A Botanical Blooms and Botanical Builder Birthday Card

I'm not a big fan of a lot of green. I needed to challenge myself to use it more. This card's background is pretty green!!!  I tried to tone it all down with some other fun and bright colors.  My eye is now drawn to the Melon Mambo flower and then to the green!  

I used the "Wetlands" set for the words.  

I stamped the background with leaf veins from the "Botanical Blooms" set.  I die cut some flower and flower centers using Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip and Tip Top Taupe card stock.  The two flowers are set in place using Dimensionals.  In the center of the two flowers I used the new "It's my Party" enamel dots.  

The decorative papers are from the "Cherry on Top" stack and the "It's my Party" 12" x 12" stack.  

It was a fun card to make, but pretty green!!! LOL

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

An In The Meadow Masculine Card

This is one of the new stamps in the 2016 Occasions catalog.  It's called "In the Meadow".  Every time I see the title of this set I want to add "we can build a snowman!".  LOL 

This is one of the cards I made at Terri's very fun Stamp-a-Stack. We used Crumb Cake and Early Espresso card stock.  There's also some Early Espresso ribbon here.  The images were stamped using Early Espresso ink.  I added a couple of extra Early Espresso 2-1/2" circles to the back of the deers so the image would stand out more.  

This was a fun and super quick card to make.  I didn't add any words because I'm not sure what I want to use it for.  It could be for a masculine birthday, Father's Day or even a sympathy card.  

I like simple cards.  They have such a clean look to them!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Playful Pals Polar Bear

These "Playful Pals" are so much fun!  I thought I would make a polar bear.  There's so many fun pieces to the stamp set and to the "Pyramid Pals" Thinlit dies.  All of the pieces here were done with the dies except for the smirk!  I just used a paper punch and then punched a little sliver off the edge.  Oh, and the eyes were also done using a small paper punch.  

Now when you make these fun pyramids, be mindful as to whether or not you want the pyramids to open or to be glued shut.  Since you have to cut out two pieces to form the pyramid, I glue them one at a time.  After I glue the first one, I will glue the bottom only to the second piece and insert it inside the first half I glued.  Now you can see which side you need to glue to have a pyramid that opens or one that is glued shut.  Ones that open are nice because you can put candies or other things inside them. They make great kids party favors.  They also make great co-workers gifts too!!  There's LOTS of ideas you can come up with for uses for these adorable boxes.

A tip if you are using the glitter papers.  You will need to use a large paper clip to hold the seam in place while it dries.  With card stock you just add glue, run your bone folder over the seam and it's good to go. But this glitter paper needs a little more help and time.

These are SO much fun and I have a few ideas for more!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Perfect Pairings and Botanical Builders Framelits Birthday Card

I found a card by Wendy at "Luvin' Stampin". I wasn't able to go directly to her post.  I did find her card.  But if you go to her dot com site you can see this card and any details she has about it. I'm not sure why I was not able to click on her post title and get the whole link.  But you can still get there the long way!

I changed the card a bit too.  I used Real Red instead of the pink color that Wendy used.  And I changed the words.  Though I do need a thank you card, I wanted to make a birthday card instead. I see a lot of potential for this card.  I can see adding some flowers from the "Botanical Blooms" set.  I may have to play with that idea.  But not today or tomorrow. I need to play with some of the other sets I bought first.  Though I do have to admit the "Botanical Blooms" and matching framelits is my favorite.  

I do love red, black, and white cards.  When I saw Wendy's card, I knew I wanted to try it in these colors.  They are just striking.  

This was a simple card to make.  It has a clean and simple look too.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Guy Greetings and Happy Birthday, Everyone Birthday Card

Today I thought I would step outside of the Occasions catalog and make my brother-n-law a birthday card.  If I get it in the mail tomorrow he will actually get a card from me on time!!  Yup, the new year is off to a great start so far!!  I haven't missed one yet!  

I used the "World Map" background stamp.  I stamped the image on Crumb Cake card stock using Soft Suede ink.

The base of my card is Cherry Cobbler.  I used Early Espresso ink on the car and the "happy Birthday".  And the "Happy Birthday" above the card was done using Cherry Cobbler ink. 

Now this is what you get when you take pieces of card stock that has images and words already stamped on them and you try to put a card together.  Nothing like being overly "happy" about the "Happy Birthday's!"  LOL  Oh well, maybe he won't notice.  Or maybe he will think I want him to have a doubly happy birthday!!! I tried to remove the layers but Dimensionals hold things together SO well.  Oopsie!!!  At least the inside doesn't have a third "Happy Birthday" stamped in it!!! LOL I would hate to be redundant!!! LOL

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Bloomin' Love and Bloomin' Hearts Card

A Valentine's Day card or a simple "I Love You" card, either works!  I have moved on (a little) to some other stamps and dies that I have.  I thought this heart was so lacy looking and I thought it would be a lot of fun.  It wasn't at first but after I got my new "Big Shot Die Brush" I just run the bristles over the die and those little pieces just pop off and I remove my design and it's clean!!  No poking, trying to get those little pieces off.  I LOVE it and now I can see myself using this die a lot!!  Oh, don't roll your eyes!  I won't use it 10 days in a row!!! LOL  I have lots of new stuff to play with and I'm excited to give them a try. But I keep wanting to go back to the "Botanical Builder" die and stamp set.  You can actually make a card with just the dies alone, no stamps needed.  But I like to add some ink to my cards sometimes!  Like today's card.  I didn't stamp anything but the wording.  I did sponge on some Rose Red to the center of each flower.  I thought it could use a touch of color!

I used a piece of decorative paper from the "Love Blooms" paper stack.  I set it in place on a trimmed quarter piece of Basic Black card stock.  Then I added the flowers.  They come with the "Bloomin' Love" Thinlits die.  Now a word to the wise.  Don't get too excited about adding the cute flowers.  Tape the piece on top of the Very Vanilla card base first or you'll crush your flowers.  

To make my flowers rounded I used glue dots to stick the pieces together and then I set them in the palm of my hand and used the end of a Bic pen and pressed in the center.  The petals curled up just enough to be SO darn cute!  I added some leaves using Wild Wasabi card stock and the large flower die.  I cut the petals off and added them as leaves.  I thought the card needed a little more color.  I like the green on it.  Then I added a pearl to the center of each flower.  Each flower was set in place using a Dimensional.  Each flower also has a little bit of glamour to it.  I used the new "Wink of Stella" clear and just ran the bristles across the tips of each flower.  Click on the photo to get a closer view.  It's a lot prettier in real life.

The words are from the "Bloomin' Love" set.  

This was a super fun card to make and having that die brush really helps out a lot!!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Bloomin' Love and Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Gift

Today I was helping Terri out at her wonderful Stamping Extravaganza. There were SO many tables with new products being demonstrated at them.  I was demonstrating the Pyramid Pals.  I had made quite a few of these adorable critters and I got to tell how do make them and a few tips while assembling them. I'll be sharing more of those critters at a later date.  Anyway, I needed to catch a ride to the event and a dear friend and wonderful demonstrator Lisa offered.  The "Botanical Blossom" card I made here was for her.

I also made this fun bag for her and added some candy jelly hearts inside.  I put them in a small zip bag (not just loose in the paper bag)!!!  

For this bag I used the "Mini Treat Bag" Thinlits.  I LOVE using that little bag.  It's SO easy and it only takes 1-1/2 sheets of the 6" x 6" decorative paper from those fun stack pads.  Since it doesn't take 2 full sheets, I had some left to make the belly band for this bag.  It didn't need the band to hold the bag together, I just added it for some color and contrast.  

The heart is from the new "Bloomin' Heart" Thinlit die.  And the words are from the "Happy Home" set.  It seems like it's getting harder and harder to find words to fit in the 1-1/4" circle.  But I managed.  If I wouldn't have been able to find something, there's always just typing them up on the computer and printing them out! I've done that LOTS of times!  Anyway, I cut the flower using Rose Red card stock.  Then I cut out several flowers (included in the Thinlits pack). and stuck them together using Glue Dots.  Then I put them in the palm of my hand and took the end of a Sharpie marker and pushed in the center so they curved up nicely.  I set them in place using Dimensionals.  For the little leaves I just cut out a Pear Pizzazz flower and cut it apart.

To assemble this project, I first put the bag together.  Then I added the belly band.  You can hide the seam of the band behind the heart if you plan it out ahead of time.  Then I glued the heart in place, bending some of it around to the back of the bag.  I added the flowers and then the word piece using Dimensionals and that was it!  Super fun!!! And I thought it was very pretty!!  Lisa liked it and I appreciated the ride!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Rose Wonder Birthday Card

Today I want to share with you a card I had made at Terri's ever SO fun Stamp-a-Stack.  We used the "Hardwood" background and Smokey Slate ink for the background.

