Lisa K

Mother’s Day card for Friend

| Lisa K

I swap cards with a fellow crafter who is a mother, so I decided to send her a Mother’s Day Card for this week’s swap.

I used a stamp set from Unity designed by Gina K Designs, called Another Name for Love. I colored the flower using Gamsol and Prismacolor Pencils. I added sparkle with a Crafter’s Companion Clear Sparkle Pen. I may have went a bit overboard on the gems, but once they are down, they stay put. I used the Subtle Textured Embossing Folder on the white frame.

This will be entered in the following challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2023/04/anything-goes-embossing-with-twist-of.html

Cardz 4 Galz http://cardz4galz.blogspot.com/2023/05/198-mothers-day-us-or-flowers-for-friend.html

Fourseasons https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/05/spring-season-may-2023-challenge.html

The Sisterhood of Crafters https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2023/05/flowers.html

This card is in my mail. I hope she enjoys it. With both Mother’s passed away, I found joy creating a card for someone else using my Mother’s Day stamps. I have several. Maybe my daughters will find them useful.

Strawberry Best

| Lisa K

I saw the challenge at Double D today and got inspired immediately. I found I have 3 sets with strawberries but for this card, I didn’t use any of them.

These strawberries were fussy cut from patterned paper. This paper is a few years old from Sale-a-Bration. It was given as a duo when you spent $100. Well, I did not spend that much money. I purchased the paper and stamp set after the event was over. There are strawberries, leaves, and flowers all over one side of this piece of paper. The back side was used for the top of the card. I saw a video where she had this layout but stamped her strawberries. She mentioned that the punch, which I do not own, would cut out those strawberries. That made me really take a look a the paper and realize I could fussy cut the berries and use them.

The greeting is from Berry Blessing set which goes with the patterned paper. This set is all about blueberries and raspberries. The greeting works great for a strawberry though. It is stamped in Poppy Parade ink which matches the cardstock.

This will be entered in the Double D Challenge: https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2023/05/fresh-picked-challenge.html

Maybe I will be back soon with another berry card. It was fun to use items that I haven’t used in quite a while.

Art Gallery Birthday

| Lisa K

I received a new stamp set recently, so I have been creating birthday cards in several colors.

This is the Ricocco Rose version. I found this layout on Pinterest and it look me to Frenchie Stamps. I loved her layout, so I used her design and created similar versions.

My card fits in two rows. It fits the right down row: embossing, patterned paper, and birthday. It also fits the top across row: bright colors, layers, embossing.

As I said, I used Ricocco Rose ink, vellum, SU patterned paper in the Ricocco Rose color, and the embossing is both heat and dry. The dry embossing uses a folder called Old World Paper. The Happy Birthday is heat embossed on Ricocco Rose cardstock in white.

May has many birthdays that I need to send cards for. I made the same card in Mango Melody, Lost Lagoon, and Seaside Spray. They will be sent very soon. This will be posted here: http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/2023/04/pp638-tic-tac-toe-challenge-from-anne.html

Balloons

| Lisa K

I needed to make a card for the monthly challenge I participate in at Splitcoast Stampers and the theme was balloons. I found the Seize the Birthday challenge is also balloons.

I used StampinUp Happy Die for most of this card. I has the large word Happy, the balloons, strings, bows, and stars all to be die cut. I used glimmer paper in the colors Gorgeous Grape and Poppy Parade. The birthday came from a set called Go To Greetings and I die cut it with a die that resembles a label.

The inside has another balloon cut from the glimmer paper. The greeting and stars are from Gina K Designs Birthday Cheer Mini set.

I plan to send this card to the person who picked the theme for this month’s challenge as her birthday is later in May.

I enjoyed creating this card. It will be linked here: http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2023/04/seize-birthday-260-balloons.html

Floral Birthday Slimline

| Lisa K

I decided to play along with this week’s MFT Sketch.

I used dies from MFT for this card. They are retired and I do not have the name handy. I pulled cut ones from my stash and placed them on patterned paper that matched cardstock in my stash. The top piece of cardstock is MFT while the card base is Gina K Designs. I can’t tell you the color names as I sorted my GKD paper by color and didn’t label with specific names. The MFT cardstock is my itself, but I do not know the names. Welcome to my storage method. I know the stitched lines die is from Gina Marie Designs. The slimline circle die that I used to cut the circles is from The Stamps of Life as well as the scalloped border. The banner die is Spellbinders.

This will be posted to: https://www.mftstamps.com/blogs/news/wsc642

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card. The sketch is a WEBP file and I am struggling with saving and posting these. The sketch resembles an A2 size, but one of the designer samples is a slimline size. I chose that size as these floral images fit better on a slimline size.

Birthday Plaid

| Lisa K

I received a new set of dies and found a challenge to use them with.

This is the Kaleidoscope Plaid die from Spellbinders. It is a set of three dies that you can place together in different ways to change the plaid. I used the colors from the As You See It Challenge: http://www.asyouseeitchallenge.com/2023/04/297.html

Gorgeous Grape is the cardbase and one layer of the plaid. Coastal Cabana is a layer in the plaid and the scalloped circle. Parakeet Party is the green plaid layer. So Saffron is the yellow scalloped layer and circle with the greeting.

I enjoyed using this plaid die set. It was released for Christmas a couple of years ago and it is quite versatile.

Marigold Slimline

| Lisa K

It has been a long time since I have made a slimline card. The CAS Colours & Sketches has a sketch that makes a slimline card, so I dusted off the cobwebs and got busy making a slimline card. I own many dies for this card size and used not even one with this card.

For this card, I used a variety of products. I used Technique Tuesday Marigold Flower (2021) coloring it with Pale Papaya and Mint Macaron both SU colors that are retiring in two weeks. The Hello die and mini strip are Gina K Designs from A Little Hello Layering Stencil Bundle (2021). The patterned paper is SU, cut down from a card base.

This will be entered in three challenges.

https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2023/04/challenge-204-spring-scenes.html

https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/04/april-2023-anything-goes-spring.html

http://cascoloursandsketches.blogspot.com/2023/04/challenge-509-sketch.html

I enjoyed making this card. Finding several challenges that it seems to fit into are a plus. Thanks for spending time with me today.

Floral Hello

| Lisa K

I used the colors from CAS Colours & Sketches for this card.

This die is new this week. It is one I selected for my husband to give me for my birthday. It is Stampin Up Sending Flowers Die. I think it was a sale-a-bration set from a couple of years ago, but we found it new on my demonstrators website. I cut the main circle of the set with Shaded Spruce cardstock. It cuts the circle with leaves and flowers. Then there are flower dies which I cut with Melon Mambo and Crushed Curry cardstock. I used glue dots to apply the flowers, then used Nuvo drops for the centers. The greeting was cut with one of the dies in the set. I used a Hero Arts set called Everyday Sayings for the greeting. I am learning the die and all I can do with it, but am pleased so far.

This will be entered in: http://cascoloursandsketches.blogspot.com/2023/04/challenge-508-colors.html

I will share the other card made using this set of dies. This is for a color challenge at Splitcoast Stampers.

These colors are Parakeet Party, Fresh Freesia, and Calypso Coral. I used glue dots on this one as well.

Thanks for spending time with me.

Watering Can Hello

| Lisa K

I have been enjoying using new product this week. This card uses a set from Simon Says Stamp called Joys of Spring.

The leaves behind the can are a die from The Stamps of Life. They may be the first time I have used it, but it has been in my stash for a couple of years. The watering can and butterfly both came from the SSS set which came with matching dies. The embossing folder is Stampin Up. I use this cloud folder quite a bit.

The can and butterfly were watercolored with Stampin Up markers. The colors used are Crushed Curry, Shaded Spruce, and Melon Mambo. The leaves are also Shaded Spruce.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

CAS Colours & Sketches http://cascoloursandsketches.blogspot.com/2023/04/challenge-508-colors.html

Can You Handle the Pressure? https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2023/04/anything-goes-with-twist-of-clouds.html

Thanks for stopping by and seeing my card. I am enjoying using product that has been in my stash or is new, but I hadn’t had a chance to use it. The SSS set was purchased recently with a good sale price. I like sales.