Envelopes To Match Recent Cards I've Made.

I thought it would be a fun idea to decorate my envelopes, so here are some photos of my recent cards.

 I stamped some of the elements from the card front on the lower front left of the envelopes.  I think it adds a little something to the envelope!

 
This photo shows the lower front left of the envelopes in blue, and the flap on the back of the envelope in green.  Both envelopes have the stars both front and back, in the color that matches the stars on the card front. This was just a little something to make the card special.

I Don't Need a Reason--Another card from the SOA box

Today I used the the Paisley Peacock stamp set from the Perfect Reason Stamp of Approval box for this month.  While I didn't use the Peacock, I definitely used the Paisley!

There were three paisley outlines, and I stamped all of them to cover a 5.5 inch by 4.25 inch piece of white card stock.  I then used my Catherine Pooler inks in Orange Twist, Lime Rickey, Fiesta Blue, Party Dress and Tiara to stamp three different insides for the paisley outlines.  In between the paisley, I stamped little leaves in Grass Skirt and Flirty Fuchsia, and some dots in Party Dress. I attached this to the card base.

I think the card turned out great!  I love bright colors and this one definitely was bright!  I stamped the sentiment " I don't need a reason" on a circle die cut, and used foam tape to attach to the front of the card.  Inside, I stamped "Because of course!".

Worry Less Giggle More from the SOA box

Still making cards from the Perfect Reason Stamp of Approval Box, and haven't even gotten to the Peacock/Paisley stamp set yet.  There are so many different possibilities in this collection!

For this bright and colorful card I started off with a sheet of Recollections card stock from Michael's, a lovely animal print, and die cut an oval from it.  I matted it with black, then cut the oval in half.  I attached it to the upper left card front, and cut off the upper section even with the card front, and attached that piece to the bottom right hand side.

Using black to ink the worry less stamp from the Perfect Reason stamp set, I stamped it more or less in the middle of the card front, then set it off with a couple of flower stamps from the same set.  I used the Catherine Pooler inks in Fiesta Blue and Tiki Torch on the big flowers, stamping it off once before stamping the card front, and using Orange twist and Party Dress for the small flowers.  While I also stamped off once with the small flower, for the center I used the Party Dress full color.

After attaching the card front to the white card base, I was done. 


Sorry about the shadow on the photo, the card front is actually white card stock.

Another card from the SOA Collection

Still playing with my new Perfect Reason Collection.  Using a border design from the Everyday Mod stamp set, I used the Catherine Pooler inks in Rockin' Red, Orange Twist, Tiara, Grass Skirt, and Something Borrowed in a rainbow color scheme across the card front measuring 4 1/8 inches by 5 3/8 inches of white card stock.

I stamped in Midnight Black the Congrats and seriously stamps from the You Did It stamp set on a 2 inch by 4 1/8 inch piece of white card stock, and attached it to the front. This was then attached to the card base with foam tape.  It was finished off with an assortment of colorful sequins scattered across the front fairly randomly.  The inside says I'm so happy for you, also from this stamp set.

It is a bright and colorful card, and makes me happy when I look at it!

SOA Perfect Reason Collection First Cards

My Collection arrived a few days ago, and today I got the chance to play with it.  I decided to start pretty simply, just to get used to the new ink I also ordered from Catherine Pooler.  I wanted to see how well it blended for me, so started off by blending Something Borrowed, Aquatini, Lime Rickey and Grass Skirt diagonally through the Mod Squared Stencil included in the Perfect Reason Collection.

It seemed to blend pretty easily, and looked good when I was done.  I matted it with white card stock I had colored around the edges with Lime Rickey, leaving a small border of 1/8 inch. I then cut it in half diagonally, resulting in a mostly green half, and a mostly blue half.  Attached them to card fronts at an angle, trimming off the overhang, then stamping with a sentiment from the You Did It Stamp Set included in the collection.  Using the stars stamp from the same set, I stamped them in colors matching the stenciled section.  On the inside I stamped You Are Fabulous, from the same set.

I think they turned out pretty nicely, and will make nice graduation cards or will be good to congratulate any one for their success.

With love at Christmas

One of the challenges for World Card Making Day at The Stamp Nation was to make a card with something to do with weather.  As I've been trying to get my Christmas cards done, I thought a card made with snowflakes would satisfy both requirements.

Thus, my Christmas card, "With love at Christmas"  was created.  The stamps I used are from Simon Says Stamp ( Cute Snowflakes) and the sentiment is from the last Stamp of Approval (Candy Cane Lane--Catherine Pooler Designs).

I embossed the snowflakes with silver embossing powder on some blue card stock, and did the same for the sentiment. The snowflake panel was glued flat to the white card front. I matted the sentiment with white, and attached with foam tape to the snowflake panel.

Fairly simple, but I think it came out pretty well.

A Little Pink Christmas

My Stamp of Approval box arrived a bit ago, and while I opened it and admired the contents, I was busy with other things and until today hadn't managed to make anything from it.




Using the label die to cut out a white label, which I inked with Angel Pink Momento along the edges.  Using the "Wishing you a", "Merry", and "Christmas" stamps, I stamped the label with Versamark ink, added Recollections Sparkle embossing powder, and heat set.  I did this twice, to make the sentiment really shine.

I stamped the card front with the Pink Angel Momento using the striped background stamp before attaching a 1 1/4 inch strip of silver glitter paper to the front.  The label was added with foam tape to add dimension.

I was pretty happy with how this turned out, even though it wasn't done in traditional Christmas colors. The picture doesn't do it justice, as it appears to have a yellowish tinge to it, and in real life it is white.









I entered this card in the World Card Making Day Challenge at KatScrappiness Blog.