Saturday, June 14, 2025

Simon Says Stamp - Heart Breeze Engagement

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have an engagement card using Simon Says Stamp "Heart Breeze" die.  The card is for my cousin's son, so needed a more rustic look.  I used some barnwood patterned paper from Craft Consortium, cut to 3.25 x 4.5".  

I stamped a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp! called "Sentiments for you" that I found in my stash.  Then die cut the heart breeze.  I backed the woodgrain panel with PTI Pure Poppy, then matted with PTI Pure Black.  The base card is PTI white cardstock 4.25 x 5.5", A2 size.

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Blessings to you,
Deb

 

Saturday, May 31, 2025

PaperTrey Ink - Graduation 2025

Happy Saturday!

Today I have a graduation card using a retired stamp set from PaperTrey Ink - "For the Graduate".  It's a simple card with randomly stamped graduation caps and sentiment in black ink on a white panel.  I added some sparkle with a strip of glitter cardstock adhered to the stamped panel.  The stamped panel was adhered with pop dots to the black and white grid background, which is patterned paper from PaperTrey Ink.

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Blessings,
Deb 

Saturday, May 10, 2025

Watercolor flowers - Mother's Day

Happy Saturday and Mother's Day!

Today I have the Mother's day card I made for my mom.  I got a new watercolor set and was playing around creating free-hand flowers.  

I created several images when experimenting, some I water colored the blooms then added a black pen outline and others I drew some flowers and water colored them.  The watercolor set I found on Amazon, Grabie is the brand.  The paints are in a metal travel carrying case and came with several brushes.  


I used a Unity postage stamp die to mat the water colored image. To add some texture and interest, I used a Spellbinders 3D embossing folder called Efflorescent Flora, which was Jan 2024 Embossing folder of the month.  The base card is PaperTrey Ink Aqua Mist.

Close Up:

I made a few more images with multi-color flowers. Paring them with pink and purple base cards.  They make great any occasion cards.
Base Card PaperTrey Ink Pale Peony

Base Card PaperTrey Ink Amethyst Allure

Base Card PaperTrey Ink Raspberry Fizz

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Blessings to you,
Deb

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Hot Air Balloon Anniversary

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have the 25th anniversary card I made for Mark.  I found this die set from InLoveArtShop which has the hot air balloon, clouds and dies to create a stunning break in the clouds.  I used PTI white, Pure Poppy, Kraft and Spring Rain cardstock.  

The break in the clouds are 2 dies.  The larger was cut from white cardstock and smaller from metallic silver cardstock.  I used silver from our 25th anniversary.  The white and silver layers were adhered together and attached to the blue base card with pop dots. 

To create the 3D balloon I cut the base balloon out of Kraft cardstock.  Then cut the top of the balloon out of Pure Poppy cardstock 4 times and folded and glued them together to create a fan that folds down to put in an envelope. The balloon was attached to the blue base card. 

I added a few small clouds to the different layers and a Happy Anniversary sentiment. The sentiment is from PTI Cut away tags Summer, stamped on Kraft cardstock that I cut as a fish tail flag.

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Blessings to you,
Deb