Another Birthday Celebration!

Hi there,

Glad you stopped by....

I wanted to show you a card I made for one of my best friends' birthday.  You will recognize the layout...I used this same layout for my mom's birthday card in my previous post and it turned out so nice, I thought I would try it again.  But this time using totally different colours and patterned paper. 

I used Smokey Slate, Pink Pirouette and Whisper White.  The flower is from the retired set Petal Potporri and wonderful Flower Medallion Punch.  The 'Happy Birthday' is from a really old set that I just can't part with, Curvy Verses. 

Happy birthday, Gena!

Tammy

Teacher Thank you with Case This Sketch

Hi there!

 Today, I wanted to show you a card I made for my regular card class and to use a teacher thank you card.

I hopped on over to Case This Sketch to get an idea for a layout and here is the sketch they had for us....

And, here is the card that I made...

Awesome layout eh?  Perfect opportunity to use my Hello You Thinlits!  I used some retired DSP paper from last year's Halloween pack - love when I can do that.

I wanted to pair the Sahara Sand colours with a bright colour, so I chose Calypso Coral for the 'thanks' and my flower. The flower was made using the Flower Medallion Punch and the matching Petal Potpourri Stampset

Don't forget to add some detail to the inside of your card - always a nice surprise when the inside has a little special touch.

I plan to give this to my almost (he has his birthday tomorrow) 7 year old's teacher.  She is the best grade one teacher he could ask for! 

Looking for some inskpiration for a masculine teacher thank you?  Click here or scroll on down to see my post from yesterday.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

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

Birthday with The Paper Players Challenge #239

Hi there!

So glad you stopped by today.  I have a birthday card that I made using the great theme challenge over at The Paper Players!  Be sure to stop on over to check out all of the great cards made using this challenge.  You can do that here.

Their challenge was an easy one to partake in...the challenge was to use a die cut!  Done! I just love my Big Shot - the best tool I own!

 I wanted something really pretty and so chose to use Blushing Bride cardstock, DSP and Ink.  Perfect for a girl friend's birthday.

I also wanted to use some of that yummy Chalkboard cardstock with the chalk ink from the new Occasions Catalogue - a perfect match for the Blushing Bride.  My Banner framelits are my framelit of choice for the pretty card and to meet challenge.  My greeting comes from the Sassy Salutations stampset, which I thought looked great in the chalk ink!

And, to pretty this up a little bit more, I used the matching Flower Medallion Punch and Petal Potpourri stampset.  I then took my baker's twine and added a sweet little bow to finish it off.  

I just love how this turned out!  

 

I hope you like my card and that you found a little 'Inkspiration' along the way!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy