always stamp first! This allows you to hold the punch upside down and center your image within the punch window. Then punch. This is the easiest way to always get an image centered on a punched piece of paper.

The Very Vanilla scalloped oval was adhered in the center of the Old Olive curly label. I then adhered this to my ribbon on my main image panel. (You don’t have to use adhesive here, but I like to that way my image stays in place while I punch the holes for the brads.) I used my needle tool and foam mat to punch the holes for two Very Vanilla brads from the Very Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware kit. Adhere this main image panel to the card front and you’re done! Come back tomorrow to see the other Earth Elements swap!

Rich Regals - Rose Red

Here is the second card I made for the Rich Regals swap! You can view the first card that I made for the Rich Regals swap here. As I mentioned before I just love doing these swaps and it’s so hard to only do one. They get very addictive after a while!

Stamps: Bella’s Bloom
Cardstock: Rose Red, Sahara Sand
Paper: Rose Red DSP
Ink: Rose Red, Sahara Sand
Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, Whisper White Organza Ribbon.

For this one the card base is Sahara Sand. This is a color that I previously did not use much, but through these swaps I have found that it is a great neutral tone to use with just about any color. The Sahara Sand card base is cut at 4 ¼ in. x 5 ½ in. and scored at 4 ¼ in. The next layer is Rose Red cardstock cut at 4 in. x 5 ¼ in. The three narrow panels begin with Rose Red DSP cut at 1 3/8” x 3 3/8” and adhered to Sahara Sand cardstock cut at 1 ½” x 3 ½”. The three panels are adhered to the Rose Red cardstock and Whisper White organza ribbon is added and tied in a knot. This layer is then adhered to the card base.
The main image panel is Whisper White cardstock cut at 2” x 2 ¼” and Sahara Sand cardstock cut at 2 ¼” x 2 ½”. I used the ticket corner punch on the corners of both the Whisper White and Sahara Sand cardstock. I stamped the flower from Bella’s Bloom in Rose Red on the Whisper White cardstock then I stamped the sentiment at the bottom of the panel in Sahara Sand ink. Both panels were sponged around the edge with Rose Red ink and adhered together. These are added to the card front with scrap rubber to pop this layer up off the card front. This card has lots of layers, but is pretty easy to put together. Hope you like it!

Rich Regals Swap - So Saffron

It is just so much fun to participate in these swaps with other demos! For those of you who don’t know, a swap is where several demonstrators create a specific number of cards following whatever rules the hostess gives and all the swappers mail all of the cards to the hostess. She sorts them out and mails back one card less than the number you sent in. That way there is a card for the hostess too. The swapped cards are mailed back to you. I’m like a kid at Christmas when I see a swap box in my mail. There are so many great ideas for cards and this is a way to share them and actually see and feel the cards. Not to mention it gives you lots of samples to show off a workshops, make-and-takes, and classes. As a matter of fact I will be casing a card I received from the Soft Subtles swap for my next make-and-take because my guests saw one of the cards I received in the swap and said “I want to make that!”

Well here is one of the cards that I made for the Rich Regals swap:

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Warm Words
Cardstock: Sahara Sand, So Saffron, Whisper White
Paper: So Saffron DSP
Ink: Sahara Sand, So Saffron
Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Silver Brad, Elegant Bouquet embossing folder

First I cut the Sahara Sand card base at 6 ¼ in. x 5 ½ in. and scored it at 4 ¼ in. Then I use
d the Elegant Bouquet embossing folder with my Big Shot on the inside of the card. This will show through to the front since the card front only covers half of the inside. I cut the So Saffron DSP at 2 in. x 5 ½ in. and the So Saffron cardstock at 2 ½ in. x 5 ½ in. I used the Scallop Border punch on the So Saffron cardstock and adhered the So Saffron DSP on top of the So Saffron cardstock. This was then adhered to the card “front” or the 2 in wide flap on the front.

For the main image panel I cut the Whisper White cardstock 2 ¼” x 2 ½”, the Sahara Sand cardstock 2 3/8” x 2 5/8”, and the So Saffron cardstock 2 5/8” x 3 7/8”. On a scrap piece of cardstock I used the Curly Label Punch to create a reverse mask. I put this on top of the Whisper White panel, held the scrap with my left hand, and sponged So Saffron around the edges with my right hand. Pick up the mask and you have a beautiful So Saffron curly label in the center of your image panel. I then stamped the image from Pocket Silhouettes in Sahara Sand ink on top of the So Saffron curly label. Then I stamped “happiness” from Warm Words in So Saffron ink at the bottom, added a silver brad in the bottom right corner, and adhered the Whisper White, Sahara Sand, and So Saffron layers together and to the card front. Then you’re done! This is such a fun and interesting layout to try.

Come back tomorrow to see the second card I made for the Rich Regals swap using the color Rose Red!

Decor Mirror

I know it's been a long time since I've posted and I apologize. It's been kind of crazy around here lately, but I have lots of projects to post for you in the next couple weeks so come back to see all of the fun creations.

My mom and my husband frequently go over into Missouri to look in antique stores and I found this great mirror in a store in Parkville, Missouri. I spray painted the frame white and added this beautiful Ornate Flower Decor Elements.

If you're not familiar with Decor Elements by Stampin' Up they are self adhesive vynil art that can be used on smooth walls, glass, canvas, or a scrapbook page! To find more information on Decor Elements and see the other styles of vynil art click here.

This hangs in my craft room and I just love how something ordinary like a mirror can be transformed into an art piece with very little effort!

Come back later this week to see what other fun things I've been busy making!