Newsprint DSP

Good morning!!

I just got this Newsprint DSP and quickly ripped it open and played with it. I love that look of old newspaper. I am also crazy about edging everything with the Soft Suede ink and sponge dauber.

Those little scraps of paper from the Brights Designer Series Paper stack, I cut them up to make banners and punched into flowers.

Hemp twine and sentiment from level 2 hostess Apple Blossoms set finish off the card. The sentiment was stamped in Rich Razzleberry.

Next is a quick card from the Sew Suite line (in the Occasions Mini catalog): Sweet Stitches DSP, Sweet Stitches Designer Big Buttons, Sew Suite stamp set and wrapped with Pumpkin Pie striped ribbon.

Love this cheerful line and the bright candy colors :) Yum...

Happy stamping to you all.

Liza

Nature Walk sympathy

Hello there, crafting friends.... Ugh... We needed not one, but two! sympathy cards last week. As much as I love making cards, this one is definitely not easy to make.

I picked out the Nature Walk stamp set and its matching Botanical Gazette suite line for this one: Botanical Gazette DSP, Nature Walk stamp set and picked my color combo from the DSP: which is Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso. I added the Pumpkin Pie striped ribbon for a pop of color.

The Spiral border punch make a nice edge for the focal point, and the sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Happy stamping...

Liza

Sew Suite

Hello there, crafting friends... good morning!! What have you made this week? Today I wanted to blog about 3 different cards that comes from the same focal point/ my own hand made embellishments. I find that I love making my own embellishments!! Have you tried it? It is so much fun :)

I started with the button card image from Sew Suite stamp set, stamped it on a piece of Naturals Ivory card stock in soft Suede ink. Inked the edges. And then, just arranged some buttons from the Brights Buttons pack. That becomes my home made embellishment. They look like this:

Then, I got working with the cards. That ruler measurement stamp at the bottom makes a nice border :) This color combo is: Pacific Point, Peach Parfait (In Color DSP Stack), Pear Pizzazz (In Color ribbon) and Rich Razzleberry.

Here is another color combo:

Real Red, Blushing Bride, Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive.

And last is a sweet soft color combo of Blushing Bride and lots of Very Vanilla and Black. Must be because I am a pink girl.

Finished off with Old Olive 1/4" grosgrain ribbon.

Thank you for peeking, crafting friends... Enjoy the rest of your week.

Hugs,

Liza

Fun Flowers die

Hello there, crafting friends... I have seen Natasha's sketch last week from the Clean and Simple stamping blog but haven't had time to play :) So here it is now...

The color combo is Old Olive, Peach Parfait, Blushing Bride, Elegant Eggplant, and Real Red. All the pieces are left over from my scrap bin and die cuts that I had cut earlier :) So this card comes together super quickly.

Thanks for peeking, crafting friends.

Hugs,

Liza

Easter Blossoms

Good morning and happy Sunday, crafting friends... So happy to be able to play in my craft room again after a whole week of being busy! Ugh...

Here is one quick and easy card with the FTL130 as my starting point. The sketch above is what I jotted down on paper.

Then it comes to this:

A piece of Naturals Ivory card stock that I had stamped with the branch image from the Easter Blossoms set. I love that Asian look. So I will probably be using it year round :)

I pulled out a Tangerine Tango card base, Elegant Eggplant ink for the background stamped card stock panel, a Pear Pizzazz ribbon and a Daffodil Delight Designer Big Button. The sentiment panel is a left over Top Note die from a past project that I repurposed for this one.

Sentiment is from You're a Gem stamp set which is in the Occasions Mini Catalog. I love that font :) It was stamped with Elegant Eggplant ink.

Happy spring, crafting friends...

Hugs,

Liza

A Texas birthday card

Happy Saturday, crafting friends... Are you pottering about with your craft supplies this weekend? I definitely do :)

I made this birthday card in honor of our youth pastor who is (you guessed it) from Texas. I don't know if you can see that Texas flag in there? This is a big accordion card that his wife will have all the youth sign :)

I love that First Edition Specialty DSP (available in the Occasions Mini catalog) that I had used as a background, it is the kind of paper that goes with everything and every style. Masculine, cutesy,... you name it. Plus it has 24 sheets in a package so that goes a long way.

I also find that the Scallop Squares Duo is a useful die. I usually die cut a bunch of those squares and tuck them in one of my vintage glass jars and they are ready to go whenever I need one for a card or a project.

Next is another card that I made with the Bliss damask image stamp as a background. I love the look it creates. I then wrapped a Night of Navy striped ribbon and the sentiment from Engraved Greeting set. I am still going through the big stack of doilies that my friend Annie gave me (I think the package has 250 pieces of them!!). I sponge daubered (is that a word?) the edges with Soft Suede ink for that antique look.

And those Designer Big Buttons from the Occasions Mini is certainly useful to finish off a project and give it a bold look. I am about depleting my supply now. I know the Designer Big Buttons are made to coordinate with the Sew Suite line and the Springtime Vintage line but I don't always put them to use that way. Once you break out of that kind of thinking, they really are useful for a variety of other projects and one big button adds so much. So I love my big buttons :)

All righty crafting friends... time for family time now. Thank you for peeking in. Enjoy your weekend!!

Hugs,

Liza

Choo Choo

Happy Wednesday, crafting friends... how has your week been? It is already March and just to let you know that the Stampin' Up! annual Sale a Bration 2011 is still going on until March 31, 2011.

My friend Ellen came by last week and we wanted to make something for a boy. Hmm... so I pulled out this Choo Choo stamp set and lined them up in Night of Navy, Tangerine Tango and Wild Wasabi. Ah... boys' colors are needed sometimes, right? I know some of you have boys, so hopefully this is a good idea to have.

The sentiment banner was so much fun to make by snipping off a corner of the Crumb Cake card stock and crumpled it up a little bit. The sentiment stamp is from the Something to Celebrate hostess level 2 stamp set in the Occasions Mini Catalog.

I then added that piece of Night of Navy card stock that will be "ground". I had stamped it with the Dot dot dot stamp set in Versamark ink. The Dot dot dot stamp is a Sale a Bration 2011 gift with a $50 purchase. And then, Night of Navy 1/8" taffeta ribbon to finish off.

Thank you for stopping by, crafting friends. Enjoy your evening.

Hugs,

Liza