Sweet Sunday Birthday

Here's a birthday card based on Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 73. I said I used a lot of those sketches to get me back into my stamping groove again and I meant it. I'm loving this Sweet & Sour Specialty paper; the colors and patterns in it are so fun! This was an easy card to make, with a few layers of paper and a couple of accessories to spice it up a bit. Thanks for visiting!

Stamps: Fun & Fast Notes
Ink: Black StazOn, Pumpkin Pie & Rose Red
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla & Rose Red Cardstock, Sweet & Sour Specialty Paper
Accessories & Tools: Circle Scissor Plus, Aqua Painter, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, 1/4" Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon, Rich Regals Buttons (retired)

Haiku Flowers

I made my original card like this quite some time ago for the featured artist section of Christina Crawford's team website. Since I had to send my originals to Christina, I had every intention of making more than one, but I never got around to making additional copies until now. I pulled out some old Designer Series Paper scraps over the weekend because I'm trying to use up whatever bits and pieces that I have lying around, and this is one of the cards that I made. I'm working hard to get my new stamping studio organized, but I still have a little work left to do. Mostly I'm just going through scraps and retired items at this point. I pulled out lots of paper to make cards for craft shows and possibly for an Etsy shop. I went through my retired stamp sets too, so watch for those to be posted later. Thanks for visiting!

Stamps: Fun & Fast Notes
Ink: Black StazOn, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, So Saffron, More Mustard
Paper: Haiku DSP (retired), Very Vanilla, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango & More Mustard Cardstock
Accessories & Tools: Scallop Edge Punch, Ticket Corner Punch, 1/16" Circle Punch, Earth Elements Brads, 5/8" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Blender Pens, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy New Baby Girl

I pulled out some Georgia Peach Designer Series Paper for this sweet baby card. I LOVE that paper! In fact, it's probably my favorite Designer Series Paper ever. Thankfully, I bought a couple of packages before it retired. This is the first time that I used the Scallop Edge Punch to punch entirely around a square or rectangle and I have to say, I don't think I did a bad job. It was a little tricky and it's not perfect, but for a first try it's pretty good. The brads on this card are a combination of Filigree Brads and Rhinestone Brads. Don't you love how they go together? I do! Well, I need to get back to making projects. Thanks for visiting!

Stamps: Fun & Fast Notes
Ink: Black StazOn, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink
Paper: Georgia Peach DSP (retired), Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink & Whisper White CS
Accessories & Tools: Filigree Brads, Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads, Scallop Edge Punch, Blender Pens, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

SSSC53 Fun & Fast Birthday Flowers

Here's my card for Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge for this week. These spring-like colors were just what I needed yesterday. I'm not ready for spring yet, but it rained here all day and the snow has disappeared from our yard, so things are looking pretty drab. When I mounted this stamp set, I separated the sentiments from the images and mounted them on the ends of the blocks. This way, the sentiments and images can be mixed and matched easily, and without a marker in the event that you don't have the markers. Thanks for visiting!

Stamps: Fun & Fast Notes
Inks: Black StazOn, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron & Old Olive
Paper: Whisper White, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink & Old Olive Cardstock, Welcome Neighbor DSP
Accessories & Tools: Scallop Circle #2 Die, Circle Scissor Plus, Small Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Aqua Painters, Basic Black Marker, 5/8" Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Rich Regals Brads (So Saffron), 1/16" Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals