Paradise Palms Birthday

 

I made a special birthday for a friend with the new Paradise Palms bundle and some blending ink.

I cut a piece of white card stock and blended Highland Heather, Flirty Flamingo, and So Saffron with my blending brushes. I then layered that one a piece of Basic Black card stock and a Highland Heather base. I then cut two palm trees and grass in Basic Black card stock with the Palms dies. I finished with a sentiment from the set stamped in VersaMark ink and heat embossed in white on a black small oval punced with the Double Oval punch.

Hope you have a beautiful Monday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Paradise Palms

Ink: Highland Heather, Flirty Flamingo, So Saffron, VersaMark

Paper: Highland Heather, Basic Black, Basic White

Palms dies, heat tool, white embossing powder, Double Oval punch, blending brushes

Seas The Day

 

My first play with the Seas The Day bundle and I decided to add some Simply Marbelous DSP I earned for free with my Stampin Up! order in January. I added the paper on the Coastal Cabana base. I then stamped some sea grass from the Seas The Day set in Coastal Cabana on a white card stock panel as well as the sentiment. On another piece of white card stock I stamped the fish in Cabana ink, the jellyfish in Pale Papaya ink and the Gelorge the Octopus in Calypso Coral ink. I cut them out with the Sea dies. I popped them on along with some Bermuda Bay rhinestones. 

Hope you have a fab weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Seas The Day

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral, Pale Papaya 

Paper: Basic White, Coastal Cabana, Simply Marbleous DSP

Seas dies, rhinestones

Sweet As Strawberries Impossible Box

 

I made this for a gift for a friend this week. I went to my friend Julie DiMatteo at thepaperpixie.com for a this cool inpossible box to hold the hand santizier.  See video and instructions here. 

I used a retired piece of Brights DSP cut 6" by 5 3/4". I also decorated with some strawberries stamped from the Sweet Strawberry set and punched with the Strawberry builder punch since it is a strawberry scented hand santizier. I stamped the strawberries in both Flirty Flamingo ink and Poppy Parade ink. Stems stamped in Granny Apple Green. I added a green rhinestone at the bottom of the bottom to finish it off. 

Hope you have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

GDP327 A Soft & Sweet Valentine's

Again, I am playing with the Sweet Talk suite today getting ready for the next holiday-Valentine's Day! Great time for the theme challenge over at global-design-project.com  I grabbed a white base and added some Sweet Talk DSP in a Highland Heather print. I then cut a Stitched So Sweetly white rectangle and stamped in Highland Heather ink the sentiment from Sweet Conversations set. I also cut from another piece of the Sweet Talk desinger paper several hearts using the Sweet Hearts dies. I finished off with some iridescent rhinestones. 

Hope you have a sweet Wednesday! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Sweet Conversations

Ink: Highland Heather

Paper: Basic White, SWeet Talk DSP

Sweet Hearts dies, Stitched So Sweetly dies, iridescent rhinestones

 

Valentine Bags For Card Class

 

I decorated some white gift bags for my guests to carry their cards home this month from class. I grabbed some of the yummy Sweet Talk DSP prints and stamped some images from the Sweet Conversations set in Real Red ink. I cut all out with the Sweet Hearts dies and added some bling and a little Playful Pets trim combo ribbon bow. 

Hope you have a sweet Tuesday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Tulip Fields For A Happier Birthday

This is my last card for classes this month using the lovely Flowering Tulips bundle. I stamped the tulips like I saw them on page 14 of the new SU! spring 2022 mini catalog. I used Pale Papaya and Calypso Coral inks for the tulips and Evening Evergreen with Pear Pizzazz inks for the stems and grass. I stamped the sentiment in Calypso Coral ink all on a panel of Basic White card stock cut 3" by 5 1/2". I wrapped the Evening Evergreen window pane check ribbon around with a tie before adding to the Pear Pizzazz card stock piece and the Calypso Coral flower border die cut from the Tulips dies. I finished it off with some Brushed Brass Butterflies and a white card base.  

I hope you have a lovely Monday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Flowering Tulips

Ink: Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz, Pale Papaya, and Evening Evergreen

Paper: Calypso Coral, Basic White, and Pear Pizzazz

Tulips dies, Evening Evergreen windowpane check ribbon, Brushed Brass Butterflies

 

A Soft Friendly Hello

 

This next class card uses two items you can earn free from the Sale-a-bration (SAB) promotion going on right now with SU! When you spend 100.00 or more on products from SU!, you can earn the set and DSP called Friendly Hello for free!  I am casing the layout from fellow demo Amanda Pitman.  I love using the three panels of the designer paper for a taste of all three colors I am using to color the image.

 I cut the DSP strips 1 5/8" by 3 7/8" and added them to piece of white card stock cut 4" by 5 1/4" then added to the Pool Party base. I ran a piece of Fresh Freesia open weave ribbon around and a tie before adhering. I used the Scalloped Contours die to cut the panel piece I stamped the image and sentiment on in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The sentiment comes as Hello Friend but I snipped the Hello and Friend apart because I will use the Hello more alone. I colored the bird with the Pool Party Stampin Blend marker, the leaves with the Granny Apple Green, the flowers in Fresh Freesia and Petal Pink and the limb in SU400. I finished it off with thesome opal rounds gems. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Have an amazing weekend!

Windy

Stamp set: Friendly Hello

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends markers- Pool Party, Petal Pink, Granny Apple Green, SU400, Fresh Freesia 

Paper: Pool Party, Basic White, Friendly Hello DSP

Scalloped Contours dies, opal rounds gems, Fresh Freesia open weave ribbon

Thinking Of Honeybee Home

 

I did some casing for this class card from my friend and fellow Pal Michelle Quinno using the Honeybee Home bundle. I used a white base and then a piece of Misty Moonlight card stock was ran through the new Hive embossing folder. I then cut a piece of the Heart & Home DSP with the Stitched Rectangle dies. I cut about 13" of the demin ribbon to loop behind a Heart & Home doily. I stamped the floral stamp and the two honeybees with Basic Gray ink on white card stock and water colored some So Saffron ink and Misty Moonlight ink with my water color brush. I cut them along with the So Saffron stem using the Honeybee Blooms dies. Finally, I cut a So Saffron label die from the Meadow dies and stamped in Basic Gray in the sentiment from the SAB set called Special Moments. 

Hope you have a lovely Thursday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp sets: Honeybee Home and Special Moments-SAB

Ink: Basic Gray, Misty Moonlight and So Saffron

Paper: Basic White, Misty Moonlight, So Saffron and Heart & Home DSP

3/8" denim ribbon, Heart & Home doily, Meadow dies, Honeybee Blooms dies, Hive 3D emossing folder,Stitched Rectangle dies, water color brush

Relax In Magenta Madness

I love black/white/hot pink together! I decided to make another class card with the In The Moment set but have the white on Magenta Madness. The image shows up better in person. I stamped in white craft ink and colored a little with the white water color pencil. I cut it out with the largest square in the Stitched Shapes dies. I stamped the sentiment in Magenta Madness on white card stock and punched it out with the Rectangle Postage Stamp punch. For the background, I started with a Basic Black base and added the white Stitched Rectangle plus a strip of Pattern Party DSP and a strip of Basic Black cut with the Basic Borders die. I then ran a piece of Polished Pink open weave ribbon around. I finished with some Black Matte dots. 

Hope your Wednesday is relaxing!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: In The Moment

Ink: White craft ink, Magenta Madness

Paper: Basic Black, Basic White, Magenta Madness, Pattern Party DSP

Rectangle Postage Stamp punch, Stitched Rectangle dies, Stitched Shapes dies, Black Matte dots, Polished Pink open weave ribbon, water color pencils

 

Valentine's Day Card With Sweet Talk Suite

 

This is my Valentine's Day card for classes this month. I used the Sweet Talk suite to make this cute card and I love the purple, red and pink together. I started with the Highland Heather base and added another piece of the same color card stock I ran through the Gingham embossing folder. I cut a strip of the Sweet Talk DSP and added some Real Red faux linen ribbon down for my background. I cut the white rectangle from the Stitched So Sweetly dies and stamped the sentiment in Real Red ink plus the X and O in Highland Heather ink from the Sweet Conversations set. I stamped the two hearts from the set on Highalnd Heather and Blushing Bride card stocks and cut them out with the Sweet Hearts dies. I also cut the red hearts from Real Red card stock and the mini envelope as well in Blushing Bride card stock. 

Hope you have a sweet Tuesday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Sweet Conversations 

Ink: Highland Heather , Real Red

Paper: Highland Heather, Basic White, Real Red, Blushing Bride, and Sweet Talk DSP

Real Red faux linen ribbon, Gingham embossing folder, Sweet Hearts dies, Stitched So Sweetly dies

An Island Hi From Me

 

This is my first play with the Island Vibes set you get for free with the SU! SAB promotion going on now through the end of February 2022. I stamped the palm leaves in Granny Apple Green ink on the side of a piece of the same color card stock and layered it on the same color base. I then stamped the pineapple in Polished Pink ink on white card stock plus the added the sentiment from Special  Moments set in Granny Apple Green ink. The Special Moments set is also a free choice with the same promo with SU! right now. I popped it on a piece of Polished Pink vellum and added a few Polished Pink gems for bling! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a relaxing day!

Windy

SAB Promo free item for every 50.00 or 100.00 you spend with Stampin' Up! now thru February 2022

Stamp sets: Island Vibes, Special Moments 

Ink: Granny Apple Green and Polished Pink

Paper: Basic White, Granny Apple Green, In Color Shimmer Vellum-Polished Pink

In Color gems-Polished Pink

More Relaxing In The Moment

 

I am using the In The Moment set again. Sometimes I will pull out a set and create several projects at one time as I have them in my head. This set is so easy to stamp and color. Here I have stamped the image in White Craft ink and then did a little coloring with my water color pencil in white on Night of Navy card stock. I added the image to a piece of Basic White cut with the Stitched Rectangle dies and stamped with the sentiment in Night of Navy ink. I added it all to a Navy base and ran some retired blue/silver twine around with a tie. I was a quick card and I like the Navy and White together. 

Hope you have an awesome weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: In The Moment

Ink: White Craft, Night Of Navy

Paper: Night of Navy and Basic White

Stitched Rectangle dies, blue/silver twine-retired, water color pencils-white

Sipping In The Moment

 

I made this card same time as Tuesday's card using the same set, and the SAB Simply Marbleous DSP. Again, I wanted to keep this in my stash for any occasion so I did not add a sentiment to the front. I did stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with my Stampin Blends markers. I used Cherry Cobbler for the wine, Pool Party for th birds and on the glass, Misty Moonlight for the dress, SU400 and SU1000 for the skin-I colored lifted some of the dark SU400 and added the lighter on top, Crumb Cake for the hat, Smoky Slate for the table and SU300 for the hair. I then cut this out with the Stitched Shapes die and popped it on the DSP piece then a piece of Misty Moonlight card stock and a white base. I did add some Cherry Cobbler twine to pull out the pop of red from the image. I finished with some blue gems. 

Hope you hav a relaxing Thursday!

Thanks for stopping  by!

Windy

Stamp set: In The Moment

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends, SU300, SU400, SU1000, Misty Moonlight, Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, and Smoky Slate

Paper: Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Simply Marbleous DSP

Cherry Cobbler twine, Stitched Shapes dies, blue gems

Driving By For The Pals Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop in 2022! This month, the theme is Sale-A-Bration. We really hope that you enjoy and will be inspired by them! As you hop from blog to blog, don’t forget to leave comments because we love hearing from you. You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

My favorite item from the new spring 2022 sale-a-bration(SAB) brochure is this Simply Marbelvous DSP and I paired it with the SAB set Driving By. My mother drives a yellow VW bug and so I had to make a card with one to send her. I stamped the cars/van in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white card stock and colored them with my Stampin Blends markers. The small car is in Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Daffodil Delight and Pool Party. The VW bug is Mango Melody, Basic Black, Smoky Slate and pool Party. And for the van, I used Highland Heather, Pool Partty, Smoky Slate, and Basic Black. These are easy to hand snip so I did and added to a Stitched So Sweetly white rectangle stamped with a sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black in from the same set. I layered a piece of the DSP in Highland Heather shades and then a Gorgeous Grape base. I wanted to add bling but liked it without. 

Remember, you can earn this DSP or stamp set free with a 50.00 or more purchase from SU! now through the end of February 2022. 

More inspiration awaits, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the team. The Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Then, please mark your calendars for our next blog hop on February 9th. Our theme will be Birthday Bash when our team creates birthday projects to celebrate our family and friends.

Until then, have fun in your craft space.

January 4 – February 28! Earn FREE Sale-A-Bration gifts at the $50 and $100 levels (total before shipping and tax).  No limit to how many gifts you can earn based on increments of $50 or $100. 

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Jill Loveland at Simple Stamping
3. Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
4. Ann Murray at Murray Stamps, INK
5. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
6. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
7. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
8. Terri George at Stamp Me Crafty
9. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
10. Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
11. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
12. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
13. Debbie Crowley at expressively deb…
14. Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
15. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
16. Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
17. Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
18. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
19. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
20. Amanda Howard at Papercrafting With Amanda
21. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
22. Megan Cooper at Lazy Daze Stampin’
23. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
24. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a fabulous Wednesday!

Windy

Stamp set: Driving By

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends markers- Pool Party, Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade, Highland Heather and Mango Melody

Paper: Gorgepus Grape, Basic White and Simply Marbelous DSP

Stitched So Sweetly dies

 

Relaxing In The Moment

 

Sometimes I like to have cards in my stash that I do not put a sentiment on so I can write wat I need inside like for this one it might be thinking of you, get well, a congrats on retirement, etc. I would even send tjis for a birthday hoping they have a relaxing one. I stamped the image from In The Moment set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white card stock and colored with my Stampin Blend markers. I used the new skin sets I got to pre order and coming to all in February. For the skin, I used SU900 and for the hair SU300. I used Plished pink for the shirt, Misty Moonlight for the jeans, Daffodil for the pillows, Soft Suede for the trim, and Balmy Blue for outside. I then cut it with the retired Layering Square dies along with the Misty Moonlight scallop one. I popped them on a piece of SAB DSP called Simply Marbleous DSP and then a piece of Misty Moonlight and Balmy Blue base. I did add some white twine with a tie put attaching. I finsihed of with some blue gems. 

Hope you do have a relaxing and beautiful day!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: In The Moment

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends markers- Balmy Blue, Soft Suede, Misty Moonlight, SU300, SU 900, Polished Pink, and  Daffodil Delight

Paper: Balmy Blue, Misty Moonlight, Basic White and Simply Marbleous DSP

white twine, Layering Square dies, blue gems

Peony Friendship

 

I designed this card and then made 25 of them for a friend that lost her husband last year and wanted to send out some cards to family and friends for their thoughts, prayers and such. I started with the white base and added the Petal pink card stock embossed with the Pretty Flowers embossing folder. I cut a Basic Gray scalloped staitched rectanlge from the Scalloped Contours dies to pop up. I stamped the flower on white card stock from Prized Peony set in Basic Gray ink and sponged with sponge daubers both Petal Pink and Pear Pizzazz inks. I cut it out with the matching Peony dies. I then stamped the sentiment on white card stock In Basic Gray ink and punched with the Rectangle Postage Stamp punch. I finished it off with a few silver pearls. 

Hope you have a lovely Monday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Prized Peony 

Ink: Basic Gray, Pear Pizzazz, Petal Pink

Paper: Basic Gray, Basic White, Peal Pink

Peony dies, Scalloped Contours dies, Pretty Flowers embossing folder, silver metallic pearls, Rectangle Postage Stamp punch 

Happy Birthday To My Dad

My dad's birthday is Sunday and I mailed off this card to him at the beginning of the week. It uses retired items from the Clubhouse set and macthing paper. The image was already printed on the Country Club DSP and I colored it in with my water color pencils. I left it looking soft. I stamped the two sentiment from the Clubhouse set on white card stock in Poppy Parade and Night Of Navy inks and punched out with the label punch. I added these to the DSP print, then a piece of white card stock and a Night of Navy base. 

Hope you have a gorgeous weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

 

Sweet Conversations

 

I was just playing around for the first time trying out the new Sweet Talk suite. I decided to make a cute 4 1/4" square card with Highland Heather, Blushing Bride and Pool Party for colors. I stamped the background 4" square piece of Highland Heather with the X & O stamps in the same color ink. I then cut Blushing Bride hearts from the Sweet Hearts dies to scatter. I also cut the little white tag from the same dies and added the Pool Partybow. I stamped the stripes stamp from Sweet Conversations set in Highland Heather and the large swirl stamp in Pool Party on white card stock and cut them out with the same Sweet Hearts dies in two sizes of hearts. I then stamped the little water color looking heart in Blushing Bride ink and the used a Gorgeous Grape marker on the sentiment from another heart stamp from the set Sweet Conversations and cut it out. 

Hope you have a sweet day!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Sweet Conversations

Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Pool Party, Highalnd Heather and Blushing Bride

Paper: Basic White, Highland Heather and Blushing Bride

Sweet Hearts dies, Pool Party ribbon 

Hello Sunshine

 

I have been wanting to stamp the Amazing Silhouettes with three different colors sponged on for a lovely water color look. I stamped the biggest image on white card stock in Pale Papaya ink and sponged on Fresh Freesia and Soft Succulent inks.I also stamped in Soft Succulent ink the sentiment from Special Moments set free with the SU! SAB promo going on right now. I layered it on a piece of Pale Papaya card stock ran through with the new Hive embossing folder. I added all this to Pale Papaya base after running some Soft Succulent open weave ribbon around. I finished it off with the Pale Papaya gems. 

Thnaks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Windy

Stamp sets: Amazing Silhouettes and Special Moments

Ink: Pale Papaya, Fresh Freesia and Soft Succulent

Paper: Pale Papaya and Basic White

Soft Succulent open weave ribbon, Hive embossing folder, sponge daubers, In color gems- Pal Papaya

Friendly Hello

 

My first play with the new stamp set and matching DSP called Friendly Hello from the sale-a-bration (SAB) brochure which started today! When you spend 50.00 or more or 100.00 or more, you can pick free items from the brochure like this combo. I stamped the image on a piece of white card stock in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with the Stampin Blends in Pool Party, Mint Macaron, Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody, Soft Suede and Fresh Freesia. I stamped the sentiment in the corner with from the Timeless Tulips set. I did a little corner rounding on two corners before I popped it on a piece of the DSP cut with the Scalloped Contours dies as well as the Pool Party piece cut with same dies. I did run some Fresh Freesia open weave ribbon around and made a bow to finish it off then added to the white base. 

Hope you have a beautiful Tuesday and thanks for stopping by!

Head over to my shop to check out the new spring mini catty and the SAB brochure. 

Windy

Stamp Set: Friendly Hello, Timeless Tulips

Paper: Friendly Hello DSP, Pool Party, Basic White

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends markers- Pool Party, Mint Macaron, Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody, Soft Suede  and Fresh Freesia

Sclloped Contours dies, Fresh Freesia open weave ribbon, corner rounder

Brightening My Day With Tulips

 

Love this Flowering Fields DSP! Did I say that Friday in my post? Why, yes I did! I am using the other have of what I cut for Friday's card layered on here on a piece of white card stock and added to the Highland Heather base. I cut two rows of mini tulips in Highland Heather with the Windmill Fields dies along with the Rich Razzleberry bike. I stamped the sentiment from the SAB set called Special Moments in Rich Razzleberry ink. So simple!  Tomorrow you will be able to purchase the Flowering Fields suite and earn for free the Special Moments stamp set as sale-a-bration (SAB) starts January 4th, 2022. Happy Stamping!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Special Moments

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Paper: Highland Heather, Basic White, Rich Razzleberry and Flowering Fields DSP

Windmill Fields dies