Friendship is a blessing!

Hello and so glad you are here!  I am posting a bright and sweet little card that I made with a few different stamp sets and supplies. I started to design this card around the sentiment. I really love this sentiment  from the so sentimental stamp set. Other supplies that I used were, stitched so sweetly dies, pinewood planks embossing folder, flowers from the free as a bird stamp set, bird ballad dsp and stampin blends to color the flowers.

I know that is a really long list of different products. It was just one of those cards that just kept evolving.

I fussy cut the flowers and leaves and curled the flowers to give a little added dimension.  You can't go wrong with any of the elements on this card.

All together I think the result is a beautiful card to send to a special friend! I would love to sent that card to YOU!  Thank you for visiting my blog and I hope you come back soon!

Bird ballad dsp

About a week ago I saw this sketch on the freshly made sketches website and thought it was so fun. I had made a ink blended panel with night of navy, that I ran through with the high seas embossing folder. I used the opposite side of the folder, like I did in a previous card, because it reminds me of clouds.  

For the bird I just fussy cut a piece of the bird ballad dsp.  The birds on this paper are gorgeous!  If you are ever in a creative slump check out one of the many stamp challenge blogs. They always have amazing sketches or color combos to get the creative juices flowing.  Have a great day and I hope you come back and visit soon!

GDP #231

Hi and welcome to my blog! For today's project I decided to join the current challenge at the Global Design Project blog. Check them out here! I made a card with the free as a bird bundle as my flutter and fly. I love to color and since the 30 day color challenge is going on I have been wanting to color a little each day. With all the craziness going on right now (hope you are staying healthy) coloring is great way to de-stress. I colored these cute little birds with stampin blends.

For the background I used the high seas embossing folder to make clouds. I used the opposite side of the paper after running it through and then swiped the card stock with a little balmy blue.

I used the bird ballad dsp for the other corner of the card.

I tied a little knot with a small piece of braided linen thread.  Thank you for stopping by, don't forget to check out the global design project blog and see all the amazing designers projects. If you are new to my blog I would love to hear from you and please stop by again! Have a great day and stay healthy!

Sunday stampers challenge

Surprise! I didn't use the bonanza buddies stamp set! Yes, I decided to switch it up a little today and use a set that I have not used in a while, tea together stamp set. I love to color and this gave me a great chance to play with my stampin blends. I also used a few strips of the new best dressed dsp. This paper is so lovely! So soft and sweet. I thought that is went well with a piece of the bird ballad dsp. (something else that had not been used in a while) This sketch from the Sunday stampers really is a terrific layout! Make sure to check out what the design team did below.

Check them out here!

I had so much fun making this card. I love the color palette of this dsp. I needed a thank you card and so I added a small thank you to the middle of the cup from the free as a bird stamp set. I thought this font went really well the card.

Thank you for stopping by and taking your time to look at my card. I really appreciate all of your encouragement and kind words.  Have a blessed week!

JOY!

Just a quick post to show you the card I created today.  I used the beauty and joy stamp set with the bird ballad dsp. I love when I can use paper that is not for a particular holiday and make it work. Even though this is not your traditional Christmas colors I really like the way it turned out!

I would love to hear how you stretch the products that you have. How do you make them work for you and the projects you are working on? I find it such a fun challenge to use what I have. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a joyful day!

Fab Friday #171 Sketch

Fab Friday has a great classic sketch for this weeks challenge and I love the designers take on it.  It is amazing how everyone sees something different when they look at a sketch. I knew when I saw it that I wanted to use one of the layers with the long flower die from the wild rose dies.

Click here to visit their site!

I also couldn't help using a piece of the bird ballad dsp, my favorite dsp right now. But we will see if that changes when my holiday catalog order arrives. I am so excited to see all the fun new papers I ordered. If you have not received a holiday catalog let me know and I will send you one! You will love all the fabulous items!

Give this fun sketch a try over at the fab Friday site today! Enjoy and have a beautiful weekend! Thank you for visiting my blog and come back soon!

It's September!

It's September and you know what that means? Time for the holiday catalog to go live, which means you can order from it! I am so excited to share ideas using the new sets that I have ordered. But that will have to wait just one more day or so because I have been busy with my mom who had cataract surgery. But I do have an fun card to share for today that I made a few weeks ago.

So many of the designer series paper in the annual catalog are so beautiful that you do not need to do much to make them into a card.  I think my favorite is the bird ballad designer series paper. The artist created it with stampin' blends and how amazing is every sheets.

I love the soft look of these small birds.  So sweet and peaceful!

Along with beautiful paper this suite also has a beautiful stamp set with the most amazing sentiments! Not only are the fonts great but the sayings are so inspiring! Who wouldn't love to get a card that thanked you for being the person that you are? Everything in this suite is a must have in your stamping goodies!

I also paired this card with the stitched label dies. I think it adds just the right amount of texture without covering the entire piece of card stock. Enjoy your first day of September and let me know if you would like a holiday catalog.  Now is the time to start with your Christmas cards or if you like to create a few fall goodies! Enjoy!

One more thing to note, that I used the Mossy Meadow card stock left from the card I used.

"Spooky" how quick Halloween will be here before we know it!

Let me know if you have not received a catalog yet!  You will not want to miss out on these adorable items!