Happy Birthday Leaf Collection Card

 I was inspired this past week to make a card for the Freshly Made Sketches Sketch #731 challenge and my first instinct was to use this awesome background stamp from Stampin' Up - "Leaf Collection" (#163610).

Bit of Magic Fairy Friendship Card

 This card was inspired by a member of the Stampin' Group I belong to with Stampin' Up.

Every month we have a meeting and we usually make a card together that is presented by a different member each month. 

This was a fun fold "Pop-up" card and I was inspired to create somewhat of a spring themed card because of this beautiful time of year! 

Below are the measurements & supplies I used to make this card.

Card Recipe: 

Card Type: Side Fold, Fun Fold

Card Base: 4-1/4" x 8-1/2" (Scored @ 5-1/2" & 7") - Basic White Cardstock

Top Piece for Fun-Fold: 2-1/4"x8-1/2" (Scored @ 5-1/2" & 7") - Basic White Cardstock

Designer Series Paper: 4" x 5-1/4" - 2024-2026 In-Color DSP (Summer Splash)

                                      1-1/4" x 4" (2 ea.)

                                      5-1/4" x 2"

                                      1-1/4" x 2" (2 ea.)

Flip-Up Piece of Cardstock: 1-7/8" x 2-3/4" - Basic White Cardstock

Mat for Flip-Up Piece (optional): 1-3/4" x 2-1/2" - Coastal Cabana Cardstock

Sentiment (Flip-Up Piece): "I Love Our Beautiful Friendship" - SU "Beautiful Friendship" (#149252)

Ink: Pretty Peacock

Sentiment (Front): "There's a Bit of Magic in Everything" ~ Lou Reed - SU "A Little Bit of Magic" (#120033)

Ink: Summer Splash

Tag: SU Stylish Shape Dies (#159183) - Basic White Cardstock

Focal Piece (Front): Fairy Sitting on Mushroom - SU "A Little Bit of Magic" (#120033) (Retired)

Black Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Image Colored With SU Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers: Calypso Coral, Petal Pink, Parakeet Party, Granny Apple Green, Copper Clay, Peach Pie, Shaded Spruce, Darling Duckling, Daffodil Delight, Pecan Pie, SU900, SU1000

Highlighted Fairy Wings w/Wink of Stella (Glitter Brush)

Embellishments (Front): Riverside Irregular Pearls (#164937) - 2 ea.

Tombow Mono Liquid Glue (White)

Stampin' Seal

Stampin' Seal+

Stampin' Dimensionals

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

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Country Girl Birthday Card

This card is a personal one for me, as it was made for my precious Grandlove "C-Bear"!

It was her Birthday this month and she loves all things Country, so I made her this adorable Cowgirl Card!

The stamp I used is from Unity Stamp Company and it is the "Country Girl" stamp by Angie Bloom.

I have had this stamp for awhile and was looking for just the right time and right card to use it on!

My beautiful Granddaughter even resembles the cute girl on the card! (Could it be that Grandma made sure to color it that way??!!) 

Anyway...I think she really liked the card, and that is what is important to me! 

I don't typically stamp anything on the back of my cards, except sometimes I use my logo stamp, but I found this adorable little stamp from Unity Stamps and I just loved what it said, so I used it on this card for fun!

 

As you can probably see...I made a small boo-boo when I stamped it.

I always stress out with stuff like this...since the card is completely done!

If you mess this last step up, well you know...you either start over of be good with it, so I chose to just be okay with it! 

My Granddaughter is very forgiving that way and I don't think she even noticed! LOL! 

Below is a list of the items I used to make this card.

Card Recipe:

Type Card: Side Fold, A2

Card Base: 4-1/4“ x 5 ½“ - Stampin' Up Flirty Flamingo Cardstock (#141416)

Front Mat: 2 ea. pieces - Patterned paper - Temu & Solid color card stock

- SU Cinnamon Cider (retired) (#153078)

(No exact measurement, Tear pieces to desired width)

Inside Mat: Card stock, 3 3/4“ x 5“ - SU Basic White (#159276)

Focal piece (front): Country Girl Stamped Image, Unity Stamp Company,

(#AB-114A, Country Girl by Angie Bloom)

Image stamped in Memento, Tuxedo Black Ink 

Image colored with Copic Alcohol Markers:

E00, E01, E33, E27, BG57, B34, RY32 and E09

Focal Piece Cropped using Oval Die from: SU Sizzix oval‘s collection (#129381)

Sentiment (Front): “Just a Country Girl at Heart”

Unity Stamp Set: Country Girl, Stamped on piece of Basic White Cardstock - 2 ⅞” x 3/4“

Embellishment (Front): SU Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots (#156506), 2 ea.

Sentiment (inside): “Happy Birthday Cowgirl“ Diamond Press/HSN Stamp

Stamped Decoration Inside: Horseshoes - Diamond Press/HSN Stamp

Stamp on back of card: “Handmade with Love Just for You"

(frame it if you must) - itty bitty by Unity Stamp ( #IB-1113-Frame It) 

Nuvo Glue

Tape Runner (Temu - Generic)

Stampin' Dimensionals

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Time to Celebrate - Butterfly Birthday Card

 It's time to get busy and make some more Birthday Cards!

This one was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge Blog, Sketch #728.

Recently, I was playing around with this "Beautiful Butterflies" stamp set from Stampin' Up. 

I had randomly stamped some butterflies for fun and decided to break out the alcohol markers to hone my coloring skills! 

When I saw the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, I knew it was the perfect fit for the four butterflies!

I just needed to "fussy" cut them, since I did not have the matching dies to go with this stamp set.

After cutting them out I added a little bit of sparkle using the "Wink of Stella" brush/pen from Stampin' Up.

I added a bit of patterned paper to make the front of the card pop (Stampin' Up Inked Botanicals #161157).

Then a quick sentiment using the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set and a tag from the Stampin' Up Stylish Shape Dies and a dots trail stamp on the right edge to give the effect of a magic trail following the butterfly on the far right. 

I stamped the inside of the card with two additional stamps from the Beautiful Butterflies set: Sentiment: "Time to Celebrate"  and a pretty butterfly in the bottom right corner. 

This card is entered in the following card challenge: 

Below are the supplies & measurements for my card: 

Card Recipe:

Card Base: 4 1/4“ x 5 ½“ - Card stock, SU Pretty Peacock  (#150880

Front Mat: 4” x 5 1/4” - Card stock, SU Very Vanilla (#166784)

Front Patterned Paper Piece: 2“ x 5 1/4“ SU DSP Paper, Inked Botanicals (#161157)

Inside Mat: 4” x 5 1/4”, Card stock SU Very Vanilla (#166784)

Focal Pieces (Front): Butterflies, 4 ea. - Stamped from: SU Beautiful Butterflies (#164608)

(Stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black

Colored with SU Stamping Blends Alcohol Markers:

Soft Sea Foam

Lost Lagoon

Pretty Peacock

Lemon Lolly

Daffodil Delight

Butterflies accented w/Wink of Stella

Dots/Trail Stamp - SU Beautiful Butterflies (#164608)

Sentiment (Front): “Happy Birthday”, SU Beautiful Butterflies (#164608)

Stamped in Pretty Peacock Ink (#150083)

Tag from stamping up stylish shape dies (#159183) 

Tag cut from Card stock, SU Soft Sea Foam (#146988)

Sentiment (Inside): “Time to Celebrate“ - Stamped in Pretty Peacock (#150083) 

Stamped inside bottom right corner with butterfly from SU Beautiful Butterflies,

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Happy Easter Bunny Card

Time for another Fun Easter Card! 

I'm really enjoying creating with this new stamp set from Stampin' Up - (Easter Basket), the sweet little bunnies and cute little chick are adorable!

I chose to use only the bunny and his yummy carrot on this card and had to do a little "masking" technique to make it look like he was actually holding the carrot. 

I decorated the bottom right of the inside of the card with a few of the little easter egg stamps and hand colored them with the Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. 

Hope you like my sweet little simple Easter Card and are inspired to make one of your own!

Below are the supplies I used to make this card. 

