Clean and Simple Birthday

If you don't own a MISTI, you need one, and this card proves it.  This set is Ombre Builders from Papertrey Ink.  It was so easy to line up with the MISTI and made for a quick and simple card.

More Thanks!

To wrap up the thank-you cards, I pulled out the flowers, added some gold and sparkle, and kept it simple.



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I'm not sure I understand the pineapple trend, but I used it as a background for this card, die cut and embossed the sentiment, and popped it using foam tape.  I like how the pineapples just peek out a little.

Watercolor Thanks

I had tons of fun over break with embossing and watercoloring.  Some of these were new sets and others were stamps I pulled out of the vault.

On this card, I used Tempting Turquoise, Watermelon Wonder, and Daffodil Delight ink to make the background.  I die cut these three little butterflies in vellum from a Stampin' Up die that embosses them at the same time!  I love how they turned out!

I used clear embossing powder on this card, then watercolored using greens and blues...I think it was helado de pistachio, costa cabaña, and pool party.  I label all my inks in Spanish, but I can only remember what some of them are in English, and they don't translate directly... Ha!

This was my favorite card of the whole break because I just.love.that.flower!  I used white embossing powder here and watermelon wonder, crisp cantaloupe, and frambuesa sorpresa ink.  Then I splattered it with watermelon wonder and gold and glittered it up with my Wink of Stella glitter brush.

I FINALLY liked a card from a set I have struggled with.  This set is a three-step process and drove me insane until I got a MISTI for Christmas, which really is the best thing ever.  No more trouble lining things up!  I wet the paper and stamped it, adding water when I wanted it to run more. 

For this card, I just wanted to use that palm tree from the Totally Trees set!!!!  On this card, I used Distress inks: Faded Jeans, Tumbled Glass, Spiced Marmalade, and Wild Honey, and maybe a little frambuesa sorpresa ink in the sunset too.  Are you as in love with the watercolor trend as I am?

Trees, Trees, and Trees

Some of my favorite stamps are trees, and since I still needed more thank-you cards, I grabbed some of my favorite trees to stamp.

For this card, I stamped the background trees in Smoky Slate and embossed one in white to stand out next to the sentiment.

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I was trying to keep this card very CAS to let the gold be the focal point and again used my favorite thanks sentiment.

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The new set from Stampin' Up, Totally Trees, is so fun and whimsical.  I used Bermuda Bay, Real Red, and Pool Party and love how the colors turned out.

Snowman Thank Yous

I am always in need of lots of thank you cards after Christmas, so last week I got to work on them during break.

For this card, I used Stampin' Up's new Jar of Cheer set, watercolored the background in Pool Party ink, and added some glitter for the snow.

On this card, I used a Stampin' Up Christmas set from last year--I love those trees--and offset the background.  Don't you just love both of these little snowmen?

Winter Thank Yous

It has been snowing like crazy this week, so I was in the mood for some wintery cards and needed lots of thank-you cards. 

This is one of my favorite sets ever: Winter Hills from Papertrey Ink.  I stamped it and used markers to color it, added some glitter for snow, and stamped the sentiment from Stampin' Up's watercolor wonder card kit.  

On this card, I used an older Stampin' Up set that I normally had trouble with because of the two-step stamping.  These are rubber stamps, so they're hard to line up, but my new MISTI was fantastic, and I was happy with the result.

On this card, I used the new Christmas Pines stamps and dies. These are so fun!