Having lunch today with a sweet lady who retired from our office nearly a year ago. Her birthday was actually last week, but we like to make these things last and since she has a big BIG family, we figured we'd let them have her last week..
Loved this color combination from Mary Fish and the speckled Sweet Sugarplum is really what caught my eye. I made a few changes to make it mine, but the basic idea comes from Mary. Thank you Mary - you constantly inspire me!
Recipe:
Crumb Cake - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"
Island Indigo - 5 1/4" x 4"
Playful Palette Designer Series Paper Stack - 5" x 3 3/4"
Very Vanilla 4 1/4" x 3"
Ink: Crumb Cake, Island Indigo, Sweet Sugarplum
Two colors from one stamp pad. Stamp off once for the large portion of the flower and full ink for the smaller details.
Stamps: Jar of Love, Rose Wonder
Thank you for looking in today. Send wishes to Jean for her birthday - she's 80! You'd never know it though. She's hard to keep up with! ~ Donna
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Love You Lots has to be one of my all time favorite Hostess Sets! Every single stamp in the set is adorable and can be used for so many cards and projects! You can only get this set as a Hostess Set with $13.00 of your Stampin' Rewards with purchases over $150. You can earn Stampin' Rewards in several ways. Contact me for more information. It's easier than you think!
The Sweet Sugarplum cards below (small white polka dots) is a total CASE from Sandi MacIver. I saw it in my email when I got home from work and just knew I was going to make it!
Also made was one with another paper from the same Designer Series Stack Playful Palettes, but as I glued the picture (on Whisper White) I realized the background was Very Vanilla. oops! Still cute though! Love those dots!
Recipe:
Base: Basic Black 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"
Card Front: Playful Palette Designer Paper Stack 5 1/4" x 4"
Art Piece: Whisper White 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Mat for Art Piece: Basic Black 3 5/8" x 2 5/8"
Inside: Whisper White 5 1/4" x 4"
Flower: – Sweet Sugarplum (scrap of paper)
I stamped the little elephant (Elle) and her friend in StazOn Black before using my Aqua Painter and ink from the lid of the Smoky Slate ink pad to add a bit of gray where the sketch has shadow lines. (Sandi used her Stampin' Marker, but it looked too dark on mine so I used my painter instead).
I also painted from the lid of the Pear Pizzazz for grass under the two images.
The little flower is cut with the Botanical Builder framelits from a scrap of Sweet Sugarplum which matches the Designer Paper. On the "very vanilla" card, I used Peekaboo Peach for the flower.
There is a small rhinestone in the center of the flower.
Thank you for looking in today! So happy it is FRIDAY. Enjoy your weekend! ~ Donna
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Here are a couple of very fast and simple cards. I chose two different pieces of Designer Series Paper here, but if you cut just one of them, you can get two cards.
Take your 6" x 6" DSP and cut two inches off of one end. Then cut that 2" x 6" strip into 4" squares. Then slice them diagonally - you will have 6 triangles.
Take the 6" x 4" strip that's left and slice it into 1" x 4" strips. This will give you 6 strips.
Be careful to keep the cut edges lined up so you can match them up when you adhere them down.
Recipe: Base:
Basic Black - 11" x 4 1/4", scored and folded at 5 1/2"
Emerald Envy - 5 1/4" x 4"
DSP - 3 - 4" x 1" strips - adhere them beginning at the end of the Emerald Envy, then leaving a small space between them - about 1/8" of an inch should do
Add sentiment and border with Layered Circles Framelits.
Inside, use the triangles in the corners to give the inside some beautiful color.
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~ Donna
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