Then we took our panel and punched one end with the Ornate Tag punch. A punch I don't have.  I have so many tag punches and I doubt I will be adding that one to the collection!  It's pretty but I don't use the others very much and I don't see myself using this one much either.  Plus I can substitute the ones I have for this one if I see a card on the net I have to copy!!

The words are from the "Rose Wonder" set.  I have only played with the words from this set.  Hopefully next week I can get to the actual rose!!

We used the Perfectly Artistic designer paper for the flower.  We punched it out and then we added a flower from the Pansy Punch.  We clipped each petal so the flared out a little.  It was set in place with a glue dot.  A rhinestone was added to the center.  The leaves were made using the Fun Flower punch.  We cut it into 3 pieces and added it to the back of the flower.

It's was a fun card to make.  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Playful Pals Bunny

Just in time for Easter!!  I made a cute little bunny with the "Playful Pals" and "Pyramid Pals Thinlits Dies".  I love it that I don't have to cut out all of the pieces individually.  Just those dies. It saves so much time and they allow me to make things I wouldn't because sometimes when it comes to cutting, I can be pretty lazy!  I have often passed up things because of the cutting.  Not anymore, not when the sets come with matching dies.  It doesn't get any better than that!!!

I made this cute little bunny with the set.  Even the nose is a die!! Oh and no stamping with the nose, it is just cardstock!

I'm not thrilled with how I put the feet on.  I kind of like them but yet I don't.  I could have added them to the bottom of the box and then folded them to make them like they are "bent kneed".  Or just sticking out from the bottom.  As I look at it here, it looks like the bunny has to go to the bathroom really bad and is crossing it's legs to hold it.  LOL  

On the feet, I did use a colored marker to draw the pads in.  

The eyes, whiskers and mouth are stamps included in the set. 

I made it so the box opens in the back so you can put candies or whatever inside.  I added a pompom for a tail, I thought it could use something back there!!!

I can't wait until my granddaughter is old enough to play with this. It's a set I will keep for many years to come.  

These are a lot of fun and they go together pretty fast!  I prefer to use glue to put them together.  I know glue will hold.  The tape... not so sure.  And I know it won't hold long on the glitter paper. Even the glue was tough to work with.  I had to clip it to make it hold.  On regular cardstock the glue held almost immediately after I pressed the seam with the bone folder.   I'm looking forward to playing with this again.  There's lots of critters to make!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Botanical Builder Framlits Die and Rose Wonder Birthday Card

I had to play with the Botanical Builders just one more time before I moved on to another one of the sets from the 2016 Occasions catalog.  I think I over purchased.  There's too many fun things and so little time!!!  Though I do believe the Occassions catalog ends in May but the Sale-a-Brations ends sometime in March. I don't have my catalogs in front of me to see the dates.  I just know there isn't as much time as I would like to play with them all they way I want to!!!  LOL

So onto my card.  I uses Rich Razzleberry, Perfect Plum, and Blackberry Bliss for the flowers.  I used Hello Honey for the yellow part of the flower centers.  Then I used Soft Sued for the center pieces.  I added a pearl in the middle of each flower.  

To join the flowers I set them on a piece of cardstock and got them tucked together how I liked them. Then I set another piece of cardstock on top and turned the flowers over (sandwiched between the two pieces of cardstock).  Then I took Dimensionals and strategically placed them so they would be stuck together. One Dimensional would hold two colors together.  All in all, I used 5 Dimensionals to hold the flowers together and to hold them onto the Whisper White cardstock.  

After the flowers were in place I added the fern pieces.  I REALLY like the looks of those fern pieces.  I wish the set would have had two different sizes, but I can work with just one!!!

The words are from the "Rose Wonder" stamp set.  I've only played with the words from that set.  I have it on my list to play with in a few days!!

And that's about it for this card.  You can always email me with any questions.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Botanical Blooms White on White Wedding Card

I have always loved white on white cards.  Today I thought I would like to do a white on white wedding card using the "Botanical Blooms".  I was putting a bunch of the flowers together until I got them together the way I thought they looked the best and this is what I came up with.  

