An Easter Thank You

What a beautiful Easter! I hope you all had an enjoyable easter weekend and were able to enjoy our beautiful weather. It was so nice that spent as much time as we could outside working in the yard, relaxing, and catching up with neighbors. Yesterday one of our neighbors was nice enough to invite us over for Easter dinner (we love how great our neighbors are!). I wanted to thank them for their hospitality to I decided to whip up a quick thank you note and used this weeks Stamping 411 sketch challenge to get started.

I started with a piece of Sending Love DSP (I love this paper!) and matted on a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock. I wrapped a piece of Organza Ribbon around the paper before adhering to the Pretty in Pink card base. The stamped image is from the Picinic Parade hostess set and works perfectly for easter. I added several of the images to the clear block at once before stamping it with Chocolate Chip ink to create the scene. Then I filled it in with some of the smaller images individually. Then I used various Stampin' Write Markers to color in the scene. This piece was then matted on Barely Banana cardstock. I stamped and colored in the "thanks" from the same set and then punched it out with the Oval Punch and poped it up with Dimensionals on a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock punched out with the Scallop Oval Punch.

The last piece was 2 butterflies that had been cut out earlier and were just sitting on my desk waiting to be used that I layered on top of each other before placing them on the card.

Definately a springy card which neighbors will enjoy. Take care and have a great week!

One Layout, Three Different Cards

Like many demonstrators we sometimes end up with extra cardstock cut for classes and workshops. Normally I just use the extras to make up multiples of the card and add them to my card stash. For a recent workshop I had enough supplies cut to make a lot of cards so I decided to use the same layout and pieces but changed the stamp sets and occassions. The first card below is the card from the workshop and the next two are alternates.

Stamp Set(s): Good Neighbor, Whimsical Words

Stamp Set(s): Picinic Parade

Stamp Set(s): Beary Best Friends, Beary Best Wishes

This card is a favorite of Aidan's. It's a great card for a kids birthday, Aidan colors the bear for each recipient.

Enjoy!

It's Time for Another Sketch Challenge

What a crazy weekend! After spending Saturday driving up to NJ for a birthday party and then driving home it was nice to just relax today and hang out. For this weeks Stamping 411 challenge I wanted to take a break from Valentine's which have been my theme lately and loved the cute little characters in the in new Picinic Parade Hostess set and decided to try them out. The great thing about the new clear mount stamps is that I was able to place all the stamps to make the main stamped image on one clear block and ink and stamp them all at once (how easy it that??)

The card base is Soft Suede and I used the Welcome Neighbor DSP mounted on Old Olive cardstock along the left hand side. I used a blender pen and Stampin' Pastels to color in the stamped images before matting them on Ballet Blue cardstock. The greeting is punched out with the Oval Punch and then matted on a Crushed Curry Oval Scallop punch piece. Finally, I tied a nice big bow with Crushed Curry Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon and mounted to the card with glue dots.


Niced and light! This stamp set so cute and fun to make different scenes with all the available images. Have a great week and enjoy!