Sweet Havana Birthday Card

Hello again! I thoroughly enjoyed taking part in last month's Mama Elephant & Me challenge that I was all set for August's challenge. This month's challenge is all about Water Coloring + Birthdays - you can see some of the lovely cards that the DT girls whipped up here. I used 2 sets of stamps for my first card. I stamped the stripes from Basic Borders in Ocean (Creative Color - also from ME) on watercolor paper and smudged up the lines a bit. I also used some of the ink to fill up the white spaces in between. Once that was done, I die cut it using the scallop frame from Femme Frames. I also stamped and die cut several of the images and the banner sentiment from Sweet Havana in different colors on canvas paper and put them altogether. I used a white pen to put some of the little dots on the flower bouquets.
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Congratulations Card

Since I had all my stuff out in front of me, I thought I would just make another quick and easy one layer card. I used the beautiful Water Blooms set from Mama Elephant here.

Mama Elephant & Me Challenge

Hello, I can't believe it's been so long since my last post! I've been thinking of doing the challenge over at Mama Elephant & Me - I just love all their stamps! Since today is the last day for submission, I decided to make a simple one layer card.

Last night, my daughter was playing with sparklers in the garden and that gave me the idea for this card. I used So Breezy, Around We Go, Say What and Merry Greeting stamps.

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Papertrey Ink's Color Challenge

Hello! I've finally got some time to take part in PTI's color inspiration challenge and the color scheme which caught my eye was the first one consisting of Lemon Tart, Spring Moss, Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, and Hibiscus Burst. They are my favorite colors!!

Stamp-A-Faire 2012 - Stamper's First Aid

Papertrey Ink has this stamping event going on and up first is this Stamper's First Aid submission. This is a card I did recently for a friend's wedding which is in a couple of weeks time. I think it can do with a little something to make it more interesting - perhaps one of the DTs can help me out here?

Make It Monday # 74: Stamping On Texture

For this week's MIM, I used PTI's Sunrise Impression Plate on white cardstock, and stamped it with the text from PTI's Background Basics: Hearts Stamp Set using Soft Stone. The "YOU" is from PTI's Wonderful Words Die Collection and the little diecut butterflies are from Bella! I mounted it on Sweet Blush Cardstock.

Make It Monday #73 - Stamping on Patterned Paper

I enjoyed making this card. I have a fair bit of scrap pieces lying around and decided to use this piece with circles and light neutral colors. The stamps are from the Beautiful Butterflies collection.