Medallion To You From Me Card - CAS-ual Fridays CFC #36 Challenge

Here is my second card made for the CAS-ual Fridays Penguin Suit challenge which was to make a black and white card with no other colour allowed.  I so enjoyed making the first card I just had to make another! 

I used a 5 1/4" square white card base again.  I stamped the SU! Medallion stamp, trimmed the white panel and mounted it to a black mat.  I die cut the Memory Box Woven Circle shape and mounted that to a larger white circle.  I stamped the sentiment, die cut it out and I popped it up over the Woven Circle.  I added clear rhinestones for a touch of sparkle to finish off the front.

I don't normally add mat layers inside white card bases but when I opened the card I found some black marks - goodness only knows how they got there!  Anyway, I added a black mat with a white panel stamped with a part of the Medallion image in the bottom corner.  I stamped part of the image again in the corner on the front of the envelope to finish off.  I think the SU! Medallion stamp is gorgeous - so elegant!

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! Medallion stamp, sentiment from SU! Best Yet set
CS: PaperMania square white card blank, SU! Basic Black & Whisper White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Tools: Memory Box Woven Circle die, circle Nestabilities dies
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Basic Rhinestones, 3d foam tape

Shabby Flower Birthday Wishes Card

This is the birthday card I made for Pam.  Pam is a lovely lady who started coming to my card group a few months ago.  Each of us make everyone a birthday card and bring it along to the appropriate month's meeting.  Except I forgot to take Pam's card to our August meeting, d'oh!  So I popped it in the post a few days ago as it's her birthday today.

I had a layout in mind after I'd seen a card in a magazine that had a large part of a circle on the front.  I started off with a square white card blank and chose some CS and patterned paper.  I then used my Circle Scissor Pro tool to cut out the circles.  I've used Bazzill Swiss Dot Textured CS and it cut beautifully - if I try to cut thick CS like Stampin' Up's!, the Circle Scissor doesn't always cut that well.  I glued the circles to the card and cut off the excess.

I've used dies to cut the flowers and leaves.  I used the Bazzill CS for the leaves and Core'dinations CS for the flowers.  I embossed each flower shape with a new embossing folder, the Craft Concept 'Stained Glass' folder and scuffed the embossing to bring out the detail.  I then made my flower shapes shabby by giving them a thorough scrunching.  I sewed the flower layers together by adding a pink button to the centre with linen thread.  I used oval Nesties for the sentiment and finished off the front with some silver metal pearls.

I decorated the inside of the card.

And also the front of the envelope.  Yay, almost a whole piece of patterned paper used for one card, that's one less piece in my stash!

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! Sincere Salutations set, Hero Arts Yummy Treats clear set
CS: PaperMania white square card blank, Bazzill Clover Dotted Swiss CS, Core'dinations CS in Love Potion & St. Valentino
Patterned paper: PaperMania Green Ornamental Flourish
Ink:  SU! Always Artichoke
Tools: EK Success Circle Scissor Pro, Petite Oval Nestabilities dies, Sizzix Tattered Florals die, PTI Beautiful Blooms II #1 die collection & Leaf Prints collection dies, Craft Concept 'Stained Glass' embossing folder, EK Success small flower punch
Embellishments & accessories: Pink button, SU! Linen Thread, silver metal pearls, green gems, ultrafine sandpaper, glue dots, 3d foam pads

Three French Foliage Cards

I've been umming and aahing over the SU! French Foliage set for a while.  I love leaves and all the images in the set really appeal to me but I thought it may well be a stamp set I'd struggle with.  It's not my usual style but I took the plunge anyway and bought it.  I spent a few hours getting inky with it yesterday - with very mixed results.  Let's just say some things will never see the light of day LOL!  My first few attempts were messy and far too busy.  I just kept playing though and thought eventually I'd end up with something I'd be reasonably happy with!

So here's the first card I made that I'm happy to share.  Still a bit busy and a lot of colours used -  I lost count of the number of ink pads I had out on my desk for this one!  The leaves on the main panel were stamped on Crumb Cake CS, cut out and popped up.  I've added some shimmer to the 3 leaves by applying Champagne Mist shimmer paint with a sponge dauber.

I really liked how the inside and envelope turned out.

Next I thought I'd try the emboss resist technique.  I inked the leaf with VersaMark, heat embossed it with clear powder and added ink.  I tried brayering the ink over the image - absolutely disastrous!  So then I tried sponging.  My first few sponging attempts went in the bin, I tried various colours but nothing was winning me over.  I then tried this green and goldy brown combo and I finally felt happy.  I used SU! Shimmery White CS and the shimmer twinkles subtly but very nicely.  I've used SU Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip inks plus Adirondack Caramel for the sponging.  I decided to make my main image square and place it on a square Crumb Cake card.  I thought the French Script background stamp would be great to use on the card base.  The stamp wasn't quite wide enough to cover the whole card front so I lopped a bit off the side and added an Old Olive strip I die cut with a brackets edge die.  I then stamped the splodge stamp repeatedly over the script and added the narrow Choc Chip strip.  Before gluing the image panel to the lacy square, I wrapped some Choc Chip ribbon around the left side and added some linen thread.  I then stamped and punched an Old Olive button, threaded linen thread through the holes and popped that on.  As I'd liked what I'd done with the previous card I decorated the inside and envelope exactly the same.

Finally, I decided on a one layer monochromatic card using only green inks.  I've used Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Wild Wasabi, Always Artichoke, Garden Green and Mellow Moss inks.  Very simple but very satisfying to make.  I'll use this as a BRAK card 'cos it's one layer with no embellies and so will be easy to post.

Here's the envelope and inside the card.

I really love all the images in the set, the postmark and splodge stamp are fab!  I'm sure this set will continue to be a challenge for me, but even so, I'm really glad I bought it!  I think it would be great for writing paper or note cards - and bookmarks too.

Supplies for Birthday Wishes card:
Stamps: SU! French Foliage & Sincere Salutations sets, inside sentiment from Hero Arts Yummy Treats clear set
CS: PaperMania A6 cream card blank, SU! Very Vanilla, More Mustard & Chocolate Chip
Ink: SU! Old Olive, More Mustard, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler & Basic Gray, Adirondack Lettuce, Caramel, Latte & Currant
Tools: sponge daubers
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, 3d foam pads

 Supplies for Best Wishes Card:
Stamps: SU! French Foliage, Sincere Salutations & Button Button sets, SU! French Script bg stamp
CS: SU! Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip & Shimmery White
Ink: SU! Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz & Old Olive, Adirondack Caramel, Versamark
Tools: Square & Lacy Square Nestabilities dies,  Sizzix 'Brackets' On the Edge die, SU!  3/4" circle punch, sponges
Embellishments & accessories:  clear embossing powder, SU! Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, SU! Linen Thread

Supplies for Happy Birthday card:
Stamps: SU! French Foliage & Curly Cute sets, inside sentiment from Woodware Special Wishes clear set
CS:  PaperMania A6 white card blank
Ink: SU! Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green & Mellow Moss

Whimsical Wings & Wonky Squares Birthday Card

Here is a birthday card I made with the SU! Whimsical Wings set and Wonky Square Nestabilities dies.  I love this set and it's a great one to use with markers!  I stamped an extra bird and larger flower and popped them both up.  I stamped another wing in Marina Mist ink, cut it out and glued it over the Espresso wing.  I stamped the sentiment underneath and added some gems.  Nothing fancy, a very simple card but I was happy how it turned out - and I love those Wonky Square dies!

For the envelope and inside the card I used the lovely flourish from the set and I stamped one of my fave sentiments for inside birthday cards.  I really like blue and brown together and it's even more fab on crisp white! 

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! Whimsical Wings set, Hero Arts Yummy Treats clear set
CS: PaperMania square white card blank, SU! Marina Mist
Ink: SU! Marina Mist, Old Olive, Early Espresso & Night of Navy
Tools: Wonky Squares Nestabilities dies, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig
Embellishments & accessories: gems, 3d foam pads

A Trio Of Watercolor Trio Birthday Wishes Cards

The SU! Watercolor Trio set is one I got from eBay in the USA recently, it's such a pretty set and the sentiments have a lovely font!  I got the stamps out the other day and made three birthday cards.  As they're not too dimensional they'll be easy to post so these will all be BRAK cards.  The flowers for each card were inked with markers and spritzed with water before stamping, I love the watercolour look this adds to the images!

The first card uses Wild Wasabi, Regal Rose, Early Espresso and Whisper White CS.  I've used a Summer Sun marker to add a touch of yellow to the flowers. I used the Early Espresso marker to draw a body and antennae for the butterfly and I've added Dazzling Diamonds just to the butterfly.  I tried my new MFT Dainty Doily Border die for the first time - gorgeous, I LOVE it!  I find border dies so much less frustrating than border punches, lining up the punches gives me fits and I waste so much CS when I don't line up properly!  I have tried so many times with the EK Success border punch I recently purchased and I've now admitted defeat and treated myself to this doily border die.  Yes, I have to spend a while poking bits out of the die with a pin but I'd rather that than muck up my edges each time!  I do love my SU! Eyelet Border punch though as that gives me no problems at all.  I've probably tempted fate saying that now LOL!

Here's the inside and envelope.

 

The second card has a colour combo of Rose Red, Wild Wasabi, Pink Pirouette and Whisper White.  The flowers were inked with Regal Rose, Rose Red and Wild Wasabi markers.  I textured the Pink Pirouette panel with an Ellison weave texture plate and then brayered Pink Pirouette ink over the top.  I punched holes in the Wild Wasabi oval and threaded the white organza ribbon through and tied it in a knot.  I sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds on the flowers.  I put embossed Rose Red butterflies on the photo corners and added a pink gem to each butterfly.  This image is definitely my favourite from the set, it's so pretty and delicate!

Here's the inside and envelope.

 

For card three I used Old Olive, Rose Red, Early Espresso and I stamped on watercolour paper.  The flowers were stamped with Old Olive, Regal Rose, Rose Red and Summer Sun markers.  There's only one larger flower on the stem image but I inked just the flower with markers and added a second one to the other side of the stem.  Rectangle and Wonky Rectangle Nestabilities  dies were used for the image and mat layers.  This time I used the birthday wishes sentiment from the So Happy For You set 'cos the postie had just delivered it LOL!  I die cut the doily border again with Rose Red CS for this card.

I put a white paper insert inside the card and added a sentiment with an Old Olive doily border.  After stamping the flower stem image I punched it out with the Decorative Label punch and added an Early Espresso border and I popped that on the front of the envelope.

Beaded Circles & Butterflies Birthday Card

I made this card after seeing one on display at the Glitter Pot.  I really loved the aqua and brown colour combo and that the folded over half circles hide the sentiment.  My white card base measures 5 3/4" square. I added a panel of Aqueduct Core'dinations CS and then the patterned paper panel after punching the corners. 

I cut four large beaded circles - two in the plain CS and two in the patterned paper - glued them together and scored them in half.  I then glued the backs of the circles to the square of patterned paper - the patterned paper measures just a tad over 4" square - and glued it to the card front.  I cut two more beaded circles and stamped the sentiment.  I punched 1/4" aqua circles to go on the 'beads' of the circles.  To finish off the card front I added the punched butterfly and some pearls.  This is the card with the half circles closed.

This is the card with the half circles open.

This is the inside of the card.

For the front of the envelope, I used the pop up butterfly punch on the Aqueduct CS,  punched out a circle and matted it onto an Early Espresso beaded circle.  Two clear gems applied to the butterfly body finished it off.

Supplies:
Stamps: 'To you from me' from SU! Best Yet set, inside sentiment from Hero Arts Sending Smiles Messages clear set
CS: white CS, SU! Early Espresso, Core'dinations Aqueduct
Patterned paper: True Blue 'Soar' & 'Snazzy' papers from My Mind's Eye Fine & Dandy collection
Ink: SU! Early Espresso
Tools: Beaded Circles & Petite Ovals Nestabilities dies, Craft Tonic Butterfly & Pop Up Butterfly punches, circle punches, Fiskars Heritage decorative corner punch
Embellishments & accessories:  pearls, clear gems, silver nailheads

Roses Twisted Easel Birthday Card

This is the birthday card I made for Alan for him to give to Jan.  When we were at the Glitter Pot a couple of weeks ago I picked up a sheet of this gorgeous double sided Prima patterned paper, Jan said "that IS lovely, is that for my birthday card?"  Well, I can take a hint!  I chose the colour scheme based on colours in the paper, using SU! Regal Rose and Old Olive with Core'dinations Broken China. 

The card is a square twisted easel and it fits in a 6" square box/envelope.  I stamped the solid roses in Regal Rose ink and the outline roses in Cherry Cobbler - both stamped off once first.  For the solid leaves I used Old Olive stamped off once and then stamped full strength with olive for the outlines.  I overstamped with the Linen background stamp using Antique Linen ink and also sponged the edges of the Very Vanilla circle.  The vanilla circle is popped up as is the large rose and that also has Dazzling Diamonds sprinkled on.  I layered the Broken China circle onto an Old Olive beaded circle Nestie die cut shape which I decorated with large pearls.  I used nearly a whole package LOL!  I added a row of small pearls underneath the sentiment.  The oval is popped up and I gave it the same treatment as the image panel - Linen overstamping and sponged edges.  The patterned paper is double sided, I used the music score pattern for the front part of the easel card and added a Broken China punched eyelet border.

I decorated the bottom of the card for Alan to write his message on.  I stamped the 'happy' from the sentiment in Broken China ink on a separate piece of CS and cut it out and glued it over the top of the pink word.  I stamped the Linen background stamp on the vanilla oval and sponged the edges.  The roses and leaves were stamped, cut out and glued to the patterned paper strip.

The card was fairly bulky by the time I'd finished - those pearls are rather large and the card wouldn't have fitted comfortably in an envelope.  So I decorated a box/envelope to match the card.  I used a stamp from the Four Frames set and added 'Jan' using die cut letters.  I punched the vanilla label with the Decorative Label punch and then punched two more labels from Broken China CS, cut them apart and layered the pieces behind the vanilla label. The label is popped up over the strip of Old Olive ribbon.  I LOVE this paper, it is SO pretty!  I'm happy to say both Alan and Jan loved the card!

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! A Rose is a Rose & Four Frames sets, SU! Linen background stamp, 'Happy Birthday' from Hobby Art, sentiment on back of card from Hero Arts Sending Smiles Messages clear set
CS: SU! Regal Rose, Old Olive & Very Vanilla, Core'dinations Broken China CS
Patterned paper: Prima 'Spring Tide' from the Madeline collection
Ink: SU! Regal Rose, Old Olive & Cherry Cobbler, Tim Holtz Antique Linen & Broken China distress inks
Tools: Circle, beaded circle & petite oval Nestabilities dies, SU! Decorative Label punch, SU! Eyelet Border punch, Sizzix Naturally Serif alphabet Decorative Strip die, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, SU! Dazzling Diamonds, large & small pearls, 3d foam pads

Peony Happy Birthday BRAK Card

Oooh look, another pink card with a two-step stamped flower, it's what you might call a Flower Sparkle favourite!  This card uses one of my new Beaded Circle Nestabilities dies - love them, they're fab!  The card measures a tad under 5" square and I used Pink Pirouette CS for the base.  I cut the largest beaded circle die in Early Espresso CS, embossed it and then glued a smaller Regal Rose CS circle behind.  I then cut a smaller Pink Pirouette circle and matted that in the centre of the espresso shape.  I stamped the solid peony in Pink Pirouette, the outline in Regal Rose and I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment in Early Espresso ink.  I then punched 1/4" Regal Rose CS circles and placed one on each 'bead' of the circle.

I saw two Hobby Art Happy Birthday sentiments I really liked last time I was at the Glitter Pot - you know what happens when you can't decide, you buy both!  I really like this bold sentiment, it's great for stamping over an image.  I added Dazzling Diamonds to the peony, sponged the edges of the circle with Regal Rose ink and popped the circle up.  To decorate the corners I used espresso photo corners, Regal Rose flowers
and I added pink gems to the flower centres.

 
I then stamped a panel for inside the card.  I inked the sentiment with markers to get two colours on the stamp, stamped the leafy branch in Early Espresso ink and added three punched flowers with pink gem centres.  I used circle punches and the smaller peony image from the stamp set to decorate the envelope flap. 

Have you spotted my mistake?  I decorated a C6 size envelope instead of a 5" square one, d'oh!  I decorated the envelope while my raspberry yogurt muffins were baking in the oven and I think I must have got distracted by the yummy smell!  I've now put my mistake right anyway!  This is another birthday RAK card.

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! Pretty Peony set, Hobby Art Happy Birthday sentiment, leafy branch from SU! Best Blossoms set, inside sentiment from Hero Arts
CS: SU! Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, Early Espresso & Very Vanilla
Ink: SU! Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose & Early Espresso
Tools: Circle, Beaded Circle & square Nestabilities dies, various size SU! circle punches, SU! Photo Corners punch, EK Success flower punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig
Embellishments & accessories: pink gems from Anita's gem wheel, SU! Dazzling Diamonds, 3d foam tape

Rosy Just For You BRAK Card - Simply Stampin' Challenge #10

I really liked the sketch I saw on the Simply Stampin' Challenge blog and I also liked today's Splitcoast Stampers CC326 colour challenge - Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose and Melon Mambo.  So I made a card combining the two challenges.  Here's the sketch.

I oriented my A6 card as landscape rather than portrait.  I stamped a really subtle background on the Regal Rose card base, stamping the Bella Toile stamp using VersaMark Dazzle ink.  I stamped the solid rose in Regal Rose ink after stamping off once first and the outline was stamped with Melon Mambo ink.  I stamped the sentiment on a piece of vellum, tore it into a strip and inked the edges with Regal Rose ink.  The dessert option on the colour challenge was to use round embellishments on your card so I used rhinestone brads to attach the vellum strip to the white circle.  I also inked the edges of the white circle, I applied Dazzling Diamonds so I have a sparkly rose and I've popped the white circle up.  The Pink Pirouette scalloped strip was cut with a QuicKutz border die and I added a strip of Melon Mambo dotty ribbon.  To counteract all the pink, I added some white leaves cut with the Little Leaves die - I lightly sponged the leaves with Regal Rose ink.

I then stamped the envelope flap and a panel for inside the card.  This card will be sent as a birthday RAK card.

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! A Rose is a Rose set, Bella Toile background stamp, 'just for you' from Just Believe set, 'happy birthday' from Curly Cute set
CS: SU! Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo and Whisper White, white vellum
Ink: SU! Regal Rose, Melon Mambo & Old Olive, Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark Dazzle
Tools: Circle & rectangle Nestabilities dies, QuicKutz Scallop border die, SU! Little Leaves Sizzlits die, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Melon Mambo dotted grosgrain ribbon, SU! rhinestone brads, SU! Dazzling Diamonds, 3d foam tape

Wonky With Love

I just got some new Nestabilities - Wonky Rectangles.  I love using Nesties for making shaped cards and I love hanging elements over the edge and these dies are perfect for that.  I have a feeling Wonky Squares will be arriving in my craft room very soon!

My hubby Owen will be starting a new job next week so I made this little card to wish him good luck.  I die cut two Crumb Cake wonky rectangles, scored a line near the top on one and glued the two together to form the card base.  I stamped the card front with a background in Crumb Cake ink and embossed the Early Espresso panel.  I stamped the heart surround image from the Sweetheart set in Early Espresso ink on Old Olive CS and added the sentiment.  I punched two olive CS hearts and punched a third  heart from patterned paper and glued them together so I got a nice chunky heart and popped it up.  I picked up this piece of Bo Bunny paper at the Glitter Pot for a bargain - the paper is scallop circle shaped and there was a rip in the scalloped part.  I loved the colour and the gorgeous pattern plus there's a touch of glitter.  The 'with love' stamp also has a heart but I punched a small red heart and covered up the stamped heart.  Then I applied a coat of Glossy Accents to make the heart shiny and dimensional.  I added metallic red brads to the Early Espresso panel but once the Glossy Accents had dried the brads weren't as deep red as the heart so I covered the brads with dark red crystals - and added three to the Old Olive wonky rectangle.

Then I decorated the envelope flap and added a sentiment and punched hearts inside the card.  I stamped the background on the Very Vanilla panel in Crumb Cake in after stamping off once, stamped the Good Luck sentiment and then sponged the edges.  Owen loved his surprise card!

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! Sweetheart & Yummy sets, Penny Black Delicate Pattern cling background stamp, Rubber Stampede Good Luck
CS: SU! Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Old Olive & Very Vanilla
Patterned paper: Bo Bunny Jazmyne Peridot
Ink: SU! Crumb Cake & Early Espresso
Tools: Wonky Rectangles Nestabilities dies, Sizzix Regal Flourishes embossing folder, SU! Heart punch, small heart punch
Embellishments & accessories: Ranger Glossy Accents, deep red crystals, brads, 3d foam tape

Springy Happy Birthday Card

I really wanted to make a flowery birthday card using pretty, springy colours and this card was the end result.  I started out stamping the leafy stem in Certainly Celery and three Petal Pizzazz flowers in Baja Breeze ink.  My pink flowers are from the One of a Kind set and were punched using the Boho Blossoms punch.  I then used Nesties for my image mat and layers. 

I made the card with Pretty in Pink CS and it measures approx. 5 3/4" square.  I added an Espresso mat and some patterned paper from last year's Sweet Pea stack.  Before gluing the Espresso panel down I added some blue satin ribbon.  I popped the flowers up with 3d glue dots and all have clear rhinestone centres.  The Celery lacy square is popped up.

Then I decorated the envelope flap and the inside of the card.  I really love the Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery and Baja Breeze combo with the white and the dark pop of Espresso!  Oooh, how exciting, Joanne has just delivered my SU! goodies, so I'm off to play with my new toys!

Supplies:
Stamps: Leafy stems from SU! Buds & Blossoms set, flowers from SU! Petal Pizzazz & One of a Kind sets, 'happy birthday' from Penny Black, inside sentiments from Hero Arts Sending Smiles Messages clear set
CS: SU! Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Early Espresso & Whisper White
Patterned paper: SU! Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper pack
Ink: SU! Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze & Early Espresso
Tools: Square & Lacy Square Nestabilities dies, SU! Boho Blossoms punch, SU! Eyelet Border punch
Embellishments & accessories: blue satin ribbon, clear rhinestones, 3d glue dots, 3d foam tape

Nostalgia Bird For You BRAK Card

Yesterday's CC316 colour combo challenge on Splitcoast Stampers was Certainly Celery, Marina Mist and Baja Breeze with a 'dessert option' to use a bird.  I seem to really like blues and greens together these days so I was happy to make a card with this lovely, soothing colour combo.

I started off with a side opening celery A6 card, a Baja Breeze embossed panel and some Certainly Celery ribbon.  I decided I'd use my Inkadinkado Nostalgia set - I love this set, it has everything you need to make a birthday card  - fab images, a lovely sentiment, decorative details and even a 'handmade' stamp for the back of the card.  SU! classic dye inks don't work well with Inkadinkado solid clear stamps,  I normally use chalk or Memento inks with them.  However, the images in this set are distressed and slightly grungy so it doesn't matter if the ink coverage is less than perfect.  Another reason to love this set, I can use my SU! inks! 

I also decided to try out a new embossing powder I bought recently - Wow White Pearl.  It turns your stamped image pearly and tones the ink colour down somewhat.  I inked the bird stamp with ColorBox Peacock pigment ink which is quite an intense blue - after embossing with the pearl powder I was chuffed to find it turned out really close to Marina Mist!  I used square Nestie dies to mat and layer and I've added silver brads and pale green crystals to the white square.  The lacy square is popped up.  I finished off the card front with a Marina Mist punched photo corner and I couldn't resist adding more of the gorgeous pale green crystals!

I then stamped the envelope flap and inside the card using more images and the birthday sentiment from the Nostalgia set.  The word 'Birthday' has a flower over the i - a perfect place to pop another crystal!  Another BRAK card added to my stash.

Supplies:
Stamps: Inkadinkado Nostalgia clear set, 'for you' from SU! Fresh Cuts set
CS: SU! Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze, Marina Mist & Whisper White
Ink: SU! Marina Mist & Certainly Celery, ColorBox Peacock pigment ink
Tools: Square, Lacy Square & Petite Oval Nestabilities dies, PaperMania Victorian Fleur embossing folder, SU! Photo Corners punch, SU! Mat Pack
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Certainly Celery poly twill ribbon, Wow White Pearl embossing powder, silver brads, pale green crystals, 3d foam tape

Blooms Best Wishes Shaped Card

Another shaped card made with the Labels Ten Nestability dies.  I came across these Prima hydrangea flowers in my stash the other day and I realised I haven't used them in ages.  Time to get them out and put some on a card! 

I cut the Labels Ten shapes in Regal Rose CS and I stamped the SU! Bella Toile background stamp over the entire front, stamping with Regal Rose ink stamped off once.  I then stamped the Bella Toile stamp on white CS in Pear Pizzazz ink after stamping off once, cut it out with a petite oval Nestie die and layered it on an Early Espresso oval.  I've sponged the edges of the white oval with Old Olive ink.  I attached the blooms to the oval with small pale pink gem brads and then glued punched leaves behind the blooms.  I used the X Cut Beech Leaf punch which also embosses the leaf veining detail, it's a fab punch.  The sentiment stamped in Early Espresso ink finished the card front.

Then I worked on the envelope and the inside of the card.  Lots of stamping with the gorgeous Bella Toile stamp!  A useful card to keep in my stash as it could be used for a variety of occasions.

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! Bella Toile, SU! Sincere Salutations set, Hero Arts Everything Wonderful
CS: SU! Regal Rose, Early Espresso & Whisper White
Ink: SU! Regal Rose, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive & Early Espresso
Tools: Labels Ten & petite oval Nestabilities dies, X Cut Beech Leaf punch
Embellishments & accessories:  Prima hydrangea flowers, pink gem brads