Easter Dove card

I love the Easter season. The pastel colors, the candy, the rebirth, the reason of the Season.
I also love the color scheme in this Easter card...

Stamps: Easter Dove (a la carte stamp)

Ink: Lucky Limeade stamp pad

Paper: Whisper White cardstock, 2011-2013 In Color Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack (Wisteria Wonder), Wisteria Wonder cardstock

Other: Pool Party Brads, Labels Collection Framelits Dies, 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon (Lucky Limeade)

Doesn't that ruffled ribbon just make it pop?! I love love love it!!

Thanks for stopping today and I hope you feel inspired

Beloved Easter card

Since Easter is on Sunday, I thought I would share Easter cards with my followers. I loved Tuesday's card and I hope you did too. Here's another card with the same sentiment...

Stamps: Beloved (Close to My Heart), Thoughts and Prayers (used for the background)

Ink: Soft Suede stamp pad, Old Olive stamp pad

Paper: Old Olive cardstock, River Rock cardstock

Other: Paper Snips, Stampin' Dimensionals, 1/16" paper punch, Crumb Cake Brads

I just love the "scrolly" cross from the Beloved stamp set. And who would have thought that the flower stamp from the Thoughts and Prayers stamp set could be used for backgrounds!!

Thanks for stopping by! If you have any questions, be sure to post them!

Happy Birthday to me!!

Well, it's the last day of my birthday week! And as promised, here's two cards for you!

The first one...

The first one is pretty simple. The rhinestones in the Distressed Flourish stamp are sort of hard to see in this picture, but they add just the right amount of sparkle.

Stamps: Happy Birthday (Close to my Heart), Distressed Flourish (non-Stampin' Up!)

Paper: Pretty In Pink cardstock, Soft Suede cardstock, Very Vanilla cardstock

Ink: Soft Suede Stamp Pad, Pretty In Pink Stamp Pad

Other: Paper Cutter, Basic Rhinestones, Snail adhesive

Here's the second card...

I love this bow! It's a faux bow! Here's how you make it.

Get a 9" piece of ribbon and an Antique Brad. I used 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon in Soft Suede.

Spread the legs of the brad far apart. Set the brad aside.

Lay the ribbon on the table and fold the left end in about 3 inches but angle it down a little bit (this will be one of the bow tails). Then fold the right end in about 3 inches and angle it down a little bit (that's the other bow tail).

Then put your finger in the middle of the ribbon where the "tails" cross. Use your middle finger on the top of the "bow" and thumb on the bottom of the "bow" to scrunch the ribbon together. Put the head of the brad where your middle finger is and wrap the legs of the brad around the ribbon. TADA!!! Use a Stampin' Dimensional to adhere it to the card.

Here are the supplies for the card...

Stamps: Happy Birthday (Close to my Heart), Distressed Flourish (non-Stampin' Up!)

Paper: Pretty In Pink cardstock, Soft Suede cardstock, Very Vanilla cardstock

Ink: Soft Suede Stamp Pad, Pretty In Pink Stamp Pad

Other: Paper Cutter, Snail adhesive, 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon in Soft Suede, Antique Brad, Stampin' Dimensional

Thanks for stopping by today! Leave comments and questions if you have any!! 

Curly Cute Happy Birthday

Happy Friday Everyone!!
It is day 5 of my birthday week. Tomorrow is the last day and I know what you're thinking...well that only means 6 days and 6 cards. But I have two for you tomorrow since I didn't start on Sunday because I was on my way back from Fargo and the Miranda Lambert/Chris Young/Jerrod Niemann concert!

So here is today's card.

This card features my all time favorite punch! The Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch! It is so cool, it is 3 punches in one. The big flower without petals (the Wisteria Wonder layer of the lower right flower), the small flower without petals and an edge piece (the Island Indigo layer of the top left flower), and the small flower with petals and an edge piece (the Pool Party layer of the bottom left flower).

There's so much you can do with this punch...I know I'll be featuring it in different ways in future posts.

Here's what you need for this card:

Stamps: Curly Cute (clear mount and wood mount)

Paper: Whisper White cardstock, and all of the 2011-2013 In Colors (Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, and Wisteria Wonder

Ink: Lucky Limeade Stamp Pad

Other: Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder, 1/16" hole punch, Printed 2011-2013 In Color Designer Brads, Scallop Trim Border Punch

I hope you like today's card. If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you. Please post them!

Handmade Family Christmas Gifts

My mom and I like to give handmade gifts to our family members at Christmas. She usually gives a beaded bookmark or a crocheted scarf or dish cloth. This year I knew I wanted to do something with my Stampin' Up! tools!


These are Easel Calendars. They use the promotional calendars that you stick to the dashboard of your car. which can be purchased online without the plastic adhesive part. They are rather inexpensive.

Here's a close up of a couple.

To make these you just take a 4" by 12" piece of cardstock and score it using Stampin' Up! Simply Scored tool at 4", 6", and 8". 

Fold the cardstock on the score line at 6" so that the right sides (the side you want showing when finished) are together. Then fold on the score lines at 4" and 8" the other way.

If you want to add a ribbon to the top of the easel, slip the ribbon under the cardstock strip just before the score line at 4" and tie it in the front of the easel card. Then you can glue the front of the easel to the cardstock between the score line at 4" and 6".

You can also punch shapes out using a paper punch like I did with the flowers on top of the bright green glittered calendar. For the flowers I used the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch from Stampin' Up! along with some of their glitter brads.

Design your easel card front however you want (the options are endless) and glue the calendar to the front.

To make it into an easel, place a button on a Stampin' Up! Dimensional or a brad on the cardstock about 2.5" from the score line at 8" or 1.5" from the edge of the cardstock. This is what you use to hold up the front of the easel card. 

Pretty simple!!

I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial and if you have any questions, be sure to leave a comment with your question!

Happy New Year!!

Darla Cameron