Miles Apart

The sentiment on today’s card, my 24th card this month, is even more meaningful in the times we are living. Like many of you, I have not seen alot of my friends in the past couple of months. I have tried to stay connected by sending cards. So far, since March I have mailed over 170 cards to friends, coworkers, family members, to senior centers, and more! So I feel especially connected to this sentiment.

You can find the sentiment in the Lovely You stamp set which will be released at the start of June. I paired it up with the In Good Taste paper stack. It is photographic Designer Series Paper in various wood, tile and texture prints in neutrals. I cut them into strips of various widths and adhered them in an overlapping pattern. The sentiment is also stamped on a strip of DSP.

I added a vellum circle that I stamped and embossed in Whisper White the little stem from the stamp set. I stamped it once more on Grey Granite and fussy cut it out. I added a few of the clear gems from the Flowers for Every Season Gems collection. They almost look like a water droplet on the card! I love the 3D effect that they add.

You are my favourite! Create with Connie and Mary

This week we are sharing our favourite NEW stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! demonstrator pre-order (best part about being a demo, getting the inside scoop and getting stuff early!). I am really loving the Tasteful Touches stamp set. It is also a part of a bundle with the Tasteful Labels dies. The feather is my favourite image in this stamp set.

The feathers are so bright and vibrant that I wanted to keep the focus on them by keeping the sentiment neutral. The sentiment is stamped and embossed in Whisper White on Basic Black card stock. I added I a few ribbon and paper scraps behind for a little interest. You are the Best is cut out with a die from the Tasteful Labels die. Both the stamp set and the dies will be available in June with the new catalogue release.

I stamped the feathers in Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry and Granny Apple Green. After stamping I went over the feathers with my Aqua Painter to soften the stamped image. I then flicked my coordinating Stampin’ Write marker over each feather.

Hop back to see Melissa’s favourite pre-order stamp set and Hop forward to see what Connie is loving!

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!