CTS365 Thanks My Friend

I had to use my Peaceful Poppies designer paper

for the fun sketch over at casethissketch.blogspot.com 

I used three prints on the front layered to the white base. 

I then stamped the sentiment from Ornate Thanks set in Rich Razzleberry ink 

on both a white stitched rectangle and a banner from the Golf Club dies. 

I colored a rhinestone in Rich Razzleberry and added for bling.

Pretty quick card.

Thanks fro stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Ornate Thanks

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Paper: Whisper White and Peaceful Poppies

Golf Club dies, Stitched Rectangle dies, rhinestone

FMS428 Kindly

I used my Botanical Prints medley kit to design the card

 for the sketch over at freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com 

I used a Sahara Sand base and layered the Pretty Peacock 

laser cut piece on top. 

I then stamped several floral/fruit images on water color 

paper in Memento Tuxedo Black ink 

and used my water color pencils and aqua painter to color them.

I then cut them withe the matching die cuts and laid them to form a 

wreath shape over the Old Olive circle. 

I stamped the sentiment from the same set on a pre cut 

banner piece in the kit with black ink. 

I place the banner in the center since it did not look 

good to the side. 

I finished it off with the copper dragonfly embellishment.

Hope you can play along and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Botanical Prints

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Water Color pencils- Calypso Coral, Mossy Meadow,

Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry

Paper: Water color, Old Olive, Sahara Sand, 

Aqua painter, Botanical Prints Medley kit, 

Botanical Prints dies, Botanical Prints Medley kit

GDP233 Welcome Little One

Such cuties for a baby card!

The colors for the color challenge over at global-design-project.com 

made me think a baby card and I love using the Welcome Easter set.

I stamped the three friends in Memento Tuxedo Black ink

on white card stock and hand snipped them out.

I colored them with Stampin Blends markers.

For the chick, I colored with So Saffron.

For the bunny and lamb, I used Pool Party and Petal Pink.

All the noses have a little Pumpkin Pie. 

I then stamped the sentiment in Memento on a stitched rectangle 

and layered all on the piece of Bird Ballad DSP with Petal Pink dots.

A white base finished it off. 

I wanted to add bling but it was so cute without.

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Welcome Easter

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends markers- Pool Party, 

Petal Pink, So Saffron, and Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Bird Ballad DSP, Whisper White

Stitched Rectangle dies

PP483 Memorable Birthday

I had a masculine card in mind when I used the great sketch from Claire 

over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com this week. 

I pulled out my Tropical Oasis suite for it.

I used Crumb Cake for my base and added a piece of Tropical Oasis DSP

with the Pool Party print.

 I also use another piece of the DSP in the old car print. 

I cut a strip of the same Pool Party print for the left side.

I layered some braided burlap trim over the strip of DSP.

I then stamped the sentiment from Timeless Tropical set with 

my Stazon Brown ink. It came out a little ombre but I like it.

I cut the white with the stitched rectangle die and another in Crumb Cake.

I finished it off with a Tropical Oasis trinket.

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

Windy

Stamp set: Timeless Tropical

Ink: Brown Stazon

Paper: Tropical Oasis DSP, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Stotched Rectangle dies, Braided burlap trim, Tropical Oasis trinkets

FF0055 Hello Rose Gold Roses

I could not get a real good photo of this card. The rose gold

in the flowers seem to be hard to photo.

Anyway, I did use Rose gold, doily and rhinestones in the list 

for the festivefridaychallenge.com this week.

I hand snipped the floral bunch for the designer paper called 

Flowering Foils. I them sponged on some 

Petal Pink, Crushed Curry and Soft Sea Foam with my sponge daubers. 

I them added a pearlized doily behind them grabbed 

the hello sentiment from Good Morning Magnolia set 

to stamp in Soft Suede and cut with the stitched circle.

I did try to add some color to the rhinestones with Pink Petal 

Stampin Blends marker but I do not think it shows up. 

All is layered on the Petal Pink base to finish up.

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Windy

Stamp set: Good Morning Magnolia

Ink: Soft Suede, Petal Pink, Soft Sea Foam, Crushed Curry

Paper: Whisper White, Flowering Foils DSP, Petal Pink

Pearlized doily, Stitched Shapes dies, sponge dauber, rhinestones

CTS1 A Little Bunny Note

I saw Sam Hammond over at Pootles.co.uk 

do a purple bunny for a treat box and knew I had to 

color one in my fav color- purple!

But of course, I did three for the

 sketch over at casethissketch.blogspot.com this week.

I grabbed the Purple Posy card stock for a base and added

 the Posy gingham DSP for the background.

I stamped the bunnies in Memento Tuxedo Black ink

from the Welcome Easter set and colored them with the Purple Posy 

Stampin Blends markers in light and dark. 

I hand snipped them as you prob can see the bad snipping job!

I popped them up and the added some Posy gems for bling.

I stamped the sentiment from the Butterfly Gala set in Memento

and cut with the label die from All Dressed Up dies. 

This is going out to my mom this week!

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Thanks for stopping by! 

Windy

Stamp set: Welcome Easter, Butterfly Gala

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends markers- Purple Posy

Paper: Purple Posy, Whisper White, 

In color DSP-Purple Posy

All Dressed Up dies, In color gems-Purple Posy 

FMS427 Happy Lamb Easter

Love this Tufted embossing folder for texture!

I borrowed the Welcome Easter set from friend and downline

Joann to make some cut cards...not just Easter ones!

I stamped the lamb on a white stitched circle with 

Memento Tuxedo Black in k and colored with the 

Stampin Blends in Smoky Slate, Seaside Spray and Petal Pink.

I then cut a piece of the Seaside Spray gingham designer paper 

and stamped the sentiment right on before adding to the background 

of white I ran through the Tufted embossing folder. 

All was added to a Seaside Spray base and finished off with 

some Seaside Spray gems. 

Hope you can play along with the sketch challenge over at 

freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Welcome Easter

Paper: In color Designer paper pack, Whisper White,

Seaside Spray

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends markers- Petal Pink, Seaside Spray, Smoky Slate

Stitched Shapes dies, In colr gems-Seaside Spray, Tufted embossing folder

GDP232 Amazing Poppies!

A quick card for the case the designer Connie Collins 

over at global-design-project.com 

I took the layout, the floral theme and one color-Poppy Parade!

I cut into a lovely design of the Peaceful Poppies DSP and added a 

strip of Poppy Parade card stock behind.

I added those to the white base.

I then stamped the sentiment from All Things Thanks set in Poppy ink

on the white Stitched Shape die (circle) and added the the 

Basic Black die cut from the Painted Label dies. 

I stamped the poppy flower and the leaves on white 

with the Memento Tuxedo Black ink from the Painted Poppies set 

and colored with Stampin Blends markers in Poppy Parade and Old Olive.

I cut them with the matching dies. 

A few black gems finished it off. 

Thanks for stopping by and 

have a wonderful weekend!

Windy

Stamp set: Painted Poppies, All Things Thanks-retired

Ink: Poppy Parade, Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends- Poppy Parade, Old Olive

Paper: Peaceful Poppies DSP, Poppy Parade,

Basic Black, Whisper White

Stitched Shapes dies, Painted Labels dies, black gems

PP482 Lovely Day With Cherry Blossoms

I love the cherry blossoms in the Forever Blossoms set.

I used a white base and added the Pool Party Parisian Flourish 

embossing folder for the background. 

I did some casing from Kristi Gray over at 

stampingwithkristi.com   You can see her card here. 

I stamped the tops of the large cherry blossoms stamp on 

white in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

 I also stamped two more blossoms plus several leaves. 

I colored them with the Stampin Blends markers 

in Flirty Flamingo and Granny Apple Green.  

I then cut them out with the matching dies.

 I added pearls on the flowers and the embossed background. 

I stamped the sentiment from Forever Lovely set

 on the stitched circle in Memento Black.

Love the colors and the spring florals! 

Nice theme challenge from Joanne over at 

thepaperplayers.blogspot.com this week.

Play along!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp sets: Forever Blossoms, Forever Lovely

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends- Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green

Paper: Whisper White, Pool Party

Stitched Shapes dies, Cherry Blossoms dies, 

Parisian Flourish embossing folder, pearls

FabFri185 New Beginnings

Love this with purple!

I decided to use the Power Of Hope stamp set

on the smaller square by stamping the temple

 in Memento Tuxedo Black on the stitched white square.

I then pulled out my Waterfront set just to add a sun

but then thought I needed mountains and grass, too.

I stamped the mountains (Mt. Figi) in Highland Heather and

Gorgeous Grape and grass in Pear Pizzazz. 

The sun was in Mango Melody. I added the little bird on the sun 

with the Smoky Slate  Stampin Blend by hand and then colored the temple roof.

I stamped the sentiment from power Of Hope in VersaMark 

and heat embossed in white on Basic Black card stock. 

I cut it with the label from All Dressed Up dies.

The Basic Gray square is cut 3.75" and ran through the Stone 

emboss folder. I added all on the Highland Heather base.

Hope you can play along

 over at Fabfridaystampinchallenge.blogspot.com 

with the lovely sketch challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp sets: Power Of Hope, Waterfront

Ink: Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Mango Melody,

Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark

Stampin Blends marker- Smoky Slate

Paper: Highland Heather, Basic Gray, Whisper White,

Basic Black

White emboss powder, heat tool, Stone embossing folder, 

Stitched Shapes dies, All Dressed Up dies

CTS363 Buy The Shoes

I decided to go for the shoes!

I love this sentiment from Dressed to Impress set.

I started with the strip of DSP called Best Dressed cut at 1" .

I added it to the Petal Pink piece then the white base.

I then stamped the Memento Tuxedo Black on the white card stock

the two shoes, the flowers and the sentiment and cut them

with the matching dies. I colored them with the Stampin Blends markers.

I finished it off with the rhinestones...needed bling!

Hope you can play along with the sketch challenge

 this week over at casethissketch.blogspot.com 

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Dressed To Impress

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends markers- Lovely Lipstick, Petal Pink,

Daffodil Delight, Old Olive

Paper: Best Dressed DSP, Whisper White, Petal Pink

All Dressed Up dies, rhinestones

FMS426 Thank You Kindly

Orange is my least fav color! However, I used a lot here to 

show off the fruit which I believe to be peaches. 

I tried the Mango Melody but it did not match as well as Pumpkin Pie.

In the SU! spring mini, there is a product medley called 

Botanical Prints. You get a stamp set, matching dies, and lots of pieces to make 

loads of cards or other projects. The image above are already pre made 

and cut out so I just cut the black stitched circle to add it.

I then used a Basic Black base and added the piece of Pumpkin Pie

ran through the Tin Tile embossing folder.  I love how the emboss looks.

I then cut a piece of the designer paper that came with the kit.

It is white and black striped which I then sponged Pumpkin Pie ink

with the sponge roll brayer. I stamped the sentiment from the 

Botanical Prints set in Memento Tuxedo Black on Pie card stock.

I finished it off with the black gems.

Hope you can play along over at freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com 

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Botanical Prints

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Botanical Print DSP, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black 

Botanical Prints Product Medley kit, sponge brayer, 

Basic Black gems, Stitched Shapes dies, Tin Tile embossing  folder

PP481 Thinking Of You Seaside Notions

Great colors for the challenge over at Thepaperplayers.blogspot.com 

I have been wanting to pull out this set called Seaside Notions

again as I was talking about it in class last week. 

I knew it will be perfect for these colors.

I started with the white base and added the Bermuda Bay piece of 

card stock ran through the High Seas 3D embossing folder.

I cut the scallop rectangle from Stitched So Sweetly dies.

I really never put these dies away lately!

I stamped the sea horse in Bermuda and the shell in Coastal 

and hand snipped them out.

I then stamped on the rectangle in Coastal for the sand, the coral 

and sentiment in Calypso Coral them popped up the 

seahorse and shell. 

I also used some glitter epoxy drops on the bottom and the seahorse's eye.

Very simple but I like that!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend and Friday the 13th!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Seaside Notions 

Ink: Calypso Coral, Bermuda Bay, and Coastal Cabana

Paper: Whisper White and Bermuda Bay

Stitched So Sweetly dies and High Seas 3D embossing folder

glitter epoxy drops-retired

CTS362 & FF0054 Happy Happy Spring

I combined the sketch challenge over at casethissketch.blogspot.com

and the festivefridaychallenge.com spring plus pick three list.

I choose spring, flowers, pastels and green!

I started with the white base and the Rococo Rose gingham DSP.

I cut a Stitched So Sweetly scallop rectangle in white to 

stamped my Blushing Bride Tulips along with Mint Macaron stems.

I stamped the large tulip on white from Timeless Tulips in Rose and 

punched with the matching punch.

I did the same for the two leaves stamped in Mint.

I stamped the sentiment from that same set on a white strip 

and layered a strip of Rose card stock behind. 

I added some pearls to finish it off.

Hope you day is filled with many blessings!
Thanks for stopping by!
Windy

Stamp set: Timeless Tulips
Ink: Rococo Rose, Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride
Paper: Whisper White, Rococo Rose DSP in gingham print,
Rococo Rose
pearls, Stitched So sweetly dies, Tulip Builder punch

FabFri184 Hello Positive Thoughts

Oh my, I love this card! Can't believe looks finished!

I stared at these colors for a little bit...like the colors together 

but had no idea what I was going to do. So I went and looked though

my stamp sets and usually something happens. Well, it did!

This set-Positive thoughts just jumped right out!

I knew a collage would be the perfect scene for these colors.

I then happen to have a piece of this designer paper from 

Parisian Blossoms DSP sitting on my desk.

I grabbed it and layered on the Petal Pink base. 

I then cut the Stitched Rectangle in white.

I also stamped the hugs sentiment on white from the same set

in Pretty Peacock and cut it out with the label from 

Stitched So sweetly dies.

I stamped the stem in Mint Macaron, the flower in Pretty Peacock,

the butterfly in Rococo Rose and sponged some Petal Pink ink.

All these plus the colored leaves/fillers were cut with the 

matching dies called Nature's Thoughts dies.

I added some pearls to finish it off. 

Just the right pop of colors!

Hope you have a beautiful day and 

thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Positive Thoughts

Ink: Rococo Rose, Petal Pink, Mint Macaron,

and Pretty Peacock

Paper: Parisian Blossoms DSP, Whisper White, Petal Pink,

Pretty Peacock, Mint Macaron

Nature's Thoughts dies, Stitched Rectangle dies, pearls, 

Stitched So sweetly dies

Happy Birthday 22nd Cole!

My baby turnes 22 today! My son Cole is a huge MCU fan and 

so my cards usually reflect his love for that as well as red/white/blue!

I used a Blueberry Bushel base 5" square and cut a Whisper white background

1/4' less before cutting my circles.

I used the old circle dies that retired but I kept so could cut larger circles

than the new Layering Circle dies allow.

I cut a Real Red, Silver foil, Real Red again then a Blueberry Bushel.

I cut the star from the Stitched Stars dies in silver foil.

I stamped the happy and birthday stamps from Well Said in 

Real and Blueberry Bushel.

Quick and easy for Captain America's shield.

Hope you have a wonderful and blessed day!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Well Said

Paper: Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Silver foil, Whisper White

Ink: Blueberry Bushel, Real Red

Circle dies-retired, Stitched Stars dies

FMS425 Tropical Hello

I had planned to use my new Timeless Tropical bundle for this card

but when I cut into the Tropical Oasis designer paper I layered on the 

Flirty Flamingo base, I realized I need to use these big palm

 fron leaves to match from the Tropical Chic set.

Great sketch challenge over at freshlymadesketch.blogspot.com 

this week and perfect for this set. 

I inked the leaves in Granny Apple Green and sponged a little 

Shaded Spruce ink on them before stamping on white card stock.

I stamped the flowers in Flirty Flamingo and all were cut with the 

Tropical dies. I stamped the sentiment in Flirty on white card stock 

from Timeless Tropical then cut with the label die from Stitched So Sweetly dies.

I added some green rhinestones to the white background cut from the 

Stitched Rectangle dies. 

Hope this gives you a lovely tropical feel today and 

thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Timeless Tropical, Tropical Chic

Ink: Flirty Flamingo, Shaded Spruce, Granny Apple Green

Paper: Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo, Tropical Oasis DSP

Tropical dies, Stitched So sweetly dies,

Stitched Rectangle dies, holiday rhinestones

GDP230 Thank You Tropical Floral

Playing along with the sketch challenge over at global-design-project.com 

with my lovely Timeless Tropical bundle and Tropical Oasis DSP. 

I stamped the two flowers on water color paper in VersaMark ink.

I then heat embossed in gold. I water colored with my aqua painter 

in So Saffron and Mango Melody then cut with matching dies. 

I added them to the Stitched so sweetly rectangle die in white.

I stamped the sentiment in Soft Suede ink to the bottom of rect die.

I also stamped two leaves in Shaded Spruce on the same color paper.

I cut them along with the other leaves from In The Tropics dies. 

I added all this on the Tropical Oasis DSP and So Saffron card stock base.

Hope you have a wonderful day and 

thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Timeless Tropical 

Ink: VersaMark, Mango Melody, So Saffron, Soft Suede

Paper: So Saffron, Tropical Oasis DSP, water color paper,

Whisper White, Granny Apple Green, Old Olive, Shaded Spruce

Stitched So Sweetly dies, heat tool, gold emboss powder, 

In The Tropics dies, Grapefruit Grove gem, aqua painter

PP480 Beachy Relax

I have wanted to do some water coloring with the palm trees from 

Timeless Tropical for a while. The heat emboss challenge over at 

thepaperplayers.blogspot.com was the perfect time to do it.

I heat embossed the palm trees in gold emboss powder on 

water color paper. I stamped them in Versamark, heat embossed and water colored 

with my aqua painter some Sahara Sand on the bottom, then Coastal Cabana

 on top of the sand and finally a sun in corner with Mango Melody ink.

I layered the water color with Coastal Cabana card stock and then a Sahara Sand base.

I stamped the sentiment from Timeless Tropical set after inking with my VersaMark

pen on the one word on white card stock then heat emboss in gold. 

I cut it out with the die from Smooth Sailing.

I hope you can play with the heat emboss challenge over at 

thepaperplayers.blogspt.com today.

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Timeless Tropical 

Ink: VersaMark, Coastal Cabana, Sahara Sand, Mango Melody

Paper: Coastal Cabana, Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Water color

Gold embossing powder, heat tool, aqua painter, Smooth Sailing dies

Parisian Blossom Gift Bags

I decorated gift bags with the Parisian Blossoms paper,

Forever Blossoms stamp, and the tower die.

I cut the paper 4" by 6" for the background.

I cut the towers in either Basic Black or Cherry Cobbler.

I stamped the cherry blossoms from Forever Blossoms set 

on white in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and use my sponge 

daubers to color with Petal Pink, Cherry Cobbler ink.

I added Old Olive to the leaves with my Stampin Blends marker.

I cut it out with the matching die from Cherry Blossoms dies.

A little feel of spring for my card class guest to carry 

home their cards form class this week!

Have a wonderful Wednesday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

CTS361 Celebrate Your Birthday

I needed a special birthday card for a friend this week and

this sketch over at casethissketch.blogspot.com was perfect

for my cake!  

I stamped the cake from Happy Birthday To You set 

on white in Memento Tuxedo Black ink 

and colored with my Stampin Blends markers 

in Rococo Rose, Old Olive and Crushed Curry.

I hand snipped it out to pop up on the background I created

but layering gingham print Rococo Rose in color designer paper

with a strip of Old Olive wrapped with the Rose scallop edged ribbon.

I stamped the celebrate in Memento Black on the white base.

I finished it off with the Rose gems.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Tuesday!

Windy

Stamp set: Happy Birthday To You

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends- Old Olive, Rococo Rose, Crushed Curry

Paper: In Color DSP- Rococo Rose, Whisper White,

Old Olive 

In Color gems- Rococo Rose, Scallop linen ribbon in Rococo Rose

Always & Forever Cherry Blossoms

Love the cherry blossoms and coloring them.

For my fourth card for classes is with the Forever Blossoms bundle 

and the Parisian Blossoms DSP. I started with the Pool Party base

and added the background of Petal Pink and stamped the sentiment 

from Forever Blossoms in Memento Tuxedo Black. 

I cut the DSP in a 2" by 5 1/4" strip was added to background.

I cut the stitched oval in Pool and popped it up.

I stamped the floral in in Memento and colored it with my 

Stampin Blends markers. I also cut a Mossy Meadow 

stem to add behind the blooms. All Cut from the Cherry Blossoms dies.

I finished it off with a few pearls. 

Hope you have a lovely Monday and 

thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Forever Blossoms

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends markers- Petal Pink, Mossy Meadow, 

Cherry Cobbler

Paper: Pool Party, Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, 

Petal Pink, Parisian Blossoms DSP

Cherry Blossoms dies, Stitched Shapes dies, pearls 

Nautical Thanks

I did a little casing from  my friend Ann Schach over at 

stampinchic.com for my last card for classes.

See Ann's card here. 

I used a white base and added the High Seas embossed white

background. I then cut the Night of Navy panel and added the 

white stitched rectangle. I used a 2' circle to punch in a scrap

of white paper to make a mask for the sun. I sponged Mango Melody 

and So Saffron on it then stamped the birds in Navy ink from 

the Sailing Home set.

I also stamped the lighthouse in Navy on white

 and cut it with the matching dies.

From same dies,  I cut the Early Espresso steering wheel

and the white label I stamped the sentiment in navy ink.

I finished it off with a silver pearl.

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Sailing Home

Ink: Night of Navy, Mango Melody, So Saffron

Paper: Night Of Navy, Whisper White,

Early Espresso

Stitched Rectangle dies, Smooth Sailing dies, silver pearl,

High Seas embossing folder