April Showers Bring May Flowers

You know this childhood sentiment! I was channelling little flowers and a rainbow today when I came up with this card. I used the new Confetti Flowers Border Punch to create this rainbow arch. This is card #22 in my “A Card a Day in May” challenge series.

To construct the rainbow, I stamped the sentiment first. This is a great tip for spacing AND I did’t want to risk making this awesome tedious rainbow and then stamp crooked. Haha! It happens and it’s devastating! So I stamped first in Poppy Parade and then started with the Highland Heather layer of flowers and worked my way up and out. The sentiment is from the stamp set Tasteful Touches and will be available with the new catalogue release.

I used Tombow Multipurpose glue to adhere all the little flowers. My Take a Pick Tool was a lifesaver as it made it so easy to pick up the flowers and place them onto the glue without having sticky fingers.

The colors used to create this rainbow arch are Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Soft Seafoam, Balmy Blue and Highland Heather

The Confetti Flower Punch punches out three different sizes of flowers that made putting this rainbow arch together so easy!

You Make the World a Better Place

For my 21st card this month I decided to play with a brand new stamp set, Beautiful World. I leaned on a tried and true Emboss Resist technique to create the background. The two globes are stamped and embossed in Whisper White. I then sponged over top with Pool Party and lightly flicked my Pretty Peacock marker over top.

The globe and feathers are cut with the World Wide dies and the sentiment (stamped in Flirty Flamingo) is cut with the Tasteful Labels dies. Both of these die sets are part of bundles and will be available in June.

I created the sentiment focal point on a 2 1/2 circle of Pool Party circle and just added the pieces on top. The ribbon is also new Gingham Ribbon in Bumblebee.

I love the soft simple feel of this card and I know exactly who I am going to send It to!

The Emboss Resist Technique is an oldie but a goodie! It is a great technique to share with new stampers.

Birthday MVP

Sadly, the For the Win stamp set, is retiring! It will be on my shelf for a while though as I tend to collect these sports related stamp sets. They don’t come around very often! I created this card today, #20, for the sports fan! It is a great birthday card for someone young or old who is a sport fanatic at heart. The classic color combo even reminds me of sports! Do you know someone that would love this card? Well you can make it with a few simple pieces!

-a die cut star, because every birthday kid is a star

-some ribbon accents (I used white and a Poppy Parade stripe)

-a coloured trophy (use what you have to color, but I used the Mango Melody Stampin’ Blends)

-a label with Birthday MVP (I used the Stitched Nested Labels Dies) and stamp the MVP twice and hand cut it out to pop up on Dimensionals. I stamped Pacific Point on Balmy Blue

-a little background stamping with Hiphip Hooray and…

-finish it off with some bling and marker flicking!

Its that EASY! I know I am going to make a bunch of these to have on hand for birthdays!

I have a little MVP in my house turning 10 in June. I can’t actually believe it. All of my kids will be in the double digits. I will probably cry like a baby on his birthday!

Marker flicking for the WIN! If you haven’t tried this technique, check out my “In the Brenda Bag” list of top tips for step by step instructions on how to ‘flick’ like a pro!

Just Blends!

Welcome! I hope you have been enjoying my “A Card a Day in May” challenge so far! This is my 19th card to share with you. I created this card after seeing something similar from another stamp company and thought, I can do that with my Stampin’ Up! supplies!

I chose to use 4 different colors of Stampin’ Blends, using the light marker for each. I started colouring a strip of Purple Posy, Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral and then Daffodil Delight. Each strip is different in thickness as well to give interest. After colouring the strips I stamped the cherry blossom image from the Forever Blossom stamp set using Staz On ink. I then used the Cherry Blossom dies to cut this shape out and then I layered it back in on some Dimensionals to give it a raised look.

The sentiment is stamped on Crumb Cake and then punched with the new Lovely Labels Pick a Punch. I added a little White Bakers Twine to attach the tag.

The sequins in clear just add a little bit of interest without taking away the simplicity of the card. They are from the Peaceful Poppies set.

I absolutely LOVE how this card turned out. I think its a fun technique that I can’t wait to share with my stampers when I can hold in person events again!

I Heart Rainbows

For my 18th “A Card a Day in May” and it falling on a Monday, I wanted to do something with rainbow colors and Detailed Heart die because I haven’t played with it yet and rainbows are always a fun way to start the week! I chose my color pallet and sponged the colors across a piece of cardstock and then ran it though the die cutting machine with the Detailed Heart die.

I love how it turned out! I wanted the focus to be in the die so I added the sentiment from the Waterfront stamp set and cut it with the Stiched So Sweetly dies. I added the gold thread from the new Forever Greenery Trim Combo and then I used mini staples to attach the panel at an angle to the card.

The colors I used were Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green and Pretty Peacock

TOP TIP: An easy way to adhere the Detailed Hearts die is to use Tombow glue with a sponge. Simply cut a Stampin’ Sponge into quarters. Squirt some Tombow into a container (I keep all of my empty embellishment containers to use for stuff like this) and dab the sponge into it. On the back of your Detailed Heart die, dab this sponge all over to get coverage. Flip and attach to your project! It is so fast and easy!

This was my first time playing with the Detailed Hearts die!

Sometimes you don’t need a lot of ‘stuff’ to make a card really special. I kept things simple on this one!