Stamping Expressions

Bermuda Butterflies

I'm really getting spring fever and it always makes me think of butterflies.  I was trying to create the feeling of motion in this card with one of the Big Shot Texturz Plates.  First I inked the plate with Bermuda Bay and ran it through with 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Whisper White card stock. Next I inked the plate with White Craft Ink before I ran it through with a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Bermuda Bay card stock. I let the piece with the craft ink dry overnight.  Then I cut both pieces in half and adhered them to the card base.  I used the new Scallop Trim punch on the Soft Suede strip and and Scallop Trim Corner punch on the  corners of the main image.  I love the new Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die and used a scrap of Regal Rose for them.  All three of these products are in the Occasions Mini Catalog.  The sentiment is from Flight of the Butterfly.  This was really a fun card to make!  Happy Stamping!

For My Valentine

This is the card that I made for my husband.  It's a little pink, but that's where my creative juices took me!  I used the Always stamp set and clear embossed the hearts before cutting them out.  I adhered one to the white layer and popped the other one up on dimensionals. I ran a piece of white through the swirled texturz plate and lightly sponged some pink on the raised areas.  It's tied up with the fabulous pink satin ribbon in the Occasions Mini Catalog.  It's layered on a piece of Basic Gray onto the pink cardstock. He also gets some chocolate covered strawberries. After 21 years of marriage we keep it simple! 

Friendship Flower

This card uses several wonderful products in  the Occasions Mini Catalog: the Extra Large Fancy Flower (118073) punch, With All My Heart clear stamp set (118623), the Sending Love Designer Series Paper (117153) and  Epoxy brads (117271).  One of the things that I really like about the DSP is that it can be used for so many occasions and isn't limited to Valentine's Day!  The card stock is Pretty in Pink and the sentiment is from the Wings of Friendship hostess set.  

Sweat Pea Stitches

Aren't these stitched felt flowers just the cutest things?  They're called Sweat Pea and are in the Occasions Mini catalog (117266.)  I had my machine out the other day and played around with them.  I stitched down some Old Olive 1/4" ribbon and adhered the flowers with Tombo glue.  I pulled out the Eastern Blooms set for the small stamped flowers and then just stitched the stems.  I made some "grass" out of a strip of Old Olive and then secured it at the base with a zig-zag stitch. I used Pumpkin Pie and Taken with Teal for the layers, which are some of the colors in the Sweat Pea Designer Series Paper Stack (117161.)  It's a different look from my typical cards!  Happy Stamping!