Under the Sea - CTD701

Hello, all! I’m popping in with a mini slimline card that I created for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge.

To create my card, I used the following stamp sets: Ocean Shell-fie, Mermaid for You, Fintastic Friends and Seahorsin’ Around along with the coordinating dies. I used a mini slimline die from Hello Bluebird and used it as a stencil for my background then stamped, die cut and colored my images with copic markers.

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   

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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Have a BERRY happy birthday

Hello there! I hope you’re having a good day! Today I’m sharing a card that I created using the Lawn Fawn stamp set Berry Special along with the coordinating dies.

Since the mice from the Berry Special stamp set are on the small side, I thought they would be cute if I made little scenes inside the Peekaboo Backdrop die which I die cut from red card stock. I stamped out a bunch of the images from the set, die cut them and then colored them using copic markers. Next I cut a piece of white card stock to use as my background and used the Cloudy Stencil with some tumbled glass distress oxide ink.

After that, I used some new leaf card stock for the grass and then attached my red frame from die cutting the Peekaboo Backdrop. Once that was done all that was left was to add my images. I popped up  all of the mice, the cupcake and strawberry with foam tape and then added a banner with my sentiment.

Sweet as Honey

Hello there! Today I’m sharing a card I created using some new products from the latest release from The Greetery.

For my card I used the new Honey Jar stamp set and dies along with the Buzz-Worthy Sentiments which were designed to work perfectly together. I started out by die cutting and stamping several of the Honey Jar images including the bees. Next I stamped the word honey from the Buzz-Worthy set and die cut it along with two extra sets of the word and I glued them together to give some dimension and make it pop. 

As I was laying my card out, I decided it needed some flowers so I used the Container Garden stamp set and dies and die cut and stamped the images then cut the die cut piece in half so that I could have flowers surrounding my honey jar.

  I used a stitched rectangle die and white card stock for to stamp part of my sentiment, then added my flowers and die cut honey word then popped up the honey jar with foam tape. For my background I die cut a piece of so saffron card stock with a scalloped rectangle die and stamped the honeycomb images from the Buzz-Worthy set in two of the corners. After that I added foam tape to my white rectangle piece and added it to my scalloped background piece. To finish off my card I added some brown Stickles glitter to the black-eyed susan flowers and some iridescent glitter to all of the bees wings.

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to check in this Wednesday where I’ll have another card using these fun new products!

Berry Special - CTD698

Hello! Some of you might be wondering why I haven’t posted in so long and the answer to that is the fact that our youngest son has had some serious health issues going on over the past month. He’s past the worst portion of these health issues but still has a long way to go, so as much as I love to craft and create cards, my mind just wasn’t on it. I’m hoping that our family can find a new normal and that I can get back to creating.

Today I’m hostess for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge where I chose this inspiration photo of strawberries and since it’s June and strawberry season here I thought it would be fitting.

For my card I chose to create a mini slimline card using the fun Lawn Fawn stamp set, Berry Special along with the Berry Special dies. I’ve seen so many cute cards created with this set and I’m just now getting to play with it. I started out by stamping a bunch of the images, die cutting and then coloring them with copic markers and added highlights with a white gel pen.

To create my scene, I used the Grassy Border die and some new leaf card stock which I blended on some lucky clover distress oxide ink and then stamped my sentiment. On my white base piece, I blended on some tumbled glass distress ink and stamped the dashed bee trail in the same ink color and then adhered my die cut grass piece.

Once my base was completed, I added all of my images popping up the two mice, strawberry patch, sun and bee with foam tape. Next I added a mat of red card stock and adhered a piece of red gingham Doodlebug paper.

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   

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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