A Mixed Bouquet Birthday

The other day when I was looking on Google Images for some samples from the "Mixed Bouquet" set I found some!!  Yes, some!  I made one yesterday and the day before!  And then there's todays!  I found some fun samples to recreate as best I can with what I have.  Once again there was no watermark on the card to see where it came from but on the sidebar was a website "Juxt a Post" but it lead me to a dead end.  Though looking at that site, it looks a lot like a Pinterest type site.  But there was no link to where this card came from.  So if it's your card, please let me know so I can give you credit and a link back to your blog.

For the base of this card I used Pacific Point and a layer of Whisper White on top of that.

The flowers were stamped using Pacific Point as well as the words.  And those words came from the "Simply Sketched" set.  

The white flower was punched out and then the petals were clipped.  That part I didn't care for but I was only making one card so it was ok.  If I were making more cards I think I would be looking at something different for that flower!  With all the punches and dies out there I've become spoiled and cutting shapes is so not for me.  Ok, back to the card.  The flower was set in place using Dimensionals.  And that is all there is to this card.  It went quick but like I said, I only did one.  I saw this layout done using other fun colors, like Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight and Primrose Petals.  And every one of those were beautiful.  I chose the Pacific Point because I have not used that color in a while and I thought it would make a pretty card. It did indeed!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Mixed Bunch Birthday

I had done a Google search for "Mixed Bouquet" and I ran across this bright and cherry card.  The card had no name on it and on the sidebar I saw that the link to it was Hill Country Stampin.  The link does not work. I don't know if the blog is in existence anymore.  So if this is your card, please let me know so I can give you credit for it.

I did change the wording part.  The original card had a paper strip with the end "v'd". I didn't have words wide enough to make that work for me so I just went with the words from "Express Yourself" and the oval punch and scallop.  The original card also had the center circle done using a scallop but I couldn't make the scallop punches I had work with it so I kept it round.

The leaves are a Sizzlet die and my colors are Real Red, Whisper White for the cardstock and Wild Wasabi for the green.

This is an extremely simple card to make and I actually had fun making this, even though I struggled a bit as to what I was going to do with the words.  But in the end it all worked out and I like the card!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Mixed Bunch Birthday Card Gift Set

Today I was working on some craft fair and gift items.  I had gotten some boxes from my sister and I HATE to throw them away.  She hates to see things like that thrown away so she brings me in on the act!!  She works in a print shop and after stuff sits around for several months it is determined useless and is recycled. Sometimes it gets recycled to my home!!  I had gotten 12 of these gift boxes and they were too big for cards but I made them work!

First I made my cards using the new in colors decorative paper pack and the Mixed Bunch flower and punch.  The words are from the  "Simply Sketched" set.  The boxed set has one of each color card in it, so you get a little variety in colors.  

Once I got the cards made I took the plastic cover off the box and added a piece of white to the bottom of the box.  Don't ask why, I just thought it looked nice.  Then I set an envelope in the box and measured the open space on the top and side.  I took a piece of cardstock and cut it to the size I needed and scored the piece.  I folded the scores and set the "u" shaped piece in place in the box.  I thought the top piece was a bit too big to leave empty so I went on the computer and printed out "Birthday Greeting Cards and 4 envelopes".  I had printed it out on a sheet of label paper and cut them on the paper cutter.  I stuck them on top of the piece and it looked SO professional.  I plan on selling some of them at the fall craft fair and a few of them are for gifts.

It was a fun and nice way to use those boxes.  I am not a big fan of mass producing.  And I thought 48 cards was a BIG production for me!!!  I have never done that before and don't plan to do it again.  Well, unless I get my hands on more gift boxes.  I had those in the closet for a few years so I don't see that happening anytime soon!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Wetland Masculine Card

Today's card come to you from Terri's latest Stamp-a-Stack.  I love going to those.  Her cards are very clean and simple, easy to follow and easy to repeat at home if you wanted to make more.  Unfortunately I can't make more of this one, I do not have this stamp set.  Though I do think it is on my wish list because of it leaning towards the masculine side.  It's difficult to find great masculine stamps.

The cardstock used here is Soft Suede, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla.  And the ink is Soft Suede.  

The center focal pieces are cut 3-1/2 x 3" on the Soft Suede piece, 5-1/2" x 3-1/4" on the Crumb Cake piece (fold this piece in half) and 2-1/2" x 3" on the Very Vanilla piece.  Stamp your images first and then assemble.  

This card does not open in the usual way.  The Soft Suede piece on the back is just 1/4 sheet of card stock with the Crumb Cake layer on the top.  The part of the card that opens is where the goose is stamped.  You don't really need to write much inside a masculine card, so this is the perfect amount of space!! :o)

Thank you SO much for stopping by today,
Wanda

A Five-Way Flower Birthday Card

Is this card bright enough for you?  LOL  It sure is colorful!!!  I had bought the "Gingham Garden" decorative paper with a few of the sheets in mind for other projects and the other sheets were just there.  I wasn't all that much interested in them.  This happened to be one of those but I thought I should play with it anyway.  I had found a layout from a card on Split Coast Stampers and I thought I would give it a try with this paper and this is what I came up with.

I am having a lot of fun with the "Five-Way Flower" stamp.  I'm thinking of making a card but only using 3 of the 5 layers and see what I get.  And of course I will share it with you. Don't I always share what I make with you?  Even the ones that don't turn out so well!!  Oh lucky you!   LOL

I'm not a big fan of cutting triangles.  I usually get them a bit crooked because they slip in my cutter or some other reason.  I think this is a bit crooked but I'm not exactly sure!!  I think it might look that way because the ribbon is a bit crooked!  Oh well, what's done is done!  

The base of my card is Night of Navy, then a layer of Daffodil Delight on top of that.  I used the Dotted folder for some texture on that piece.  Then the layers of flowers and the layer of triangle.  And the words came from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" set.  

Now why do I always see something wrong with my card when I am ready to post it?  I take the photo and the first think I add to my post is the photo. I've had big messes when I type the words first and add the photo. It seems like the words end up with too big of gaps between the paragraphs or the photo is on top and the words are way at the bottom and you can't delete any space to bring them closer together. So to avoid that I just add the photo first and then the words.  Plus having the photo there on the screen helps me to see what steps I did to make it.  And on this flower I can see that I forgot to add something to the center of it.  UGH!!  One of these days I will show you a completely finished card!!! LOL

I can't really say I had fun making this card because I find the triangles a bit frustrating.  Maybe you like to play with triangles.  I certainly don't and that is why you don't see too many cards on my blog using triangles!!!

Thank you SO much for stopping by today,
Wanda

Flower Shop and Simply Pressed flowers

I was at "Stamping Fun with Margaret" and I ran across this card. I had kept the image on my computer for a couple of days. I was on the border of whether I liked it or not.  Well, obviously I liked it, there was something about it that made me keep it on my computer for those days.  

As I was looking at it today I decided to just give it a try. It looked simple enough.

So the first thing I did was whip up a few Daffodil Delight flowers from the Simply Pressed molds.  I used the smallest flower in the mold.  I had not used that one yet and was pleased at how well it came out of the mold right after making it.  I didn't have to let it sit like I do with the buttons.  Nothing got distorted on it so I was able to make the three I needed, plus a few more for another day!

The pretty border image came from the "Summer Silhouettes" set.  The image was not long enough for the card so you have to stamp half from the center up and the other half from the center down.  Don't worry if you don't get the ends to meet in the middle, the center flower covers it.  That was stamped in Night of Navy.

Then I stamped the Daffodil Delight flowers using the "Flower Shop" set.  I liked how they looked so I took a 1/4 sheet of card stock and filled it with those flowers in the same color for another project another day.  I thought it looked like it would be a nice background for a future card.

And for the other 3 flowers I stamped them using VersaMark and embossed them using clear embossing powder.  Then I punched them out.  I set them in place using Dimensionals.

The words were done using the Modern Label punch and the Word Window Punch.  And the words are from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" set.  And lastly the clay flowers were added using a little bit of glue.  I wasn't sure how well they would stick using tape because of the centers of the flower being mostly embossed.  

And that was it.  I did like making this card and after seeing it in person I like it even more!  It's a very quick card to make if you have the clay flowers done up a head of time.  Don't you just love those flower and button molds?  You can make them in any of the Stampin' Up! colors and have them match any of your products.  What I was amazed at the most with the clay is that it really doesn't take that much ink to color it and even when it dries the color stays the same as the wet clay.  What you see is what you get!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Six-Sided Sampler Card

I'm still trying to find a way to play with this Six-Sided Sampler set.  I found a card made by Kim at Joyful Creations.  As I was stamping along, trying to reproduce Kim's card and it wasn't working, I decided to read.  Apparently it turns out that the stamp are Happy Hexagons by Paper Ink.  Their hexagons are much smaller, so I turned the paper sideways and worked with it.  

I am ok with this card but overly thrilled with it.  It needs a lot of finesse!  The layout of the hexagons is growing on me but I think it could use some more festive colors.  And had I known I was going to be turning the card the orientation of the hexagons would have been such that the alphabet one would be straight instead of crooked.  

The colors I used here are Strawberry Slush and Baked Brown Sugar.  The words are from the "Express Yourself" hostess set and stamped in Baked Brown Sugar.

It's an easy enough and quick enough card to make.  I just think it needs more color!

Thank you ever so much for stopping by today,
Wanda

Secret Garden Thank You Card

I'm still into flower cards.  This card was made by Connie at Inkspired Treasures.  I frequent her blog.  She always seems to have cards that catch my eye.

And speaking of catching my eye.  I just noticed I didn't add the rhinestones to the center of the flowers.  You can see that look at Connies site.  Just follow the link above, it will take you directly to that card.  

The stamp set used here is the Secret Garden set and the dies to cut them flowers and leaves out.

The words are from the Too Kind set.  The decorative paper is from the Gingham Garden pack.  The color of the flowers are Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzazz, and Night of Navy.  They match the little flowers in the decorative paper.  How cute!!!

The cardstock used here is Daffodil Delight and Whisper White. The red gingham paper is the backside of the decorative paper.  And Pear Pizzazz was used for the oval scallop. 

This card was very fun to make.  I like it because it's so bright and cheery.  I am just so into flowers right now!  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Six-Sided Stampler Card

I found this fun hexagon card at Margaret's "Fun Stampin' with Margaret" blog.  I have been struggling with this stamp set and punch.  I don't know if it's because I'm just SO into the Flower Shop set and punch that I can't see beyond that right now.  But I have been surfing the web for samples and I haven't found many I like.  I'm just hoping the set is too new and not many samples have been created yet.  

This card caught my eye because of the colors and I do like the layout of the hexagons.  

The colors of ink used here are Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding and Calypso Coral.  The cardstock colors are Pistachio Pudding for the base of the card, the next layer is Calypso Coral and Whisper White on the top that was dry embossed using the Stripes folder.  

The cardstock flowers are from the Blossom Party Sizzix die and the center of the flowers were made using the Simply  Pressed clay and mold.  I got my clay to dry faster by setting it on a piece of tulle that was taped to an open container.  The air flows around the whole thing and helps dry out the clay faster.  I was able to glue them to the card about an hour after making them.  

The hexagons were set in place using Dimensionals.  The words are in the Six-Sided Sampler set.  I stamped them and taped them in place before I punched it out.  I didn't want to try to match tips.  

This was pretty simple to do.  Now I just need to figure out a fun layout myself!!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Six Sided Sampler

I know the hexagons are really in right now so I bought the Six Sided Sampler stamp set and the punch to go with it.  I hadn't played with the set yet because I hadn't found anything that really caught my eye to make.  Surfing the net the other day I found this card.  And other than the words and card base color I pretty much copied it exact!  Just because I REALLY liked it!!

The original card was done by Margaret at Fun Stampin' with Margaret.  I had everything to make it but the words and I knew I could find other wording.  My wording came from the Express Yourself hostess set.  That is going to be a very well used set.  I LOVE the font.  

The stripes on the paper are made using the Gingham Garden Washi tape.   Once I set the tape on the card front I stamped the words.  Then I stamped the hexagons and punched them out.  They are set in place using Dimensionals.  Rhinestones were added to each hexagon.  And finally the butterfly was made using the Washi tape and the small butterfly punch.  When I was looking at Margaret's card I was trying to figure out what stamp she used to do the butterfly and then it dawned on me it was not a stamp, it was the Washi tape.  I glued the butterfly in place and then added the rhinestones.  

This is such a simple card to make and it's SO colorful and cheery!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Five-Way Flower Fun Birthday Card

I am really enjoying this one single Five-Way Flower stamp.  Just make sure you have all of the scalloped punches before you begin this project or you will be spending a lot of time cutting.  Because of the punches, this card goes together SO quickly.  I think I will hunt around for the "perfect" card layout to use with this flower and make a set of them for a gift. Giving sets of cards for gifts is fun, the one who gets them LOVES them and it's fun making them and giving them!  Win win!!

Today my flower card comes to you from Katies "Stamp Ladie Katie" blog.  I don't think I've ever been to her blog before.  It was fun to look around.  When I saw this card I immediately thought of the Five-Way Flower set.  The flower in her card is from the Mixed Bunch set.  But the size was close enough and the Five-Way Flower came to mind so that is what I ran with.

I used the new in color Pistachio Pudding decorative paper for my background paper and Marina Mist for my ink on the flower.  I stamped my flowers and punched away.  You really only need to stamp 3 flowers.  Punch out the parts needed from each flower and layer them.  No one will see that the center of the base flower is not there!  I looked under my flower layers and couldn't tell and I knew what I was looking for.  Besides if people are looking under your flowers on your card then next time they get a store bought one!!! LOL

The words are from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set.  Such a fun set!

For my decorative paper, the pieces are 1-1/4" x 1-1/4". Katie used a punch for hers.  I didn't want to waste the decorative paper so I cut it on the paper cutter, it didn't take long at all.  It was only four pieces for pitty sake!  My corner rounder is a retired one that doesn't round much of the corner so I used my 3/4" circle punch, turned it upside down and I slipped the corner of my paper inside the punch and punched the edge off.  Easy Peasy!  

