The Open Sea ~ Father's Day Card #4

Can you tell I'm really loving this stamp set?!  And, yes, I've made another Father's Day card with it.  This one is for my dad, and I'm hoping I remember right and that he likes green.  I'm sure he does...the sailboat he's been working on for the last eight or nine years has a green stripe on it.  He's been restoring a boat very similar to the one he sailed around the world in and he's hoping to have it in the water mid July.  How cool is that?!  Those of you who follow challenges probably know exactly where this design came from.  If not, this cool design is from Mojo Monday Challenge 193.  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  The Open Sea & Old World Map (retired long ago!)

Card Stock:  Always Artichoke, Early Espresso & Crumb Cake

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Early Espresso

And, of course, I did some sponging. :)

The Open Sea ~ Father's Day Card #3

Father's Day is right around the corner.  Well not quite, but I don't want to be late with a card because it will be here before I know it!  The design for this card is from Stamping 411 Challenge 205.  As soon as I saw it I had this idea running through my mind and finally had a chance to sit down and make it.  SUO Challenge 20 is all about celebrating Father's Day, so this is definitely the card for that challenge too. 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  The Open Sea

Card Stock:  Night of Navy, Basic Gray & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Night of Navy

Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice

Can you tell I love sponging?  I think I do it on most of my cards.  

I just like how it can help soften and blend pieces together a little better.

Last Chance Lists!

The Last Chance lists are out today!  So grab your 2010/2011 Idea Book & Catalog to see if you would like any of these stamps and accessories, or grab your Definitely Decorative Catalog to browse through their huge list of supplies before they are gone.  If you don't have either of these they are in my side bar to the right and you can download them to view in pdf format.

Last Chance Stamps

Last Chance Accessories

Last Chance Definitely Decorative

...or if you want to actually see the items without going through the catalogs you can view them here.  There are five groups under Last Chance (to the left) for you to view.  Have fun looking!  

Fabulous Florets ~ May Stamp a Stack

I decided to take a little break from blogging for the weekend and am finally back with another card from my May Stamp a Stack.   I really seem to like sponging a background block and stamping something over it lately.  I know sometime next week I'll have another card to show you that I did this technique on...and you'll see that the card is inspired from this card.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Fabulous Florets

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla & Rich Razzleberry

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive & River Rock

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Gold

I used my scoring blade to make lines on the top and bottom of the card

Elements of Style for May Stamp a Stack

I'm finally back to blogging again after getting ready for my May stamp a stack.  I'll be showing you the rest of the cards we made over the next few days. I wanted to use some card stock I don't use very often and use something "new" on the cards.  Baja Breeze was the color that I don't use very often, and the something "new" was using Stampin' Pastels.  Not sure what the ladies thought of the chalk, but from what I did see they did very well with it!  I'm also entering this in SUO Challenge 19 ~ May Flowers.  I love flowers, but I'm afraid the April showers have brought May showers instead of flowers here in Michigan.  My flowers are sitting around waiting to be planted...maybe this weekend. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Elements of Style &  Afterthoughts

Card Stock:  Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette & Whisper White

Punch:  Decorative Label

Embossing Folder:  

Jewels:  Basic Pearls

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist 

Inspired By Nature Challenge

There's nothing like needing five cards by the end of the week for a stamp a stack and only having one card ready at the beginning of the week!  Thank goodness for all the challenges out there.  I needed some help with design and color to start getting my creative juices flowing...so I looked at a few challenges and used Stamping 411 challenge #204 for my design and Stampin' Celebration Challenge #52 for my colors.  

I kinda like the close up too so I had to throw in this picture! :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Inspired by Nature

Card Stock:  Rose Red, Regal Rose, Daffodil Delight & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Regal Rose, Daffodil Delight & Wild Wasabi

Embossing Folders:  Square Lattice & Perfect Polka Dots

Punches:  Definitely Decorative & Word Window

Ribbon:  1/4" Grosgrain in Whisper White

Jewels:  Basic Pearls

I find it's pretty hard to get the ink on this stamp set without getting everywhere it doesn't belong.  I used sponges to get color on the stamp for the flowers and it was much easier this way than using the ink pad directly.  

Graduation Cards

It's that time of year..graduation.  And that means open houses.  My upline Glenda has a tutorial that I saw a few weeks ago on how to make tassels, and that got an idea going in my head.  These are a couple of the cards I came up with.  I didn't have envelopes for this size of a card, so I just made a band to slide over the card instead.  I don't have any graduation stamps, so I used the RGB code for Night of Navy and put their name and class on the outside of each card.  You'll have to click on the picture if you want to see the embossing lines I have on the cards.

On the inside I put a short note and verse...and of course a pocket to slide some cash or a check into.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Card Stock:  Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight & Whisper White

The closed card measures approx. 3" x 6 1/4".  

The cap is three layers of card stock 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" with a brad put through the middle.