Archives for March 2009

A friend is getting married in June and I keep making wedding cards! I’ll have a hard time deciding which to give her when the time comes if I keep this up.

I’m on a brown and blue kick I guess. Now that my pack of Parisian Breeze textured DSP is open, I find I’m using it in everything. It’s ok, I want to use it up so I can buy new stuff!

The stamp set used here is For the Bride, which I loved when I first saw it in the catalog. Ironically, I am finding it hard to use for some reason! Even though I like it, whatever I make is just “meh” or so-so. I’ll keep trying because I love to emboss this dress!

I stamped the dress in Chocolate Chip Craft Ink on Whisper White card stock and poured clear embossing powder on it. Heat set and voila! I paper pierced the corner and swiped the edges of the card stock on Chocolate Chip classic Ink pad. The image is layered on a piece of polka dot Parisian Breeze DSP, and I tied a piece of gorgeous polka dot ribbon around the bottom. This is from the Ribbon Originals Valet collection.

Next, I attached the image layer to my card base, which is Baja Breeze with a layer of Parisian DSP. The sentiment is also from For the Bride. I stamped that with Chocolate Chip Classic ink on whisper white and paper pierced a line above the “Congratulations,” adhering it to the base with dimensionals.

This is a 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ square card I made using the Level 3 Hostess Set Goody Goody Gumdrops. For the layout, I was inspired by the sketch I saw on the Mojo Monday Blog. It’s not the exact sketch, as you can see, I turned it on its side and made a few changes, but that was my starting point.

The base is made from Baja Breeze card stock. Then, I layered a piece of Chocolate Chip (which I paper pierced) with the Parisian Breeze DSP. It’s textured and really thick–more like cardstock than DSP. Next, I took another piece of Parisian DSP and cut it into a 1 3/4″ x 4″ strip. I wrapped some Baja Breeze 1″ stitched ribbon around it and using my crop-a-dile, embellished it with 2 decorative circle brads. The strip was adhered to the base with dimensionals.

Finally, the image and sentiment, both from Goody Goody Gumdrops, were stamped on Shimmery White Card stock layered on a square of Baja Breeze and Chocolate Chip. I paper pierced the shimmery white all around the edges and adhered it to the base with a double stack of dimensionals. The ink used for the owl was Chocolate Chip and the sentiment was stamped in Baja Breeze.

This was a last minute card I made today and I love how it turned out! It’s March, which means I need a LOT of birthday cards ready to go. My husband and most of his family share March birthdays. Seriously–my husband, his brother, his brother-in law, his step brother, his stepmother, AND his mother!! I don’t know how that happened, but it’s a crazy time for me.

And, since it is snowing in March (which doesn’t make me happy), I am homebound with nothing to do except make cards. My daughter has taken a liking to going through my little pieces of scrap paper or a container of buttons while I make something. It keeps her quiet for longer than I care to admit. I was able to get 4 cards done today in one sitting!

As for this card, the base is Basic Gray, layered with Kiwi Kiss and a piece of Urban Oasis DSP. I love polka dots entirely too much-I know, but I can’t help it! Next, I wrapped a piece of Baja Breeze Stitched 1″ ribbon around the Kiwi Kiss/DSP layer. The flower image is just a square of DSP from Urban Oasis! It looks like the  Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set, which I don’t have, but the DSP works perfectly here. I matted that on a piece of Kiwi Kiss and Basic Gray again. Finally, I actually stamped something for this card–the little “be happy” image is from the Hostess Set Darling Dots. I stamped it in Kiwi Kiss on Whisper White card stock, paper pierced around the edge, then punched it out with a 1″ circle punch. That was matted with a dimensional onto a Baja Breeze 1 1/4″ circle and a Basic Gray 1 3/8″ circle. Then I adhered the whole thing to the card base with dimensionals.

It’s so cheery, I know it’s gonna be a hoarder. Someone REALLY special is going to have to come along for me to part with this one!