Ala Michele & Bobby

Hello friends.  A couple weeks ago when I and Bobby went to Michele's house for a get together, both Michele and Bobby had dies that I cut out and brought home to make into cards. Today I have 2 of the cards I made to share with you.

This first card uses a die set from Michele and Concord & 9th called Cherry Nice, and it turned into a perfect birthday card for one of my granddaughters who is turning 5 next week (I swear she was just a baby last week!!).  Take a look...

I thought this turned out so cute, and I think my granddaughter will think so too!  This is a 4 bar size card (3 1/2 x 5 1/2) and the bottom of the card is dsp from PTI and the top white section was embossed with those sweet little cherries from Concord & 9th.  The cherries were cut from red cs and then ink blended around the edges to give them some definition.  The faces are actually from a bumble bee set from SU! and helps to make this card a little sweeter for Maddy!  The leaves and flowers were also a part of the set as well as the "sweet" die.

The BIRTHDAY WISHES sentiment was embossed in white on red cs and the red ric rac is from PTI's Skinny Ric Rac die.  Thanks for sharing Michele and helping me get this birthday card made actually ahead of time!

My 2nd card uses Honey Bees Winter Birds dies from Bobby after seeing her gorgeous card HERE.  I was so in love with the cardinal AND the color of the blue background that Bobby used that I had to try and replicate her card with what I had at home.  I ended up using poppystamps Bird House Pop Up Easel Dies and Boho Blue cs (SU!) to make a resting place for the cardinal.  I did a bunch of ink blending on the cardinal before putting the layers together, and then attached him to the house.

I was hoping my close up would show the glitter on the roof top and the snow on the bird house opening, but no such luck...grrrrrr!  My background was embossed with an older SU! embossing folder called Winter Snow and is still one of my most used ef's for Winter and Christmas cards.

I'm going to add both these cards to the Can You Handle the Pressure challenge since I used embossing folders for the backgrounds on both cards, and also the NBUS challenge since I have never used either of the dies before.

Thank you sooooo much Michele & Bobby for sharing your supplies and helping me with a birthday card and one more for the Christmas stash!  Crafting friends are absolutely the best!! 

Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!

Heartfelt Blooms

Hello friends.  After seeing all the beautiful cards made with the Heartfelt Blooms stamp and stencil set from Alex Syberia Designs (ASD), I couldn't seem to help myself and put it in my cart!  Yes, I'm very weak, but when it comes to florals, I just don't seem to have any control!!  I also had some new 3D embossing folders to play with, and had fun making these 2 cards...

I used Gina K's light, medium & dark Orchid inks (the color is much deeper IRL!) to stencil my blooms in the top left and bottom right corners of my panel (I stamped the outline of the blooms with black ink first).  Next I ran the panel through with SSS's Layered Vine 3D embossing folder.

I added my panel to a top folding white card base, and because this panel was a little bit shorter than the card base, I added a thin black strip at the bottom...I like the grounded look it gives!  I finished with a sentiment from The Greetery's Opposites Attract stamp and die set and also a small butterfly die cut with silver sparkle cs using Poppystamps Butterfly Buttons dies.

My 2nd card uses the full stamped and stenciled image from Heartfelt Blooms, and SSS's Feather Spiral 3D embossing folder.  I love the look the embossing gives the flowers and the whole card!

Once again I used The Greetery's Opposites Attract stamp and die set for my sentiment, and the Butterfly Buttons dies for my little butterfly accent (Die cut from a scrap of card that had Lindy's Magicals on it, and then heat embossed with clear several times to give that lacquered look. A piece of copper cording tied the two butterfly layers together.) 

I'd like to add these two cards to the following challenges:

Triple B,  Can You Handle the Pressure, and Stencil Fun Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!