Three More Cards

I want to share three more cards that I made last week. The first two are made using the stamp set "Painted Harvest". This stamp set is so versatile and one that I have really enjoyed creating with. If you have the stamp set, I hope that you will spend a little time playing with it.

A Christmas card made using "Painted Harvest"

Finally, as I was looking in a box that contained pieces from last years Christmas cards, I found the pieces to put this Christmas card together. I love it when that happens.

Favorite Fall Colors

The card challenge for my stamp Club meeting on this Saturday, October 27, is to make a card using your favorite fall colors. This  is my card for the challenge. We will also be making it as one of our cards. 

Stamps -- from the Stampin' Up sets Labels to Love, Label Me Pretty and Painted Harvest
Card Stock -- Cajun Craze for the card base, Sahara Sand (band under the green burlap ribbon) and Very Vanilla for the other elements
Inks -- Always Artichoke, Close To Cocoa, More Mustard and Memento Potter's Clay
Accessories -- Green burlap ribbon, coordinating punch and enamel dots

Just For Fun

This card is "just for fun". Send it to a child, grandchild or even for the love of your life (your husband). I have had this set for quite awhile but had not used it. I have been looking at cards made with it for some time. I fell in love with this little guy. So I gave it a try. It was so much fun.

Stamps -- Stampin' Up Painted Harvest, In the Meadow, Crazy About You and grass stamp from "Stamps By Judith"
Card stock -- White card stock and some scrapbook paper from my collection
Inks -- Stampin' Up Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Soft Sky and VersaFine Onyx Black

"Lots Of Lavender"

"Lots Of Lavender" is the stamp set I used to create the focal image for this card. It was a stamp set available for the 2018 Sale-A-Bration back in January, February and March. I have had it all this time and have not had a chance to use it. Love it.

Information on supplies used--

Stamps -- "Wishing You Well" and "Lots Of Lavender"

Card Stock -- White card base, Pale Plum and Old Olive

Inks -- Memento Tuxedo Black, Lulu Lavender and Stampin' Up's Old Olive

Dies -- Oval and scalloped Nestabilities from Spellbinders

To create the background, I used a piece of Old Olive card stock measuring 3 3/4" x 5".  Using the wheat stamp from "Wishing You Well", I stamped it 6 times using Old Olive ink.

Here is a link to the card that was my inspiration.

Inspiration

Where do you find inspiration? Sometimes I feel like I have no creativity. That's where I have been for sometime. When pressures of life press in around us, the ability to create can take a back seat. So often I have found "Pinterest" to be a help. At least it can give you a start.

As I was preparing for my upcoming class, I ran across a card that inspired me. As I was trying to CASE the sample, I had trouble. After trying several times with no success -- it finally came together.

This is a link to the card that was my inspiration.

The things I used--
Card Base -- Soft Suede card stock
Other card Stock -- Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla
Inks -- Soft Suede and Crumb Cake
Stamp Sets-- Country Home and Waterfront

I started by tracing an oval in the lower right hand corner.I know that it is hard to see in this picture but it is there.

Second, I placed my stamped images around that oval. 

 

Because I wanted to add a little texture to the background, I used a little stamp from the set called "Waterfront". Using crumb cake ink, I stamped off before adding it to on my card.

Finished card front.

Don't forget to decorate the inside of your card and the envelope. This is a wonderful stamp for doing that.

First Post Since July

So much has happened since my last post. I can hardly believe that almost three months have past since then. Sometimes life takes us down a different path than what we were planning or would have chosen. There have been times of joy--our oldest grandson was married on August 4th. The whole family was able to be there and rejoice in the celebration. One grandson was not able to be there because he was in his Basic Cadet training at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Sarah was home from California so she came with her parents from Chicago. So all three of our granddaughters were together for the first time in many years. What a joy to see all their beautiful smiles.

After the wedding Don and I made a quick trip to Middle Tennessee to visit my brothers. Again we were blessed to be able to visit with them and their families.

Shortly after returning home our lives took a sudden change. On August 16, Don had open heart surgery with three bypasses. Since then we have been in recovery mode. And again the Lord has been with us and provided the healing that has been needed.

Last Saturday, I was able to return to my cards and my card class. These are the four cards that I had chosen for us to make.

This first card was a Christmas card using the new die set from the Peaceful Poinsettia Bundle from the Holiday Catalog. The card stock was SU Cherry Cobbler and white.

The second card used the Stampin' Up set called "Accented Blooms" with the coordinating Tailored Tag punch. The color was Tranquil Tide.

The third card uses the new Stampin' Up set from the Holiday Catalog called "Wishing You Well" It also uses the new embossing folder "Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder". Very Vanilla card stock was used with Soft Taupe and Cherry Cobbler ink.

The last card uses designer paper from 45 Graphic . I wanted the paper to speak for itself, so I kept every thing else very simple. I case'd this card using a picture that I had printed, probably off of Pinterest, some time ago.

Anniversary Card

Life is sometimes a little overwhelming. This is my first post in just over a month. I needed a short break. I think stress had created a block against creativity. I just needed to stop for a while and focus on something totally different. I did some quilting and tried to focus on some projects that needed to be done around the house.

I needed an anniversary card this afternoon. My sister-in-law took Don to his Rock Steady Boxing class so I had a chance to make the card before we left for the 50th wedding anniversary celebration.  I love the beauty of simplicity.

Stamp set:  Flourishing Phrases

Accessories:  Petals & More Thinlits

Card Stock:  white for the card base, gold foil and Designer Series Paper.

Ink: VersaMark and gold embossing powder

  

Inside Message

Two More

There were two other cards that we made on Saturday at our stamp club. In my travels around town, I had been seeing rows of beautiful colored Adirondack chairs setting in front of different hardware stores. Those chairs were my inspiration for this card. But--I did not want them sitting in front of a building; I wanted to see them on the shore of some lake.

Stamps -- Waterfront, High Tide and Sitting Pretty
Card Stock -- Crumb Cake, Soft Sky and white. The chairs were cut from scraps.
Inks -- Crumb Cake, Soft Sky and Smoky Slate
Accessories -- Pretty Park Framelits and Seasonal Layers Thinlets

For this second card, I used one of my new stamp and die sets.

Stamps -- Serene Garden
Cardstock -- Very Vanilla and Melon Mambo
Inks - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accesssories-- Die from Garden Scene Framelits and Copics to color the leaves

Summer Has Begun

Yes, summer has arrived in Michigan. We have already had a few 90 degree days, a few days in the upper 60's and lots of rain.

Parkinson's Disease continues to be a part of our lives. Sometimes it just gets in the way of my card making and postings, but that is just the way life is for now.

Last week, I made three cards for a class I had on Saturday morning. The cards were simple but well liked by the ladies who attended the class.

The first two cards were made using the Designer Series Paper from this past Sale-a-Bration. I saw so many beautiful cards posted on Pinterest. I had to see if coloring on the paper with water based markers really worked. "It did!" On the first card, I used a long time retired color called "Pale Plum". I only have the marker and a few sheets of the cardstock left. It has always been a favorite color of mine.

For the second card I used the color "Pool Party". Love that color. I used the marker and cardstock in that color.

 I also offered the card made with the color "Coastal Cabana". That was probably my favorite, but I didn't get a picture of a finished card in that color. The medallion was made with a scalloped circle and a die from the new framelet set called "Stitched Labels". The first stamp came from the new set "Stitched All Around" and the birthday greeting was a "Our Daily Bread Designs" stamp.

A Petal Palette Birthday

I have truly enjoyed using the "Petal Palette" stamp set and coordinating thinlets. I also purchased the "Petal Passion Memories & More Card Pack". This card uses one of those cards. I made this card for one of my special friends.

Stamps -- Petal Palette

Ink -- Memento Tuxedo Black with Sweet Sugarplum and Pear Pizzazz for watercoloring

Card Stock -- Sweet Sugarplum for card base and Smoky Slate for accent layer

Accessories -- Petals and More Thinlets, Aqua brush and dimensionals