All Occasion Dog Cards

 Hello Everyone and Happy Tuesday!  Today I am featuring several pet cards- one happy one and a pet sympathy card that sadly we all need at one time or another.

Both of these cards were created using our MSE stamp set number YCC225 Pet Love Silhouette.                      For the first card,

Love certainly does begin with a wet nose and ends with a tail!  I stamped this sentiment on a scrap piece of white card stock, inked the edges with red ink, adhered it to a small red mat and then to a patterned paper panel.  I then added our Felt Dog house from  our set (63150 Dog set )to which a Dog Bone Brad (90696 Antique Asst Dog Paws and Bone) had already been attached.  I stamped the dog, cut it out and then used foam tape to adhere it to the card.  Finally, I wrapped a piece of our Twill Expressions (80414 Dog) around a scrap of red and then a black mat and adhered it to the patterned paper panel and finally to the  card front.

Now for the second card:

Sadly, we all need sympathy cards for our friends and family who have lost their furry family members.  I created this card for just such an occasion.

Once again I started with a patterned paper panel.  I adhered it to a black panel as I did with the first card.  I die cut several hearts and stamped sentiments from MSE stamp set YCC225 on each heart.  I then adhered the hearts to the panel after inking the edges with red ink.  I used two paw prints from our Felt         Dog Set 63150) and adhered them as well to the panel.  I cut a piece of the Dog Twill, attached Black Dog Bone Clips from our Red, White and Black Dog Bone Clips (85026 )to the twill and adhered the twill to the panel.  I punched out some little red hearts which I glued randomly to the panel and then adhered the panel to a card. 

I hope you will see how easy these cards are to make when you are using such wonderful stamps and adorable embellishments from Creative Impressions.

For those of you who are cat lovers - stay tuned!  I will have a darling cat card to share with you in a couple of weeks.  Until then, have a great day!

Susan

Bloom & Grow

 A bright, colorful all occasion card using Bloom & Grow clear stamp set from Creative Impressions/My Sentiments Exactly.

A few technique tips:

• The background color was created with a wrinkle free distress technique that leaves the card stock sort of warped and un-flat.  Before I did any stamping, I laid down a lot of dry adhesive and adhered to a black card stock layer.  That black layer helped to flatten the colored panel and so gave me a flat surface and achieve crisp stamped images.
• It helps to use a positioning tool to get nice, bold images such as the Bloom & Grow sentiment (Such a a Tim Holtz Stamp Platform or a Misti).  I was able to reink and restamp that sentiment until it was solid black.
• The ribbons are glued down with matte medium and the buttons with Glossy Accents from Ranger.

Creative Impressions products used:

Bloom & Grow stamp set Y577

Moss Web Ribbon 70198

 Olive Jumbo Cotton Rick Rack 70852

Aqua Resin Buttons 51017

White Butterfly Fastener

A Light to Guide Your Way

 Hello and Happy Summer Everyone!  I hope everyone is staying as cool as possible, especially out in the American West.

Today I would like to share with you a card I created using Creative Impressions MSE Red Rubber Stamps and Polymer set Y493 By the Sea. 

I was really quite happy with the way this one turned out.  Having wonderful supplies to make it made it super easy.

First I started by stamping the lighthouse ( T319) in a pretty shade of aqua dye ink.  Then I used a stamp positioner and the second stamp ( T335) with black ink to go over the lighthouse with the words.  I then cut the lighthouse out along with the windows.  I used an x-acto knife to cut out the windows.  This piece was then set aside.

For the card background,  I used a cloud stencil to create a cloudy sky behind my lighthouse.  I added a piece of patterned paper with an ocean wave pattern toward the middle of the card background.  Once this background was created I took a piece of Creative Impressions Cork Paper (89000 and 89001), lightly tearing it by hand to create a shoreline.  I tore a second piece towards the bottom which covered part of the bottom of the lighthouse.

I have a Martha stewart punch which I used to create two little "bushes" on either side of the lighthouse.  The I wrapped our Baker's Twine ( 80713 Black/White) twice around the base of the card.

To finish,  I cut a piece of yellow card stock in the shape of a lighthouse "beam" and placed it behind the top cut window in the lighthouse.  I them stamped the sentiment from the Polymer set onto the wider part of the yellow scrap.  I adhered this piece along with the lighthouse over the background using pop dots.  Several die cut sea birds were adhered to the sky, the card was adhered to a black card and my card was finished!

Hope you enjoyed his card!  Happy Summer

Susan

Creative Blessings!

I love alphabets and this is a fun way to use My Sentiments Exactly Y502 Girlz Lower/Numbers clear stamps from Creative Impressions.  

Ink the stamps on the acrylic leaf with embossing medium.  Stamp on a card stock panel.  For this technique, white or near white works best.  Heat emboss with clear embossing powder.  Then apply color.  You can use an applicator to apply a blendable ink, color wash watercolor paint, or any other way you choose.  Here, I sprayed a little Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Spray on my craft sheet and brayered it over the panel.  Then rub away the color from the embossed letters & numbers.

Moss Green Web Ribbon, Felt Blossoms, Twill Ribbon (natural), and Pastel Mini Pins create the embellished base.  "Blessings to You!" comes from Creative Impressions, a pre-cushioned red rubber sentiment stamp.

This layout is easily transferable to with other alphabet fonts.  

Try out a block or typewriter font for a masculine background.

 

A Rose is a Rose

We have a special treat for you today - one of my favorite cards from our very own Jan Francis!  

 Isn't this card stunning?!  Jan used our Creative Impressions MSE stamp set Y406 Floral Encouragement Cards.  I think she used just about every stamp in the set in a very clever way!

First, Jan black embossed both the beautiful rose and "You're on my mind and in my heart" separately on white card stock panels.  She watercolored and cut out the rose and set it aside.  She then black embossed the sentiment and cut it out with a decorative metal die.

Here's the really clever part - Jan white embossed all the images on the stamp sheet on a piece of vellum.  She cut the vellum panel down and adhered it to a light green card using Mauve Glimmer Rounds from our Heritage Glimmer round set (90902)  Then she adhered the cut out rose over the  white embossed rose and the die cut sentiment over the top of that sentiment.  Such a beautiful result!

You are awesome, Jan!

Susan