And finally the pack of DSP is all gone. I cut the squares with the 3/4" square punch and then adhered them to the card base. Each card is just a little different. Can you spot the differences?

A Pop of Real Red

I was challenged to make a mono-color card for a weekly challenge group I joined. The mono-card was all in Basic Gray and had a star instead of a heart and I added rhinestones instead of the red candy dots. I liked it but decided it would be fun to make the same card and add a pop of Real Red to it. So, switched the star to a heart and added red candy dots instead of the rhinestones.
I saw the design in the book Card Sketches for Papercrafters. It's a great way to use some zig-zag paper.

Lots of Paper Piercing

This card is also a CASE from Mary Fish. There's a lot of paper piercing but it really makes the card special!
If you look closely you will see the large star is pierced, the white background card stock is pierced and the rectangle below the circle is pierced around the circle.

Using Some More Paper Pumpkin scraps

These two cards also use some scraps from the December Paper Pumpkin scraps. The flowers, the banner and the foil banners are all scraps. I really like the banner that you can stamp sentiments on. So I was excited when I realized the new stamp set Number of Years has a banner that is pretty close to the same size and shape. And there are framelits that coordinate with the stamp set (Large Numbers Framelits Dies) and yes, you can purchase them as a bundle and save 15%. Come back tomorrow to see a card I made using this new bundle.

Great Layout for Large Images

 I have so many pieces of Designer Series Paper that have beautiful large images on them. I hesitate to use them because they are so pretty as a whole. Most of the time the flip side is a small pattern and that is what I wind up using. A couple of weeks ago Mojo Monday blog shared this layout and it was an "Aha moment" for me. I grabbed some of those large pattern pieces and made these cards.

I wanted to share the inside of the poppy card. I love how it mimics the front. This is one of the many reasons I use Stampin' Up! for my paper crafting projects; everything coordinates!

And let me share a fun trick for stamping different portions of an expression on two different areas. For the poppy card the first part of the expression is stamped on the outside. Then I cleaned that part of the stamp and dried it. But if you've tried this you know it is really hard to get it completely dry so you don't have a shadow of that portion when you ink the rest and stamp it elsewhere. In the past I've tried to use the sticky portion of a sticky note on it. But this time I used a little washi tape. Works great and peels right off when you are finished. Thanks to Linda Heller for that tip!

Hearts a Flutter

Hearts a Flutter stamp set is one I thought I would use a lot and haven't. So, I've challenged myself to get it out put it to work. If you make a card like this you will want to pull out your stamp-a-ma-jig to get the banners lined up and probably also to stamp the sentiment. My sentiment comes from Delightful Dozen stamp set. The little flower was punched using the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack and topped with a candy dot.
CASE: Amy O'Neill