Seaside Summer Note Cards by Samantha Mann

Seaside Summer Notes! 

Get ready for summer with gorgeous colors and stencils! Today Samantha is featuring both on a gorgeous set of cards!

For her cards she created backgrounds that look like a beach using alcohol inks. Then she layered seashells along the shores using our Seashells Stencil with white texture paste. Next she sprinkled sparkly sand colored embossing powder over the top and once the paste was dry she heat set the powder. What an awesome effect! It looks like sparkly sand at the beach! 

The final step was to emboss a few sentiments. She cut out banners from kraft colored cardstock using our Banner Trio Die Set and then embossed sentiments from our Seashell Roundabout Stamp Set and Heartfelt Blooms Stamp Set onto the banners. 

Sam is going to use these notes as end of year teacher cards! How awesome! 

To say hello to Sam and see more of her beautiful creations you can visit her over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!  

PAW-sitive Vibes by Amanda Wilcox

PAW-sitive Vibes!

Today Amanda is sharing a fun and colorful card that is full of "PAW-sitive" vibes! If you have any friends or family members who love kitties, a card like this would be sure to brighten their day! 

To start out, Amanda die cut a trio of kitties from patterned papers to be the star of this card. She chose three of the cat shapes from our  Cat Silhouettes Die Set and cut them out of pretty patterns from our A Cat's Life Paper Pad. So cute! 

She created a fun striped panel for her background. To do this, she cut thin strips of colored cardstock and adhered them to a piece of thin copy paper. Then she die cut the whole piece out using the rounded rectangle from our Frames & Flags Die Set. Adhering the strips to the thin paper first helps them stick in place because of the added pressure of the die cutting machine.

Next, she picked out a sentiment from our Heartfelt Meows Stamp Set and embossed it in white onto a rounded banner cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set. This stamp set has lots of fun kitty themed sentiments that coordinate PURR-fectly with the new cat themed die set! 

She arranged the kitties and sentiment over the striped panel, adhering them with dimensional adhesive. All the mixed patterns really give this a fun look!

Then, for the card base, she chose another pattern from our  Cat's Life Paper Pad. The gray silhouettes were a great choice because they really let the colors on the front layer pop! 

We hope you are feeling all the PAW-sitive vibes today! 

To say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Amanda over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook! 

SEA you at the Beach Card by Maria Russell

SEA you at the Beach!

Today are heading to the beach with Maria on this gorgeous summer card!  

To create this amazing scene, Maria combing a bunch of our scene building products! She started by stenciling a sun using our Sunscape Stencil. Then she cut out the stenciled image using our Oval Frames Die Set to create a fun oval shaped scene. To add to the scene she cut out two layers of waves using our Sea Borders Die Set. She cut these out a second time using the  Oval Frames Die Set so they could nest along the bottom of the oval scene. so cool! 

This scene is the perfect setting for the girl carrying a seashell from our Summer Moments Stamp Set. She stamped and colored the image, giving the girl a yellow sundress to match the sunset. The image was cut out using the Summer Moments Die Set and placed in front of the sunny yellow scene. 

She also created a sandy shore for the girl to walk across using our Land Borders Die Set. She added to the sandy effect by coloring the sand with lots of speckles. The whole scene is framed with a scalloped edge that was die cut using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

We hope your summer is filled with beach days as beautiful as this one!

To see more beautiful projects by Maria you can visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs.

4th of July Celebration Card by Tina Herbeck

Celebrate with Newton!

Today are are getting in the mood for a summer celebration with this festive card by Tina! 

For her card today, Tina created a gorgeous sky filled with red and blue fireworks using our Fireworks Stencil, perfect for the 4th of July!

Next, she stamped and colored that cute image of newton riding a firecracker from our Newton's 4th of July Stamp Set. She colored the firecracker in red and blue to match the fireworks and made the kitty a neutral gray. The image was cut out using the coordinating Newton's 4th of July Die Set and layered on top of a scalloped circle that was cut using our Circle Frames Die Set. She also stamped some additional fireworks onto the circle using the Newton's 4th of July Stamp Set again. So adorable! 

For a sentiment she kept it simple, embossing the word "celebrate!" from the Newton's 4th of July Stamp Set onto a blue banner that was cut out using the little banner die from our A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. 

For a bit more fun and sparkle she added some glittery stars and sparkly gems in the background. What a fun way to celebrate this summer! 

To see more wonderful cards by Tina, you can visit her blog, The Scrappin Rabbit! 

Thanks So Much Card by Larissa Heskett

Kitty Thank You! 

Today we are a card by Larissa that is PURRfect for sending a thank you note to a cat lover. 

This adorable card features the adorable duo of kitties in a flower pot from our Newton's Blooms Stamp Set. She colored the kitties in soft neutrals with Siamese kitty markings. So cute! Then she colored the blooms in a variety of pretty colors and added little rounded gems and pearls to the flower centers.  She added white gel pen details too for an extra special touch! she also stamped and colored two bees and a tiny bloom from the same set to add to her card. The images were cut out using the coordinating Newton's Blooms Die Set.  

Here is a close up so you can see all the gorgeous coloring details:

She created a scene simply by masking an edge and inking green along the bottom and blue along the top. The sentiment "thanks so much" is from our  Floral Roundabout Stamp Set. She added some black paint splatters and sparkly gems and then layered the image over a purple scalloped panel. The purple scallops were cut out using a piece of paper from our Springtime Paper Pad with our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

What a wonderful way to say thank you! 

To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, you can visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Happy Bark-Day Card by Donna Idlet

Happy BARK-day!

Instead of sending a birthday card to a dog lover, how about sending a "BARK" day card like this one created by Donna! 

For this fun dog themed card Donna used our brand new dog themed products. She started by choosing three papers from our  A Dog's Life 6x6 Paper Pad. She cut them out in angled shapes to fill her card background! So fun! 

Next, she cut out the two small terrier dog silhouettes using our Dog Silhouette Die Set. She also cut out a scalloped circle using our Circle Frames Die Set and layered the cute pups onto it. The sentiment "happy BARK day!" from our Heartfelt Woofs Stamp Set was embossed in white onto a banner that was cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set. 

This card would be perfect to send for a birthday celebration to a friend who likes dogs! To see more beautiful cards by Donna, you can visit her blog, Creative Lady!

Oceans of Happiness Card by Tina Herbeck

Oceans of Happiness!

Wish someone Oceans of Happiness with a gorgeous card like this one by Tina! 

For her card today, Tina created a simple striped background using ink from a distress ink re-inker painted in loose stripes! So pretty! Then she added an ocean scene inside an oval from our Oval Frames Die Set. She also cut out sand and waves using our Land Borders Die Set and  Sea Borders Die Set, cutting the borders a second time so they matched up with the oval stitched edge! So pretty! 

For the main image she chose the woman lounging in a beach chair with her summer cocktail from our Summer Moments Stamp Set. She colored the image with copic markers and cut it out using the coordinating Summer Moments Die Set. She looks so relaxed in that beach scene! The finishing touch is the sentiment "Wishing you Oceans of Happiness" stamped into the sky from the Summer Moments Stamp Set.

This amazing card is perfect for sending happy thoughts this summer! 

To see more wonderful cards by Tina, you can visit her blog, The Scrappin Rabbit!