Feathered Friends Mini - CTD639

Hello and happy Wednesday! I’m sharing another card as a guest designer for Papertrey Ink/Ink to Paper for this month and also for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge where we’ve got the warm color palette of yellow, orange, red and kraft.

For my card I used the sweet new Feathered Friends Mini 10 stamp set and die along with the Blooming Branches stamp set (one of my favorites) and Blooming Branches dies. I stamped the flowers in bright buttercup with orange centers, the leaves in kraft and the branch in chocolate ink. For the cute parrot, I stamped him in orange, pure poppy and bright buttercup ink.

I used the Mix & Mat: Scallops die and die cut it from white for the frame and harvest gold for the center. For the background I used some canyon clay card stock and adhered it to my card base then used a second piece and die cut it using the Ornate cover plate and glued that on top. To finish off my card I glued on some iridescent sequins.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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Seas of Life Card Set

Hi there! Today I’m sharing two more cards that I designed for the Papertrey Ink/Ink to Paper April release. Both of my cards featured the new Seas of Life stamp set.

For my first card, I started out by using the Seas of Life dies to die cut the sail boat, wheel, sun and seagulls and then stamped them in enchanted evening, pure poppy, spring rain, harvest gold, kraft, dark chocolate and smoky shadow. Next I cut a rectangle from white card stock and stamped the wave images along the bottom. After that I randomly stamped the ship wheel onto a panel of enchanted evening for my background and then used the new Weaved Background stamp to stamp a piece of kraft card stock. Once that was done, I assembled my card, popping up the sail boat with foam tape, added my sentiment and tied on a piece of twine.

For my next card, I again used the Seas of Life stamp set and dies and die cut and stamped in the same colored inks but I used the Tin Stitched Border Bling die for my background and used one of the larger sentiments from the set as a focal point.

Exciting News!

Hello there! Today I’ve got some exciting news to share, I was asked to be a guest designer for Papertrey Ink/Ink to Paper for this month and I couldn’t be more thrilled!

For my first card, I used two new products that were just released yesterday, the first is the beautiful new Blooming Thoughts stamp set and Blooming Thoughts dies and the second is the Feathered Friends 10 die set. The Blooming Thoughts stamp set is so soft and pretty and not only has some wonderful sentiments included but can be used in many different ways. And the Feathered Friends 10 die set has such great detail to create a realistic bird or create a bird from your imagination.

To create my card I first die cut the stems from the Blooming Thoughts set and stamped them using enchanted evening, spring rain and simply chartreuse ink. Next I die cut all of the pieces for my bird from spring rain card stock and ink blended on some faded jeans, chipped sapphire, spiced marmalade and ripe persimmon destress oxide inks. For my background I die cut the Ornate Cover Plate in soft stone and adhered it to a piece of soft stone card stock for a subtle background.

Once that was done I stamped my sentiment onto a white rectangle, added a horizontal strip of spring rain card stock, added my stems and adhered my die cut blue bird with foam tape. To finish off my card I added a few iridescent sequins.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you’ll pop over to the Papertrey Ink site and check out all of the fantastic new products that were just released!

Somebunny Loves You! - CTD638

Hello, Hello!! I’m hostess this week over at the Color Throwdown Challenge and I’ve chosen some bright cheerful colors for all of us to create with! I hope you’ll join in and play along, I’d love to see what you create.

For my card today I used a new to me stamp company called Colorado Craft Company and I used the Bunnies & Robin stamp set which is illustrated by Anita Jeram. It was hard to hold back and not order a bunch of these darling stamp sets that Anita Jeram illustrated but I decided to start out with just a few.

To create my card, I started out by using my Misti tool to stamp the large scene stamp from the set onto white card stock. I also stamped the bunnies and bird images and used the Bunnies & Robin dies to die cut them out. Next I colored all of my images using copic markers and trimmed down my background scene. On top of a white card base I added a piece of yellow check Echo Park dots & Stripes paper and a strip of Doodlebug Design blue gingham paper with an edge of scallop. I added my square image with foam tape and glued on my sentiment along the bottom. For a touch of sparkle I added some yellow Stickles glitter on a few of the flowers.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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