The world needs more of You!

Do you love designer series paper?  I love it, however I am not always sure how I want to use it or like a lot of people don't want to cut it up.  Well I finally got the courage to cut some of this paper and make it the main focus of my card. This is the new peaceful poppies dsp. The colors are so vibrant and beautiful! The sentiment that I used is from the free as a bird stamp set. With so many negative things that we hear now a days, I think it is important to recognize the people in our lives that make a difference.

The sentiment is cut out with the stitched label dies.  Another big hit besides the paper are the from my heart faceted gems!  Look at the shine! They are available in 3 different sizes and colors!  All so gorgeous! If you follow my blog you will see a lot more of these! Thank you for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Celebrate you!

This color makes me so happy!  I love the bold colors in the birthday bonanza suite.  The base of this card is grapefruit grove. That is a color I do not tend to use often, but I sure will now.  One of the nice things about getting a pack of the designer series paper is the color combo. It is figured out for you and I then find I use colors that I might not normally use.  Bermuda bay is another color I really like however I do not tend to use it often either. So this card really pushed me to make a card that was a little out of comfort zone.

When you create today use some color that you have not used in a while. It really is a fun way to find new joy! Plus think of the joy that you will bring to the person you give it to.  Have a great day! Thank you for stopping by! That brings me joy that you would take your time to look at my cards.  Enjoy!

Winter Woods

This is such a perfect Christmas tree. I love this image!  I decided to white heat emboss it and then watercolored using balmy blue for the background, winter scene. I did a few different layers and added a few drops of water for more texture.

The tree looked a little bit lost to me and so I decided to watercolor with mossy meadow and old olive to give the tree some color. I really liked the way that it made the tree pop!

I took a few strips of water color paper and just lightly water colored some balmy blue on the edges to create the look of snow and the after it dried added a little bit of the shimmery crystal effects.

Using one of the stitched label dies for my greeting. I hope that this give you a few ideas to try on your own Christmas tree cards.

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Thankful box

Hi and welcome to my blog today!  I hope you are having a great week! I wanted to share a quick little gift that I made with the pizza box and the gather together stamp set.  This time of year I like to have gifts made so that when I need a quick gift I have them all ready to go.  These little pizza boxes are great for small candles, candy and individual packets of flavored tea.  (and who wouldn't want to get any of those)  

The entire gather together suite is so easy to use. I love the colors that the designer series paper is created with and the patterns are all so fun! I used the stitched label die for the base of the pumpkins, this die really makes a great base for any image. It is a go to for me when I want to add a little bit of stitching and interest to the background. I also like the way that it cuts out parts as well as adds stitching to the design. What is your go to for quick easy interest to a card? I hope this box gives you some inspiration to create a few gifts to have on hand for giving this Thanksgiving season! Thank you for visiting me and have a thankful day!

The last day of September?

Are you tired of looking at another card with the gather together stamp set? I promise I will get to more stamp sets. I have been getting so much inspiration from this set and I can think of a million ideas. Hopefully you are inspired as well.

Aren't the colors on this card so beautiful? I just love them! I was so excited when I saw the twine in the same color and so I had to fit a little piece in!

Do you recognize the greeting? Well part of the greeting? It is from the country home set, I just used my black marker to use part of the sentiment and it fit so nicely on the stitched label die.

The background was done on watercolor paper with razzleberry, pumpkin and grapefruit. I then stamped the large leaf a few times after it had dried. I love all the layers of color! Thank you for visiting my blog and I would love any comment you might have! Have a blessed day and enjoy!

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Gather together for GDP #208

I am really into the fall cards right now and so when I decided to join in the new global design project challenge I had to use the gather together bundle. This week is was CAS(E) the designer.

Isn't this card adorable created by the super talented Krista Frattin and what a fun design to play with. I sure hope that I did her original justice.

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I used my blends to color this leaf all the beautiful colors of fall. I really think that fall is my favorite season. Also take a look at the detail in the smaller leaves, isn't it gorgeous!

I went with a light watercolor wash for the background and then added a few extra speckles with the dot stamp in the set. I couldn't resist adding a few of the new holiday rhinestones when I saw that they have pumpkin pie as one of the colors.

Hope you are finding time to make a few fall cards! I would love to know what sets are your favorite! Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed and beautiful week! Enjoy!

What color pumpkin do you like?

So what color pumpkins are your favorite? I love the soft colors of these ones that I made with my mint macaron and crumb cake stampin blends.  And can I say how much I LOVE this new stamp set, gather together from the new holiday catalog! I love that it has pumpkins and fall leaves. I have so many ideas running through my head of what to make, I can't make them fast enough. Do you ever get so overwhelmed with new things and then don't know where to start. 

Well, I am excited to share with you the ideas that I have been coming up with!

This card I kept pretty simple and I had to much fun creating. Let me know what element you like best? Of course I love the pumpkins but I am really enjoying the wood plank on the die from the stitched labels dies. It adds to much texture and I am all about texture especially for the fall.  If you do not have a copy of the new holiday catalog let me know and I would love to send one out to you. Thanks for visiting my site! I really appreciate the time you have taken to check out what I have created. Plus, I really would like to know what color pumpkins you like? Enjoy and have a blessed day!

Global Design Project #205

Do you ever feel like you get in the same color rut?  I do and so when I saw the color challenge over at the GDP I decided to give it a try. Color challenges have always scared me. I am not really sure why. Maybe because sometime it is a color combo out of my comfort zone. So I am really excited that I did this one.

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I used stampin' blends for my coloring of these adorable little birds, in what I like to call the highlighting technique. I stamped the image with momento black ink then die cut it with the stitched nested labels. Then I used the smallest of the circles in the stitched shapes die for the center part. As you can tell I was really into all my stitched dies, I also used the largest rectangle for the mint macaron layer.

Not really sure that there are birds this color in real life but since it is my work of art I took liberty of creative license on this one. Make some time this weekend and give the color challenge a try.  It also helps to pull you out of creative ruts. (Which I also have been having lately)

Keep in your prayers all those affected by hurricane Dorian!  All those in the Bahamas that are without there families and homes. Also to all those on the East Coast of the US I am keeping you in my prayers for safety! It is times like these that I am so grateful for all the family and faith that I have. God bless you all!

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!

Perennial flower punch

I am so in love with this new punch and coordinating stamp! I know I have used it a lot lately, and I am hoping you like the ideas that I have some up with.  Most of them are pretty basic and easy but I think that is what I like most.  Quick and easy!

I love to white heat emboss images and watercolor them! These images took me no time because they are so small. I stamped them a few times with versamark ink and then embossed them on watercolor paper. I used mostly bermuda bay ink and pool party for the flower colors. Every time I use bermuda ink and paper I wonder why I don't use it more often. I love the color!

For the leaves I decided to stamp the same flower on pear pizzazz. For the card base I used bermuda and swiped my white ink pad across it for a subtle look.  I love this technique. If is kind of hard to see it in my pictures but in person it looks so soft and pretty. The greeting is from the free as a bird stamp set and the die I used to cut that out is from the stitched label dies. This die set has great dies for sentiments. If you have not gotten this bundle yet, I would highly suggest it! The price is affordable and you can use it in so many different ways.  Let me know what you have done with this bundle.  Enjoy!