Medallion card

How much do I love that this medallion stamp is from the $1 bins at Joann's and the polka dots were made with a pencil eraser dipped in the ink pad? Very, very much!!!

I used SU! inks in Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise and Tangerine Tango on Crumb Cake card stock. A few rhinestones, some bakers twine and a sentiment layered up on different punched coordinating card stocks and you have a finished note card. Quick and easy and inexpensive. Can't beat that. 

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CASE'd birthday cards

This card is CASE'd from this beauty I found on Pinterest. As you see I loved it so much I changed very little. I guess I just did more....of everything. The leaves, the butterflies, the inking around the edges. I used sequins instead of rhinestones.

The leaves are from SU! Kinda Eclectic in Wild Wasabi ink, the butterflies are also SU! Kinda Eclectic in Strawberry Slush ink. The sentiment is SU! Endless Birthday Wishes.


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French swirls background card

I made these cards a while back. After Rubber Stamp Convention in Sac, where I had purchased this Deep Red French Swirls background stamp. I stamped it using my MISTI and Momento Tuxedo Black ink. I used CTMH epoxy dots to add the ombre effect with the dots. Layers and layers of card stock and a bow and its all done. A simple but elegant note card. 

Same idea here, just a change up of colors and the addition of a sentiment on the front. (Sorry for the blurry pic.)

I absolutely love this stamp. And the MISTI allowed me to stamp multiple times to get the deep dark all over image. I love it!

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Mother's day card & gift bag

Of course I finally order (and subsequently fell in love with) SU! Stippled Blossom just a month or two before they discontinue it. True I can continue to create with it for my own use, but I can't show my friends and have them fall in love with it too, because that would just be mean. But for everyone who already owns it, isn't it awesome? I know, I'm late to the party. As usual.

This is the card I made for my mom for Mother's Day. Her last name is Rose. Her favorite flower is Rose. So I thought this was perfect. 

I used the top stamp layer only, the stippled design. And I stamped twice with SU! Real Red ink to get the two tones. Same with the leaf stamp, only using SU! Wild Wasabi ink. I had done the old masking using a post it note trick. I had punched out a circle and masked where I wanted my sentiment. This sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink. 

The inside sentiment and shape around it is from CTMH. I have had it for a long while, so I'm not at all certain they still sell it. I stamped both the sentiments using my MISTI so that I could stamp them multiple times to get a super deep red color. 

This is the decorations I put on a plain kraft gift bag. I used some discontinued SU! Real Red ribbon to made the bow. 

I layered many paper and silk flowers from my stash and put a long since discontinued SU! brad through the centers of two of them.


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Ghost technique polka dot cards

I was playing around with my Misti and Paper Trey Ink polka dot background stamps. Trying my hand at the ghost technique. My inspiration came from this card on Pinterest.

SU! Crumb Cake and Whisper White papers used on all of the cards. This one adds SU! Garden Green ink and paper. 

This is Island Indigo. 

And finally Rich Razzleberry.

Pretty and simple cards. I enjoyed my first attempts at this style of ghost technique.

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Thank you framed window card

More birthday stamps at work here. Loving these Winnie & Walter background stamps. I did kind of an ombre effect with the stars background stamp. 

These are from SU! Paper Pumpkin kits. Two different months. Love them. I never would have been able to line up the thank you background stamp and repeat it four times to create that big covered area with my MISTI. It made it quick and simple. LoVe!!!!

Here's most all of the tools used on this card. I did also use SU! star dies to cut the shapes and the frames out.

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Thank you card

This is made with adorable stamps I received for my birthday from my sweet mom. Thanks mom!! So easy to make a cute background surrounding the SU! sentiment.

These are the tricks of the trade. I did learn that the VersaFine ink needs a few moments to dry, so if you move too fast, you run the risk of smudging the black ink. Not good. So be patient.

I am loving my new Wink of Stella clear glitter pen, its my first, and I love the subtle shine without texture that I can add to any design I want. Beautiful!!!


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Polka dot birthday cards

These are some gorgeous backgrounds created with my MISTI and Papertrey Ink Polka Dot Background stamps. I am loving this set again. Supe-dee-duper easy to line up and stamp (and stamp again if needed) with the MISTI!!! Yahoo!

Goodness, I made these a month ago or more, so I am guessing at the colors now. I believe this is SU! Calypso Coral. On all three of these cards I added some SU! Petite Petals, ribbon and lace. The sentiments are from Papertrey Ink. 

This I believe to be stamped in SU! Coastal Cabana.

And finally SU! So Saffron. The smaller the background polka dots got the harder it was to get them perfectly lined up and repeated for a full background of polka dots, but this is still WAY better than what I could have managed stamping them with a block.

Thanks for the visit. Sorry for the long delay between posts. 

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Painted Blooms and Lovely Amazing You card gift set

Making some quick and simple gift sets using the gorgeous SU! Painted Blooms DSP as the main focal point. I layered it onto coordinating card stocks and onto an embossed piece of white card stock.

I added a simple SU! Blackberry Bliss ribbon and tied a bow with the thick twine. I glued on 3 random sequins for a lil bling.

I stamped these sentiments multiple times using my MISTI, so that I could achieve the deep dark SU! Blackberry Bliss color. Then I punched them out and layered on the scallop circle, popping it up over the ribbon. These cards went together very quickly, but you would never know it, I think they turned out very cute. 

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Irresistibly yours for Easter

Happy Easter! These are two simple cards made using the Stampin' Up! Irresistibly Yours papers cut into banners and inked with a sponge. I colored small sections of vellum paper with Blendabilities and then punched the butterflies. I also colored the pearls with the Blendabilities.

Ink the edges and tie a bow and layer it on a card base. Easy Peasy and a bright and cheery Easter card. I hope everyone has a blessed day full of family, fun and a lil bit of good chocolate. 

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FUN swap cards with MISTI

My teddy bear themed swap card for last month. Made super simple by stamping with my MISTI. I am loving this stamping tool.

I colored the bear and the balloons with SU! Blendabilities and added some ribbon and layer of black cardstock. 

I decided it needed a lil something more, so I added the cute lil SU! sentiment curved around the bears ear.

Also stamped, with the MISTI, all the card backs with this long narrow stamp. Not a single rolled inky edge in the bunch. Have I said I love the MISTI? Because I do!!!

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