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.

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.

More Little Squares of DSP

I got this idea from Jan Tink's blog. She made a square card, I wanted a regular A2 card, so her's my take on her idea. The squares are 3/4 inch pieces of Designer Series Paper. The little hearts are from the Pictogram Punches stamp set. That's some retired ribbon on the bottom. I'm always challenging myself to use up retired ribbon and DSP because you get so much.
I've been working on Christmas cards this week. I told myself I had to use things I already had in stock for this years cards. I'll be sharing this year's design next week. So, if you are on my Christmas card mailing list this is a spoiler alert! Or who knows, maybe I'll make a few special cards for blog followers.

Honeycomb Hello

 My son actually saw this stamp set at a booth at the County Fair this past summer. I have held off getting it until now; it has been on my wish list since the soon to be replaced catalog came out. I finally decided to order it with my demonstrator SAB dollars earned. The top card is almost an exact case of a card by Gloria Kremer I found on Pinterest. I rarely make a card exactly like one I see but this was just so cute; I just chose a different color for the flowers.
When using the Hexagon Hive Thinlit it really helps to layer a piece of wax paper between the card stock and the thinlit. That little layer make everything just pop out of the thinlit without tearing. It's a trick I use a lot with my Big Shot.
I made this more masculine card using the same idea.

Seeing Stars - Day 5

Two cards today made with the Work of Art stamp set. The top card using one of the brush stroke stamps. Start with your lightest color first and then increase in intensity and you won't have to scrub your stamp between. Add a sentiment. I used Word Play stamp set, then some stars punched from silver glimmer paper and some rhinestones. I wasn't going to use the rhinestones until I had a tiny smudge of ink on the card... so had to think of a way to cover that up. Happy Accident!

The bottom card uses a piece of the Sweet Taffy DSP. That gave me the jumping off point for my colors. The sentiment is from the Pictogram Punches stamp set.  The larger stars were cut using my Stars framelits and the smaller star in the sentiment was punched using the star in the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack. 

CASE:  Laurie Zoellmer