Hang in There

Lately my uncle and aunt have been on my mind and in my prayers every day.  My uncle is undergoing cancer treatment, and it has been a hard year for them.  They live many states away from me, but I wanted them to know I was thinking of them, and the sentiments from Papertrey Ink's Fresh Bouquet set are perfect: "Hang in there.  I'm cheering you on."  This set has so many possibilities because of all the layers, and I used my favorite Stampin' Up color Crisp Cantaloupe as the base for the flowers, combining Watermelon Wonder and Real Red for some depth.  Hopefully my uncle and aunt will know we are thinking of them!

Bee Mine

This was a card I made for my stamp club's monthly sketch challenge.  The challenge was a sketch plus a love theme for February, so I pulled out this cute little bee from Stampin' Up's Honeycomb Hello set and the hexagon hive thinlit also from Stampin' Up.  I layered the die over kite-string paper from Pink Paislee so it wouldn't be too pink and purple and girly for my hubby.  

PTI's Feather Finery

Today I have a card for you from Papertrey Ink's Feather Finery set.  I love this set because it can be used for so many things, plus I bought the coordinating dies.  Coordinating dies are changing the world!  They make dimension so.much.easier.  I stamped the feathers, die cut them, then used my gold marker to make the stripes and added gold sequins.  A girly card for one of the amazing girls in my life!  

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.