Flying Home "Joy"

It's been a couple days, so must be time for another

bird card, made with the Flying Home set (Occasions p 41).

The images is colored with the Stampin' Blends

I took the "YOU" from the Celebrate You Thinlits Dies

(SAB p 17), flipped it and trimmed the "U" to form a "J".
Trust me, this "JOY" adjustment was not my idea,
I saw it done by another SU demonstrator.

I have been off a day all week, so this post is late!

Bubble Over Thank You with Wood Textures

This week, I needed a quick, easy masculine 

thank you card.  Currently, my go-to masculine product line

is the Bubble Over set with coordinating Bottles & Bubbles

Framelits Dies (Occasions p 32).

I had used the Fresh Fig/Sweet Sugarplum color combination

several cards back, and that was good enough for me!

I added a layer of Wood Textures DSP (Annual p 187),

to confirm that masculine vibe.  I really liked the wood

look as part of the bottle label, sealing the masculine feel.   

Celebrate You with Beautiful Day

I haven't messed with Brusho Crystal Colour,

so I grabbed my Beautiful Day set (Occasions p 26),

some watercolor paper and clear embossing powder.

Once the image was embossed, I started sprinkling

Brusho.  I tend to like a lighter background, so went

with the Gamboge, Yellow and Brilliant Red.

After a bit of spritzing, I let the background dry.

I added the two die cuts from the FREE

Celebrate You Thinlits dies (SAB p 17) to 

finish this card.  These die cuts are a wonderful

way to pull a card together!  

Stamp Off Beautiful You Sketch

As February speeds by, Buffy, Susan and I

are back for another Stamp Off Challenge.

This week, we have a sketch challenge, which is 

something that I think all 3 of us enjoy.  It offers lots of 

freedom in terms of stamp set and color, so you can pull

out product that gets your creative juices going.
On Wednesday, I posted a card that follows this sketch,
up to a point.  That was my "warm up" card for this challenge.

I had the urge to use my Stampin' Blends, so this sketch

worked extremely well with the Beautiful You set on

page 141 (annual catalog).   I also love the Sunshine Wishes

Thinlits on page 216, because they are so uplifting.

As you can see, I enhanced the thinlit images by coloring

them a bit with the Stampin' Blends, creating some

ombre effects.  The focal image and butterflies
are mounted on some Wood Textures, because
there is nothing better to layer on!!

I now invite you to hop on over to Buffy and Susan's blogs
so that you can enjoy their creative offerings! 

Celebrate Bubble Over Birthday

I was working on our Stamp Off Challenge for this
coming Friday and decided that I liked some components
of the sketch.   So, this is a "preview" of sorts.  You'll
just have to come back on Friday to see what I 
am talking about.

I always need masculine cards, so I pulled out the
Bubble Over set, with coordinating Bottles & Bubbles
Framelits Dies (Occasions p 32).   This set of dies has so
many cute components!  I added the FREE SAB Celebrate
die (SAB p 17) to finish off the birthday wishes.

By the way, this card works in either orientation!

Butterfly Basics Fly Home

This card layout is identical to the one that I 

posted last Wednesday.  Working with the Petal Passion DSP

makes it so easy to create a focal image and get the 

card put together very quickly.  This black and white DSP

makes it easy to coordinate with any color scheme,

by coloring portions in with pencils or markers.

I love this sentiment from Buttefly Basics (annual p 149),

which works perfectly with the little butterfly from

from Flying Home (Occasions p 41).   Both the butterfly

and plant leaves were colored with Stampin' Blends.