Super Saturday Card

 Hello my friends! I hope you are all staying cool. It is record breaking hot here in Kelowna. I just checked about an hour ago and it was 44 on my deck in the shade. That is warm! Great day to stay inside and make cards because it is too hot to go outside to do anything.

We went out to the lake the past few days to try to stay cool but it was really hot there too. We went for a short hike one morning to the pot holes. It is such a beautiful location but the trail to get there has been changed since last year so it was a bit of a challenge. Definitely worth it though. So glad we went first thing in the morning as it was pretty hot there. Here are a couple pictures from the pot holes:

This is a card that we made last Saturday at an event put on by Stampin' Up! called Super Saturday. It was a fun-filled afternoon of great ideas and of course card making. The first card was made by the direction of Tamara Bertram. She is an awesome demonstrator from Edmonton. She shared the basic design and we were to add our sentiment and embellishments as we chose. 

The strips of DSP were matted on pieces of Evening Evergreen cardstock. The Soft Succulent gingham is on the reverse side of the leaves DSP. These pieces were attached directly to a Basic White Thick card base using adhesive.  I stamped my sentiment using Evening Evergreen ink on a strip of Basic White cardstock. I used the Banners Pick a Punch to cut the banner cut into the right edge of my sentiment piece. I matted this onto a strip of Evening Evergreen cardstock that I also cut a banner into. I tied a piece of Evening Evergreen Baker's Twine around the sentiment piece and tied it into a bow. The baker's twine was left over from the June Paper Pumpkin kit. The sentiment I used was from the Quiet Meadow stamp set. I attached my sentiment piece to the card front using dimensionals. I also added a couple of leaves that I cut from Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen cardstock using the Pansy Dies.

The next cards were almost exactly the same as Tamara's original design. The only differences are the DSP, cardstock, sentiments and the size of the matting. I prefer a one eighth inch border over the usual one quarter inch border which is in Tamara's original card. Both are nice, it's just a personal preference.

I started with a strip of DSP that was 2 inches by 12 inches. I cut it into three pieces - 2 by 3, 2 by 4, and 2 by 5. I then cut my cardstock mat pieces one eighth of an inch larger than the pieces of DSP. The gingham design is on the reverse side of the floral design for each of the strips of DSP. I attached these pieces on to a Basic White Thick card base. Both of the alternate cards were made in the same way.

For the Pale Papaya gingham card, I stamped my sentiment using Evening Evergreen on a piece of Basic White cardstock. The sentiment was from the Color and Contour stamp set. I cut that out using the Layering Circles Dies. I matted it using the next size up scalloped circle die. I added this to my card front using dimensionals. I also added a couple Ladybug Trinkets to the card front using some glue dots. I think the Bumblebee trinkets would be adorable on this card but when I put in my order they weren't available. They are back in stock so if you would like to get them now, you can. The ladybugs are retiring at the end of this month (June 30) but there are still some available if you want them.

For the Fresh Freesia gingham card, I stamped my sentiment using Tuxedo Black Memento ink and cut it out the same as the previous card. I used Basic Black cardstock to mat my sentiment and the strips of DSP. I added the Loose Flower Flourishes to my card in place of the Ladybugs on the previous card.

What I used for today's cards:

Basic White Thick Cardstock

Evening Evergreen Cardstock

Basic White Cardstock

Basic Black Cardstock

Soft Succulent Cardstock

Pansy Petals DSP

Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Quiet Meadow Stamp Set

Color and Contour Stamp Set

Banners Pick a Punch

Layering Circles Dies

Lady Bug Trinkets

Loose Flower Flourishes

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed these cards. This is such a great card design. You can get 6 cards from one 12 by 12 piece of DSP. It is also a really fast card if you need a card in a hurry. Thanks Tamara for sharing this with us! Which style do you prefer?

I hope you are all staying cool and hydrated. Stay safe in this heat!

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

Elegantly Said Anniversary

 Hello my friends! 

I have another stamping anniversary to celebrate. Another one of the girls on my team is celebrating her first anniversary as a demonstrator. Of course that is an event that needs to be celebrated. I decided to use the Simply Elegant Specialty DSP because it is so beautiful. I got the idea for this card from the catalogue. I combined and changed a few different layouts that were used. 

I started by stamping the long border image onto a strip of Gold Foil Sheet using Versamark. I added gold embossing powder (from the metallics set) and heated it to melt it. I added a strip of DSP from the Simply Elegant Specialty DSP pack on either side of the gold foil strip. The DSP I used is the same piece of paper, the leaves piece is on the reverse side of the gray piece with the silver and gold swirls. 

I matted this piece on to a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and then added this to a Basic Gray card base.

I stamped the border image onto another piece of Very Vanilla cardstock using Basic Gray ink. I then stamped my sentiment above the border using Versamark. I added gold embossing powder and heated it to melt. I used the Elegant Tag punch to cut out my sentiment piece. This punch is part of the Elegantly Said Bundle. I added Stampin' Seal to the back of my tag and added the gold trim from the Simply Elegantly Trim pack to the tag. I added the trim in a swirl pattern so that it looked like a flower shape. I then added my tag to my card front using dimensionals.

To finish the card off, I added some Gilded Gems. I added one small one to my sentiment tag and then added two larger ones in opposite corners of the card.

This card is something quite different from what I would usually make but I am happy with how it turned out.

What I used for today's card:

Elegantly Said Bundle

Simply Elegant Specialty DSP

Basic Gray Cardstock

Very Vanilla Cardstock

Gold Foil Sheets

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

Versamark Pad

Metallics Embossing Powders

Heat Tool

Simply Elegant Trim

Gilded Gems

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed this card. I also hope my team member has a very Happy Stampaversary. 

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

June Paper Pumpkin

 Hello my friends! I hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was very full but enjoyable. I took part in Stampin' Up! Canada's Super Saturday event. It was really informative. After it was over though, I was beat. I worked on my June Paper Pumpkin and that was about it for me for the day. Sunday, I went for a walk down by the boardwalk again. The baby osprey is still in the nest. I'm not sure how long they stay in the nest after hatching. I'm sure there were two of them when they first hatched but there was definitely only one there on Sunday. The baby geese that we saw a few weeks ago are all grown up and don't look at all like babies any more. It was hard to get a picture of them because there was a little boy chasing them. 

The first picture is Mom or Dad flying in to check on baby osprey. You can just see the white top of his head in the nest.

This second picture is the baby geese. They look exactly like their parents, just slightly smaller.

So on to cards....

These are the Paper Pumpkin cards made as per the instructions. There were two ink spots included in this month's kit - Evening Evergreen and Bumble Bee. That was a very nice surprise as usually there is only one ink spot.

 I also did some alternatives. For the first alternative I cut the original card base down. I used the back of the card which was Fresh Freesia to mat the background piece. I added the flower vellum sheet and wrapped the Evening Evergreen linen thread around this and tied it into a bow. I added this to a Basic White Thick card base using dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment from the Hand Penned Petals stamp set using Evening Evergreen ink. I added this to the card front using dimensionals. I also added some of the adhesive backed sequins from the kit to complete the card.

For the second alternative I cut down the Bumble Bee card base and attached the vellum sheet directly to the Bumble Bee piece. I matted this onto a piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock. I added the sprigs that came in the kit on top of the vellum sheet. I then wrapped the Evening Evergreen Linen Thread around this piece and tied it in a bow. I added this to a Basic White Thick card base using dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment from the Peaceful Moments stamp set using Bumble Bee ink onto the label piece from the kit. I added this to my card front using dimensionals. I also added a few adhesive backed sequins from the kit to complete the card.

