Stamp with Jodie

Life is busy!

I will be taking a break from the blogging world until July.  I have too much going on (moving schools, Birthday parties) and I will be heading to the cottage next week!  I will be back in July!

Father's Day

I thought I should take a short break from my new stuff to post a few Father's Day cards.  Father's Day is only a few days away.  This card uses a super cute set from the mini called and Many Mower.  Clint did yard maintenance for MANY, MANY, MANY years when we younger, so I knew I had to buy the set!  This is a layout I found on the clean&simple blog a few weeks ago.  If you are every looking for a quick layout to use, this is the place to go!

The base of the card is Kiwi Kiss.  I like this colour, but I will not be sad to see it go.  I will be very happy about the return of Old Olive.  It is layered with a small piece of Good Morning Sunshine DSP across the bottom.  The next layer is Pacific Point, Summer Sun and Whisper White.  The image is stamped on the Whisper White and is colour using SU markers.  For the blue, I had to use ym blender pen and Pacific Point ink.  I added some Pacific Point ribbon as a final touch!  Hope you like the card!

More Season of Friendship

The colour combo is a case from the new cattie.  I cannot say where, or what page yet, but I will update the info on July 1st when the cattie goes live.  Now I know I have said it before, but I really love this set!  It just makes me happy when I am playing with it.  There may be a slight explosion of Season of Friendship on my blog for the next little bit.

The base of the card is Chocolate Chip.  It is layered with Razzleberry and Pale Plum.  I love purple, and for my this is a great colour combo.  Thank-you new cattie!  I stamped the tree trunk and flowers on Whisper White card stock using Chocolate Chip, Razzleberrry, Pale Plum and So Saffron ink.  I punched a few of the flowers and popped them up with dimensionals.  I added some half pearls from the Pretties Kit (again inspired from the cattie).  Some Razzleberry (SO CUTE AND SUPER FUN) ribbon as the final touch!  Hope you like this card!

Five Little Snowmen...

Standing in a row.  I love these little guys.  The ae from a new level 3 hostess set called The More the Merrier.  It is very cute.  ow, I will admitthat I am not too keen on the new colour Soft Suede.  When Martha was over the day our catties arriveed, we could not figure out a great colour combination to use it with.  In comes my sister Markia, who pulls out some Kraft and Real Red.  Well DUH, of course that will work.  Then we asked her why she was not a demo!  As you can see, this colour combo works!

I started with Kraft as my base.  It is layered with  Real Red and Soft Suede.  I added a scallop detail across the bottom of the Soft Suede layer.  I stamped the snowmen in Basic Black on Whisper White.  The greeting is stamped in Real Red.  I colour the cute little guys with my SU markers.  Some ribbon, paper piercing and three vintage brads complete the card.  I am very happy with the finished product!  Have a great day!

Circle Circus 2

This card uses the exact same layout as my other Circle Circus card.  When I complete a card that I really like, usually tend to play around with different colour combinations.  All that changed on this card what the Melon Mambo (instead of Razzleberry) and Pretty in Pink (instead of Plum).

The base is the new yummy Melon Mambo.  It is layered with Basic Black and Pretty in Pink.  I stamped the circles on Whisper White using Melon Mambo, PRetty in Pink and Basic Black ink.  I added a small trip of Razzleberry Lemonade DSP across the bottom.  I am loving the new polka dotted ribbon.   Hope you like the card.  Have a great day!

Season of Friendship

I really love this set.  It is high up on my top 10 favourite stamp sets list!  I am not sure what it is, but I could play with this set and different colour combinations for hours.  I like to keep my layouts very simple when using this set!

The base of my card is Chocolate Chip.  It is layered with Crushed Curry and Dusty Durango (two more of the new in colours).  I stamped the tree trunk on Whisper White with Chocolate Chip ink and then followed with the leaves.  The leaves are stamped using Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango and Pumpkin Pie.  Before I attached this to my card front, I used some Chocolate Chip ribbon and tied a nice bow.  Hope you like the card, have a great day!

Happy Birthday Liz!

Liz's Birthday is not until the end of the month (Clint and Liz's Birthdays are a day apart), but because we seem to have A LOT going on right now, we celebrated her Birthday last night.  Liz and I are HUGE Sex and City fan, so I purchased her the movie.  I love making boxes and packages, so I decided to make a box to hold the DVD.  Liz loves pink, and with it being sooo close to summer, I knew I had to use the new Melon Mambo.  In the new cattie, they have paired Melon Mambo with PRetty in Pink and Basic Black, and I LOVE the combination. 

To make the box, I measured the DVD, and scored my Melon Mambo card stock to fit the box.  TIP: When creating a box, it is best to make a shell first out of scrap paper.  I folded on the score lines and adhered the box together.  I cut a separate flap.  To decorated the box, I used Basic Black, Pretty in Pink and Whisper White.  I created my own DSP by stamping on Whisper White with Circle Circus andMelon Mambo, Pretty in Pink and Basic Black ink pads.

To close the box, I created a medallion with a scallop circle, and the 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circles punches.  A little paper piercing finished my medallion.

Of course, I HAD to make a matching card, and I have to say that I really love this card.  I am pretty sure I will be re-creating this card using Rich Razzleberry later today.

 

 

The base of the card is Melon Mambo.  It is layered with Basic Black and PRetty in Pink.  I stamped the images (All from Circle Circus) with co-ordination inks.  I added a small piece of Razzleberry Lemonade DSP across the bottom.  Before attaching this layer to my card base, I added some new Melon Mambo ribbon and Black Hemp twine.  This ribbon has polka dots on it, but when you turn the ribbon over, you do not see the dots.  Pretty cool.  The final touch was the greeting at the top and some paper piercing. 

I hope you like the box!  Have a great day!

New Goodies: CIRCLE CIRCUS

Let me hear a big WOO HOO!!  My new stuff has arrived, and I am not disappointed.  I knew I would love Rich Razzleberry and Melon Mambo.  The rest of the in colour rock as well.  Yesterday I did not really like Soft Suede, but it has grown on me!  This is one of the new sets I ordered.  It is called Circle Circus, and I can tell I will be using this a lot!

I used a layout similar to my Fifth Ave Floral set from earlier this week! The base of the card is Rich Razzleberry.  It is layered with Basic Black and Pale Plum.  I stamped the circles in Basic Black, Pale Plum and Razzleberry.  After the ink dried, I added a small strip of Razzleberry Lemonade DSP and some new polka dotted ribbon!  I added a simple thank you as me greeting.  Let me know what you think! Have a great day!

Shower Invite

My sister in-law Liz is getting married in October.  I am one of her bridesmaids.  The other girls in her bridal party and I are throwing her a shower in July.  I wanted to make the invite, but I decided to keep them VERY simple as I knew most people would be throwing them out.  Liz's colours for the wedding are Pink and Brown. We are making her invites, so I already knew she was using Pink Pirouette and Chocolate Chip.

The base is Pink Pirouette.  It is layered with Chocolate Chip and Pink Pirouette.  The bride and the greeting are stamped using Chocolate Chip ink.  The stamps are from the set For the Bride.  I am so glad this set did not retire.  I really like it now that I have used it.  I went back and froth on the ribbon.  I was not sure if I should use it because I do not expect people will save them, but I decided in the end the card needed a little embellishment.  I ran out of Pretty in Pink ribbon and ended up using Chocolate Chip. 

I have made her a full set of thank-you cards using the same stamp set.  I will show the thank-you after the shower.  I do not want Liz to read my blog and see the thank-you before I give them to her as a gift!  Have a great day!

 

Birthday Set, Part 2

Here are the last two card in my Fifth Ave. Floral Birthday set.  I stuck with the same layout, and colour for the most part.  I only changed the colour for the base of the card and one ink colour. 

This card is made using Tempting Turquoise. 

 

 

 

The last card in the set is made with Green Galore.  I was not sure how this combination was going to look, but I am happy with all of them.

My favourite colour combination of the four was Pink Passion.  I love pink and black together!  What was you favourite?