Happy Birthday

 Hello friends.  I have birthday card to share today, made with more new Pinkfresh Studios stamp & die sets.  This one is Berries & Blossoms, It is one big stamp and the one die cuts all the pieces at once.  You can arrange them any way you like. I have the stencils also, but did not use them this time.  I was inspired by this card on Pinterest (thanks Bette).  I changed the colors, embossed panel, sentiment, and a little of the layout.

 

 

I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with Copics (flowers) and SU Soft Succulent Blends (leaves).  I also stamped the sentiment from The Greetery in Soft Succulent ink and die cut with the matching die. I glued the flowers and sentiment to the embossed panel and did not raise them.   The background panel is embossed with Taylored Expressions Weathered EF (love the texture from this EF). 

I will also add this one to The Flower Challenge - Add Layers. (lots of layers in the flowers).

and Darnell's NBUS as this is my first time using my new set.

 

and to The Card Concept - April Flowers (clean & layered style).

 Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a great day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Anniversary Card for Friends

 Hello friends.  I have an anniversary card to share today.  I have 4 to make for May and this one is going to a sweet young couple.

I received some new goodies from Pinkfresh Studio and this is one of the sets - Blooming Branch.  I ordered the stamps, dies, and stencils and they are so fun to play with.  I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the stencils to blend the inks over the image: Blushing Bride and Flirty Flamingo for the blooms and Wild Wasabi for the leaves.  Going over the leaves with the same ink makes it darker using the 2nd leaf stencil.  I used a marker to color the flower centers, even though there is a stencil for them.  I also did not use the 3rd flower layer stencil as I like them the way they were.  I die cut the image and mounted it with foam tape to a panel embossed with an older Tim Holtz Alterations EF, and then  mounted the panel to my white card base.  I really like the finished card and enjoyed using the stencils, which I don't do often.

I will enter this in a few challenges:

Stencil Fun

 

 

and The Flower Challenge - Add Layers 

 

and also Darnell's NBUS as this is the first time using this new set. 

 

 

and to The Card Concept's April flowers inspiration. Inspired by the pretty pink blooms.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

 

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Baby Album for a friend

 Hello friends.  A friend requested I make her a baby album for her niece and they are not finding out the sex before it is born so I had to use neutral colors, mostly green and yellow.  I thought I would share the photos of it here so there quite a few photos.  Hope you enjoy looking at it.

This is the cover.  The letters are cut with my Cricut.  I had the image already printed so I colored it with Copics and die cut in a circle with a green circle mat.

 

This is the inside cover and page 1 which has a flap that opens.

 

This is page 1 with the flap opened.

 

This is pages 2 & 3 with side pockets and photo mats in them.

 

This is  pages 4 & 5 with bottom pockets and photo mats.

 

This is pages 6 & 7 with center bands and photo mats under them.

 

This is pages 8 & 9. Page 8 has 2 flaps that open.

 

This is page 8 with the flaps open.

 

 

This is page 10 and the inside back cover with a "waterfall" photo holder.

 

 This is the back cover. 

My friend loves the album and she said she knows her niece will love it also.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping and crafting,

JoAnn

STB - Any Color & Green

 Hello friends.  It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Nancy has chosen the "Topping" option of "Any Color & Green".  Of course, it can be anything goes, as long as it is for a birthday.

 

 For my card I chose yellow as my other color.  I used an older yellow pattern paper from my stash and these beautiful stamped Tulips by Waffle Flower.  I colored the tulips with SU Daffodil Delight and Old Olive (green) Blends.  I fussy cut the tulips as I don't have the matching die.  The white panel is cut with a die from a friend and mounted with foam tape.  The sentiment is from an older (and favorite) SU set.  I mounted the tulips with foam tape and added 3 yellow clear gems.

I will add this to Darnell's NBUS as this is the first time I have used the Tulips stamp set and also the lacy frame die.

 

 

and also at Triple B Challenge - Birds, Blooms & Butterflies 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

 

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Birthday

 Hello friends.  I have a new birthday card to share today.

 

I used Spellbinders Happy Hello Floral stamp and die set.  I stamped the flowers in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with SU Flirty Flamingo & Daffodil Delight Blends for the flowers; and Granny Apply Green & Mossy Meadow for the leaves.  The die set has a left side and right side die to use together or separate. I only used the right side die and mounted the flowers with foam tape to a panel embossed with Spellbinders Arches & Loops EF.  I added this panel to the white card base.  The sentiment is stamped and die cut with Waffle Flower Essential Sentiments.  I mounted the sentiment with foam tape also

This photo shows the layers and dimension better.

I will link to The Flower Challenge - Add Layers

and to Darnell's NBUS Challenge - this is my first time using the stamp & die set and the embossing folder.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Anniversary

 Hello friends.  I have an anniversary card to share today.  I made this one for some good friends who are celebrating their 50th Anniversary next week so I used cream and gold foil.

I used Spellbinders Diamond Plaid EF to emboss the background panel and used the debossed side. The flowers are all from Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms die set, cut in cream and gold foil.  I die cut a cream circle for the gold embossed sentiment (Verve) and matted it with a gold circle.  I mounted the 3 large flowers with foam tape around the circle and added all the other pieces with glue. I really like the card and hope they do also.

I am linking to The Flower Challenge - add layers, I have several layers on my card.

 

and to the April Triple B Challenge

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

 

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Birthday for Color Hues

 Hello friends.  I made a birthday card for the Color Hues Challenge - Peach & Green.

 

I used Clearly Besotted Perfect Peonies stamp & die set.  I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with SU Pale Papaya and Granny Apple Green Blends.  After die cutting, I mounted it with foam tape on a white panel cut with Spellbinders A2 Valiant Honor dies.  I have had these dies for a number of years but forget to use them.  I mounted the white panel over a panel of Granny Apple Green and then onto the peach card base.  The sentiment is from The Greetery Arched Sentiments.

I am also linking to the April Triple B Challenge as I love making cards with flowers.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Cover Die-Eclipse

 Hello friends.  I have a new card and a new technique to share today.  I saw the Group of Seven Cardmakers technique of Cover Die Eclipse. After seeing the teams lovely cards and watching Gina K's video I had to give it a try.

After looking through several dies and cover plates I finally decided on Pinkfresh Studios Choose Hope stamp set and Simple Diamonds Cover Plate, and this is the card I came up with.

I cut 2 panels of 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 white panels and stamped the image on both panels using my SU Stamparatus.  I colored the images with SU Flirty Flamingo and Granny Apple Blends and then cut one panel with the Simple Diamonds die.  I also cut 2 more plain white layers and glued them together and then glued the cut stamped panel on top for dimension (I saw Gina also did this in her video).  I like the dimension it gives.  I glued these layers over the stamped image, aligning it up, and then glued to my white card base.  I stamped the sentiment from SU Go To Greetings and flagged the ends.  I mounted the sentiment with foam tape in the middle and glued the ends over the die cut.

You need to check out this fun technique over at Group of Seven Cardmakers and give it a try.

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

 

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Thank You Card

 Hello friends.  I have a Thank You card to share today.  I made this one for our Pastor's wife and she loves purple.  I added a few pink flowers also.

ETA:  My card was one of the March Top 3 Winners at Triple B Challenge. 

also one of the Top 3 at Can You Handle the Pressure.

For the background I used Spellbinders Stylized Trellis and embossed a panel of SU Purple Posy, then glued it to the white card base.  The sentiment is die cut with Memory Box Thank You Posh Script and layered together, then glued to the panel.  The flowers are made with Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms and Club Blooms dies.  I cut the pink flowers from lt. pink and then blended some darker pink ink on them. I arranged them in the corner and glued the leaves and buds under them.

I will add this to the Triple B Challenge - Birds, Blooms & Butterflies.

 

 

Thanks to Darlene, I will also add this to Can You Handle the Pressure (but didn't do the optional twist for birds)

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

 

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Spring Florals for STB

 Hello Friends.  It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Linda wants to see Spring Floral on our cards.  Of course, this is right up my alley as I love making floral cards (which 90% of my cards are).😉

 

 For my card I used a new to me floral set form Newton's Nook callked Easter Lily (very appropriate since Easter is this Sunday).  I stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers.  I fussy cut the image as I did not have a die for it.  The sentiment is from The Greetery Arched Sentiments and cut with the matching die.  I mounted the sentiment and flowers with foam tape to a white panel die cut with Sunny Studios Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace (scalloped frame) along with Sunny Studios Frilly Frames Lattice (inner section).  I saw this card by Lin and love the lattice frame look.  The frame was mounted to a light green panel and then to a white card base.

I will link to Darnell's NBUS challenge as this is my first time using this stamp set.

 

 

Be sure to check out all the gorgeous floral cards by the team and our guests over at Seize the Birthday.  I hope to see you in our gallery. 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn