Little Bitty Birds Anniversary

I was inspired by this card (Audrey Tokach)  

using Little Bitty Birds and Additions,  to create an 

anniversary card for my brother and sister-in-law.

I masked a border on a white card base in order 

to sponge a rectangle of blue sky and green grass.

I die cut the fence from the Additions set from 

white card stock, then coloured it with copic markers. 

Grass and flowers were added with stamps from Garden Variety.

The birds and bird bath were die cut, stamped 

and coloured with copic markers.  

Up, Up & Away and Heart-2-Heart #6 dies were used to cut 

several clouds that were layered together to create dimension. 

These were outlined with a grey copic marker for shading. 

The sentiment was stamped with Pure Poppy ink.

A small red heart was die cut (Flipping Out)

and added to the card front. 

Card Interior

Sentiments: 

Mat Stack 3 and Mat Stack 3 Collections 

Bird House:  

Little Bitty Birds

Grass & Flowers: 

Garden Variety

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps - Little Bitty Birds & Additions, Garden Variety'
Mat Stack 3 and Mat Stack 3 Collections

Inks - Pure Poppy, New Leaf, Lemon Tart; 
Close To My Heart: Crystal Blue; Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper - Stampers Select White, Pure Poppy

Dies - Little Bitty Birds & Additions, Up, Up & Away, Heart-2-Heart #6

Other - Copic Markers

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Ahoy! Birthday Wishes for My Brother

Here's another masculine card using Ahoy! stamps and dies 

with a red, yellow and blue colour scheme.

 I die cut the sailboat and waves from white card stock. 

Pure Poppy, Harvest Gold and 

Outdoor Denim (Close To My Heart) inks 

were used to stamp the sailboat.

Waves were stamped with Spring Rain and Blueberry Sky inks. 

The sentiment was stamped with Outdoor Denim; 

the birds used Grey Wool (CTMH). 

The sun was created by stamping the sun from 

Make It Market Kit: Shakers and Sprinkles  

with Harvest Gold and Summer Sunrise ink.

The main front panel was mounted onto a 

blue Bo Bunny: Double Dot patterned paper 

and an Enchanted Evening card base.

 

Card Interior

Image

Ahoy!

Sentiments

Movers & Shakers; 

Mega Mixed Messages; Embroidered Blooms

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps -Ahoy, Shakers& Sprinkles, Mover's & Shakers, 
Mega Mixed Messages, Embroidered Blooms

Inks - Blueberry Sky, Spring Rain, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy; Close To My Heart:Grey Wool, Outdoor Denim

Paper - Stamper's Select White, Enchanted Evening; Bo Bunny: Double Dots

Dies - Ahoy; Lawn Fawn: Stitched Rectangles

Other - Canvas Impression Plate

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Up, Up & Away Rainbow Birthday

What colours do you usually choose for masculine cards? 

I usually think of blues, greens or brown, but for 

today's card I used a cheery rainbow colour scheme.

 

I had a piece of white card stock sitting on my desk that 

I had started stamping with yellow polka dots and used it 

as my background for stenciling.

I needed to make a birthday card for my brother, 

and decided to start with an blue ombre look using 

one of the Modern Background stencils. 

 I cut the card front with Lawn Fawn's Stitched Rectangle and 

then sponged the edges with blue ink, before mounting it onto 

a card front with Blueberry Sky Gingham patterned paper.

I've always loved the hot air balloons from Up, Up & Away, 

so I die cut, stamped and coloured the three balloons 

using a rainbow colour scheme. 

I added two clouds to the design, layering 

one over and one under the balloons.

Sentiment Details

I hadn't planned how to incorporate a sentiment but 

knew I needed to fill in some space across the 

bottom portion of the card.  

A piece of white card stock was cut with one of the 

Photo Finishers die and then I heavily sponged 

Blueberry Sky ink along the edges to create a solid border. 

Happy Birthday (Get Lost) was stamped with Pure Poppy ink. 

I created a small circle panel by stamping a 

rainbow of colours onto white card stock 

and then cutting it with Inverted Scallop (Nestabilities). 

Circle punches were used to cut a blue and white circle 

to add onto the colourful background panel. 

A sentiment from Tiny Tags II was the perfect finishing touch.

