Painted Beauty

Both the Painted Blooms DSP and the Painted Petals set will be gone by June 2! I love both of them, and the fact that the Painted Blooms DSP is on the Weekly Deals right now just makes it better!

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Stamps: Painted Petals
Paper: Whisper White, Painted Blooms DSP, Blackberry Bliss, Gold Glimmer Paper
Ink: Mossy Meadow, Blackberry Bliss
Accessories: Doilies, Pearls

Vellum butterfly and gold goodness

This was a Stamp Club card in April. We used an Aquapainter and Pacific Point ink to make spatters on the white layer, which was already embossed with the Spring Flowers embossing folder. That cute little gold shape behind the sentiment is from the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits set. The gold thread under the butterfly is from the Gold Baker's Twine. And of course, butterflies from Vellum Cardstock and my all-time-favorite DSP, Painted Blooms!

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Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishe
Paper: Whisper White, Pacific Point, Vellum Cardstock, Painted Blooms DSP, Gold Foil
Ink: Pacific Point
Accessories: Butterflies Thinlits, Mossy Meadow ribbon, Spring Flowers embossing folder, Mini Treat Bag Thinlits, Aquapainter, Pearls

Painted Blooms Beauty

Like many of you, I have a tendency to hoard  my favorite papers. We save them for just the right occasion, afraid to cut into them at all. Some have even--ahem!--been known to pet the most beautiful papers instead of creating with them.

But look what I did for you! I cut up this gorgeous sheet from Painted Blooms in a way that maximizes the number of cards you can make! I'm pretty proud of this, actually. There are other similar templates out there, but this one makes 8 cards.

I'll be sharing the samples on my Facebook business page, but here is a shot of all of them:

So go ahead, cut into that paper! Make it into something beautiful you can share! Painted Blooms DSP will retire on June 2, so don't miss out!

Happy Mother's Day

We made this card at April's Stamp Club meeting. Not everyone needs a Mother's Day card, so some used birthday greetings or other sentiments. However you do it, Painted Petals is a wonderful stamp set for making watercolor-style floral cards. The coordinating Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper is gorgeous--every page a work of art!

In this photo, it's hard to see the tiny pearls at the center of the stamped flowers, but they add a nice bit texture. We inked up the flowers in Blackberry Bliss, then "pounced" Rose Red marker on them to give a little color variation.

Painted Blooms and Painted Petals will be gone after June 2, so get yours ordered now!

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Stamps: Painted Petals, Crazy about You
Paper: Pistachio Pudding, Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White, Painted Blooms DSP
Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Wild Wasabi, Rose Red marker
Accessories: Pearls, Tea Party Doilies, Spring Flowers embossing folder

Blackberry Spattered Butterflies

I posted this card on my Facebook page already but wanted to share it here, too. It's one of my favorites I've made with the Butterflies Thinlits!

Use an Aquapainter and ink to make these spatters the old-fashioned way. The main butterfly is cut from cardstock vellum, with the smaller layered butterfly cut from Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper (DSP).

The gold filament is from Gold Baker's Twine--just unravel what you need! The card needed one other gold accent, so I used the "torn washi tape" thinlit from the Mini Treat Bag set to make a gold foil background for the sentiment. Isn't that a cool shape? I'll be using it more in the future!

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Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss, Cardstock Vellum, Painted Blooms DSP, Gold Foil
Ink: Blackberry Bliss
Accessories: Butterflies Thinlits, Mini Treat Bag Thinlits, Gold Baker's Twine, Aquapainter, Blackberry Bliss ribbon (retiring), Spring Flowers Embossing Folder

Blue Blooms Butterfly

The Butterflies Thinlits are so easy to use! It takes very little else to make a lovely card. This card will likely end up in the "Mother's Day Collection" for my mom. Shhhh! Don't tell!

A bit of the beautiful Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper (DSP) behind the cutout draws your eye to the details of the butterfly. I used glue dots to adhere the butterfly body to the DSP.

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Stamps: Four You
Paper: White, Painted Blooms DSP
Ink: Pacific Point
Accessories: Butterflies Thinlits, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Rhinestones