Be the Reason...

Be the Reason

Hey everyone!  Today I'm sharing a card using Lil' Inker Designs Be the Reason Someone Smiles Today stamp.  I started by embossing the sentiment with white embossing powder onto the black cardstock.  Then, I took copics and colored directly over the embossed image to create the colored parts. 

For the background, I die cut several different colors of cardstock from one of the dies from the Stitched Mats: Long & Skinny Rectangles die set.  To finish the card off, I attached the center image panel with dimensional tape and added some colored sequins. 

So much for stopping by today!

Many Wonderful Things

Many Wonderful Things 

I love these layered dies from Birch Press Designs.  Recently at our Stamping Away Retreat I got to play with more designs from this company that my friend Tracey McNeely brought & shared.  This one is called the Flutter Plate Layer Set. I really enjoyed putting together the various layers and finding color combinations to use with these gorgeous butterflies.  It's so simple to put together and yet it really makes a statement.  I paired the butterflies with a beautiful sentiment from Simon Says Stamp's Best Mom Ever stamp set.

I'm going to link this up over at the SSS Wednesday Challenge, Summer Sunshine, because butterflies definitely remind me of summer days!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you have a great day!

Oceans of Love

Frantic Stamper has another new release out this week and the theme is nautical, under the sea (see all of the new dies here).  One of the dies that I was especially drawn to was the Submarine die.  I wanted to go a little outside the box and make my submarine with fun colors so that is how this color combo was born...just thinking outside the box which to me said that submarines should be yellow, which of course they aren't, LOL!  I die cut my background patterned paper (Bella Blvd Secrets of the Sea) with the new Bubble Oval die which made a nice frame for this card.  I stamped the aqua background with a new 6x6 rubber stamp called Simple Waves.  I then took a piece of turquoise vellum and die cut waves at the top with the new Stitched Waves die (3 dies in the set & turned the other way they make great clouds too!)  I love how you can still see the stamped waves background through the colored vellum.  My sentiment is from the new clear Under the Sea Mermaid Stamp set.  I added a tiny enamel heart to finish the sentiment panel off.  

I hope you have a great day!  Thanks for visiting!

Happy July 4th!

Happy July 4th!  I love seeing Red, White & Blue and everything Patriotic! Independence Day is always such a special day to me!  Today I have a card to share with that theme in mind.

Just Because

For this card I stamped and die cut the jar image with the Jar of Flowers Stamp set and coordinating dies from white woodgrain paper. I wanted it to look like it had been painted with white distressed paint.  I die cut and stamped the flowers from the same stamp & die set. I attached all of them onto a panel that I had die cut with one of the Stitched Mats: Side Stitched Rectangles dies.  The patterned paper that I used is from the Pebbles Americana paper pad.

Happy July 4th!  Enjoy your day!