I just added the flowers with Dimensionals.  The words are from the "Rose Wonder" stamp set.  

This was a fun card to make.  I used Whisper White for the base of my card and for the front panel. I layered it with a piece of Basic Black to give it a little contrast.  It's still white on white but it needed a little bit of black showing.  Plus the words were in black so it tied it all together!

Thank you SO much for stopping by today,
Wanda

A Botanical Blossom and Rose Wonder Thank You Card

I am loving this new "Botanical Blossom" stamp set with the matching die. You have to love a set when it has matching dies.  It sure beats cutting out pieces.  Plus I tend to use the set a lot more if I don't have to cut out the pieces myself!  

Yesterday I posted a "Botanical Blossom" Birthday card.  I had still had the set out (surprise, surprise!!!) and I had a couple of extra flowers too.  When I run the flower dies through, I tend to add more dies to the same and or other colored cardstock so I have pieces on hand.  You're running the cardstock through anyway, why not load it up with dies?  

For this card I used Daffodil Delight for the flowers.  For the next layer I used Hello Honey and for the center I used Calypso Coral. When I got the pieces all glued together I added a pearl to the center.

I stamped some leaf veins and then the leaves.  I ended up making an extra leaf.  You might see that show up in a few days!!

The decorative paper is the Botanical Gardens pack.

For the words I used the "Rose Wonder" set.  That's another set I am anxious to play with, but I'm kind of stuck on this set right now!

The base of my card is Mossy Meadow and I also used it on the layers.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Botanical Blooms and Wetlands Birthday Card

It sure is hard to find wording to fit into the 3/8" circle or the large oval punch.  I end up heading back to my old standby "Wetlands" for my birthday greetings. I wanted to use a circle but nothing would fit and I ran out of the ones I had printed out on my computer.  And of course I couldn't stop what I was doing to print out a sheet!!

Okay, about this card.  I saw a card on the internet using this Botanical Gardens decorative paper.  I liked how the edge was done, so I had to copy it.  I wanted to add a third flower but then that fun edge that I was so thrilled about would have been all but gone.  

These flowers are fun to make.  You just run the die through your Big Shot and viola, flowers!!!  I stamped on the leaves first and then ran them through the Big Shot.  The dies are called "Botanical Builder".  It comes in a bundle set that will save you some money too!  That's how I ordered mine.  

I glued the flowers together and I also glued them onto the decorative paper.  I probably should have used Dimensionals, but I didn't.  I did use Dimensionals on the words (from the "Wetlands" set) and I also used Dimensionals on the background piece.  I don't like using Dimensionals with decorative paper because the paper is just not thick enough to me but I thought if I added a piece of cardstock to the back then it would be nice and firm, and it was.  So I was able to add that panel on using the Dimensionals.  

I love the rich look of this card.  

On the inside I added a strip of the Botanicals Washi tape to the bottom of the Whisper White piece I taped there.  I wanted to add a touch of "fun" to the inside too!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Playful Pals Piggy Bank

Today I'm going to share with you one of the critters I've made using the "Playful Pals" and "Pyramid Pals" Thinlits Dies.  

These are SO much fun to make.  You need to cut out two panels and glue them together.  I glue 2 sides so I can keep the back open to add gifts, candies, etc.  This one I glued all sides shut.  I cut a slit in the back before I glued it and then I added a little panel with a slit in it to support the back so the coins don't wear down the cardstock.

I used the dies and cut out the nose and ears with the blush colored glitter paper.  It's such pretty paper.  I can't wait to use some for a few Valentine's Day cards.  

For the eyes I used the 1/8" paper punch and punched a couple dots out of Basic Black cardstock.

It's hard to see in the photo but there's some stamped lines on the front of the pig.  You can tape the pieces in place but I don't think the tape will hold together as well as the glue will. When I set the nose in place I used a Dimensional.  I thought the face could use a little something more.  

For an added touch, I took a circle of cardstock and cut it into a coil and added it for the tail.  

I got the idea for the pig right from the 2016 Occasions Catalog.  There's a few more ideas in there to copy too.  I have made several of these critters and I'll be sharing them with you now and then.  I have other things I'm making that I want to share too.  SO many things, so little time!!! LOL

These are so fun and easy to make and the kids will LOVE making them along with you!!  Or just play alone, it's still fun!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda