Miracles Happen

Last night found me playing around with some stamps and ink and paper even though I was ready to call it a day at 6pm.  It was way too early so I knew starting a new craft project would keep me occupied until a more normal bedtime.  It worked and here is the card I made.

Stamps:  Bloomin' Marvelous by Stampin' Up!, Garden Shed by Taylored Expressions; Inks:  Raspberry Ripple, VersaMark, Stampin' Write Markers in Old Olive, Raspberry Ripple; Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Whisper White, Basic Grey/True Love Designer Paper; Accessories & Tools:  Stampin' Emboss Powder/Cherry Cobbler, Scallop Circle Punch, White Grosgrain Ribbon, Mini Glue Dots, Heat Tool

As I said, I was just playing around.  There is probably more I could have done to it but, as tired as I was, my brain just was not firing on all cylinders.

Miracles Happen

Just a short post for you today.  With the snow that was supposed to go south of us but instead left nearly eight inches on the ground, I thought a bright, flowery card was the order of the day.  I'm bound and determined to get Spring here any way I can.

Stamp Set:  Bloomin' Marvelous; Inks:  Perfect Plum, Marina Mist; Card Stock:  Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight; Accessories & Tools:  Rhinestone Basic Jewels

I stamped the flowers using Perfect Plum and the butterflies are Marina Mist.  I used a cutout from the Top Note die to frame my flowers and butterflies. I added the rhinestones to give it some sparkle and that's it.  A simple card that is bright and cheerful.

3x3 Thank You Note

Well, our less than half an inch of snow has turned into over four inches, that is once it quits falling.  I'm now counting down the days until Spring.  Maybe that's why I've been so focused on flowers lately.  That, and I love the Secret Garden stamp set in the Spring Catalog and the Bloomin' Marvelous stamp set in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure.  I finished up these little thank yous with the sentiment from Tiny Tags.  The 3x3 note cards make a perfect addition to a gift bag.  The outside of the card is on the left and the inside on the right.

Stamp Sets:  Secret Garden, Bloomin' Marvelous, Tiny Tags; Inks:  Always Artichoke, Night of Navy; Card Stock:  Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla

Time to go watch more snow fall.  The nice thing about that is my craft table faces the window.  Have a creative day!

Oh Happy Day

Today's card was made using a baby wipe and re-inkers to stamp the butterflies and the leaves and the bird.  It didn't take any time at all to put this one together together and it allowed me to use up some more of my scrap pieces of card stock.

Stamp:  Bloomin' Marvelous; Inks:  Midnight Muse, Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Night of Navy, Pool Party, Marina Mist; Card Stock:  Naturals White, Primrose Petals, Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack; Accessories & Tools:  Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Mini Brad/Silver, Stampin' Dimensionals.

I'm really enjoying the Bloomin' Marvelous stamp set from Sale-A-Bration.

Bloomin' Marvelous

As promised the other day, here is one of the cards I designed using the Sale-A-Bration stamp set Bloomin' Marvelous.  When you spend $50, you can select this stamp set free from now until March 22nd.  It's a very versatile set.  Tomorrow I'll show you another design using another of the great stamps in this set.

Stamp:  Bloomin' Marvelous; Inks:  Night of Navy, VersaMark; Card Stock:  Night of Navy, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink; Accessories & Tools:  Scallop Edge Border Punch, 3/16" Corner Rounder Punch (retired), Embossing Buddy, Stampin' Emboss Powder/Iridescent Ice, Heat Tool, Anywhere Glue Stick

Although you can't see it well in the photo, the bottom corners have all been rounded off. 

Bloomin' Marvelous Secret Garden

What a day!  I didn't think I'd have a chance to do any crafting today but needed a break.  When Aiden took his nap, I sat down at the craft table and this is what I came up with.  I love the Secret Garden Bundle!  I even got out the Large Paper Doily Sizzlits Die and used it for the first time in months.

Stamp Sets:  Secret Garden, Bloomin' Marvelous; Inks:  Midnight Muse, Stampin' Write Marker/Summer Starfruit; Card Stock:  Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla, Gumball Green, Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack; Accessories & Tools:  Large Paper Doily Sizzlits Die, Secret Garden Framelits, Pearl Basic Jewels, Anywhere Glue Stick, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimenstionals, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine

We have had no sunshine here today so the photo was done in artificial light and didn't turn out the best.  It does not do the card justice.  The Midnight Muse card looks black.

The sentiment is from the Bloomin' Marvelous Stamp Set.  It's one of the Sale-A-Bration sets you can get free when you place a $50 order.  I love it.  Over the coming days, I'll show you more cards made using some of the other stamps that come in the set.  Contact me today to get yours.