Postage Due Thank You Note - CCMCSU14-03

Pin It Now! Hey crafty friend!  I'm dropping by with a thank you note I made with the latest sketch from Create With Connie & Mary.  Super cute sketch!

I hope they're having fun with their first LIVE event!  Wish I were there!!!

This was honestly the easiest card I've made in a while!  I'm getting ready to head to my hometown to see my mom & dad for a few days, but I got the itch to make ONE more card, since I'll be without craft supplies!   Just a little criss cross with the papers and then trimmed them to fit, a tag that I made a pile of for customers, a black ribbon to anchor it, and some sequins.  Ta-da!  

I cannot do anything without sequins lately.  Just sayin'. 

I love Postage Due for it's vintage collage look!  And the "thank you" is new from Something to Say.

Thanks for swinging by!

SUPPLIES:

STAMPS:  Postage Due, Something to Say

INK:  Coastal Cabana, Memento Tuxedo Black

PAPER: Typeset Specialty DSP, Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Very Vanilla

EMBELLISHMENTS:  Basic Black 3/4" Chevron Ribbon, In Color Sequin Assortment, Strawberry Slush Thick Twine, Natural Chevron 5/8" ribbon

OTHER:  Honeycomb Embossing Folder, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Scalloped Tag Topper Punch

Summer is Here! Watermelon Slice Birthday Card

Pin It Now! In celebrating the official kickoff of summer, I have a juicy, sweet watermelon card to share!

Complete with punched watermelon seeds that are glazed with Dazzling Details, and a big chomp taken out.

White organza ribbon tied around the front, and a layered "Happy Birthday" tag. 

Since it's a slightly smaller card than a standard A2, I created a custom sized envelope with SU's Envelope Punch Board.  The little watermelon on the envelope front is made with the Kind and Cozy stamp set, and the seeds are hand drawn with a Stampin' Write Marker. So cute!

To create this card, start with 3 concentric circles, one slightly smaller than the next.  I used my really old Creative Memories circle cutters - it was the "medium outside" set, if that makes sense to any of you!

A 1-3/4" scallop circle punch makes the teeth marks :D.  I had to punch the white and pink separately from the Wild Wasabi card base because it was too thick to punch together. 

The seeds are the smallest heart in this heart trio, each one hand trimmed as shown.  

Finishing them off with Dazzling Details makes them look SO real.  Amazing!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a blessed and creative day!

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS:  Label Something, Word Play (ret), Kind and Cozy
INK: Memento Black, Strawberry Slush
PAPER:  Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, In-Color 2014 paper pack.
EMBELLISHMENTS:  5/8" White Organza ribbon, Dazzling Details, Strawberry Slush thick baker's twine
PUNCHES:  2-1/2" circle, 1-3/8" scallop circle, small oval,
TOOLS:  Envelope Punch Board.

Masculine Thank You with Traveler

Pin It Now! I have so many thank you notes to write this week!

My 13 year old son was in the national finals at Disney for the Christopher Columbus Awards, and was treated like royalty for a full week.  Preparing for finals week has been a huge process, so this card will go out to everyone who helped - financially, emotionally, and otherwise!  

Here are the guys. CJ is on the right.

CJ loves this card, it has plenty of guy-ishness.  Traveler has been my new favorite stamp set since it was available for preorder, and this new paper, Typeset, is thin and ever so vintage looking!  

I stamped the globe image onto watercolor paper and used an Aqua Painter to lift color off of the inkpads and paint the globe, using Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, and Hello Honey.  Sponged the edges with Hello Honey.  The ribbon across the front is Mossy Meadow 3/8" Stitched Satin, and it's AWESOME.  Very shiny!

Who'd have thought I'd love these new In-Colors so much?  They are so rich and usable!

Inside:

MEASUREMENTS:

Map print DSP: 2-3/4" x 4"

Mossy Meadow Matt:  3" x 4-1/4"

Map stamp panel: 1-1/2" x 2-1/2"

Mossy Meadow matt:  1-3/4" x 2-3/4"

SUPPLIES:

STAMPS: Traveler

INK:  Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey, Memento Black, Crumb Cake

PAPER:  Typeset DSP, Basic Black, Vanilla, Mossy Meadow

EMBELLISHMENTS:  Mini Brads, Mossy Meadow 3/8" Stitched Satin ribbon, Linen Thread

Hello Darling {Birthdays are Better with Sequins}

Pin It Now! Happy Day to you!  Today I have some new goodies to show off.  Here's a birthday card  featuring Hello, Darling with the matching embossing folder.  So pretty!  These are just the flower stamps I've been longing for. The sketch at Hand Stamped Sentiments was a fantastic layout to show off my pretty flowers!

Check out the little pouch of sequins!  I made them from a clear cello envelope.  Picked out some sequins that match my colors from the In-Color Sequin Assortment and sewed them up in a little rectangle.

Here you can see the gorgeous colors in the sequin pack.  Wow!  They are singin' my song with all this sparkle. The little pouch was adhered to the backside of the sentiment panel with Sticky Strip.

Inside...a strip of DSP from All Abloom, a great paper stack in the new catty.  Beautiful Birthday is a retired stamp, but I keep it because it's so elegant!  

The envelope is stamped to match, and it's all ready to sweeten my sister's birthday!

Here's the sketch:

Head on over to HSS and play along.  This is a great sketch to work with!  

SUPPLIES:

STAMPS:  Hello Darling, Happy Day (retired), Beautiful Birthday (retired)

INK:  Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow, Tangelo Twist, Melon Mambo, Strawberry Slush, Memento Black

PAPER:  All Abloom DSP, Melon Mambo, Whisper White

EMBELLISHMENTS/TOOLS:  In Color Sequin Assortment, Clear Envelope, Lovely Lace Embossing Folder, Spiral Border punch