I set my flower layers in place using Dimensionals and I added a green Candy Dot to the center and I called it done!!!  As simple and quick as that!

This would make a very fun Stamp A Stack project!!! And a  fun Make N Take too!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Five-Way Flower

This card went in a total different direction that I had in mind.  And the one I still have in mind is not all that great either!!! LOL  But it did spark another idea that I will give a try to tomorrow.  I need to take a break after this disaster!  

First of all I needed to re-ink my Strawberry Slush ink pad.  The new pads are nice because they are foam but they are not quick to ink. You don't just ink and use.  You need to get that ink into the foam.  And how do you do that?  You take a plastic spoon and push hard into the foam to get that ink worked into it.  I just inked and stamped and what a soppy mess.  And I didn't add that much ink.  But the ink was not in the foam, it was on top (even though it looked like it soaked in).  SO I went and got a plastic spoon and pushed the ink into the foam and it worked much better.  Not fun but at least I could stamp again.

I stamped my flower several times and punched out the layers I needed.  I set each layer in place using Dimensionals.  Then I added a yellow Candy Dot to the center of the flower.  

The words are from the "Perfectly Penned" set and stamped using Wild Wasabi.  

The decorative paper is from the In-Colors paper pack.  

It's an easy card to do but needs something.  And just as I typed that it came to me that some Wild Wasabi leaves sticking out from under the flower would finish it off.  I will do that later and share the photo with you tomorrow.  Hope it helps the card!!! LOL

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Bright Blossoms Birthday

I ran across this card I had found on the net some time ago and thought I would make it using the new in colors.  I am SO loving the Strawberry Slush color.  It's such a fun color and it makes me feel happy when I see it.  I also thought I would play with the new in color decorative paper too.  The other side of this paper is a chevron design that personally I think messes with my eyes. But that's ok because I like this side much better so in a toss up, I would pick this pattern hands down!!! 

That decorative paper panel I was just talking about measures 3" x 3".  

I am not aware that there is a big enough oval punch for the oval folder I used.  Maybe in the Nestabilities stuff.  I have oval Nestabilities I bought MANY years ago so I couldn't justify buying the Stampin' Up! ones. They could have ones that fit but that's ok.  I just cut it out by hand and it was easy enough to do, I just followed close to the dotted edge and it went rather well.  I think it turned out nice so I used it on the card!  

Now the smart thing to do would have been to stamp the image first and then use the oval folder.  Did I do it that way?  No, I did it the hard way.  So I tried to line up the vase as close to center as I could.  It's close enough!!  I lucked out.  And of course I stamped after I cut the oval out too.  Had it not stamped nice I don't think I would have been too happy with myself for taking the time to cut it out, let alone taking the time to emboss the piece.  But luck was on my side and I got the vase and flowers pretty darn close to center.  

The petal on the flower was cut out by hand.  Grueling, I know!!!  I'm SO spoiled by the Flower Shop stamp and punch!!!  And I had to take a step back into the dark ages and cut by hand!!! LOL 

The words are from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" set.  And I used the label punch to layer it.  

The oval and the flower were set in place using Dimensionals.  And the little rhinestone was added last! 

The card came from Debra's Artfelt Impressions blog.  There is no direct link to her card.  Sometimes when people pin things on Pinterest they don't pin directly from the image so you end up with the whole website instead of going directly to the item in question.  So if you want to see the original card you will have to scope out her blog and see where it is.  I'm guessing it's over a year old because of the colors she used.  But again, I could be wrong!  The only real noticable difference here is on the words.  She used a long strip of white with the words on it and it ran from the right side of the card to under the oval. Other than that they are very similar.  

This was a very fun card to make, it was simple enough, quick, and not to mention pleasing to the eye!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Gingham Garden Washi Tape Weekend Project

Today I ran across a candle with a glass top and thought I would see what I could do to dress it up a bit.  The candle originally had a paper label going around the space that the strip of Washi tape is covering.  Fortunately the glue they used on that paper was very easy to remove (or this project wouldn't have happened!!). 

When I added the tape around the bottom I did have to snip it a bit at the bottom to make it fit or there would have been little pleats all around it.  I suppose that would be ok but you can feel and see them because they stick out.  So I just carefully went around the candle snipping and pressing the tape in place.  I liked what I saw but what about the lamp part?

On the lamp part I decided to tape a piece of copier paper and add the Washi tape to it.  Then I took the 1/2" circle punch and punched out the cute circles, making sure I got flowers in each one.  Then I removed the copier paper and stuck the circles onto the glass lamp.  Cute, huh?  It's cuter when you light it up!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda