Ridin' Into Another Summer Card by Amanda Wilcox

Ride Along to the Beach!

This card by Amanda is perfect for a birthday celebration at the beach!

To create this fun beach vibe she used our Palm Tree Line Stencil to create fun diagonal lines of palm trees across her background panel! She also added little bits of paint splatter to add a bit of fun texture. So cool! 

Next, she used the adorable image of the jeep with a surfboard in the back from our Beach Bound Stamp Set. She colored the image in bright summer colors and used the Beach Bound Die Set to cut it out. 

She layered the jeep over a trio of banners that were cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. Two of the banners were cut out using pretty prints from our Summertime Paper Pad. The third banner was cut out from black cardstock and she embossed the sentiment "Ridin' into another year!" onto it. This would be great for sending as a summer birthday, or just as a happy summer hello! 

The final detail is a strip of blue bubble print up the right side of the card. This is also cut from our Summertime Paper Pad. This little detail is the perfect finishing touch and ties in perfectly with the color of the jeep! 

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

Birdie Birthday Card by Farhana Sarker

Bird Birthday!

Today we're sharing an tweet bird themed Birthday card by Farhana.

For this card Farhana features the adorable birdhouse image from our Birdhouse Greetings Stamp Set. She colored the image in soft spring pastels and cut it out with the coordinating Birdhouse Greetings Die Set. She also stamped a few of the tiny butterfly images, also from the Birdhouse Greetings Stamp Set and cut them out to cluster around her birdhouse. 

To create her card she started with a white card base and added clouds over the front panel using our Petite Clouds Stencil and dry embossing it using her die cutting machine.  Then she added the sentiments on each side of the birdhouse image, stamping each onto onto a flag that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. She also used blue ink to color the flags. 

What a simple, yet stunning birthday greeting! 

You can find more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered. 

Have a Blast Card by Samantha Mann

BEEP! BOOP! 

Today Samantha is back and having a BLAST featuring our featuring rainbow robots and fireworks for an amazing celebratory card! 

She starts out by stamping the robot, robot dog and robot cat from our Love Bots Stamp Set! She colors them in metallic grays and adds rainbow colors to each of them to add a bit of fun and whimsy! She also adds pink cheeks and white gel pen accents for finishing touches to her coloring! She cuts the images out using the coordinating Love Bots Die Set.

For the card background she creates rainbow sky filled with fireworks using our Fireworks Stencil. On top of the rainbow colors she adds a bit of sparkle using sparkly texture paste over the middles of each firework burst. Then she uses our Essential Alphabet Die Set to cut out the words "Beep Boop" from the center of the panel. She also embosses the words "Have a" and "blast" from our Newton's 4th of July Stamp Set onto black cardstock. She stacks the words above and below the die cut letters to create a fun custom sentiment.  What an amazing idea!

We hope that you have enjoyed this card today by Samantha! Don't forget to look at your stamps and try mixing and matching words and images to stretch your stamps for different uses! 

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

Beautiful Butterfly Shaker Card by Larissa Heskett

A Happy Hello Filled with Butterflies

This beautiful shaker card by Larissa filled with butterflies is perfect for sending a happy hello to a friend this summer! 

She started out by stamping the big heart filled with butterflies from our Heartfelt Butterflies Stamp Set. She colored all the butterflies in shades of orange to create the feeling of a sky full of Monarchs. She made this fun image into a shaker by adding a heart frame over the top using our Heart Frames Die Set and adding an acetate window and tons of tiny sequins inside. So gorgeous. 

Next, she stamped the pretty butterfly from our Monarchs Stamp Set and added orange and a hint of blue to the image. She cut it out using the coordinating Monarchs Die Set. To assemble her card she added a hint of blue ink blending across here card front and layered the shaker heart on top. She also stamped the message "A happy Hello" from the  Heartfelt Butterflies Stamp Set along the side of the heart. A few lovely gem embellishments finish off this stunning card. 

We hope you enjoyed this beautiful card by Larissa today! To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, you can visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

You're One in a Melon Card by Donna Idlet

One in a MELON!

Today we are getting ready for summer fun with this watermelon themed card by Donna! 

To create the watermelon theme, she starts with the adorable image of newton eating a watermelon from our  Newton's Melon Stamp Set. She colored the image and added some glossy details to the watermelon seeds. The image was cut out using our Newton's Melon Die Set. She layered the image over a circle, cut out using our Circle Frames Die Set and stamped the sentiment below the kitty. 

Next, she chose papers from our Summertime Paper Pad to coordinate. The watermelon print is a PURR-fect match! She also chose stripes in green and pink and used all three patterns to cover her card base.

Isn't it fun when you find products that coordinate perfectly together? We love this idea almost as much as we love watermelon! 

 To see more beautiful cards by Donna, you can visit her blog, Creative Lady!

A Little Birdie Told Me...Card by Farhana Sarker

...It's Your Birthday!

Today we're sharing an adorable bird themed Birthday card by Farhana.

This card uses our Birdhouse Line Stencil to create a  bird themed birthday wish! This stencil has three rows of images that you ink up in different colors. You can easily align the rows on the stencil using the etching. For her card Farhana colored the row of birdhouse tops using bright pastel inks. She inked the row with the roofs and birdhouse poles using brown and then added the third row, which includes the birds and the holes in the fronts, in black. What a fun combo! 

She next added the messages from our Birdhouse Greetings Stamp Set. She stamped them on each side of the row using black ink. She cut the whole panel out using our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set to give it a petite scalloped edge. 

Last, she used piece of floral paper from our Springtime Paper Pad, also cutting it with the Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set to give it the same scalloped edge and layered it behind the birdhouse panel. 

What a lovely birthday greeting! card! You can find more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered. 

Lovely Day Tulip Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Lovely Day for Tulips!

Today Tatiana is sharing a gorgeous tulip card, perfect for sending a happy hello!

For this lovely floral card she stamped two bundles of flowers using our Tulips Stamp Set. She colored the flowers using alcohol markers and added fun little accents with a white gel pen. Then she cut the blooms out using the coordinating Tulips Die Set. 

For the card base she created a gorgeous sparkly pattern using our Quatrefoil Stencil with shimmery texture paste! Then she cut a circle from the pattern using our Circle Frames Die Set. The circle works as a perfect place to tuck in those pretty bundles of tulips! The finishing touch is the "have a lovely day" sentiment, which she embossed in white onto black cardstock and then fussy cut out by hand. 

 

We hope you enjoyed this amazing floral creation by Tatiana today! To see more of her beautiful work, you can visit Tatiana at her blog, Tatiana Trafimovich!