Simple Thinking of You Fern Card

This simple card uses Peaceful Garden DSP & fern die cut and sentiment stamp from the Beautiful Motifs bundle in Cloud Cover and Secret Sea.

Simple is beautiful!

Quick Peace on Earth Card

Stampin’ Up! creates such pretty DSP (designer series paper) that it’s quick & easy to create a beautiful card.  This is one piece of dove DSP from the Peaceful Garden DSP and three cuts to create the different rectangles.  Because the DSP is two-sided, you could also flip two of the rectangles over for a different look.

The dove and stamp set are from the Peaceful Garden bundle (stamp sets and dies) and then I blended a little Cloud Cover ink on the circle to help it stand out.  The dove is holding a Cloud Cover glimmer paper die cut sprig and then I finished it with a little Misty Moonlight & Silver ribbon.

I made this card on one of my Facebook Thursday night lives (HERE at 7:30 each Thursday).

Six Christmas Cards from One Sheet

Here is another set of one-sheet-wonder cards that I made using the same template as before (see those cards HERE) but with a definite Christmas twist this time. 

I used a sheet of (retired) Reindeer Fun DSP paired with Early Espresso, Real Red, and Garden Green card bases.  I added in a few pieces other DSP from the same collection and a tree from the leftover die cuts.  I used a retired Paper Pumpkin stamp set for my sentiments and some red pearl embellishments from my stash.  These came together quickly and easily. 

Again, if you're a customer of mine and would like the template, just let me know (or become a new customer and let me know)!

Thinking of You (Artisan Design Team CASE) Card

One thing I often hear customer say is that they are not creative. (That's one of the reasons I fell in love with stamping!)  When I am not feeling creative, I love to browse my idea books or Stampin’ Up!’s Instagram or Facebook. When I find something I like, I CASE it (copy and share exactly) only with my own twist.  This card was inspired by one of our Artisan Design Team members.

I made this card on one of my Facebook Thursday night lives (HERE at 7:30 each Thursday).

I used Autumn Metallics specialty DSP with the Peaceful Garden embossing folder; Autumn Toile DSP; Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, & Pecan Pie cardstock; Cajun Craze ink; and Streaked Dots.

Six Peaceful Garden Cards from One Sheet

Here are the six cards that I made with the Stampin' Up! Craft Along One Sheet Wonder (see p. 42 of the September-December Mini Catalog) for my World Card Making Day Open Studio Crop.  I used a sheet of  Peaceful Garden DSP; Cloud Cover, Secret Sea, and Basic White cardstock; a piece of Secret Sea glimmer pair; paired with Secret Sea & Cloud Cover ink and Hues of Blues embellishments.  I used my Beautiful Motifs bundle (stamp set & dies).

Card #1's technique was adding ink blending, so I chose to try adding Petal Pink and a scrap of Petal Pink cardstock.

This card uses the Beautiful Motif dies and fussy cutting from the Peaceful Garden DSP.

I used both Cloud Clover cardstock and Secret Sea glimmer paper for the pretty fern accents.

Both the previous and this card use both sides of this pretty DSP.

I stamped the background of my card base with Cloud Cover ink.  I also ink distressed the edges of the focal panel with Secret Sea ink.

Customers of mine can request this one-sheet-wonder template if you don't have it already!

Peace on Earth Card #2 (September Card Class #4)

One of the Artisan Design Team members inspired this card!  (The Artisan Design Team is a group of selected demonstrators who create for Stampin' Up!'s socials and to inspire everyone.) 

I used the Peaceful Garden bundle (stamp set and dies) plus the 3D Birch embossing folder.  Inks are Secret Sea and Cloud Cover (blended on the circle die).  What do you think of the Secret Sea glimmer paper dove?

I like how we cut off the card front edge and then adhered it to the card base to make this white-on-white card more interesting.

Peace on Earth Card #1 (September Card Class #3)

This card uses the Peaceful Garden DSP and bundle (stamp set and dies) plus the Peaceful Garden glimmer paper.

The glimmer paper is so much prettier in person!

I thought that I would add the die cut dove to the front of the card, but it just seemed to overpower the card.  To help it pop on the inside, I blended some Cloud Cover ink like I did on the front sentiment label.

How cute is that Pecan Pie envelope?

Hey, Pumpkin Card

Did you know that I host a live video on my Inky Scrapper Facebook page each Thursday evening at 7:30?  Recently, I made this card using the Autumn Toile DSP and the September Paper Pumpkin stamp set.  (Learn more about Paper Pumpkin subscription box HERE!)

I used colored pencils to color the pumpkins and to create the faux stitching.  I based this card on a sketch idea in the September-December Mini Catalog.  I love how a sketch inspires me to be creative.

I will be featuring these products in my October card and scrapbook class on 10/19.  If you can't attend in person, you can request a kit.  Email me for more info!

Another Flap Card

Happy World Card Making Day!!! This card is very similar to the sympathy card I recently shared, but this time I used a piece of the gorgeous Beautiful Gallery 6"x6" DSP as my focal panel.  For the flap, I added two Everyday Arches dies (Secret Sea and Basic White).  The sentiment is from the Beautiful Motifs stamp set (part of the Beautiful Gallery suite).

To decorate the inside, I cut two 3/4" squares on the diagonal, sort of like old time photo corners. 

I may stamp the inside when I decide who will be getting this card.  Who would you send it to?

New Apartment Layout

We moved our girls to two different new apartments two weekends in a row, and I am so please to have their new places immortalized in scrapbook layouts!

I used the Make a Memory scrapbook kit and have instructions to make elevated layouts.  This guide is free to anyone who purchases this kit as part of a minimum $75 order with me!

Birthday Wishes Double Easel Card

Here's another fun birthday card I made and sent to someone recently.   I used scraps from the now retired Wildflower Birthdays collection to make a double easel card.

I stamped the sentiment from the With You in Mind stamp set in Soft Sea Foam and Pool Party, then fussy cut around the edges.

The gold foil accents are part of this collection.

Floral Impressions Happy Birthday

This card uses the Floral Impressions DSP and bundle (stamp set and coordinating dies) with Strawberry Slush, Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Darling Duckling, and Old Olive.

Be sure to decorate the inside of your card and the outside of your envelope!  I added Pecan Pie for the flower centers.

The Happy sentiment is from the Layered Thoughts stamp set, and the birthday letters were die cut with the Alphabet a la Mode dies.