Betty's Blooms

This card was made form the NEW Betty's Blooms SweetCuts dies from SweetStamps.com.  The DP is Isabella from Bo Bunny and the Pewter Pearls are from Kaiser Craft.

Blue and Brown Easter 2013

For this card I started with the CS25 Center Step Die.  The other dies used were the DVW115 Spring Scenery, Cheery Lynn Designs B265 Build a Flower #3 Embellishments dies and the XL5 Scallop Circle stacker dies.  The stamp is the 950 Blessed Easter from SweetStamp.com stamped using French Roast Shades Dye ink.  The pearls are Kaiser Craft Chocolate pearl strips and the polka dot ribbon is from my stash.

Swings, Flowers and Birds

This card was made using the following items.

Memory Box
98463 Set of Swings
98187 Woodland Branch
98451 Contempo Circle Border

Cheery Lynn Designs
B265 Build A Flower #3 Embellishment set
B126 Grass Border

Kaiser Craft Chocolate Pearl strips
Sitting Birds and Flying Birds brads from EyeLet Outlet

Easter 2013

For this card I used the EF3067 Flower Bouquet Crafts Too embossing folder.  The water colored card was one I had from Hero Arts from many years ago.  The stamps are from SweetStamps.com, 992 Easter Greetings and 950 Blessed Easter.  Ink is Deco Coral Shades Dye ink and the dies on the inside are the MFD014 from Nellie Snellen.  Pearls are Mango from Kaiser Craft.

Reindeer Christmas 2012

Here's two of the cards I made for Christmas.  The following products were used.

8003 Reindeer embossing folder from cArt-US
98166 Deer Trio and Pixie 6x6 paper pad from Memory Box
960 Merry Christmas Happy New Year stamp and Brownie Shades Dye ink from SweetStamps.com
Red Pearls from Kaiser Craft
1/8" Super Sticky Tape
Candi Fix Foam Dots, Raffia, A2 and A6 cream cards

In Her Easter Bonnet Silhouette

For this card I started with a piece of gray card stock that was embossed using the 723159 Bradshaw Embossing Folder from Couture Creations.  After embossing the paper I used Nightfall Shades Dye ink direct to paper to highlight the embossed areas.  I also embossed a piece of white card stock, hand cut around the outside of the frame and used the Nightfall ink to highlight the raised areas.  I used Distress Embossing ink to stamp the silhouette of the 6005 In Her Easter Bonnet stamp from SweetStamps.com on black card stock and heat embossed it with Fine Detail Clear EP then hand cut the silhouette.  I attached the white oval to the card using foam dots and then attached the silhouette to the oval with more foam dots.  The flower in the lower right corner was made from the B181A Embellishments #1 Stamen dies.  I cut these from black and gray card stock, using a black marker to add highlights to  some of the gray pieces than layered them to form a flower.  I finished it with a resin rose from Kaiser Craft.  The flower in the upper left corner is an antiqued silver bottle cap topped with another resin flower.  The flourishes were cut from the DL151 Victorian Romance Flourish die from Cheery Lynn Designs.  Ribbon is a piece of fancy black ribbon I had in my stash of things.  Card measures approximately  5"x7".

Lavender Butterflies

For these cards I used the Dreamcatcher 6X6 paper pad
from 1st Edition and Thimbleberry Shades Dye ink.  All stamps are from SweetStamps.com

The butterfly on all the cards is the 98261 Kaleidoscope Butterfly and the 98260 Moonlight Butterfly from Memory Box.

I used Krylon Adhesive Spray to attach all of the dies to the cards.

On the first card I also used used the B189 Sentiment Frame #1 and the B172 Lace Corner Deco G from Cherry Lynn Designs.

Stamp is 9027 Happy Birthday Antique small

1/8" Cream ribbon attached using Super Sticky Tape

For the second card I used the DL148 Cathedral Lace 
Frame and B190 Sentiment Frame #2 from CLD.

Paper is Core'dinations card stock

Stamp is 9024 Cheery Hello



 

On the third card I used the B172 Lace Corner Lace Deco G and also the Nellie's MFD008 Rectangle multi frame die.

Stamp is 9001 Butterfly Kisses

Crocheted Doily and Resin Flower are from Kaiser Craft

For the inside of the card I used the I used the 

B189 Sentiment Frame #1 and the 

B149 Cuties #1 Flower die from CLD.  

