Mother's Day with Stained Glass Technique and SUO Challenge 121

Happy Wednesday friends!

I have another Mother's Day card for you and I decided to create it using the challenge happening over at SU Only Challenges #121.  The challenge is to make Mother's Day card or gift - perfect timing wouldn't you say?

I wanted to try something different and I wanted to dive into my unopened pack of Vellum Cardstock.  So I googled around to find some great techniques using vellum and I stumbled across this old site called Stamping 411 - can see their Vellum page here!  They made 3 lovely cards using some different techniques with vellum.  I loved their card so much that I used their colour cue too! 

I decided to do a 'lazy stained glass technique' - I don't really know if there is such a thing, so maybe I just created it!  lol

Instead of heat embossing, I decided to use my Staz On Inkpad to on one side of the vellum and then colour with my Stampin' Write Markers on the other.  I really liked the way it turned out, AND I didn't have to colour it perfectly either - another reason this could be called the 'lazy stained glass technique'.  

The stampsets I used for this card are the new Petal Potpourri Stampset, the Petite Petals Stampset and the Retired Delightful Dozen Stampset.  

The colours I used are Rose Red, Pear Pizzaz and Whisper White.  

Thank you for stopping by! 

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Mother's Day Scalloped Tag Topper Punch Card!

Hello there!

I have a mother's day card to show you today that I have entered into the Stampin' Royalty Challenge #227 - May Flowers!  If you haven't arrived here from there, make sure you stop by, the inspiration is gorgeous as usual!  

 

My card features another retiring Stamp set - Delightful Dozen!  I can't believe this one is retiring!  It has to be one of my 'go to' stamp sets.  It has, yep you guessed it, a dozen occasions that can be used for...mother's day, father's day, birthday, Easter, Valentines.....

I also decided to try this Scallped Tag Punch card I have been seeing all over the internet!  It was really fun to try! It is a total layout case from Tanya Bell. You can see her video tutorial here.  Super talented to have thought of this!  Another awesome reason to have this punch in your collection!

Go ahead and give this layout a try!  It makes such a pretty card!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

The Tall Ships are Coming and The Open Sea

Hi there!

Today, I wanted to share with you a special event that took place near my home this past weekend and it reminded me of a card I made for one of my card classes.

My family and I spent most of the past weekend in Collingwood Ontario, where there were festivities commemorating the bicentennial of the war of 1812 including a visit from the Tall Ships!

 

This is a picture of one of Collingwood's most famous landmarks...the Collingwood Terminals.  They are grain elevators constructed in 1929 and they can be seen for miles.  The ships were docked right behind them.

 

 

 

And here is a picture of the gorgeous landscape...Georgian Bay with Blue Mountain in the background.  The ski hills are green right now, but oh so beautiful!  I often think to myself, just how lucky am I to live so close to this!

 

 

 



There was a re-enactment of the war, some displays of old time children's toys and other memorabilia and the ships - the fabulous ships - visiting us from the United States.

 

 

 These ships are stunning and to think they came all the way from Michigan and California to visit some of the major ports here in Ontario.

 

  

 

And so you are probably saying 'so where is the card?'  Well, of course, seeing the Tall Ships reminded me of one of the Father's Day cards I made this year.  I used The Open Sea stamp set that is available from the main catalogue.  It is an awesome nautical set that is great for masculine cards and scrapbook pages alike.  I also used the very versatile word set Delightful Dozen - it covers all of the major greetings with one set!

 

Here is my card...

 

 

 

I love adding some detail to the inside of my cards and the envelope too!

 

 

 I hope my card inspires you.

The supplies I used are:

Whisper White Cardstock
Night of Navy Cardstock
Nautical Expedition - retired Designer Series Paper
The Open Sea Stamp Set
Delightful Dozen Stamp Set
Night of Navy Classic Stampin' pad
Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' pad
1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon in Cherry Cobbler
Decorative Label Punch

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy