French Foliage Birthday card

I made this birthday card for my brother-in-law and he liked it; even with the bow!  I got the layout idea from fellow demonstrator, Ann Schach, thanks Ann!  The colors I used were Cajun Craze, Alwyas Artichoke, Crumb Cake, and So Saffron.  The phrase is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set punched out with the Word Window punch and layered onto a Modern Label punch image.  A Naturals button and Linen Thread finish it off with a couple leaves cut out and curled for a 3D look.

Have a great hump day and thanks for stopping by!

Sail Away Stamp Set

I was thinking of making this card into a Father's Day card, but I used the "friend to friend" stamp instead (from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set).  Any expression from this stamp set woould work great on this card!  Also, thanks to fellow demonstrator Mary Fish for the color scheme and boat layering ideas!

Supplies:
Stamps: Sail Away (Summer Mini Catalog) and Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink:  Early Espresso
Paper: Early Espress, Whisper white, and Cherry Cobbler
Accessories:  Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Big Shot Machine, Word Window Punch, Crop-a-dile, Cherry/White Bakers twine (Summer Mini Catalog), Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelets, SNAIL, Dimensionals, and Sticky Strip.

Happy Stamping and have a great week!  Also, comments are always appreciated and really needed!  Is anyone out there?!  I need some motivation!

Countryside Stamp Set for Father's Day Card

I just love using the Countryside stamp set for watercoloring; the truck in the set is large enough to really get the aquapainter flowing!  I purposely left this card plain because I wanted the truck to really be the focal point.  But I think that the next time I make this card, I'm going to run the Cajun Craze piece of cardstock through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. 

The cardstock colors I used are Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Cajun Craze, Naturals White, and Elegant Soiree Designer Series Paper.  I CASE'd the truck colors from fellow demonstrator, Diana Gibbs - thanks Diana!  I also used the Color Spritzer Tool and the Not Quite Navy marker to spray some light flecks on the truck image.

If you want the detail of the colors I used to watercolor the truck, let me know.  Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend!

Autumn Days Fathers Day Card

I was thinking about a Father's Day Card, so I made this one first.  I'll probably make a couple more.  I think it's good to have some "male" cards arouind for birthdays and such.  I used this layout with the Rich Razzleberry on a card a couple of months ago, and I thought it would work for this stamp set too.  You can't see it well, but I watercolored "ground" using Crumb Cake before I stamped the grass; this way it gave the pheasant somewhere to walk.  I also cut out one of the pheasant and attached it with Dimensionals to give it a side-by-side look.  I hope you like it!

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Autunm Days, Sanded Background stamp, and Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede, and Very Vanilla

Ink: Soft Suede and Rich Razzleberry classic ink pads, Crumb Cake marker, Soft Suede marker, Rich Razzleberry marker, More Mustard marker, and Basic Black marker.

Accessories: Linen thread, Razzleberry Satin Ribbon, Lattice Embossing folder, Big Shot machine, Modern Label Punch, Word Window punch, Scallop Edge border punch, silver brads, dimensionals, and SNAIL.

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