Birthday Greetings with Moon Lake

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The card I'm sharing with you today is the one I created for my bestie's birthday yesterday. I designed the card in my mind as soon as I saw the Moon Lake stamp set from Stampin' Up! in the then-new Spring/ Summer catalog, but didn't create it until early July. Yep, you read that right, around SIX MONTHS later! I'm not sure about you, but it is by FAR the longest lead time from conception to creation for me. EVER! Indeed the card is the reason why I bought the set, because I knew it would be perfect for him!

My bestie and I share so much, including some of my works in progress. Yep, he saw this one too, the watercolor. His response? "AMAZING!" Of course I didn't tell him it was for HIS card and he didn't see the finished card until he opened it. It was so tough keeping it secret from him, but I managed it. Just!

Oh, you're wondering what his response was? He loved it and yep, he recognized the painting! Grin

Card: Whisper White and Watercolor
Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Early Espresso and Smoky Slate
Stamp sets: Moon Lake (retired) and Wetlands (birthday sentiment)
Tools: Aqua Painters and Deco Labels Framelits
Adhesive: Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
#194 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
Take Your Pick at Papertake Weekly (color)
AG at Simon Says Wednesday

I'll be back on Thursday with a pictorial, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Wondrously Dotty Bargains!

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Everyone loves a bargain. Right? Two of my favorite Stampin' Up products, the Wondrous Wreath framelits and Decorative Dots TIEF are included in this week's Weekly Deals, as well as some other great items, so I thought I'd share a few of my past creations made with them. Click the images to be taken to the posts..

This one was the FIRST I created with one of my all time favorite stamp sets, Gorgeous Grunge!

This one uses one of the sentiments from the stamp set, but could easily be switched out for any celebration

This one is one of my more recent creations and features another favorite, Four Feathers

All the products I've used for today's creations are available 24/7 in my Online Shop. Click the images below to be taken straight to them.

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I'm taking some much needed time off, but I'll be back soon and hope to see you then.

Hugs,
Em

All Natural Four Feathers

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

I LOVE feathers and I'm loving all the different creative possibilities with the delightful Four Feathers stamp set from Stampin' Up! If you've missed the designs I've shared with you so far this week, you can see them here, here and here.

For today's card I've embraced the natural feel of the feathers and used a neutral tone and Woodgrain embossing folder. Even the sentiment I've used comes from another nature-themed stamp set, Wetlands...

Card: Crumb Cake and Whisper White
Ink: Crumb Cake
Stamp sets: Four Feathers and Wetlands
Tools: Feathers Framelits (from stamp and die bundle, saving 15%) and Woodgrain EF
Adhesives: Sticky Strip and Stampin' Dimensionals

Cut a panel of Whisper White card slightly smaller than the Crumb Cake folded card base (I cut mine ¼" smaller) and emboss with the Woodgrain EF. Attach to base with Sticky Strip.
Stamp the feather from Four Feathers twice in Crumb Cake ink onto the top right corner of a Whisper White panel. Stamp a third feather onto a scrap of white and cut with the Framelit die.
Stamp the sentiment from Wetlands in Crumb Cake ink onto the lower left corner of the panel. Attach panel to a Crumb Cake panel cut slightly larger (mine is ¼" bigger), with more Sticky Strip and add to the card with more tape.
Attach the third feather with a couple Stampin' Dimensionals.

Challenges...
#12 AG at Crafty Gals Corner

#176 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
AAG at Through The Craft Room Door

All the products I've used for today's creation are available 24/7 in my Online Shop. Click the images below to be taken straight to them.

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I'll be back tomorrow with another Four Feathers creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Birthday with Wetlands

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I truly do appreciate each of you more than you know.

The card I'm sharing with you today is another I've created with the delightful Wetlands stamp set from Stampin' Up! You can see the others I've created with it here.

I created a tent card base from Lost Lagoon, laying the fold on the left side. I stamped the images onto Very Vanilla, using Lost Lagoon for the grasses and Smoky Slate for the goose and sentiment. I then punched the sentiment out with the Decorative Label punch and layered it onto another Lost Lagoon.

I've also stamped the grasses onto more Very Vanilla and added them inside the card.

Challenges...
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
#30 AG at Scribble and Scrap
November Linky at DL.ART
#96 AG w/ optional at 613 Avenue Create
AG at Through The Craft Room Door

All the products I've used for today's card are available 24/7 in my Online Shop. Click the images below to be taken straight to them.

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I'll be back tomorrow with a feminine card, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Grungy Wetlands

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

As the title of today's post suggests, the card I'm sharing with you is another one I've created using the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set from Stampin' Up! Although this one is very different to the others that I've created, which can be seen here. It's also the first I've created with the Wetlands stamp set...

The base is Lost Lagoon which I've cut and folded to form a tent card. The birds from the Wetlands set are stamped in Smoky Slate ink on Very Vanilla card. I then stamped the line stamp from Gorgeous Grunge in Lost Lagoon and Tempting Turquoise, alternating the colors. To complete the card I stamped the sentiment from Wetlands in Smoky Slate on a snippet of Very Vanilla and punched it with the Decorative Label punch (another of my favorites) and added another from Lost Lagoon behind it.

Challenges...
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
#30 AG at Scribble and Scrap
November Linky at DL.ART
#96 AG w/ optional at 613 Avenue Create
#18 AG at ArtByMiRan

All the products I've used are available 24/7 in my Online Shop. Click the images below to be taken straight to them.

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I'll be back tomorrow with another Wetlands creation this time without Gorgeous Grunge, so I hope you'll join me then. 

Hugs,
Em x

Thanksgiving card

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I truly do appreciate each of you more than you know!

With Thanksgiving now less than a month away, I've finally started my preparation for it, by creating the cards. In doing so I've decided on the theme for the decorations and table settings, although I'm yet to create them.

I love the Wondrous Wreath stamp and die bundle from Stampin' Up! and almost as soon as I saw it I knew it would be great for all sorts of occasions as well as Christmas. You can see my other creations HERE.

My card base has been cut from Crumb Cake and folded tent style. I've stamped the wreath on Very Vanilla in Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist and Rich Razzleberry for the berries. I've used one of the stamps from Gorgeous Grunge for the background, stamping in Crumb Cake and Rich Razzleberry on Very Vanilla.

The sentiment is one from the Wetlands set, stamped in Rich Razzleberry and punched with the Decorative Label. I've punched another label from both Crumb Cake and Hello Honey and layered them together.

This is the first time I've used the Gorgeous Grunge set and I LOVE the result.

Challenges...
AG at Through The Craft Room Door
#17 AG at Artbymiran
#115 AG at Artistic Inspirations

All the items used to create today's card are available 24/7 in my Online Shop. Click the image below to be taken straight to them.

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I'll be back tomorrow with another project using the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x