Easy Watercolor Birthday Wishes

This card is one of my favorites that I've made lately. When I was designing projects with my free Sale-a-bration paper Perfectly Artistic DSP,  the "back" (the non-swirly-marbled side) reminded me of the Watercolor Wishes kit! So I pulled out my Extras bag from that kit--which is my very favorite kit of ALL time--and used the sequins and the stamp set.

The Flower Fair Framelits helped me put together flowers that were a lovely watercolor style. I used the leftover pieces of the Perfectly Artistic DSP to cut them.

This card has been my most popular post ever on Facebook, so I wanted to share it here for my readers who aren't FBers. Be sure to send me your birthday and address if you'd like to receive a birthday card from me!  #imbringingbirthdaysback

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Strawberry Easter Basket--No Fooling!

This cute basket is made with the Stampin Up Berry Basket Die. It goes together VERY quickly--always a nice quality--and makes a great Easter basket, gift basket, or storage container.

At Stamp Club in March, we made cardstock strawberries to fill our baskets, because they're so cute! I looked on Pinterest for the strawberry template and used this one. I printed it on white cardstock, then traced it onto Real Red for the strawberries. It's a very simple shape to cut. Don't let it scare you off! Then emboss with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, score, and adhere together. The template provides a "leaf," but I cut them out with one of the Flower Fair Framelits instead. Thread Pistachio Pudding baker's twine through the top of the strawberry "petals," then through the "leaf," and pull tight. Tie in a bow. You could put something small inside the strawberry if you wanted to, but we didn't.

Here's another view of the basket:

I'll be featuring more Berry Baskets in the next several days so you can be as excited about this die as I am! Happy Spring!

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Stamps: Crazy About You, One Tag Fits All, Pictogram Punches       
Paper: Baked Brown Sugar, Soft Sky, Whisper White, Kraft Gift Wrap (Clearance Rack), Real Red, Wild Wasabi   
Ink: Real Red, Baked Brown Sugar, Soft Sky   
Accessories: Berry Basket Bigz Die, Note Tag Punch, Flower Fair Framelits (leaf), Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack (flower), Baker’s Twine in Baked Brown Sugar and Pistachio Pudding, Soft Sky Seam Binding

Bits & Pieces Masked Flower Patch

There's quite an autumn feel to the air here, so I better get my last "summery" flower card blogged! This was another leftover from September's Club planning, and it couldn't be simpler. I used an oval framelit to cut a mask for my card front, then sponged Crumb Cake ink through the mask. The flower pieces are from the Flower Patch photopolymer set and the coordinating Flower Fair Framelits. The only stamping I did was the sentiment, from And Many More. Sometimes you just need a simple card, right?

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Stamps: And Many More, Flower Patch
Paper:Naturals White, Whisper White, Old Olive, Crushed Curry
Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Old Olive
Accessories: Oval Framelits, Flower Fair Framelits, sponge, dimensionals

Bits and Pieces Background check

One thing I really love about photopolymer stamps is how easy it is to use a *lot* of them together. I had an idea that I should make a background of birthday stamps. After pulling out more (and more!) clear sets to find birthday elements, I came up with this one. Some of the hearts and stars were added afterward to fill in holes. My favorite thing on the background is the sentiment from Age Awareness: "You look way better at this age than I thought you would" hahahahahaha Perfect for "that friend" or your sister, right?

The flower elements are more leftovers sitting out on my desk, and are made with the Flower Patch set and the matching Flower Fair framelits. It had been awhile since I had found a flower set to love, maybe even a year. But Flower Patch is firmly in blue ribbon territory for my flower stamp category.

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Stamps: Flower Patch   Background sets: Designer Typeset, Calling All Heroes,  Endless Wishes, Endless Birthday Wishes, Countless Sayings 1, Bravo, And Many More
Papers: Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Old Olive
Inks: Smoky Slate, Black, Blackberry Bliss
Accessories: Flower Fair Framelits, PL Journaling Pens

Fall Florals, part 1

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I love the new set Flower Patch, with the matching Flower Fair framelits! It may be a bit late in the year for spring flower cards, but it's not too late for some rich autumn colors.

This is a card from the September Stamp Club meeting last night. It was inspired by a card made by Margits Schatzruhe. We used more muted tones--Sahara Sand, Crushed Curry, Baked Brown Sugar, and Chocolate Chip--to make a lovely birthday card! Flower Patch contains some AWESOME sayings, too! It's a photopolymer set, which means you can stamp layers without any hassle!

To get an even better deal, buy the bundle with the framelits! It's a 15% savings, and you'll never cut out another flower again. :-)

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Stamps: Flower Patch
Paper: Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Baked Brown Sugar, Daffodil Delight Blendabilities
Accessories: Flower Fair Framelits, Tiny Triangles Embossing Folder, Brights Candy Dots, Pearls

Autumn Awesomeness

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After creating for Stamp Club later this week, I have a LOT of bits and pieces left on my table. These flowers from the Flower Patch set remind me of the chrysanthemums that will be taking over gardens here soon. The card front is made with a piece from the Everyday Adventure Project Life by Stampin' Up! kit. And how about that sentiment! It appealed to me from the first time I saw it, and I'm sure I'll be using it often. It's a keeper. :-) 

The Flower Patch set is photopolymer, which makes for affordability as well as easy layering. 

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Stamps: Flower Patch

Paper: PLxSU Everyday Adventure, Crushed Curry, Whisper White

Ink: Crushed Curry, Blackberry Bliss, Black

Accessories: Pearls, Rich Razzleberry Blendabilities, Flower Fair Framelits