Card Designs by Terry: May 2022

Monday, May 30, 2022

Nature's Prints

Hello friends! I hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was amazing! We had our Crafting at the Lakehouse Event on Sunday. Saturday I was doing the last minute things to get ready and loading my car with the things I could put in that wouldn't spoil (lunches, snacks and beverages). And then Sunday was the big event. It was so much fun but I have to admit that I'm pretty tired today. It is so worth it though. I love doing this event. I will share some pictures from Sunday at the end of today's post. If you are thinking about coming to the next one, we are already booked in for September 25th.

So on to today's card. The next few posts will be of the cards that we created for the Lakehouse Event. This first card was one that I created using the Nature's Prints Bundle.

I started with a card base of Basic White Thick cardstock. On top of that, I attached a piece of Starry Sky cardstock that I embossed using the new Fern 3D Embossing Folder. On top of that, I added a strip of DSP from the Sun Prints DSP pack.

I cut a circle from a piece of Basic White cardstock using the Layering Circles Dies. First, I stamped my sentiment towards the top of the circle using Starry Sky ink. The sentiment is from the Nature's Prints stamp set. I stamped the fern image twice using Pacific Point ink that I stamped off once. I then stamped the wheat image in the center of the ferns using Gray Granite ink.

I cut out some leaf images from some Vellum using the larger leaf die from the Natural Prints Dies which is part of the bundle. I also cut out two of the sprigs from some Gray Granite cardstock. I attached the sprigs to the vellum leaves using my Tombo multipurpose adhesive. Then I added Tombo to the back of the vellum leaves where the sprigs were so the glue wouldn't show through on the front. I stuck these onto my card front.

I added my circle that has the stamped images and sentiment over top of the joining of the leaves using dimensionals. To complete the card, I added a small piece of Gray Granite Shimmer Ribbon in the lower right "corner" of the circle. I tucked it just under the circle using glue dots.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. This is the first card in the Lakehouse Event Series. I hope you enjoyed it.

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

Here are some pictures from our event. The first few are before the ladies arrived. I realized that I missed getting a picture of a few of the ladies. If I missed you, I am so sorry!

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Thursday, May 26, 2022

Amazing Silhouettes

Hello friends! I hope you are all doing well. I have been very busy in my craft room this week getting the final touches ready for our big Crafting at the Lakehouse Event which is coming up this Sunday. I am really excited to be able to present this event again. I will be sharing the cards from the event after it is over.

Today's card was made for my friend who's son and daughter-in-law had a new baby boy last month. I realized that I made a card for the baby's family but not for the grandparents. They definitely deserve celebrating. Being a grandparent is one of the best things in the world!

I don't have any current baby themed stamps so I had to get creative with this one. Not that there aren't any adorable baby themed stamps in the new catalogue, because there are. I just don't have any.....yet.....

I used the Amazing Silhouettes stamp for my card. I started with a piece of Basic White cardstock. I stamped the butterfly image from the stamp set using Mint Macaron, Balmy Blue and So Saffron inks. I stamped the images off so that the ink would be more subtle.

I added my stamped image piece onto a piece of So Saffron cardstock that I embossed with the Gingham Embossing Folder. I then attached this to a card base of Balmy Blue.

I stamped the sentiment onto another piece of Basic White cardstock using Balmy Blue ink. The sentiment is from the One Happy Family stamp set. I cut this out using one of the banner dies from the Stylish Shapes Dies set. I think this is going to be a new favourite of mine, it is such a versatile die set!

I used my Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends to colour a piece of white baker's twine from the Baker's Twine Essentials Pack. I wrapped this baker's twine into a circle next and attached it to the back of my sentiment piece. I then attached the sentiment to the card front using dimensionals. In the picture, the coloured baker's twine looks really dark compared to the rest of the card. In real life, it is not that dark.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed this card. I also hope the grandparents enjoy it. I know they are super excited to go out to meet the new baby.

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

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Monday, May 23, 2022

Sun Prints

Hello friends! I hope you all had a fabulous long weekend! Sunday was a spectacular day - exactly what we have come to expect here in Kelowna. I hope this is a sign that Spring might actually be here for real. I had some fun in my craft room on Saturday.

I was prepping for my monthly stamp group using the beautiful Sun Prints DSP and had these leftover pieces. They were too pretty to throw out so I challenged myself to come up with a card using these scraps. This is what I came up with....

I started by laying out the scraps of DSP on a piece of Basic White cardstock. I decided that they needed to have some alternating pieces of Night of Navy cardstock. The cardstock looked too plain on it's own so I embossed it using the Fern 3D Embossing folder. That was just what it needed. It's kind of hard to see in the picture but it really does make a difference. Once I had the pieces of DSP and cardstock all stuck down, I used a Stitched Rectangle Die to cut out the size I wanted. I matted this on another piece of Basic White cardstock. I attached this to a card base of Pacific Point.

I stamped my sentiment on a piece of Basic White cardstock using Night of Navy ink. The sentiment is from the Biggest Wish set. It is a fun set that I need to use more! I fussy cut around the letters and added my sentiment to the card front using dimensionals. To complete the card, I added some Elegant Faceted Gems.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today's card. I am thrilled with how it turned out. I wasn't sure what was going to come out of these little scraps but I knew they were too pretty to just toss. Are you the kind of person that saves every scrap of DSP (like me) or are you brave enough to throw them out? Usually I save them until the paper retires and then I am forced to throw them out. Maybe I should challenge myself more often to use them up before they retire.

Stay well and keep creating!

Terry

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