3D hot air balloon card

Hi everyone!  I have a fun hot air balloon card to share today.  Sadly, I've never seen a hot air balloon in person, but I googled images of them and was struck by how bright and colorful they are!  My card features one of Spellbinders' new Inspire line die, Up and Away.

 

I created this 3D balloon by die cutting and trimming the balloon portion 5 times each in a bright fun color.  I pieced the bows under each panel with a matching cardstock color.  I took a couple pictures to show you how it was done.

The clouds are from the Rainy Day die set and I colored them with a pale blue marker to make them stand out a bit.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!  Here's a close up picture of the balloon.

Spellbinders Dies: IN-050 Up and Away, S2-141 Sentiment Five, IN-013 Rainy Day Shapeabilities®

Other Supplies: Bo Bunny Double Dot Bold and Bright 6x6 paper pad; light blue copic marker to color clouds; Twine
Adhesive: Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Squares and 3D foam frames 

Medallion note cards

Hi everyone! I have a fun set of note cards to share today.  My sister loves to give away my cards as little thank you gifts and I made this set for her neighbor who fed and walked her dog when she was on vacation.

These all use the same Medallion One die as a focal point and paper pack from Bo Bunny.  I just changed up the color of the Prima flower and sentiment.

Here is the Die D-Lite Medallion set of 2 dies.  It's so pretty!!

Here's my card with a white medallion and purple flower

Gray medallion, yellow flower

Peach medallion, tangerine flower

 

Last but not least - Light aqua medallion, aqua flower

These were pretty easy to make.  The card bases are 3 3/4" square which I chose to get the right amount of pattern paper showing around the label shape.  I used my Wink of Stella glitter pen to to each flower for that extra shimmer.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Deets:  
Spellbinder dies: S2-014 Medallion One, S2-082 Sentiment One, IN-012 Celebration, IN-037 Celebration Two Shapeabilities®, S4-375 Scalloped Labels One Nestabilities® 
Paper: Misc cardstock; Bo Bunny Baby Bump 6x6 paper pad
Embellishments - Stamp Simply Ribbon Store: Prima flowers Lil Missy in Rose Colors
Adhesive - Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L foam squares
NOTE: You can also find Spellbinders Die Templates at the The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Let it Snow card

Hi everyone!  I am still trying to tackle my Christmas card list.  Yeah, I'm thinkin' some friends will be getting their cards just in time, or maybe a touch late!  Here is one I made this morning using the lovely paper, Powder Mountain by Bo Bunny.  I used Spellbinders Create-a-Flake Three dies for the snowflakes which are die cut and embossed from silver mirror cardstock.  It's so pretty and shiny IRL!

That's it for today.  Short and sweet as I have to buy my son a new coat (don't ask), which is surprisingly hard to do in the middle of winter!

Have a great day!  I'll leave you with a close up picture.

Most supplies can be found at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Quick and easy Christmas cards

Hi everyone!  I made a couple quick and easy Christmas cards this morning.  I am almost finished with my list and needed 2 more.  I was able to make both of these in under 1 hour and got them off in the mail!

Both my cards use the Bo Bunny Christmas paper, Mistletoe.  LOVE the traditional colors in this pad, give me red, bright green and white any day!  I used Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia dies, I didn't "poof" this flower up like I would normally do because I wanted it to lay as flat as possible.  The sentiment is JustRite's set, Christmas Vintage Labels One framed with a Labels Eighteen die.

Next is a card that uses paper scraps (you could even use washi tape) and a couple pieces of red twill ribbon.  I have seen this layout around the blogasphere and it is perfect for flat mailing!  The sentiment is JustRite's Large Fancy Holiday Sentiments accented with some red rhinestones.

That's it for today.  I have lots of Christmas shopping and wrapping to do!  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.  Here are some close up pictures.

All supplies can be found at the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Mommy and Baby Cupcakes

Hi everyone!  I have a birthday card to share that uses a cutie cupcakes stamp from Stamping Bella.  How fun are these?  The stamp is called Mommy and Baby Cupcake.  I colored them with copic markers, cut out the frosting part and popped it up and I added crystal effects to the turquoise dots on the Mommy cuppie!

 There are lots of Spellbinders dies on this one, I used the Classic Bracket Edgeabilities edger, Labels Sixteen, Classic Squares and Circles Nestabilities.  I used the color scheme from the fun circle paper which is from the Bo Bunny Hello Sunshine 6x6 pad.

That's it for today but before I go, I wanted too mention that Sharon from The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store is having a Customer Appreciation "Free Gifts for You" with purchases in increments of $50 or more.  This is going on right now through Tuesday, November 27th!  You can find the details on her blog post HERE.  Getting free stuff with purchases makes it a great time to stock up on all those ribbons you have been wanting!

Thanks for stopping by and have a Happy Thanksgiving!  I'll leave you with a close up picture.

Card Deets: 
Stamps - Mommy & Baby Cupcake and sentiment (Stamping Bella) 
Ink -Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko) 
Paper -White, Kraft and Turquoise Sea cardstock (Gina K Designs), Hello Sunshine 6x6 pad (Bo Bunny Press) 
Accessories -Spellbinders™ Labels Sixteen and Circles SM and Squares SM Nestabilities®, E1-002 Classic Bracket Edgeabilities®; silver rhinestones (Recollections); grosgrain ribbon (Michael's); copic markers; button, silver cord (May Arts), glossy Accents (Ranger); Glitter gel pen (Elmers) 
Tools - Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur® die cutting machine; sewing machine

Because You're So Gracious

Hi everyone!  I have a fall card to share today.  This card uses my MUCH neglected Spellbinders Foliage Two die set and some gorgeous Prima flowers from the Charme Roses collection.  The fall pattern paper is from Bo Bunny Apple Cider.

The beautiful sentiment is from JustRite and was designed by Becca Fekken called Just the Right Words.  It is so versitile - it can be dressed up or used on a more simple card like mine.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  I'll leave you with a close up picture.

All card supplies can be found at the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Card Deets:
Stamps- Just the right Words (JustRite Papercrafts)
Paper - White and tomato soup cardstock (Gina K Designs); Bo Bunny Apple Cider 6x6 paper
Accessories - Spellbinders Foliage Two; Prima Charme Roses, Baker's twine, Silver Rhinestones, Scor-Pal, Corner rounder

FTL209 Pumpkin pie, Pumpkin patch

Hi everyone!  I just received some new goodies from The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store and set aside a few minutes to play along with this week's Fall To Layout sketch challenge (FTL290).  It was a really cool sketch and I made this card in less than an hour (which is pretty fast for me)!

I used the gorgeous Apple Cider 6x6 paper from Bo Bunny and the sentiment stamps are from JustRite's Autumn Words.  I added some rhinestones, velvet ribbon and prima flowers as accents and done!  See the gold edges on the flowers?  I chose those specifically for that.  I generally use silver tones in my cards, but this paper and theme allowed for gold accents perfectly!  LOVE!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!  I'll leave you with a close up picture.

All supplies found at the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Card Deets:
Stamps - Autumn Words (JustRite)
Paper - white cardstock; Apple Cider (Bo Bunny)
Accessories - Avon Rose in Alla Prima, Sugar Blooms in Madeline (Prima), Rhinestones in Amber (Kaisercraft), 1/8" velvet ribbon in brown (May Arts)

Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style - Bo Bunny

Hi everyone!!  Welcome to this week's Ribbon Inspiration Stamp Simply Style. This week we are all using Bo Bunny products!  I chose to use papers from the Country Garden 6x6 pad.  This paper is really pretty and has a smattering of newsprint throughout which is on trend right now.

You can find all the Bo Bunny products in stock here.

I went with some of the blue papers in the pad and they are a perfect match to the blue silk ribbon and Bliss pearls.  The sentiment is from JustRite's Musical Notes Labels Twenty.  I made the roses from Spellbinders Rose Creations die templates.

Each week we will have fabulous Blog Candy and this week is a $20 gift certificate to the store!  The winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, one comment per blog, please.  The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. EST on Tuesday, May 29th and posted on Sharon's Blog on Wednesday.

You must check back to claim your prize if you are the lucky winner!

 Here is a list of today's participants:

Sharon Johnson - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Barb Schram

Linda Duke

Holly McMillen

Michelle Woerner

My card also follows Chupa's amazing Sketchbook Saturday Challenge 60.  Not only are her sketches some of my favorites, but I love that there is no deadline, so you can play anytime you have a chance.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop!  I'll leave you with a close up picture.

Card Deets:

Stamps - Musical Notes Labels Twenty (JustRite Papercrafts)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - white cardstock, Country Garden (Bo Bunny)
Accessories - 1.25" blue silk ribbon, Spellbinders S5-050 Rose Creations Shapeabilities, Kaisercraft pearls in Bliss
 

Verve Love Note cards

Hi everyone!!  I have a couple cards to share today using the totally cute new Verve stamps set, Love Notes and matching Jotted Heart Die!  Totally. Love. This set. And die!  Yep, Julee designed an amazing release this month, be sure to check them all out here!

My cards follow the same layout and use the new Bo Bunny 6x6 pad, Crush.  I love the traditional colors in this pad - pinks, red, white and black.  SO CRISP!  I have had the Large scalloped square Nestabilities for some time now and I finally got around to making these cutie scalloped shaped cards.  Just love.

And here is the second card.  Confession: I have an aversion to black ribbon.  There.  I said it.  Black ribbon makes me think of sympathy cards and I have such trouble using it on other type cards.  But, it's soooo pretty, I forced myself to use it here and I think it works with the bright pink button in the center!!

Sigh, aren't the sentiments in this set totally CUTE?!?  I mean HUGS?  Yippeee!  Oh, and you may have noticed that the heart image has both red and black ink on it.  I wanted the black for the outline (to tie in with the black card base), but wanted something softer for the inner lines.  Here is how I did it: 

First, I inked the entire stamp in red.  Next I took a baby wipe and carefully wiped off the red ink from the heart outline.

Then I took my black ink spot (this size is easier to handle), and inked the heart border.  I wasn't concerned if a bit of the inner dotted lines got some black on it, I thought looked cool that way.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  I will leave you with some close up pictures.

Card Deets:

Stamps - Love Notes (Verve Stamps)
Ink - Black, Real Red, Regal Rose (SU!)
Cardstock - Pure Luxury Black and White (Gina K Designs)
Pattern Paper -  Bo Bunny Crush 6x6 pad (Stamp Simply Ribbon Store)
Accessories - A Cut Above Jotted heart die (Verve Stamps), Large scalloped and classic square nesties (Gina K Designs), black wrinkled ribbon (Stamp Simply Ribbon Store), buttons and black Kaiser pearls (Pink hedgehog Papercrafts), Swiss Dots EF, White floss (DMC), stick pins from craft supply

Sent with Love cards

Hi everyone!  I sat down last night to make a card using this ADORABLE cuckoo clock image from the new StampTV Kit set, Sent with Love.  Then with the supplies I still had on my desk, I made another card!  Love when this happens!

This cuckoo card uses the adorable pattern paper from Bo Bunny's Crazy Love 6x6 pad.  I colored the image with copic markers and added a touch of shimmer with my Sakura Stardust pen in pink.  The ribbon is the pink wrinkled ribbon and I added a punched heart with a button.  Cutie!!!

My next card uses my FAV image in the set, the heart tree -I HEART this tree!  heehee!  I used the same Small Long Rectangle nestie, pattern paper, pink cardstock, glitter pen, copic markers, button and string.  The ribbon is again the wrinkled ribbon in brown and tied into a double bow.  This ribbon makes such lovely double bows!!  Kinda cool how different they look, but they use almost the exact same products!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!  I will leave you with a couple close up pictures.

Card Deets:

Stamps - Sent with Love (Stamp TV Kit by Gina K)
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Cardstock - Kraft, pretty in pink, dark chocolate, vintage cream
Pattern Paper - Crazy Love 6x6 pad (Bo Bunny from the Stamp Simply Ribbon store)
Accessories - buttons from Fuchsia collection and copic markers (Pinkhedgehog Papercrafts), linen thread and scallop trim punch (SU!), Sakura stardust pen, score pal