Springtime Happy Birthday!

Hello & Happy Tuesday!

I have a pretty springtime set of cards to share with you!

This is for a customer order and she specifically asked for those beautiful roses from the Healing Hugs stamp set.

My roses are stamped in Calypso Coral & Daffodil Delight.

Don't they look almost real?

This is one of those Distinktive stamp sets that give a realistic look.

My Daffodil Delight panel was run thru the Big shot with the Subtle Embossing Folder.

I love the textured look it gives!

The sentiment comes from the Southern Serenade set.

Card Details:

Stamps: Healing Hugs, Southern Serenade (sentiment)

Ink: Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz

Cardstock: Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Accessories: Subtle EF, Circle Layering Framelits, Small White Pearls, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I know it's technically still winter but I think if I keep making these pretty springtime cards that maybe springtime will come sooner!

Tomorrow we are not suppose to get out of the teens! 

That's pretty darn cold!

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My thoughts today....

That's all for now!
Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Candy Bar Wrappers

Hello & Happy Sunday!

Hope your weekend is going well!

Yesterday there was no update from me.

We got up and were out running around all day!

It was a bright sunny day so it made it a nice day to be out and about.

It was a fun day!

Last week I had a call from my customer who had a special request for a couple of Candy Bar Wrappers for a special get together she will be attending next Saturday with some of her closest friends. She did not have any colors & paper in mind and left it all up to me.

This is what I chose for her treats....

These are always fun to create!

Project Details:

Stamps: Southern Serenade

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Sweet Soiree Specialty DSP (retired)

Accessories: Circle Punch, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Oval Layering Framelits, Crimper, Cake Soiree Embellishment Kit (retired). Silver Metallic Enamel Dots, Silver Cord (retired), Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

The best part was my customers reaction when she seen them!

She LOVED them especially the sentiment!

Always makes me smile when she loves what I create!

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My thoughts today....

That is all for now!

Thanks for stopping by & enjoy your day!
~Wendy

Gift Bags

Hello & Happy Sunday!

Yesterday was a very hot & humid day. It really felt like summer!

My ac was cranked on since Friday afternoon so it stayed cool inside but outside it was blah!

While I am glad for the warmer weather....I am not a fan of the humidity. Double blah!

So, yesterday my friends came over for a stamp get together.

We try to get together once a month to make cards.

I enjoy it so much!

Earlier this week I picked up some gift bags at the Dollar Tree, 3 for $1. Can't beat that!

I decorated them and put a tag on each so they would have something to take their cards home in.

Aren't they pretty?

The paper on the bag comes from the Garden Impressions DSP pack. 

I layered some Shaded Spruce under it which I have come to really LIKE! 

For the tag I used the roses from the Abstract Impressions stamp set. I used Melon Mambo and did some stamping off on the under layers and full strength for the more detailed stamp on top. My little dots came from the Painted Harvest set. The sentiment comes from the Southern Serenade stamp set. I tied some retired Thick Melon Mambo on my tag and attached it to my bags with Dimensionals. I forgot to mention that I punched the top of my tag with the retired Ornate Tag Topper Punch which is also retired.

Project Details:

Stamps: Abstract Impressions, Painted Harvest, Southern Serenade

Ink: Melon Mambo, Shaded Spruce, Petal Pink

Cardstock: Shaded Spruce, Whisper White, Garden Impressions DSP

Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Circle Layering Framelits, Ornate Tag Topper Punch, Thick Melon Mambo Twine, Melon Mambo Enamel Dots, Dimensionals, Tombow Liquid Glue

I was so happy with these that I think I will try to decorate all my bags from now on....that is IF I have time. The girls loved them and all of the cards they made. I guess now it's time to start designing for our next get together which will probably be after July 4th! Can't wait!

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My thoughts today....

That's all for now!

Thanks for stopping by & make it a terrific day!

~Wendy

Southern Serenade

Hello & Happy Monday!

A very dreary Mother's Day yesterday and we have the same weather for today and probably most of this week. I will try to make the best of it and see if I can get some things created in my craft room. I don't do very well when it's dreary but we shall see.

Hope all my friends had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday!

Today I have a card to share that I made with my friends at our last stamp get together.

It looks like alot of work but really it was not.

The image was colored using a mix of Copics and Stampin Up Blendabilities from a couple of years ago. The background was created using the stamp once and then again with the same ink to give that lighter color. That lacy background is very pretty!

Card Details:

Stamps: Southern Serenade

Ink: Memento Black, Crumb Cake, Blendabilities (Calypso Coral), Copic Markers YG93 YG95)

Cardstock: Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Accessories: Oval Layering Framelits, Rhinestones, Calypso Coral Ribbon, Glue Dot, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

This stamp set has carried over into the new catalog which I am happy about!

It has several nice sentiments in it!

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My thoughts today....

That's all for now!

Thanks for stopping by & have a marvelous Monday!
~Wendy