Mushroom Birthday Card by Maria Russell

Mushroom Birthday Card!

This fun belated birthday card by Maria is sure to make you smile! She used our Fabulous Fungus Stamp Set to create a fun birthday greeting with a mushroom theme. 

She started by stamping the mushroom images from the Fabulous Fungus Stamp Set along the edge of her card panel on all four sides. She used a light ink color for her stamping and then added neutral brown and pink tones to the mushrooms with watercolors.  She added hand drawn dots all around them for a fun and whimsical look.

In the center she stamped the sentiments "Oh, Shiitake! I missed your birthday!" from the Fabulous Fungus Stamp Set. What a fun birthday pun and a great way to send a belated birthday wish! 

We hope you enjoyed this lovely clean and simple card by Maria today!  You can visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs to see more of her lovely work!

Congrats on Your New Home Card by Jennifer Jackson

Happy New Home!

Hello! Jen here today and I'm sharing a fun card that I created for a friend who recently moved into a new home! My friend also has several kitties so I thought it would be purr-fect to create a card using our Newton Loves Boxes Stamp Set. 

I started by stamping the images of kitties playing in boxes from our Newton Loves Boxes Stamp Set onto Bristol paper. Then I colored the kitties and boxes using zig watercolor markers. I cut the images out using the coordinating Newton Loves Boxes Die Set. 

Next, I knew I wanted to create a scene for the kitties that looked like it was inside a house. I cut out a stitched rectangle for my scene using our Frames & Flags Die Set and then I masked off the top and added brown ink to make a floor. Next, I used our Serene Stripes Stencil and to add stripes to  the top section of the wall. Doesn't this pattern look a little like it could be wallpaper?

I then arranged all the images over the scene and added the sentiment "congrats on your new home!" onto a white banner that was die cut using our Banner Trio Die Set. 

I framed the whole thing with some heart patterned paper from our Coffee House Stories Paper Pad, cutting it out with our Frames & Flags Die Set to give it a scalloped edge. I love how this turned out and I think the new home owners enjoyed it as well! 

I hope this card has inspired you to be creative and find ways to create fun and unique scenes on your cards!

Happy PURR-thday Card by Samantha Mann

PURR-thday Wishes! 

Any cat lover would be thrilled to receive this adorable kitty themed birthday card by Samantha!

This sweet card features two kitty images from our Newton's Birthday Bash Stamp Set. Samantha colored both of the kitties in neutral browns and with fun fur patterns. Then she used tones of pink to color the gift boxes, balloon and party hats for a birthday card that's pretty in pink!

For her card base she used our two layer Bokeh Balloons Stencil Set to make a background that is jam packed with pink balloons. She added the kitties in front of the balloons and then added the sentiment "Happy PURR-thday!" from the Heartfelt Meows Stamp Set, embossing it onto a vellum banner that was die cut using our Banner Trio Die Set. 

What a wonderful way to celebrate a birthday, especially for a recipient who loves kitties, pink, or both!!

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

Meow-ing in the Rain Card by Amanda Wilcox

Meow-ing in the Rain!

Celebrate the rainy days of spring with this adorable card by Amanda!

This adorable spring card features the trio of kitties in their raincoats from our Newton's Rainy Day Trio Stamp Set. Amanda colored this sweet trio in soft spring colors and gave them highlights with a white gel pen. Then she cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Rainy Day Trio Die Set. 

She next created a rainy sky scene fro the kitties using distress inks and our Raindrops Stencil on a white card base. She added a few music notes into the sky, also stamped from the Newton's Rainy Day Trio Stamp Set and cut out with the coordinating Newton's Rainy Day Trio Die Set. Then she simply added another strip of white cardstock across the bottom and added the sentiment "MEOW-ing in the rain!" onto it. This sweet card is sure to make any rainy day better!

We hope this project by Amanda has made you smile! To say hello to Amanda and see more details you can visit her over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Easter Blessings Card by Larissa Heskett

Easter Blessings

Today we are sharing a sweet Easter card by Larissa, just in time for the Easter Holiday!

This fun Easter greeting features the big circle image from our Spring Roundabout Stamp Set. Larissa colored all the fun little Easter themed icons in the circle and added white gel pen highlights. She then cut the image out and gave it a fun teal scalloped frame using our Circle Frames Die Set. 

For the background she features the pretty purple floral printed paper from our Spring Blooms Paper Pad. She cut it to fit just inside her card base and then added some black paint splatters and gems to give a fun bit of extra detail. 

The finishing touch is the sentiment "Easter Blessings" from our Easter Lily Stamp Set, stamped into the lower corner. 

We hope that everyone has a Happy Easter weekend! To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, you can visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Cycling By with a Spring Hello Card by Donna Idlet

Cycling by with a Spring Hello!

Today we are cycling by with a cheerful spring greeting created by Donna! 

She started out by stamping the image the duo riding a bike from our Cycling Friends Stamp Set. She colored the bike in a pretty pink and added flowers to the basket, cutting the images out with the coordinating Cycling Friends Die Set.

Next, she created a fun scene for these friends to cycle through by using our Spring Garden Line Stencil to add a line of pretty tulips. She also a cloudy sky using our Clouds Stencil across the top and added brown ink across the bottom to create the road. The whole scene is framed with a stitched/scalloped edge using the frame from our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

In the sky she added the sentiment "A Happy Spring Hello" using our Spring Blooms Oval Stamp Set. As a finishing touch she added butterflies and bees into the sky using the tiny images from our new Spring Haul Stamp Set and cutting them out with the coordinating Spring Haul Die Set.

We hope this card has brought some spring cheer to your day! To see more beautiful cards by Donna, you can visit her blog, Creative Lady!

Birithday Gnome Card by Farhana Sarker

Birthday Wishes with a Gnome 

Today we're sharing a fun card by Farhana that is perfect for sending a unique birthday wish!

For this creative card she paired the image of the gnome sitting on a mushroom from our Gnome Garden Stamp Set with more mushrooms from our new Fabulous Fungus Stamp Set. What a perfect pairing! She colored all the images with alcohol marks and then cut them out using the coordinating Gnome Garden Die Set and Fabulous Fungus Die Set. 

Next, she created a scene for all these images by using our Clouds Stencil and Hills & Grass Stencil with distress inks to create layers of grass and clouds. She cut an oval out of the center of the panel using our Oval Frames Die Set and arranged all the images around the edge. Then she stamped the sentiment from the Gnome Garden Stamp Set inside the oval frame.  What a fun way to add dimension to a scene! 

We hope you enjoyed this adorable card today! You can find more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered.