Blackberry Butterfly

To me, a beautiful butterfly created with various shades of purple = LOVE. Can you believe that at first look through the new catalog I foolishly thought I didn't need the Watercolor Wings stamp set!? (somehow it still landed on my 1st order!) I'm so glad it did,  because it truly does make creating beautiful cards so easy! This was one of the cards we made at my recent All Occasions Card Class.

The butterfly is stamped in three layers to get this pretty, water colored look...but since the stamp set is Photopolymer it is very easy to line each layer up. The first layer is the lightest and stamped in Perfect Plum. The second layer is Rich Razzleberry and the third and final layer is Blackberry Bliss.This stamp set is more fun because there is also a coordinating set of framelits...which I also used here.

The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Happy Birthday Everyone stamp set and can be yours as part of the Host Rewards when hosting a workshop or placing a qualifying order. Contact me to find out more...

The gorgeous Tip Top Taupe Dotted Lace Trim adds a beautiful accent to finish off the card.

Thanks for visiting today...have a beautiful weekend!

Vintage Leaves Birthday

The Vintage Leaves set combined with the Hardwood background stamp make an awesome combo to create masculine cards, like this birthday card...

The edges are sponged with Early Espresso ink for a more rustic look and to help the main Crumb Cake layer stand out more from the base which is also Crumb Cake. The green I used here is Mossy Meadow.

I love the realistic leaves in this set which is just perfect for this time of year! I still have a few of my Golden Vintage Leaves kits left to create the fall themed canvas and home decor accessories, as shown below. Get all the details in this post.

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Bohemian Birthday

Here's a quick and easy masculine birthday card using the new Host Set, Happy Birthday Everyone.

This came together easily just by choosing my ink and card stock colors from the beautiful, rich colors used in the Bohemian Designers Series Paper. I used Island Indigo card stock for the base, Bermuda Bay for the focal panel along with Island Indigo and Blackberry Bliss inks.

My good friend and stampin' buddy is coming over to play today...looking forward to seeing her and spending some time visiting and getting creative with our new stampin' goodies! Hope you have a creative day as well!

Bohemian Moon Lake

One of my favorite stamp sets from the Occasions Catalog is the Moon Lake set. Quite a few of my other favorites from the Occasions Catalog have made it into the new Annual Catalog, but unfortunately Moon Lake isn't one of them. Don't worry however...there is still a few days left to grab this set if you haven't already.

Today I've combined a couple brand new items that will soon be available along with this great stamp set. The result is a striking (if I do say so myself!) masculine card.

The DSP I used is called Bohemian and I love it because it has some of my favorite rich colors...Blackberry Bliss, Island Indigo, Bermuda Bay and the new Delightful Dijon. It has some really bold patterns along with a more subtle pattern on the flip side.

I used one of the larger, bold patterns like I would have used a piece of ribbon, had I been making a more feminine card. The "to a wonderful man" sentiment is from a great new host set called Happy Birthday Everyone. It has a large birthday stamp in a beautiful font and you can add other phrases such as the one above to personalize the birthday wish.  I also used Gorgeous Grunge on the Island Indigo & Bermuda Bay layers.

If you are looking for more ideas on how to use this stamp set, earlier this month I put out a tutorial using the Moon Lake stamp set along with some fun techniques to create a set of six masculine cards...just in time for Father's Day!  Check it out here.

Have a GREAT weekend!