Peony Background Mother's Day cards - 2 designs

 Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing 2 cards from the Let's Celebrate collection by Yana Smakula for Spellbinders. It's a lovely collection with BetterPress plates, floral dies, stencils and even a wax seal! I love every bit of it and will be sharing cards using the entire collection over the next few days.

PEONY BACKGROUND AND LET'S CELEBRATE SENTIMENTS PRESS PLATES
 

My cards use 2 BetterPress plates from the collection, the lovely Peony Background and the Let's Celebrate Sentiments Press Plate. Each card uses the Peony plate in slightly different ways, which gives 2 different results.

For this card, I inked up the plate with the Black BetterPress ink and pressed into Porcelain cotton card. I colored the images with my Zig Real Brush Markers and popped up the sentiment on layered circle die cuts. I layered 2 ribbons underneath the circles to give some grounding. I needed a few flower accents, so I used the Vintage Florals die set.

This background plate has the peonies in the reverse, meaning you ink up the solid plate and the peonies are the open areas. I love this because you can get color on the background easily with ink instead of coloring the background.

 

For my second card, I inked the plate with CP ink All That Jazz and pressed into Porcelain cotton card.  I kept the peonies white for a fun monochromatic look. Even though I kept the layout and sentiment the same, with the turquoise ink and no coloring, this card has such a different feel!

 

Supplies used on these cards:

 Let's Celebrate Collection by Yana Smukula

Peony Background Press Plate 

 Let's Celebrate Sentiments Press Plate

Everlasting Circle die set

Vintage Florals die set

Zig Markers

BetterPress black ink

Porcelain BetterPress cotton card

Catherine Pooler ink in All That Jazz

Black twill and black and white striped grosgrain ribbons from stash

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Let's Celebrate Collection by Yana Smukula

Peony Background Press Plate 

 Let's Celebrate Sentiments Press Plate

Everlasting Circle die set

Vintage Florals die set

Porcelain BetterPress cotton card

Zig Markers

BetterPress black ink

Catherine Pooler ink in All That Jazz

 Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Spellbinders Mirrored Arch Collection -2 card designs

Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing 2 cards using the Mirrored Arch collection by Spellbinders.

This collection features a brand new nesting label shape called Mirrored Arch Labels, 2 BetterPress plates, 1 BetterPress sentiment set and a 3D emboss and cut folder!

MIRRORED ARCH BLOOMS PRESS PLATE & MIRRORED ARCH LABELS

This card uses the Mirrored Arch Blooms press plate colored lightly with Zig markers. I used the Porcelain cotton card with my plates, trimmed the panel and mounted it on a light gray card base.

To give the sentiment panel a bit of interest, I die cut out the center of the Mirrored Arch Blooms image with the coordinating Mirrored Arch Labels, then die cut the sentiment out with 2 sizes smaller and popped it up in the center. The light gray card base shows through creating a reverse frame.

MIRRORED ARCH NESTED SPRIGS & MIRRORED ARCH LABELS

For this card, I used the Pebble Cotton card with the Mirrored Arch Nested Sprigs press plate. I love this soft gray color of the Pebble card. I brought in another color of BetterPress ink besides my go-to Black, for this card I also used the Coastal color from the Desert Sunset mini ink set.

This press plate set has 3 frame designs and I used them all, but wanted to give each their own moment, so I alternated my ink colors. I die cut them out with the coordinating Mirrored Arch Labels die set and adhered them together. For the sentiment, I used the sentiment that came with the set, die cut it out and popped it up with foam tape. I added a few flowers from the Mini Blooms and Sprigs die set and colored them to match.

 

Supplies used on these cards:

Mirrored Arch Collection

Mirrored Arch Labels die set

Mirrored Arch Blooms press plate

Mirrored Arch Nested Sprigs press plate

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Mini Blooms and Sprigs die set

Porcelain Cotton Card

Pebble Cotton card

BetterPress Black ink

BetterPress Desert Sunset mini ink set

Distress Oxide inks: Kitch Flamingo and Tumbled Glass

Spellbinders Fog cardstock

Zig Markers

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Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Stamp Simply Mother's Day celebration week

Hi everyone! Over at Stamp Simply we are celebrating MOMs for the entire week! To help honor the mom's of the world, Sharon is offering $1.00 shipping for all US orders through 4/19! And yes, yes...she is still shipping daily from her residence in Michigan!

I went old school and made a circle card! I haven't made a circle card in ages and I'm not sure why, I really do love circle cards!  This one is pretty flat and will fit in an A2 invitation envelope without needing extra postage.

My card uses the lovely floral image from the Floral Cluster Summer Roses set and the sentiment is from the All Occasion Sentiments SET 1. I die cut 2 thin black rings using my Spellbinders circle dies LG/SM. I think the black really makes the flower cluster POP! I used my Zig markers to color and I'm really enjoying how fast and easy they are to use.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Happy Mother's Day

Hi everyone and a very Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there!  I have a happy card to share today.  The sentiment I used is from the Annual Celebration stamp set, which has 11 sentiments that spans New Years to Christmas. 

The fresh black and white patterned paper is from the new 6x6 Fun Filled paper pad.  The prints in this pack are colorful summer patterns and the reverse side is a classic black and white print -so fun!  The flower blossom I made is a combination of the Steel Rule Daisy die, the Summer Pretties punch, and the leaves are from the new Summer Branch die which is fast becoming one of my favorites!  I mean the cuteness...come on!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

All supplies are Fun Stampers Journey       
Stamps, punches and dies: 
Annual Celebration Stamp Set
Journey Circles Die Set  
Summer Branch Die 
Steel Rule Daisy die
Summer Pretties punch
Cardstock and Inks:
Whip Cream Cardstock
Black Licorice Cardstock and Ink
Watermelon Fusion Cardstock
Limeade Splash Cardstock
Bubble Gum Pink Cardstock 
Fun Filled 6x6 Paper Pack
Accessories:  
Matte enamel dots (from Spring mini, retired)

Paper Crafts May/June online bonus projects

Hi everyone!!  Things have been kinda quiet around here on my bloggy as I am doing some behind the scenes projects.  Lots of deadlines to meet!  But I can share with you a couple cards that made the current Paper Crafts May/June issue online bonus section!  You can check out all the fabulous cards that are in that section online for FREE!

This card was for the masculine cards section.  It uses the Ippity (by Unity) set, Authentic Man.  This one is clean and simple to the max.  In fact, in looking at the design, I think I cased it for my the card on this post.  lol!

This next card was for the Mother's Day section.  The fabulous sentiment is from Verve's Because of You set -one of my favs! 

This wasn't pictured online, but here is the inside of the card.  I used a sentiment and a touch of greenery from One Person -another favorite Verve set. 

I am lucky enough to have another Father's Day card in that issue, so if you have a chance, check out page 62!

Thanks for stopping by and I'll leave you with a couple close up pictures.

Card Deets -Enjoy the Ride:

Cardstock: (Dark Chocolate, white) Papertrey Ink   
Patterned paper: (Fine and Dandy 6x6 pad) My Mind's Eye   
Stamps: (Authentic Man) Ippity by Unity Stamp Co.   
Ink: (Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko   
Accessories: (blue, yellow, orange markers) Copic, (brown twine) May Arts
Dies: (Circles Nestabilities LG and SM) Spellbinders, (1/2", 1" circle punches) Stampin' Up!  

Card Deets -Mom:

Cardstock: (Vintage Cream) Papertrey Ink; (pink) Prism   
Patterned paper: (Flower from Bayberry Cottage collection) Pink Paislee   
Stamps: (Because of You and One Person) Verve Stamps   
Ink: (Chai, Spring Moss and Black) Papertrey Ink   
Accessories: (clear rhinestones) Zva Creative; (green flower) Wild Orchid Crafts; (green rhinestones) Kaisercraft, (pink seam binding) Schiff Ribbons   
Dies: (Standard Circles and Scalloped Circles Nestabilities) Spellbinders, (border punch) Stampin' Up! 

A 6x6 storage idea and some early Mother's Day cards

***This old post from 2009 is getting lots of views and I am getting questions. I no longer store my 6x6 paper pads in these Sterlite cubes. I now have a new craft space and have the IKEA Kallax system.****

I store many of my paper pads and other items I'm working on in organizers from Scrapbook.com. They have a ton of sizes and I have several around my craft space. I especially love this size of the Medium Organizer.

But first, my friend Sharon (notimetostamp) posed the question to everyone "how do you store your 6x6 paper pads?" on this blog post. So, I thought I would share my new system. It's NOT perfect, but it works for me and my TINY stamping space. I have about 1/2 of my paper pads moved over and I like it so far!

I keep a stack of plastic CD cases behind my chair (I just don't skootch back very fast!). They measure 6" deep, 7 1/2" tall and 8" across. They fit my Basic Grey 6x6 pads very nicely. Along with lots of other stuff too! What I do is put the entire pad in with the "spine" side down and then I toss the scraps (which I save them ALL) in just behind the cover page. I suppose you could get fancy with some tabs with the name of the pads, but I just thumb thru looking for a specific color or pattern to fit my card. I kind of have the order of the pads memorized!

I have them stacked 5 boxes high, and that seems the limit. They are pretty sturdy, no tipping and I even have them on carpet. They interlock with each other and I suppose if you anchored them to the wall somehow they could be stacked even higher. I got them at Fred Meyer's (it's a West Coast store) for around $2 each. I imagine you could find them at Target, K-Mart or the like.

I also store my Nesties here too. I keep each set in a CD case attached with magnetic strips. I color coded the spine for my Circles, Ovals and Rectangles. This has been a huge plus!

I hope this helps some of you who are looking for some ideas. EDITED TO ADD: The containers are made by Sterilite #1695.  -they can be found online at Ebay, Amazon.com, and other places. Good luck!

Now on to some Mother's Day cards. I have been inspired to use corsage pins and beads to make a version of the SU! Pretties kit. Way back when, I dabbled in making jewelry and like a true scrapper, I saved all my beads! So, I bought a set of corsage pins, some earring stoppers and got to work.

I made 3 versions of the card -pale plum, bashful blue and pink pirouette. The sentiment is Happy Thoughts from Verve and the BG stamp is Damask from Flourishes (on the blue and plum cards). I used some yellow pearls from Kaiser Craft for the center of the flower.

Here is a picture of all three! Thanks for stopping by and have a great Friday!

Card Deets:
Stamps – Heartfelt Thanks, Happy Thoughts, Damask
Paper - white, black, pale plum, pink pirouette, bashful blue
Accessories - paper piercer, yellow pearls, yellow stickles, black satin striped organdy ribbon and Michelle's version of the Pretties kit!