Card Interior

Sentiments

Up, Up & Away

 Image

Clear Dollar Stamps: Rainbow

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps - Up, Up & Away, Get Lost, Tiny Tags II, Polka Dot Basics;
Clear Dollar Stamps: Rainbow

Inks - Pure Poppy, Harvest Gold, New Leaf, Blueberry Sky, 
Winter Wisteria, Spring Rain; Close To My Heart:Orange

Paper - Stamper's Select White, Blueberry Sky Gingham Patterned Paper

Dies - Up, Up & Away; Photo Finishers Die Collection; circles punches
Lawn Fawn:Stitched Rectangles; Nestiblities:Inverted Scallops; 

Other - Modern Stencils, Copic markers, 3-D foam dots

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Masculine Scene It: Celebrations

I really like the various stamps and dies that allow you

to create detailed card designs with lots of colourful variations. 

I used pink, yellow, blue and green along with   

Scene It: Celebrations for this birthday card.  

Today's card uses a  masculine colour scheme of 

Tropical Teal, Aqua Mist, Canyon Clay, 

Harvest Gold and Bright Buttercup for a different look!! 

Stampin'Up Natural card stock was embossed with 

Cuttlebug's Dots & Spots Embossing Folder,

Aqua Mist ink was sponged over the raised portions.

Tropical Teal card stock was used to create a large 

front panel and a mat for the stamped gingham strip. 

The Scalloped Circle from Tinsel & Tags 

was also cut from Tropical Teal as a 

background mat for the main focal panel. 

I added a few sequins (copper, teal and gold) to finish the front.

Card Interior

Heart-2-Heart # 2 (Balloons)

Everyday Button Bits (Balloon Strings)

Scene It: Celebrations (Banner, sentiments & stars)

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps - Scene It: Celebrations, Background Basics: Gingham

Inks - Harvest Gold, Bright Buttercup, Canyon Clay, Tropical Teal, Aqua Mist

Paper - Tropical Teal; Stampin' Up Natural

Dies - Scene It: Celebrations, Photo Finishers, Tinsel & Tags Scalloped Circle; 
Lawn Fawn:Stitched Rectangles

Other - Cuttlebug:Dots and Spots Embossing Folder; Sequins; Foam Tape, copic markers

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Tulip Time: Oh Happy Day

When I first got Tulip Time, I stamped and die cut 

a stack of flowers so that I would have them ready 

to make a variety of cards. My first card here, used the 

tulip trio along with some single flowers to create a bouquet. 

For this card, I used 5 single flowers and arranged them 

in a mason jar vase.The background was created by 

sponging aqua, pink and yellow inks and then adding

 'sprinkles' (Tinsel & Tags) with gold embossing powder. 

The front panel was cut with Lawn Fawn's Stitched Rectangle 

die and mounted onto an aqua card base.

Friendship Jar was stamped with a light grey ink 

and then stamped with aqua and green inks using 

Crackled Mini stamp. The jar was fussy cut, a gold string 

was tied around the jar and a Tiny Tag was stamped 

with the polka dot frame and sentiment (Mini Blooms) 

and added to the jar. This was mounted over the 

 floral arrangement using foam dimensional tape. 

Three brass adhesive dots were attached at 

the bottom of the card front.

Card Interior

Sentiments

Embroidered Blooms

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps - Tulip Time, Tiny Tags, Friendship Jar, Mini Blooms, 
Embroidered Blooms, Tinsel & Tags
Inks - Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold, Bright Buttercup, 

Sweet Blush, Lovely Lady, Raspberry Fizz, 
New Leaf, Vintage Jadeite, Mint Julep, Soft Stone; 
Versamark; Stampin' Up:Pool Party

Paper - Stamper's Select White, Stampin' Up:Pool Party

Dies - Tulip Time, Tiny Tags; Lawn Fawn:Stitched Rectangles

Other - Gold Cord (from my stash); Copic markers; 
Stampin' Up:Gold Detail Embossing Powder; foam dimensional tape

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Scene It: Celebrations Shaker- Sarai

Shaker cards are such a fun and colourful way to 

celebrate a child's birthday. I used the stamps and 

dies from Scene It: Celebrations to create this card 

for one of my grand nieces.

Colourful confetti (Birthday Style) was stamped 

over the card front with 

Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold, Limeade Ice, 
Blueberry Sky and Spring Rain inks. 
A thin Hibiscus Burst card stock strip
was added on the left side of the card front.
The sentiment panels were created using sentiments
from Swoosh stamped onto a small curved
white panel mounted onto a Blueberry Sky background.
A pink bow was cut with a Balloon Strings die.  

 Balloon Detail

The shaker panel was created with   

Scene It: Celebrations (balloons)

Scene It: Skyscapes (star background)

and Tinsel & Tags Scalloped Circle.

The sprinkles were added from Shakers and Sprinkles Kit.

 Card Interior

I used the colours from the card front to stamp the 

string banners (Birthday Style) and 

sentiments to celebrate my grand niece's 2nd birthday!

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps -Scene It: Celebrations, Birthday Style, Swoosh

Inks - Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold, Limeade Ice, Blueberry Sky, Spring Rain

Paper - Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold, Stamper's Select White

Dies - Scene It: Celebrations, Scene It: Skyscapes, 
Tinsel & Tags Scalloped Circle, Balloon Strings (bow)

Other - Shakers & Sprinkles Kit: Sprinkles; Clear Acetate Sheet; Foam Adhesive Sheet

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Wee Folk: Welcome Baby

Time to welcome a new baby girl to our family!! 

My niece had her second daughter this spring so I chose 

Wee Folk stamp, paper and dies to create this card, 

inspired by a this design from Amy Sheffer.

 The deer and butterfy images were cut from the 

pre-printed design in the Wee Folk Kit.

 The circle scalloped background (Tinsel & Tags Kit)  was 

cut from Hibiscus Burst card stock. Scene It:Skyscapes 

dies were used to cut the background circle in white;

the sun rays in Harvest Gold and the hill in 

green Bo Bunny paper.

The leafy sprigs were die cut and stamped; 

additional colour was added with a green copic marker.

Die cut and stamped flowers complete the focal image.

Additional details include: 

a strip of Bo Bunny Double Dot paper, 

a vellum notched tag with white heat embossed sentiment 

and a white double ended banner with the Welcome sentiment.

Lemon Tart patterned was cut with Lawn Fawn's Stitched Rectangles.

Card Interior

I used sentiments (Stylish Sentiments: Birthday) 

and tulips and hearts to finish the interior design.

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps -Wee Folk, Big Birthday Wishes, Stylish Sentiments: Birthday

Inks - Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold, Hibiscus Burst, 
Winter Wisteria, New Leaf, Vintage Jadeite; Versamark; 
Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Mowed Lawn

Paper - Vintage Cream, Stamper's Select White, Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold, 
Wee Folk Printed Pages (deer, butterfly), Vellum, 
Lemon Tart Patterned Paper; Bo Bunny:Double Dots;

Dies - Double-ended Banner die, Wee Folk dies, Tinsel& Tags Scalloped Circle,
Scene It:Skyscapes  (sunshine, clouds), In the Meadow, Tag Sale #5; 
Lawn Fawn:Stitched Rectangles

Other - Copic markers; White embossing powder; adhesive foam

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

What the Doodle: Butterfly

What the Doodle: Butterfly is such a fun set!! It really allows you to play with different colour combinations and it is a great size for a focal image on a card.
 
I started by stamping a white card front with Hibiscus Burst ink using Watercolour Wonder to create bold horizontal stripes. This was cut with a Stitched Rectangle die and adhered to a Hisbiscus Burst card base. 
"Enjoy" was stamped with Winter Wisteria ink and the rest of the sentiment was stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with White Detail Embossing powder.

Butterfly Detail

A solid butterfly was die cut from white card stock and attached to the card front. A second butterfly was cut with the detailed die, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then coloured with copic markers. I glued it to the first die cut along the body and curled the wings to create added dimension.
Yellow and purple Adhesive Sparkles (Close To My Heart) are the finishing touch!!

