Friday, July 16, 2010



Here's another card I created using the I {Heart} Hearts stamp set, a Stampin' Up! 1 3/4 round punch, a Stampin' Up! Scallop Punch, the Occasional Quotes stamp set, and some Early Espresso 1/8" taffeta ribbon. All of the flowers and leaves were heart images that I stamped and then cut out. See how versatile this set is? The colors I used were Marina Mist, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, More Mustard, So Saffron, and Early Espresso. The Marina Mist cardstock was lightly embossed using the Stampin' Up! Big Shot Sizzix Texturz Small Dots plate and then sponged with Stampin' Up! Marina Mist ink. The ribbon was stitched onto the cardstock before the rest of the card was assembled. Lots of fun to make!

Thanks for looking!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010



This is such a versatile stamp set! I can really see some interesting possibilities with this one!

For this card, I used Cherry Cobbler ink for each heart. The lovely floral heart was stamped three times and then cut out with a pair of Stampin' Up! Paper Snips. The outer dotted heart was also stamped three times in Cherry Cobbler and cut out. The hearts were put together using Stampin' Dimensionals. The friend heart was stamped in Cherry Cobbler, then overstamped with VersaMark using the Stamp-a-Ma-Jig for accurate placement; it was then covered with clear Stampin' Emboss Powder and heated using the Stampin' Up! Heat Tool. I embossed it three times for emphasis. :) The friend heart is also popped up using Stampin' Dimensionals.

I used a Stampin' Up! Texturz Plate to give a delicate dotted embossing background to the Cherry Cobber and Whisper White cardstock, which I then cut into rectangles with a paper cutter. You can use a Big Shot to get such interesting textures for your cards, and it's so easy! The backing for each of those rectangles is Early Espresso cardstock. The rectangles were then assembled with adhesive and placed on a Whisper White cardstock base.

This was a fun and easy card to make! I look forward to using the I {Heart} Hearts stamp set to create more interesting cards in the future!



This beautiful card was created using the Hostess Level 1 set, Because I Care. This is a pretty set with lots of possibilities! Since I have some beautiful blue hydrangeas growing in my garden at home, I wanted to use a blue color scheme with this stamp set.

I used Stampin' Write markers to color my stamp in Pacific Point, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, and Old Olive. After "huffing" on the stamp to freshen the colors, I stamped the image on a piece of Naturals White cardstock. I love this cardstock; it's so nice and heavy, and it has such character! I added a little color with my markers to the stamped image, and used an Aqua Painter to provide a watercolored look and spread the colors a little. The white dots were created by touching a VersaMarker to the image and sprinkling some white Stampin' Emboss Powder on the dots, which I then heat embossed using a Heat Tool. I added some white marks around the dots with a white Gel Pen. The sentiment was stamped in Pacific Point from the same stamp set. The edges of the cardstock were punched with a Stampin' Up! Eyelet Border Punch. I then added this layer with adhesive to layers of Pacific Point and Old Olive cardstock. The card base is Naturals White cardstock.

This card was really fun and easy to make! I hope you enjoy it! :)

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

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