GDP297 Thank You Berries

 

My upline and friend Mary Fish over at stampinpretty.com had this sketch on her blog Wednesday and you can see her card here. I decided I would combine the color challenge over at global-design-project.com with it but when I sat down I knew I would grab the gingham print from the Pansy Petals DSP but not what set or sentiment I would use. I am glad I grabbed my berries from the Sweet Strawberry set since I have not used it in so long. I stamped the berries first in Blackberry Bliss ink on white card stock and then two stepped over to color in with Fresh Freesia ink. I then punched them out along with Pear Pizzazz stems with the Strawberry Builder punch which finally came back in stock recently! Yay! 

I stamped the sentiment in Blackberry ink from the same set on a white banner strip and I added the bow with white twine I colored with my Fresh Freesia light Stampin Blend marker. I then cut a piece of Blackberry Bliss card stock and ran it through the Tasteful Textile embossing folder and layered it on the Pansy Petals DSP and a Fresh Freesia base. I finished it off with a few small pearls. I really like how it turned out. 

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

Windy

Stamp set: Sweet Strawberry

Ink: Fresh Freesia, Blackberry Bliss

Stampin Blend marker- Fresh Freesia

Paper: Blackberry Bliss, Basic White, Pear Pizzazz, Fresh Freesia, and Pansy Petals DSP

pearls, Tasteful Textile EF. banner punch-retired, white twine, Strawberry Builder punch

Seashells For Friends

 

I love playing with the Sand & Sea suite and wanted to use more of this designer paper before it retires at the end of the month. I used a lovely print from the Sand & Sea DSP for my background and layered it on a piece of Flirty Flamingo card stock and a Sahara Sand base. I then stamped several sand dollars from the Friends Are Like Seashells in Flirty Flamingo ink on Sahara Sand and then cut them out with the Seaside Seashell dies. I stamped the sentiment on a white stitched oval in Flirty Flamingo ink. I added a few opal rounds along with the linen trim bow. 

I hope you have a awesome Thursday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Friends Are Like Seashells

Ink: Flirty Flamingo

Paper: Sahara Sand, Flirty Flamingo, Basic White, Sand & Sea DSP

Stitched Shapes dies, Seaside Seashells DSP, opal rounds, linen trim

PP546 Sweet As A Peach

 

I decided to play around with the new You're A Peach suite for the theme challenge over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com I stamped the leaves in Old Olive ink and the peaches in Mango Melody with a little sponging with Calypso Coral ink on a white rectangle from the Sweet As A Peach set. The sentiment is from the same set stamped in Calypso Coral ink. I then layered it on a Calypso Coral piece of card stock cut with the Scalloped Contours dies. I then added to the piece of You're A Peach DSP. I ran a piece of retired Old Olive ribbon around before layering to the Old Olive base. I finished it off with some champagne rhinestones. 

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

Windy

Stamp set: Sweet As A Peach

Ink: Old Olive, Calypso Coral, Mango Melody

Paper: You're A Peach, Old Olive, Calypso Coral, Basic White

Scalloped Contours dies, Old Olive ribbon-retired, champagne rhinestones, sponge dauber 

Succulents On My Mind

 

When I was water coloring several weeks ago, I pulled out the Simply Succulent set and stamped the pot as well as the large succulent image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on shimmer white card stock. I used the water painter to add colors first to the pot in Cinnamon Cider and then the succulent in Soft Succulent, Fresh Freesia, and Pale Papaya inks. I then cut them out with the matching dies called Potted Succulents dies. I added them to a piece of Very Vanilla cut with the Scalloped Contours dies. I stamped the sentiment from the same set in Memento and added some Opal Rounds for bling. I placed it on Fresh Freesia base to finish.

Hope you have a fab Tuesday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Simply Succulents

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Cinnamon Cider, Fresh Freesia, Pale Papaya, Soft Succulent

Paper: Fresh Freesia, Very Vanilla, Shimmer White

Potted Succulents dies, opal rounds, water painter, Scalloped Contours dies

Hydrangea Fat Bottomed Box

I am making one of Sam Hammond's aka Pootles' boxes today. You can see her box and video here. 

She did an awesome jungle cat box with the In The Wild suite. I decided to use some of my Hydrangea Hill DSP for my box. Super easy to make and attach. You can add candy or a small candle like a tea light or votive. I started with a piece of 6" by 12" piece of Hydrangea Hill DSP and scored it on the long side at 2 7/8", 5 3/4", 8 5/8" and 11 1/2".  I scored on the short side at 2". I then cut up to score line on the three panels to make the bottom. I attached the side with score tape and same for flaps on bottom. Then squeeze in side and tie the ribbon. I used a piece of the new Highland Heather 1/2" grosgrain ribbon. I then cut a Highland Heather detailed die from Encircled In Beauty dies and punched a white circle with my 1" circle punch. I stamped the sentiment from Shaded Summer set in Gorgeous Grape ink. 

Hope you can make one soon. 

Have a lovely Monday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Shaded Summer

Ink: Gorgeous Grape

Paper: Highland Heather, Basic White and Hydrangea Hill DSP

Encircled in Beauty dies, 1' circle punch, Highland Heather 1/2" grosgrain ribbon

GDP295 Friends Like You

 

This new bundle called Flowers Of Friendship came just in time to make this card for the theme over at global-design-project.com this week as well as a thank you for my friend Patti Carbonell. Patti loves blue and green together so I grabbed Just Jade along with Balmy Blue for this sweet card. I stamped the sentiment in Just Jade ink and the floral image in Memento Tuxedo Black from the Flowers Of Friendship set on a small white rectangle. I then colored the leaves with Just Jade Stampin Blends markers as well as the flowers in Balmy Blue. I ran a piece of Just Jade & gold 3/8" braided ribbon around a piece of Basic White and Balmy Blue card stocks before layering on a Just Jade base. I was tempted to put more bling on with some gems but I like the simple and clean look. 

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

I will be on Key West time starting this weekend for a much needed vacay! I will not be posting next week but back on June 21st so come back by!

Windy

Stamp set: Flowers Of Friendship

Ink: Just Jade and Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends markers: Just Jade and Balmy Blue

Paper: Balmy Blue, Just Jade and Basic White

Just Jade & Gold 3/8" braided ribbon 

Happy Father's Day From The 18th Hole

 

Showing off my Father's Day card I made my dad with the retired Country Club suite. I kept it because I knew I would make several more cards for my dad, brother and uncles who are big golfers. My dad loves three sports- football (he was a coach for many years), boxing (which he wished he did but loves to watch) and golf (he works at a golf course on weekends so he can play for free all week).

 I did some casing of the layout from maecollins.blogspot.com I started with the Country Club designer paper first layering a gray print on a Basic Gray base. I then cut a colorful print and added some Garden Green behind for the middle of the card. I cut the white die in the middle from the Tasteful Labels dies and then cut garden Green grass 4 times to add with the Golf Club dies. I also cut the white gold ball with the dies and sponged a little Smoky Slate ink on. I added the wooden pieces in middle plus the wood shield at bottom. I stamped in Poppy Parade ink the sentiment from the Clubhouse set and cut with matching die to add on top. I also cut a Garden Green greenery piece. 

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

Windy

Stamp set: Clubhouse

Ink: Poppy Parade, Smoky Slate

Paper: Basic Gray, Country Club DSP, Garden Green, Basic White 

Golf Club dies, Tasteful Labels dies, Country Club wooden elements, sponge dauber