Card Recipe:

Stamp Set - Stampin' Up Easter Basket (#166940)

Card Base - 4 1/4“ x 5 1/2“, Balmy Blue Cardstock (#146982)

Front Mat: 3 3/4” x 5” Basic White Cardstock (#159276)

Inside Mat 4” x 5 1/4”, Basic White Cardstock (#159276)

Patterned Paper (front) - 3-3/4" x 2" - Stampin' Up DSP Easter Joy (#166939)

Ribbon (Front): Gingham Ribbon 1/4" Balmy Blue - Stampin' Up (#166952)

Label/Tag (Front): 2-1/4" x 3" - Stampin' Up Nested Essentials Dies (#161597)

Stamped Inside of Card with Easter Eggs - Stampin' Up Stamp Set - Easter Basket (#166940)

Stamped Label/Tag on front with Bunny Holding Carrot - Easter Basket (#166940)

Sentiment Tag on front - 3-¼” x ½” Cut from Basic White Cardstock 

Stamp Tag with Sentiment “Happy Easter“ - Stampin' Up Stamp Set - Easter Basket (#166940)

Ink/Stamp Pads, Momento Tuxedo, Black #132708, Shy Shamrock #163808, Balmy Blue #147105,

Stamping blends: Balmy Blue, Shy Shamrock, Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Pretty in Pink

Embellishment (Front) - Stampin' Up Easter Assortment (#166951)

Stampin' Dimensionals (#104430)

Tombo Liquid Glue, White

Terrifically Tacky Tape (Provo Craft)* or compatible: Red Line Tape (Crafter's Companion, Amazon, etc.)

Tape Runner - Stampin' Seal (#152813)

Blending Brush, (Temu)

(*This tape is from my old stock craft supplies, I don't think Provo Craft (now Cricut) sells it anymore, but there are lots of craft retailers that sell something similar called "Red Line Tape")

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Easter Blessings Greeting Card

Easter is one of my favorite Holidays and when I saw Stampin' Up's new Pleasant Patterns Speciality Designer Series Paper, I knew I had to make an Easter Card with it!

Card Recipe:

Card base 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" Cardstock, Pretty in Pink

Mat front - Patterned Paper, 3-3/4"x 5", Pleasant Patterns, 12“ x 12“ Specialty Designer Series Paper, #166950

Inside Mat: 3-⅞” x 5-⅛”  - Basic White Cardstock #166780

Diecut Piece (Arch), Garden Meadow Dies #162740, Basic White Cardstock #166780, Colored with Pretty in Pink Ink applied with a blending brush

Stamped with “Easter Blessings” from Blessed Beginnings Stamp Set #167157, Smokey Slate Ink Pad #147113

Focal stamped piece - (Church & Tree) from “Blessed Beginnings” #167157 (Fussy Cut), Stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink #132708 and colored with Stampin’ Blends Markers: Ivory, SU1000, Wild Wheat, Shaded Spruce, Parakeet Party, SU200, Pecan Pie, Gray Granite

Embellishments (Front): Basic Gray & Smoky Slate Pearls (2 ea.) #163416

Stampin’ Dimensionals - #104430

Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals - #144108

Tombow Multi Mono Liquid Glue (White)

Stampin’ Seal #152813

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Baby Gift Ensemble

I am really enjoying getting to do a lot of sewing right now and I have been trying new things, such as this version of a "Boppy" pillow cover from "Made by Marzipan" called the "Poppy Pillow Slip Cover".

I have a friend who recently had a baby and thought it would be cool to make her a "custom" cover for her nursing pillow!

She likes the mustache theme and is into camo, so I made a matching bib and burp cloth to go with the Boppy cover.

I found the pattern for the bib at "Alice and Lois" and the pattern for the burp cloth at "Cloud 9 Fabrics".

Supplies/Tools Used for this Project:

Fabric - Alexander Henry Fabrics, Nicole's Prints, De Leon Design Group DE#7567 A "Where's My Stache?" (2011)
Fabric - JoAnn's, Flannel, Gray Camo
Pattern - Poppy Pillow Slip Cover - Made By Marzipan
Pattern - Bib - Alice & Lois
Pattern - Burp Cloth - Cloud 9 Fabrics
Thread - Coats & Clark - 100% Polyester - Gray S910 H6 600
Zipper, 18"
Scissors
Straight Pins
Iron
Sewing Machine - Janome New Home 49360
Clear Tape (to tape PDF Pattern Pieces together)

This combination made for such a cute baby Gift!

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