The stamp is 9063 Happiness.                                         

Tag Card

For this card I started with a white wooden tag and stamped on it using Distress Markers (Wild Honey and Shabby Shutters) and Candi Stamps Build a Bloom.  The paper is Madame Boutique from Kaiser Craft.  The doily is the Nautical Wheeler Doily Die from Cheery Lynn Designs.  I finished it off with some sheer gold ribbon and Hardware Candi legless brads.  Card measures 6"x6".

Patriotic Sparkles

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Thought this would work for a good Fourth of July card with all the sparkle.  I used the following products:

Glitz 6X6 Happy Travels Paper pad
Glitter Sticker sheets in Blue and Silver
Stamp-9107 Holiday Sparkles Duo
Distress Clear Embossing Ink
EP-Valentine Sparkle
Cheery Lynn Designs B181 Build a Flower set #1 (used the stamens for the fireworks)
MFD014 Rectangle 3 Multi Frame die
Flourishes from Marianne's LR0116, LR0111 and LR0112
Red Pearls, Silver Rhinestones and Royal Blue Liquid Pearls
Misc items Candi Fix Foam Dots, Micro Glue Dots, Embossing Pal Anti-Static Pouch and Ribbon

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Christmas Resist challenge.

Birthday Card and Gift Box

For both the card and gift box I used Kaiser Crafts Up, Up and Away 6x6 paper pad, Rub-ons and Printed Chip Board.   The sentiments are 9079 Fancy Birthday and 9119 Full of Smiles from SweetStamps.com. Tea Dye Distress ink was used on the stamps and the larger French Flair on the inside of the card is from the XL12 French Flair Stacker die set from Cheery Lynn Designs.  The bottle caps and twine were from my stash.

Finished Box

Inside of Box

Inside of Card

Butterfly Box

I made this box for my Niece's graduation.  I used papers from the Authentique Journey 6x6 paper pad, cutting pieces to fit.  The Butterfly is one of the DL113 Small Exotic Butterfly dies from Cheery Lynn Designs.  The sentiment is the 9013 stamp from SweetStamps.com.  The swirl is part of the DL151 Victorian Romance Flourish die from CLD.  I added some white self adhesive pearls from Kaiser Craft and added some glimmer to the butterfly using Fairy Dust Creative Inspiration Paints.

CI Paint

Inside of Box

Double Dutch Fold

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Dutch Doors open

Inside of card

CI Paints

Here's the card I made for this weeks Double Dutch fold challenge, the products I used are listed below.

Stamps-4015 Aster, S600 Fanciful Butterflies set and 

             9070 Tiny Birthday from SweetStamps.com

Dies-111 Spring Has Sprung Whisper die from Die-Versions

         DL205 Scalloped Square Reflections Boutique Mega die

         from Cheery Lynn Designs

         MFD007 Oval Multi Frame from Nellie Snellen

Ink-Brownie Shades Dye ink from SweetStamps.com

Paper-6x6 Authentique collection Journey

Paints-Creative Inspirations Fairy Dust

Markers-Memento Bahama Blue and Bamboo Leaves

Pearls-Kaiser Craft Self Adhesive Champagne Pearl Strip and Pearls

Misc-Foam Dots  Krylon All Purpose Spray Adhesive, Ribbon

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Old Fashioned Wish

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For this weeks card I used the 6" Glitz French Kiss paper pack.  For the bottom layer I cut two 3 x 6" pieces and layered them to a 6" square card.  Starting with a piece of Beckett Expression Candlelight paper I cut an oval using the XL7 Oval Stacker die set from from Cheery Lynn Designs and stamped the 1900's Lady from SweetStamps.com using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I colored the image using Copic markers, E00, E27, R20, W3 and W5.  I used a course pouncer and Tuxedo Black ink to add the speckles around the image.  Using the DL190 Oval Lace Reflections die from CLD I cut 2 separate half ovals using the smallest of the lacy dies ( I did this because the solid oval and the lacy oval are not quite the same size and I had to adjust it to fit).  I layered one lace oval half behind the image and trimmed off the excess that was to wide and attached this to the oval that I colored.   I did the same for the lace oval on the bottom half but before attaching it to the oval I layered the B159 Francesca Border from CLD between the oval and the lace oval.  Then I layered the oval and border to the card.  The corners are from the B164 Lace Corner Deco D set from CLD.  I used All Purpose Adhesive spray to layer them to the card.

The flowers are made from a combination of the B164 Lace Corner Deco D, B129 Cherry Blossoms, B154 Medium Rose and B152 Mini Rose all from CLD.  I used brads to hold the petals together and foam dots to attach the flowers to the card.  I cut an oval from the XM7 Little Stacker Ovals and stamped it with the 9065 Old Fashioned Wish from SweetStamps.com then trimmed the excess.  I layered this to the card and added the Black Self Adhesive Pearl Strip from Kaiser Craft to finish it off.

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Double Dutch Fold

Fanciful Butterflies

 Thank you for joining this week's blog hop at SweetStamps.com!  We're so excited to announce that we have just released 12 beautiful new stamp designs.  To celebrate the new release we will be randomly choosing 12 lucky winners to each receive three of the new stamps.  To qualify for the drawing you will need to hop through all of the Design Teams blogs, leave a comment on each one and look for the letters you'll need to fill in the blanks for the answer.  Make sure you leave a comment on each blog so you will be eligible for our drawing and return to SweetStamps challenge blog with your answer.

We are also offering a 10% discount on the new release images for one week

April 3rd to April 10th

My letter is T

Here is my card using some of the new designs

I started with a 6x6 lavender paper for the base.  I die cut the FRM132 French Lattice Small from Cheery Lynn Designs from white card stock and used All Purpose Spray Adhesive to attach it to the green card stock.  I stamped the 5000 Baroque Border and 3 of the butterflies from the S600 Fanciful Butterfly set all from SweetStamps.com on watercolor paper using Nightfall Shades Dye ink.  Then I colored the images using a paint brush and Shades Dye ink colors Dandelion, Tank, Forget Me Not and Fuchsia Fizz (I like the cases on these inks because you can swish the lid to get ink on the inside of the cover and pick it up with a wet paint brush for water coloring).

I hand cut the butterflies and painted them with Fairy Dust Creative Inspirations paint to add some sparkle, and used a foam dot to attach them to the lattice.  I also painted the border on the Baroque Border.
The white self adhesive string of pearls along the border of the lattice are from Kaiser Craft.

Here are the team blogs on this hop today:

Bonnie

Calypso

Dawn B

Dawn L

Jackie

Jacqueline

Jenn

Joni

Kendra

Linda

Shelly

Tamara

Sandy (you are here now)

don't forget to visit Stacey 

for the final clue and enter your answer using the letters you collected on the 

SweetStamps challenge blog

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Hope you enjoyed today's blog hop and please join us next week for a chance to win $20.00 in FREE stamps when our challenge will be Vintage/Shabby Chic.

Welcome Spring

At SweetStamps blog today our theme is Welcome Spring.  Please join us for a chance to win $20.00 in FREE stamps by entering your Welcome Spring creation in our challenge.  If you enter using a SweetStamps stamp you will be entered twice in the drawing.

    

All the papers for this card are from the Authentique Gathering 6x6 paper pack.  I started with the orange patterned piece, cut a border from the polka dot paper and used All Purpose Spray Adhesive to attach it to the card.  The oval was die cut using the Nellie's Multi Frame MFD007 and for the small oval I used the Nellie's Oval 3 Multi Frame MFD013.  For the folded corner I attached a piece of the polka dot paper to the backside of the card folding it over twice so the point is folded under.  Before adhering this layer to the front of the card I attached the brown side of the double sided ribbon, then tied another piece of ribbon around the first piece with the blue side showing.  I used a piece of the same cream patterned paper as the oval to make the corner of the card and added strips of Latte self adhesive pearls from Kaiser Craft.  I also used the same pearls around the small oval.  The image and sentiment are both from SweetStamps.com, the 3039 Blue Bells were stamped on cream card stock using Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colored using Creative Inspirations paints, I mixed a little Turquoise, Sage and Fairy Dust together and used it to color the petals of the flowers, the centers were colored with Burnt Clay and then Raw Sienna of the top of that, the center of the flowers are colored with Chocolate and the leaves were colored using Sage.   The 9134 Welcome Spring was stamped using Brownie Shades Dye ink.  I used foam dots behind both of the ovals to pop them up from the card.

     Don’t forget to join us next week when our challenge is Easter.