Wow…I can’t believe the long weekend is over already. At least it’s a 4 day week this week!

I’ve been wanting to try this resist technique for a while and I finally decided to try it tonight. All you need is a white crayon! I started by stamping the flower from the “Because I Care” hostess level 1 stamp set in black and coloured it using Stampin’ Write markers in this year’s In Colours, Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait and Pear Pizzazz. Than I used the white crayon to cover the image. Using a sponge I sponged the sky in Marina Mist and the grass in Old Olive.  Once all the sponging was done, I used a paper towel to remove the Marina Mist and Old Olive ink off the white crayon revealing my coloured image. To cut the circle around the image, I traced the cardboard that my white Organza ribbon came wrapped on in pencil and cut it out. Using an exacto knife I cut a slit on both sides of the circle and threaded the 1/4 inch Old Olive grosgrain ribbon. I stamped the “happy birthday” using Poppy Parade on whisper white and used the Word Window punch to punch it out and the 1/16 inch circle punch to make the hole for the orangy-red embroidery floss.  Using Marina Mist, the little flowers from the “Because I Care” stamp set were stamped along the bottom of the card on the Peach Parfait textured card stock. The main image and the happy birthday tag were attached to the Peach Parfait background using foam adhesive and the whole thing was attached to the Crumb Cake card base using snail. I should mention that this is a 4×4 card. I may try another resist technique tomorrow, so make sure to check it out!!! I hope you like today’s card.

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The inspiration for today’s card comes from this week’s PPA (Pal Paper Arts) Monochromatic Colour Challenge. The colour is of course purple…good thing, because I love purple!Rich Razzleberry was one of the In Colours from 2009, but thank goodness for Stampin’ Up!’s colour renovation which made it a core colour starting in 2010. The card started out as a Rich Razzleberry base, followed by the purple paper from the retired designer series paper, Cottage Wall. I loved that pack and I was very sad to see it retire. The ribbon is also retired but you can still get other Rich Razzleberry ribbon that are just as beautiful. The watercolour looking flower is from the level 2 hostess set, Fast & Fabulous. I stamped the lined image using Rich Razzleberry and than stamped the solid image on scrap paper before stamping over my lined image, also using Rich Razzleberry. This is a great technique if you want a lighter version of a colour.  The butterfly was cut and embossed using the Beautiful Wings embosslit, it really is so beautiful…I was so happy to see that it was carried over from the Occassions Mini catalogue. I used my 2-way glue and Dazzle Diamonds to trace the embossed swirls on the larger butterfly and used a clear rhinestone brad for the head. To finish it all off I used a black thin Sharpie to draw the antennas and my white gel pen to draw the dots on the mat of the flower.  I hope you like the card. Why don’t you try to make an all purple card to and see what you come up with?

Lesson learned for today — One of the side effects of non-drowsy Reactine is drowsiness…does that make sense to anyone??? LOL.

If you’re wondering about the title of this post, it’s because today’s card just makes me happy. I love the bright colours, the contemporary design and the fact that all the pieces started out as scraps on my desk. The pattern paper is from the Island Oasis Designer Series Paper in the Summer mini. It’s one of my favourite paper packs because it has the best colours ever…too bad it’s only around till the end of August:( I used my scalloped edge punch to make the Tempting Turquoise edge and my word window punch to make the three horizontal Rose Red lines. The sentiment is from the stamp set ”With all my heart”, I’m so glad this stamp set was carried over from the Occasions Mini.  I added some random green buttons and used my corner rounder to round off the bottom corners of the card. Here’s the card, I hope you like it.

Hello there, I hope you’re all doing well. For today’s card I used Stampin’ Write Markers to colour in the flowers and the stems on the stamp, puffed on the stamp and stamped it on whisper white paper. I love these markers because they makes it so easy to use multiple colours on the same stamp. There are so many uses for these markers and they come in every Stampin’ Up! colour, maybe I’ll show you another technique tomorrow.  I hope you like the card.

Today’s card is super cute and the colour combination makes it super simple.  I hope you like it.

Card Stock: Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White

Ink: Pretty in Pink and Chocolate Chip

Stamp Set: Animal Stories

I didn’t post yesterday because it was my cousin’s wedding, so things were a tad busy.  The wedding was beautiful and the party was tons of fun…I don’t think my daughter got off the dance floor for a minute. My son was a bit of a handful, but that’s just how he is, LOL! I’ve almost recovered. 

Today was lots of fun too, I made a Build-a-Bear card with my daughter’s daycare class. The kids (all 16 of them) were great, they made an “I {heart} You Beary Much” card which some plan on giving to their mom, dad, pet, sibling or even their stuffed animal. They all loved it and were giving me high fives and hugs when I was leaving. That made me so happy and I think it made my daughter very proud. I hope their parents like the cards too. It took the kids about an hour to make one card, so I’ve decided to offer kids birthday parties where the kids get to make two projects. I think the Build-a-bear and the Make a Monster stamp sets would be perfect for that…I’m getting so excited about it!!! 

Anyway, on to yesterday’s card. It uses one of my favourite stamp sets, Vintage Vogue, and my all time favourite colour, Rich Razzleberry. I hope you like it!

Card Stock:Soft Suede, Whisper White and Rich Razzleberry

Stamp Set: Vintage Vogue

Ink:Soft Suede and Rich Razzleberry

Good evening! I made today’s card for my cousin’s wedding. My daughter is going to be the flower girl and she’s super excited. I wish I could take credit for the creative idea of this card but I can’t. I got the idea and the template from Lynn Pratt.  I’ll update the product list at the end of the post on Monday, but for now I hope you enjoy the card!