Etsy Summer Inspired Card

Whew! Did you feel May breeze by? I'm hoping the days slow down a bit and warm up!

Yay for sunshine and summer break!

And for Etsy...I found a darling pendant that inspired today's card. Love the two-toned background, the pop of color and the gleam of metal.

Click on the picture to visit Glittering Dreams to find your own inspiration!

This came together so easily using Great Impressions Stamps! 

The black satin crinkled ribbon was hard to photograph. IRL the texture is just right!

Love making my own backgrounds! You can do the same using these stamps:

Rose Trio (stamped in Vintage Photo Distress Ink)

Butterfly Flourish (stamped in Peacock Distress Ink)

Butterfly Frame (stamped and cut out the butterfly)

A Flower (the sentiment)

Today's the last day to link up your project for this month's challenge - Anything Goes! Scroll to the bottom of the post to link up! Good luck!

Inky hugs,

Angi

Inspired by challenge - Birthday card for a little boy

This week the design team was challenged to create a card that was inspired by another stampers work.  I picked this card by Grace that was posted on the Splitcoast Stampers website. 

I used the same color combination of red, blue and yellow along with the fun

Great Impressions Birthday Cat with Balloons stamp.

Supply list:

Great Impressions Stamps:

G399 Birthday Cat with Balloons

B139 Dropping In

Copic Markers: C1, C2, C3, C5, E000, B000

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink for image

Versafine Onyx Black Ink for saying

White Cardstock

Designer Paper from Lettering Delights

Sizzix Sizzlet Die - stars

Spellbinders Dies:

Classic Rectangles Large

Classic Scalloped Rectangles Large

Standard Classic Circles Small

Classic Scalloped Circles Large

Pop Dots, Glue Dots

Ribbon

Wonderful You

Good Morning Friends!

Isn't this darling?  

I would love to re-create this for

a lovely summer brunch on the patio.  Until then, I was inspired

to make a friendship card pulling the colors, fruit,

 and the netting from the photo.

This look was simple to achieve using a yellow card-stock strip and 

wrapping twine around like a basket weave.  When finished, I just taped the twine on the back, 

tied on a jaunty little bow,  and adhered it to the card.  My sentiment is of course from 

Great Impressions Stamps and popped up for even more dimension.

Then, as I was looking through my stash of i candy,

I found some delightful fruity chipboard. Score!!

Supplies

Not Shown:  Ribbon from Stash

InLinkz.com

And, there you go.

Now your turn....find something you absolutely

adore and weave it into your own!

Love to see what you come up with!

Hugs,

Jenny

Beautiful Bird

Happy Monday everyone. I really hope everyone is having a wonderful extended weekend. I know I know I should be making a card for Memorial day, but I made this one for last week and well my move too a little longer than expected so I didn't get a chance to share it!

 I am so excited about this recent card I made. I must say I love Asian themed cards and projects. I really like cultured themes. I also bought the new Serenity Bo Bunny paper pad and thought these stamps went perfect for my card.

I used the stamps

Learn From Our Soul  and Hummingbird with Fuchsias

I also used a new piece of ribbon I got from a ribbon club I participate in. I also used and my largest oval spellbinder oval die to cut the image out and then distressed the edge with black soot DI. The image was colored with copics  of course and I used some Japanese Lacquer embossing powder on the script behind the ribbon.

I really hope you like this I find nice and peaceful. If you can come back tomorrow and check out what Jenny has in store for you!

Pink or Blue? I needed two....

It's Saturday again-Sue here...Time for another Great Impressions card!  Oh wait....two cards today!

I fell in love with this darling little baby mouse stamp when I first saw it! Isn't it just as cute as can be? I was in need of  a baby boy and girl card for a set of twins arriving soon-so here you go!!! I used this  darling Sleepy Time stamp and sweet  sentiment Tiny Yawns. I paper pieced the jammies and then added the image on pop dots and a scalloped nestie to some pretty DP.

 Now-here's the scoop:

If you are interested in joining our 'Anything Goes' Monthly Challenge- click HERE.
(you can win some Great Impressions stamps!)

To visit the Great Impressions website-click HERE.
(lots of fun shopping going on here!)

Thanks for popping in today-hope you enjoyed these little baby creations!

Card details:
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Stamps:

Sleepy Time(E408) by Great Impressions

Tiny Yawns (C373) by Great Impressions

Cardstock: Boy card-Bo Bunny Snowfall Collection and Chocolate Chip; Girl card-My Minds Eye- Dwell and Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla
Copics:
Baby Mouse  C 1,2,3,4  R 11,20
Boy blankey-E42,43 and BG 70, 72
Girl blankey- G 43, Y 35,38 R  81,83
B0000 and BG000
Misc: White ribbon, Celery Satin Ribbon, misc pearls, Martha Stewart border punches, Rectangle nesties, pop dots

Just Because I Love the Rose Trio!

Hey, Everyone! Angi here, pitching in for Theresa. She should be back next week with her usual crafty inspiration!

Thank Goodness it's Friday! I'm looking forward to a great weekend...no homework, no uniforms, no school! It's the first weekend of summer for my kiddos and we plan on making the most of this Memorial Day weekend to have fun!

Fun for me, like many of you, is crafting and creating, making cards for friends & family. What do you do  when you're gifting or packaging up those cards? How about a 'bag in a box' purse?

I'm loving the Rose Trio stamp! Can you tell? lol  The Great Impressions Stamps I used on this project:

Rose Trio

Just Because

Oval Lace Frame

What do you think? I'm always on the lookout for a pretty or fun presentation for my cards! I'm off to make a few more of these...it's going to be a great day!

Inky hugs,

Angi

Canning Time

A pinch, a tablespoon or maybe a cup...there are those days you know someone who could use a pick me up, a little reminder that you're thinking of them and wish them well even if you can't be there with them...

Cup of Cheer, Canning Time and Lacey Border together with a bit of splatter and lace...

Colored with Copics, then covered the jars with Diamond Glaze and paper pieced the labels after the glaze dried.

Less than a week left to link up your project for our May Challenge - Anything Goes! I'm sure you've made something fun this month...why don't you link up to our challenge for a chance to get a few of your own Great Impressions Stamps? 

Happy Thursday & Inky hugs!


Angi

Good to the last drop

Needed to make a masculine birthday card and thought this will be

perfect for my coffee loving friend.

Supply list:

Great Impressions Stamps:

Coffee Cup Border #G449

Last Drop #D440

Versafine Vintage Sepia Ink

Cardstock:

Confetti Tan

Bazzill Chocolate Cream

Textured Cranberry from Hollos Paper Store

Border was cut with a Carl Scallop Rotary Blade

Ribbon, glue dots, adhesive

Happy Dad's Day

This one is for all the Dads out there.  

My Dad, who is in heaven now, always had a favorite recliner.

There he would contemplate the news, watch Jackie Gleason or a little sports.

What I remember the most is sitting on his lap enjoying a big bowl of buttered popcorn with him.

He taught me to love parmesan cheese on it too.  Honestly, try it...it's the best!

Anyway, this plaid recliner reminds me of him and makes me smile.

I will always treasure and cherish the time spent with him on that chair.

Supplies
Not Shown:  Button from Stash; Sentiment computer generated

InLinkz.com

Enjoy the day!

Hugs,

Jenny

Wishing You...

Good morning!

Jenny here with a quick post.  

Shanna is on the road to Vegas.

A little on the shabby chic side, my card could be used for a wedding or

just to let a friend know you care.  I stamped and cut out the lacey butterflies

to frame my message and give extra dimension.

Supplies

Not Shown:  Jo-Anne - Cloth Paper; May Arts - Ribbon; Hobby Lobby - Button

Have a wonderful Monday!

Be back tomorrow...

Jenny