Retro Week Happy Camper card

Hello!  A friend gave me three stamp sets and challenged me to create some boys cards for her.  I love retro week!  I hope to do it again soon!

Happy stamping!
Stef

Lovely Lattice Card

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Pinewood Planks embossing folder

Lovely Lattice cling set

Sheltering Tree Reflection Card

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THINKING OF YOU CARD
Stamps:  Sheltering Tree set

Colors:  Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Old Olive, and Whisper White

Supplies:  Sponges, paper snips, window sheet, dimensionals, and snail adhesive

Directions:

·       Lay a strip of cardstock down about ¾ of the way on the card; this is your mask. 

·       Sponge in green above the mask for the grass.  Remove the mask and sponge in Espresso (above and below the water line).  Sponge Pool Party darker in the sky and softer in the water.

·       Stamp the tree in Espresso and then again on the window sheet.  Press the window sheet down onto the water; this will transfer most of the ink.  Use a baby wipe to clean the window sheet.

·       Stamp the leaves in Pumpkin ink…twice.  Stamp the Pumpkin ink onto the window sheet.  Press the window sheet ink side down onto the card base.  Clean the window sheet.

·       Stamp the sentiment onto the white strip.  Snip ends to make a banner.  Adhere with dimensionals.

·       Adhere the layers.

Double flap Club Card Awesomely Artistic

Stamps:  Awesomely Artistic (retiring) and Butterfly Basics (retiring)
Colors:  Elegant Eggplant (retiring), Rose Red (retiring), Old Olive, Whisper White, and Daffodil Delight
Supplies: Paper trimmer, ribbon, brick folder (retiring), markers, sponges

I found this cute idea on Pinter-est so feel free to go to my fancy fold board and check it out!

I am still recovering from mono so please be patient with me.  Once my kiddos finish their big push to complete school I am hopeful that I will have more time to stamp.

Happy stamping!
Stef

Hearts Come Home Stamp Camp Card #3

Here is my third card and it is a simple one just featuring the stamp set.  I didn't want all of the cards to be labor intensive and I definitely wanted one card to feature the matching stamps.  LOL!  I love the Softly Falling embossing folder but would have shifted the folder down a bit so that the snow was not falling so thick at the top of the card.  Next time...

Happy stamping!
Stef

Painted Harvest week card #1

Monday morning found me upstairs in my happy zone...finally stamping!  Hooray!  This week I plan to showcase the Painted Harvest bundle.  It is so fun to use.

Colors:  Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Old Olive and Soft Suede

Happy stamping!

Stef

Retro Week - Exotic Blooms Card Three

This is the last card in my retro week.  I am working on Christmas cards next so check back next week!

I have been trying to get my posts to post automatically and having issues so I apologize that this one did not post yesterday.  Later today I will post my weekend video.  School is still in the transition phase and, at one point yesterday, my daughter had to watch her accredited class videos on my laptop.  I will be so very excited when we get everything ironed out.  Thankfully I don't have to get up early to stamp now.  Hooray!  Stamping at 6 am in the morning was not as fun as it is normally.  LOL!

Happy stamping!
Stef

Retro Week Continues-Exotic Blooms Card Two

This is my wink at the postage stamp method.  I colored the "stamps" with markers and then stamped them.  Check back tomorrow for a card with stamped border!

Happy stamping!
Stef

Retro Week-Exotic Blooms Birthday Card

Good morning!  I am fighting allergies so I was not up to stamping at 6 am Monday and Tuesday.  LOL!  My friend gave me this stamp set to play with as a challenge for my Retro Week.  It was a stretch for me because this set would not typically inspire me and it was old enough that there were not many cards posted online using it.  Tomorrow I plan to post a card using the postage stamp method if I can find all of the goodies I need.

Here is a pic of the stamp set.

Retro Week Godspeed set Card #3

Sorry!   It has been a busy day and I just got a chance to post on my blog.  Today was my son's day off so we had doctor appointments and hair cuts and....you get the picture.

I am finishing the prep work for stamp camp tomorrow!  Hoot!

Happy stamping!
Stef

Retro Week Godspeed set card #2

Oh happy day!  The roofers just left after replacing a missing shingle and patching a few spots.  I can sleep through the rain.  (-: 

Here is my favorite of the Godspeed cards.  I love the Topnote die and was so sad that it retired.

Happy stamping!
Stef

Retro Week Godspeed set

This week for retro week I am creating some military cards so that our family can send neat cards to a friend who is in basic training and then going onto more training.  I will be using this stamp set for the entire week.  Not interested in military cards?  No worries!  I will pull out another retired stamp set soon and do another retro week!

I wanted simple cards with relatively few frills and doodads for this soldier.  I was not happy with the sentiment on the top card so I ripped away and liked the new version.  I also smudged a bit of ink on my Crumb Cake CS but liked the wink at camo that sponging created.  Hope that you enjoy!

Happy stamping!
Stef

Pop of Paradise Thank you notes

One of my children needed thank you notes and she LOVED the pineapples on my new set.  The cards are fairly simple because she is a no frills kind of gal.  LOL!

Colors:
Whisper White, Island Indigo, Crushed Curry, and Old Olive

Stamps:
Pop of Paradise

Supplies:
Embossing folder ( retired)
Dimensionals
Sponge
Markers in Crushed Curry and Old Olive (to color the pineapple)

Happy stamping!
Stef

Butterfly Basics Card

Today I pulled out my stamps and got creative after CASING a card in the Occasions catalog.  I added a few layers and an embossing folder to give depth.  I hope that it gets your creative juices flowing!

Stamps:  Butterfly Basics

Colors:  Calypso Coral, Night of Navy, Naturals White, Old Olive

Supplies:
Big Shot
Butterfly Thinlits (I got the bundle so that I saved money when I bought the stamps and dies)
White/Silver bakers string
Dimensionals
Punch-bitty butterfly and 3/4" circle
Embossing folder-Spring flowers

****You definitely will need your paper piercing tool when you work with the butterfly thinlits because there will be lots of poking.  I did not find this die as annoying as the lacy doily die...phew!  That one was a chore but this one is much less time consuming. 

Happy stamping!
Stef

Club Project - Masculine You are Loved Card

Sorry!  I totally forgot about posting yesterday even though I had this one ready.  Yesterday was crazy busy with errands and pictures in the Governor's Gardens.  I will post them soon to show off my two darling children.  (-:

Here is a card that would not be too "foofy" for the man in your life!  LOL!  I kept it simple; sponging and distressing add a deeper look.

Stamps:
You are Loved

Colors:
Old Olive
Whisper White
Pool Party
Cherry Cobbler marker

Supplies:
Stapler and staples
Decorative Label punch
Oval punch
Old Olive dotted ribbon
Scissors or distressing tool

Happy stamping!
Stef

Mother's Day Card

Hello and happy stamping!  This card is for the upline meeting at the end of the month and will be my make and take project.  I am also using it for my monthly mailed swap (to kill two birds with one stone).  I did switch out the brads in the smaller flowers for the mini brads and loved the effect.  Also, the prongs on the mini brads are easier to bend so it was easier on my fingers to make all of those swaps!

I cased this card layout from Dawn O but changed quite a few aspects to make it uniquely mine.  Enjoy!

Stamps:
Well Scripted

Colors:
Calypso Coral
Old Olive
Wisteria Wonder
Whisper White

Supplies:
Berry Blossoms Designer Series paper
Big Shot and platform
Stripes folder
Punches-Extra large oval, Decorative label, Blossom punch (mini catalog), Blossom Bouquet trio, Boho Blossoms
Mini brads
Brads, silver
Dimensionals
Sponge (coral on the greeting)

Happy stamping!
Stef