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps -What the Doodle: Butterfly, Watercolour Wonder,

Inks - Winter Wisteria, Hibiscus Burst, Memento: Tuxedo Black; Versamark

Paper - Stamper's Select White, Hibiscus Burst

Dies - What the Doodle: Butterfly; Lawn Fawn: Stitched Rectangles

Other - Copic markers; Close To My Heart: Adhesive Sparkles; 
Clear embossing powder; white embossing powder

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Fresh Flowers Just For You

Sweet Spring is one of my favourite stamp sets. 
I love the little butterflies and dotted trail lines and often use them in scenes, like a recent card I made here. There are also several cute floral groupings that can be used in so many ways.
This card would suit a variety of different occasions ..... birthday, thank-you or a note card. The card base was stamped with Off Beat Backgrounds (Waltzingmouse Stamps) using Fine Linen ink, to create a plaid design and then impressed with the Canvas Impression Plate.

The flowers and butterfly were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with copic markers. I  also added the grass using copic markers. A stencil brush was used to dab blue ink across the top of the white card stock. 
The sentiment (Petite Places: Main Street) was the perfect size for the top corner. It was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink.
Lawn Fawn's Stitched Rectangles were used to cut the main focal panel and a Fine Linen mat. The edges of the Finen Linen mat and the card base were sponged with Fine Linen ink.
A Berry Sorbet banner peeks out from the side of the floral panel. A little green flower brad was added to the banner.

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps -Sweet Spring, Petite Places: Main Street; 
Wa ltzingmouse Stamps: Off Beat Backgrounds

Inks - Fine Linen; Close To My Heart: Crystal Blue; Memento: Tuxedo Black

Paper - Rustic White, Stamper's Select White, Fine Linen, Berry Sorbet

Dies - Canvas Impression Plate;Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles; flower brad

Other - Canvas Impression Plate; Copic markers; Adhesive Foam tape; 
Flower brad

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Sending Hugs

I have had this Stampavie: Ruffles Get Well  for several years and have only used it once, so when one of my grand nieces broke her arm on the school playground, I knew it was the perfect image for a her card!!

The image was stamped with Memento Black ink and coloured with copic markers. The image was fussy cut so that it could be attached to a 2 1/2" Limitless Layer die. Hibiscus Burst card stock was cut with the scalloped circle die from Tinsel and Tags Kit to create a mat for the focal image.
The white card front was stamped with Hibiscus Burst and New Leaf inks using Polka Dot Basics. Hibiscus Burst was used as the card base.

Scripty Hugs die (Lawn Fawn) was cut multiple times 

and stacked to create dimension.

I cut a curved banner and then stamped it with 

"SENDING YOU" (Swoosh), 

attached it to the card front and added "hugs" on top!!

I finished the inside of the card with a small circle panel.

Inside:

Flowers and Leaves: To You From Me

Limitless Layers 1 3/4" Circles

Hibiscus Burst Card stock

 Sentiments: Quilter's Sampler

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps - Polka Dot Basics, Swoosh, To You From Me,Quilter's Sampler;
Stampavie: Ruffles Get Well

Inks - New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst; Memento: Tuxedo Black

Paper - Stamper's Select White, Hibiscus Burst

Dies - Limitless Layers Circles 2 1/2"  and 1 3/4, 
Tinsel & Tags:Scalloped Circle & curved banner
Lawn Fawn: Scripty Hugs

Other - Copic markers;  Foam Sheet

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Tulip Time Birthday

Even though I have the Friendship Jar Tulips stamps, I couldn't resist the new Tulip Time set and dies that were released early this year. I wasn't sure exactly what I wanted to create when I first got the set, so I die cut and stamped a batch of flowers with pinks and yellows (colours listed below) so that I could make a few cards. I needed a birthday card for my niece's 40th birthday, so this card went together quickly with the pre-made flowers. 

I created the background by stenciling 

yellow and pink inks with one of the Modern Stencils.

I positioned the tulips and then added the sentiment 

with Grey Wool ink (Close To My Heart) and then 

heat embossed it. A few clear adhesive dots finish the card.

The inside of the card features another stamped die cut tulip 
and a sentiment from Delightful Dahlias: Additions

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps - Tulip Time, Delightful Dahlias: Additions

Inks - New Leaf, Mint Julep, Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold, Bright Buttercup,
Sweet Blush, Lovely Lady, Raspberry Fizz; 
Close To My Heart: Grey Wool; Versamark

Paper - Stamper's Select White

Dies - Tulip Time

Other - Modern Stencils; Adhesive Clear Dots; clear embossing powder

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.