A Coffee Kind of Day card

 I have a retired stamp and die set called “Nothing’s Better Than” and the die set called “Love You More Than…” which I hadn’t used yet. So I jumped on the opportunity to include a “coffee” card with a gift set of Starbuck coffees that my daughter donated to a community silent auction.  I thought it’d be the perfect occasion to include a hand made card with it. And this is what I came up with:

I love the vintage style of the coffee cup and chose a teal ink, like the old melamine dinner sets that were popular several decades ago!

Here’s a closeup of the focal panel: 

And of course the inside is embellished simply, with the same vintage coffee cup as well as the envelope…after all, the little touches add so much to a handmade item!

Just a fun little card. Someday I hope to have (or make) the excuse to use the other images in this stamp set: cocktails, chocolates and cookies!! Stay tuned…

Card Class August 2023

Today I'm sharing today three cards that were made in my card class last month. It was the first class for most of the attendees and I think everyone had a fun time! And though I haven't posted the class projects before, I've been offering card making classes since June of 2022. 

The first card involved a quick lesson in stamping, gluing, dry embossing using an embossing folder and my Stampin'UP! Cut & Emboss machine and punching. It featured the beautiful Designer Series Paper (DSP) called Awash in Beauty on a Balmy Blue card base. For a subtle effect, a small panel of Balmy Blue was embossed using the Pretty Flowers embossing folder and added to the front  The greeting was stamped and punch with the Double Oval punch and branches were punched using the Bough punch:

The second card is a favorite split angle design and featured the gorgeous Hues of Happiness DSP. This card introduced the concept of adding dimension to a card by using double sided foam stickers. Three flowers from the DSP pack were fussy cut and then added on top as the focal:

The last card we made was a Z-fold using the Sweet as a Peach DSP...I had to share this fun paper since it was peach season! Everyone stamped the branch & leaves, and then the peaches using clear photopolymer stamps. Some folks opted to use the flip side of the DSP (which was white dots on a peachy background) while others kept it at the same peach design for both the front panel as well as the inside panel. And I shared a tip on positioning the white inside panel exactly so as to not show when the card was closed!

While I’ve designed these cards and prepped its components, I always encourage everyone to change up the design if they want to, to make it their own! Some do, and others prefer to make it as the example. It's all good!

I hope you enjoyed a glimpse into one of my classes and that it inspires you! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

Petal Park -Trio of birthday cards

Ever have one of those months when you need a surprising number of cards? That's how September has been! I discovered that I needed 8 birthday cards this month! I've been playing with the Petal Park stamp set and punch lately and while I usually avoid solid stamps, I decided to try the trio of solid flowers in the Petal Park stamp set. Here are the cards I created:

The first one, on the left is the simplest of the cards. Just one mat under the focal layer. And only the trio of flowers punched and added on top. Even the sentiment was stamped on the card front itself. I liked how it turned out so I decided to keep working on it. Here’s a close up of that first card:

Second was the card on the bottom, in Calypso Coral. Similar to the first card but I embossed the top layer using the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder. Then I decided to stamp the greeting and punch it out with the Double Oval punch and added a simple twine bow:

Last is the card on the right with a split design of flowers along the top and bottom with the greeting stamped in the middle. Highland Heather and Fresh Freesia along with Coastal Cabana colors. Love that combination:

If you received one of these cards from me for your September birthday, I hope you liked the card! As always, I had fun making them. Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!