For the third alternative I stamped the background piece as per the instructions in the kit. I cut the Evening Evergreen card base down and used it to mat the background piece. I added this to a Basic White Thick card base using dimensionals. I added the vellum "thanks" sentiment from the kit like the instructions stated. I stamped the sentiment from the Plentiful Plants stamp set onto the banner label from the kit using Bumble Bee ink. I added this to the card front using dimensionals. I added some of the adhesive backed sequins from the kit to finish off the card.

What I used for the alternatives:

Basic White Thick Cardstock

Evening Evergreen Cardstock

Hand Penned Petals Stamp Set

Peaceful Moments Stamp Set

Plentiful Plants Stamp Set

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed the cards and the pictures of the birds. I have really enjoyed watching the birds growing up this Spring. It will be a sad time when the baby osprey leaves the nest. I know that is what he is supposed to do but he will be missed.

I think this is a record for me for getting my Paper Pumpkin done. It arrived Friday night and it was completely done by Saturday night. 

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

Plentiful Plants

 Hello my friends! As I said in my last post, I took part in a Stampin' Business Expo and Creative Party this past weekend. It was a full day of business tips, card making and card challenges. It was so much fun but lots of learning as well. The stamp bundle we worked with for the cards we made was Plentiful Plants. This is another stamp set that I overlooked in the catalogue. Now that I have had a chance to play with it, I have definitely changed my mind about it. It is very versatile and fun. Apparently macrame is all the rage again. I was at a craft fair last weekend and there was a booth with just macrame plant hangers, wall hangings and other decorations. Takes me back to the 70's when I first started making plant hangers....

Here are the three cards we made during the training day. These designs were not mine. I give full credit to Allison Okamitsu for creating these beautiful cards and sharing them with all of us.

Card #1:

This card uses a Just Jade card base. We added a strip of designer paper from the Bloom Where You're Planted DSP pack along the top edge. We then added a Basic White scalloped rectangle from the Stitched so Sweetly Dies set. We added it to the card base using dimensionals. On another small piece of Basic White cardstock, we stamped the sentiment using Cinnamon Cider ink. We added this to the upper corner of the scalloped rectangle using a dimensional on the right edge and adhesive on the left edge.

The ivy plant was stamped using Just Jade ink on Just Jade cardstock and cut out using the corresponding die from the bundle. The beaded plant was stamped with Garden Green ink on Garden Green cardstock and cut out using it's corresponding die. The two larger plant pots were stamped using Cinnamon Cider ink on Cinnamon Cider cardstock and cut out using their dies. The smaller aloe like  plant was cut out from Soft Succulent cardstock using a die from the set. The smaller pot was cut out using Cinnamon Cider cardstock.

The ivy plant is placed in a plant stand that was cut out using the die from the bundle and Basic Black cardstock.

The plants were all attached into their respective pots using Tombo multipurpose adhesive and were attached to the scalloped rectangle using dimensionals.

Card #2:

I think this one is my favourite of the three although I love them all. We started by stamping one of the leaf stamps onto a piece of Basic White cardstock using Garden Green ink. We stamped the image all around the outer edge of the cardstock. We attached this piece to a Gray Granite card base using regular adhesive.

The smaller piece of Basic White cardstock was embossed using the Macrame 3D Embossing Folder. We added a strip of designer paper from the Bloom Where You're Planted DSP pack to the left edge of the embossed cardstock. Then we matted this onto a piece of Garden Green cardstock.

We stamped the plant pot using Cinnamon Cider ink on Cinnamon Cider cardstock and then cut it out using the corresponding die. We cut out two of the aloe like plants using the small die from the set. One was from Soft Succulent cardstock and one was from Garden Green cardstock. We attached these to the plant pot using adhesive. 

We cut out the plant hanger from Gray Granite cardstock using one of the dies from the set. We attached the plant hanger to the plant using dots of Tombo multipurpose glue. We looped a piece of Linen Thread through the top of the plant hanger and wrapped it over the top of the embossed cardstock piece securing it at the back. We added the hanging plant to this piece using dimensionals. We then added this entire piece to the card front using dimensionals.

We stamped the sentiment using Garden Green ink on a small piece of Basic White cardstock. We cut around the words and then attached it to the card using dimensionals and adhesive where it attached to the plant pot.

Card #3:

To start this card, we added a strip of designer paper from the Bloom Where You're Planted DSP pack to the bottom of a piece of Cinnamon Cider cardstock that had been embossed using the Bark 3D embossing folder. We attached this to a Basic White Thick card base using Tombo multipurpose glue.

We stamped the sentiment onto a strip of Basic White cardstock and attached it to the side of a tag that had been cut out of Basic White cardstock using the Tailor Made Tags Dies set. The tag was attached to the card front using dimensionals.

We stamped the ivy plants using Just Jade ink on Just Jade cardstock and cut them out with the corresponding dies. We stamped the beaded plant using Garden Green ink on Garden Green cardstock and cut it out using the corresponding die. The plant pot was stamped using Cinnamon Cider ink on Cinnamon Cider cardstock and cut out using the corresponding die. We cut two of the smaller aloe like  plants out of Evening Evergreen cardstock.

We attached all of the plants to the plant pot using Tombo multipurpose glue and then added the finished plant to the tag using dimensionals.

We tied a bow using the Evening Evergreen Open Weave ribbon and attached it to where the hole in the tag is using a glue dot.

What was used for today's cards:

Plentiful Plants Bundle

Just Jade Cardstock

Garden Green Cardstock

Cinnamon Cider Cardstock

Soft Succulent Cardstock

Basic White Cardstock

Basic Black Cardstock

Gray Granite Cardstock

Basic White Thick Cardstock

Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Pad

Bloom Where You're Planted DSP

Stitched so Sweetly Dies

Tailor Made Tags Dies

Macrame 3D Embossing Folder

Bark 3D Embossing Folder

Linen Thread

Evening Evergreen Open Weave Ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed these cards. It was a lot of fun making them and the entire day was great. Which of the three cards is your favourite? This is another stamp set that I missed originally in the catalogue but it is a great set. Did you make macrame plant hangers back in the 70's too? I know I am dating myself but hopefully I am not alone in this trend....

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

Bamboo Beauty

 Hello my friends! I hope you all had a great weekend. I spent a lot of time in my craft room. I signed up for another Business Expo and Creativity Party for Saturday. For some reason, I thought it was next Saturday so I'm glad it was this Saturday. I am hoping we will get out to the lake sometime soon. I guess it all depends on the weather though. I will share some of our things from the creativity party in the next posts.

Today's card was made using the Bamboo Beauty stamp set. I knew as soon as I saw this stamp set that I had to have it. Unfortunately it hadn't seen any ink until just now. It is such a pretty stamp set.

I started by using my Blending Brushes to add ink to a piece of Basic White cardstock. I started with the lightest colour at the top and ended with the darkest colour at the bottom. I added ink colours in this order: Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze and finally Merry Merlot. The Blending Brushes make blending the inks so easy and smooth. After I applied my inks, I used my Water Painter to flick some droplets of water onto the cardstock. The ink disappears where the water drops are so it gives a really nice speckled appearance.

Once the water drops were dry, I stamped my bamboo images. I used Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp these images. I stamped the larger branches and then added the smaller leafy images. I added the smaller of the two large branches at an angle and stamped part of it off the page. I am pleased with how it turned out.

I matted this stamped piece on to a piece of Basic Black cardstock. I then added this to a Basic White Thick card base using dimensionals. I really tried to add ribbon or baker's twine to this card but it was not working. I have a really hard time making a card without ribbon or twine but I felt that it just looked wrong so I left it out completely.

I stamped my sentiment on to a piece of Basic White cardstock using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. The sentiment is from the Bamboo Beauty stamp set as well. I used my paper snips to cut around the sentiment. I added it to my card front using dimensionals. I used a single dimensional where it attached to the stamped piece and used a double layer of dimensionals where it attached directly to the card base. That way it would be level as the stamped piece was put on with dimensionals as well.

What I used for today's card:

Bamboo Beauty Stamp Set

Basic White Thick Cardstock

Basic Black Cardstock

Basic White Cardstock

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad

Blending Brushes

Water Painters

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed this card. I certainly enjoyed creating it. I am sure I will be making many more cards with this stamp set. Have you got this set yet? I think it is one of those overlooked stamps but it is a must have.

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

Splish Splash

 Hello my friends! I am again participating in my friend Angie's Stamping INKpirations Blog Hop. The theme for this month is "Splish Splash". There are 23 of us participating in this month's blog hop. Be sure to click on everyone's contributions so you get a ton of inspiration.

I immediately thought about all of the adorable turtles I have been seeing on my walks lately. When they are basking on their log and then decide to slip into the pond, it makes the cutest little splish sound. I hope you are all not sick and tired of my turtle stories. I just love them so much!

Here is another turtle picture from one of my walks.

The card I made today uses the Whale Done stamp set. The turtle in this set is more of a sea turtle rather than a painted turtle which is what we have here in our ponds but I made it work.

I used the alcohol ink technique again and am pleased with how it turned out. I used my Stampin' Blends (Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight and Shaded Spruce) to colour on a quarter sheet of vellum. Then I dabbed on some 99% alcohol causing the inks to spread and mix together. I love that you never know how it is going to turn out but it is always gorgeous. Once my alcohol was dried, I adhered my vellum sheet to a piece of Basic White cardstock using Tombo multipurpose glue and then trimmed it down to our regular 5.25 by 4 inch size. I used a piece of sponge to spread the glue very thinly all over the back of the vellum. When you attach the vellum to the cardstock you don't see the glue at all. That is one of the hazards of using vellum - you don't want to see your adhesive showing through. 

I added a couple of strips of Crumb Cake cardstock that I tore along the edges. I embossed the strips using the Bark 3D Embossing folder. I used a sponge dauber to add some Crumb Cake ink to the embossed parts and the edges to make the strips look like logs. I attached the "logs" to my vellum card front using Tombo multipurpose glue.

I stamped the turtle from the Whale Done stamp set onto a piece of Basic White cardstock using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. I coloured the entire turtle using the Light Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blend. I coloured over the head and legs using Dark Crumb Cake Stampin' Blend. This left the shell the light greenish colour and the rest of the turtle is a brownish-green colour. As I said earlier, this turtle is more of a sea turtle so when I was fussy cutting him out, I trimmed down his flipper arm to make it more like the shorter arm of a painted turtle. I repeated this two more times so I would have three turtles. There were often at least three turtles per log when I visited them at the pond. I added the turtles to the logs using dimensionals so they could be basking in the sun.

I stamped my sentiment using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on a strip of Basic White cardstock. The sentiment is from the Beauty of Friendship stamp set. I used the Banners Pick a Punch to cut a banner into the right edge. I layered this piece onto a strip of Misty Moonlight cardstock that I also cut a banner into the edge. The banner punch is perfect for this as it ensures that your banner edge lines up exactly with the smaller sized one every time. I used my paper trimmer to cut a flat edge into the left edge. I wrapped a piece of white baker's twine around the sentiment piece and tied it into a bow. The baker's twine is from the Baker's Twine Essentials Pack. I then added my sentiment piece to the card front using dimensionals.

I added the card front to a Misty Moonlight card base using Tombo multipurpose glue.

What I used for today's card:

Whale Done Stamp Set

Beauty of Friendship Stamp Set

Misty Moonlight Cardstock

Basic White Cardstock

Crumb Cake Cardstock

Vellum Cardstock

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends

Night of Navy Stampin' Blends

Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends

Bark 3D Embossing Folder

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

Banners Pick a Punch

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed this card. Please click on the "Next Blog" button and head to JoAnn's blog post. I know you will love what she has to share.

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

 

 

Angie McKenzie  ●  Leonie Stuart  ●  Libby Fens  ●  Karen Henderson

Annette Ball  ●  Tricia Butts  ● Shel Anderson

Elaine de Montmorency  ●  Mo Rootes  ●  Deb Macdowell

 Alejandra Gomez  ●  Satomi Wellard  ●  Ann Krucek  ●  Teri West

Danielle Kassing  ●  Gez Carpenter  ●  Aurélie Fabre

Rebecca-Jo Unwin  ●  Jill Chapman  ●  Susan Simpson

Terry Hamilton  ●  JoAnn Pollock  ●  Rochelle Laird-Smith

Simply Elegance Multiple Embossing

 Hello my friends! I think Mother Nature heard me as it feels like summer is trying to make a comeback. I sure hope so! I much prefer the hot, sunny days to the cool, cloudy ones. Although it is apparently supposed to be cool and rainy on the weekend here. Great day for crafting!!

Today's card was also created for one of the challenges for the training day that I took part in. This technique is called "Multiple Embossing". You use more than one embossing powder to create a really pretty look.

I immediately thought of the Simply Elegance stamp set to use to try this technique.

I stamped the beautiful swirl image in two corners of a piece of Basic Black cardstock using Versamark. This next part is the tricky part. You add one colour of embossing powder to only a portion of the stamped image. I started with silver embossing powder in the center of my images. Then you have to quickly but carefully flip your cardstock over so you don't get the embossing powder on other parts of the Versamark stamped image. Then I added my second colour of embossing powder, gold. I tried to add it to about a third of the image but as I flipped my cardstock over, it carried over into more of the stamped image than I was hoping. I added my third colour of embossing powder, which was copper. I filled in any of the stamped image that did not have embossing powder already on it. I then heated the image with my heat tool to melt it all of the embossing powders and it looks gorgeous! All three of the embossing powders I used on this card are available in the Metallics Embossing Powders set. I use a small spoon to add the powders to my image as I find I have better control of where it is going that way.

I then stamped my sentiment in the very center of my card using Versamark. I added gold embossing powder and heated it to melt. The sentiment is from the Peaceful Moments stamp set.

I matted my stamped cardstock onto a piece of Gold Foil Sheet and then added it to a Basic Black card base.

To add a little more bling, I tied a bow using the gold cord from the Simply Elegant Trim pack and attached it to the front of my card. 

What I used for today's card:

Elegantly Said Stamp Set

Peaceful Moments Stamp Set

Basic Black Cardstock

Gold Foil Sheets

Versamark Pad

Metallics Embossing Powders

Heat Tool

Simply Elegant Trim

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed this card. I challenge you to give it a try, the results are beautiful. The only think you really need to be careful of is transferring different coloured embossing powders in the wrong container.

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

Jar of Flowers Spotlight

 Hello my friends! Well what a difference a few days makes! It was temperatures in the 30's last week and then it was so cold this weekend that our furnace came on. Mother Nature it is June, time for summer to come visit.

Today's card was made for a challenge on a business training day that I took part in last Saturday. It was a full day of presentations of different techniques. I was not able to participate live in all of the presentations because I also signed up to do a lettering class that day. I did catch up and watch all of the presentations but did not get all of the challenges done before the deadline which was yesterday.

The technique for this challenge is the Spotlight Technique. I really like this technique but haven't done it in years. This was a great reminder for me.

Normally, a large detailed stamp is used or a background stamp with lots of detail. I didn't have anything current that fit that so I created my own background using the Jar of Flowers stamp set. I stamped my flower image repeatedly on a piece of Basic White cardstock using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. I covered the entire piece of cardstock with the stamp. Then I used the Layering Circles dies to cut out a circle from an area in the picture. I used my Stampin' Blends to colour the images on the circle that I cut out. I used Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green and Daffodil Delight to colour the flowers and leaves. After I finished colouring, I matted the circle onto the next larger circle that I cut out of a piece of Basic Black cardstock.

I matted the Basic White cardstock with the stamped images on it with a piece of Basic Black cardstock. I wrapped a piece of  Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon around this piece and tied it into a knot. I then attached this to a Poppy Parade card base.

I stamped my sentiment using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink onto a tiny rectangle of Basic White cardstock. The sentiment is from the Beauty of Friendship stamp set. I matted my sentiment rectangle onto the little tag die from the Hydrangea Dies set cut from Basic Black cardstock. I used some white baker's twine to tie the tag to my ribbon. The white baker's twine is from the Baker's Twine Essentials Pack.

Once the card was almost complete, I added the coloured in circle back into the space where I had originally cut it out of. I used dimensionals to add it and this becomes the spotlight portion.

What I used for today's card:

Jar of Flowers Stamp Set

Beauty of Friendship Stamp Set

Poppy Parade Cardstock

Basic Black Cardstock

Basic White Cardstock

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Layering Circles Dies

Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends

Hydrangea Dies

Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed this card. This is a fun technique that can be used with any shape of die. You just have to mat your shape with the same shape and pop it up over the spot you removed it from originally. I challenge you to give this a try if you haven't done it before.

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

Hand Penned

 Hello my friends! It really feels like summer has arrived here in Kelowna. This week has been really hot although it's cooled down now. I am loving it! On the weekend I went to the pond and the boardwalk again. The baby ospreys have hatched! It is so exciting! I didn't get a picture of them because they are still pretty tiny. You can only just see the tops of their little heads peeking above the nest. I will share an adorable picture of turtles though. They are just so cute! One lady that we were talking to told us that the reason turtles bask in the sun is to get rid of parasites on their shells. I looked on Google and they say it is for metabolism, mood regulation, breeding and for Vitamin D3 for their bones and other organs. Maybe they are both right......

Today's card was made for one of the gals on my team. She has advanced to Bronze Elite! That is a really exciting step up as she goes from a 20% discount on anything she purchases to a 25% discount. That is pretty significant.

This card was made based on a challenge. I didn't get it done in time to post it to the challenge but I still made it.

I used the Hand Penned Bundle from the new annual catalogue. I stamped the flower image onto a piece of Basic White cardstock using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. I used the coordinating die to cut out the flower image. Then I coloured the image in using my Stampin' Blends. I used Mint Macaron for the leaves and stems and Pale Papaya for the flowers. My intention was to match it with the piece of DSP that I used from the Hand Penned DSP package. After my flower image was coloured, I attached it to a piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock that I cut using the Layering Circles Dies.

I added my piece of Hand Penned DSP to a piece of Basic White cardstock. I added a piece of Pale Papaya and White ribbon across the cardstock at the top of the DSP. I then stamped my sentiment using Misty Moonlight ink. The sentiment is from the Peaceful Moments stamp set. I matted this piece with a piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock and then attached it to a Basic White Thick card base.

I attached my circle with the flower on it to the card front using dimensionals. I then added a little bling by adding some Genial Gems in the Pale Papaya colour. These are sparkly gems that come in both Mint Macaron and Pale Papaya.

What I used for today's card:

Hand Penned Bundle

Peaceful Moments Stamp

Layering Circles Dies

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

Basic White Thick Cardstock

Misty Moonlight Cardstock

Basic White Cardstock

Hand Penned Designer Series Paper

Pale Papaya and White Woven Ribbon

Pale Papaya Stampin' Blends

Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends

Genial Gems

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed the card (and the turtles!). I am pretty sure my downline will be happy with her card. She just loves receiving cards. Well, I'm sure most people would love to receive a card. Have you sent any cards lately? 

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry