Banner of Thanks

 

 Although these three colors from this weeks Paper Players color pallet scream "baby" to me, I chose to use them for thank you cards instead. The Shabby Tea Room is looking for celebration or birthday themed cards based off the inspirational photo below and since I'm in need of some thank you cards for some very special people in my life who made my bday (week) rock! (oh yeah, the older you get the longer you get to celebrate) I wanted to make them feel as appreciated as I felt loved and celebrate them in return!

 Shabby Tea Room #53

Paper Players Challenge #38

I scoured all of my stamp sets for Thank you sentiments and pulled out So Happy for You, Afterthoughts, Because I Care, Happy Moments & the very first stamp set that started my mad obsession, All Natural-retired. Starting with a Very Vanilla base, I ran a piece of Early Espresso through the Big Shot with my Top Note die and then stamped my thank you phrases randomly in Craft White Ink, heat embossing with a 50/50 mixture of heat & stick powder and dazzling diamonds. I tried to stamp in Versa Mark instead of the Craft White but the words just didn't show up like I wanted them to. My little banner was punched out with the Small Oval in Baja Breeze & Blushing Bride and then stamped in Early Espresso with some tiny letters I found in my stamp stash. I folded them in 1/2 over a piece of Very Vanilla 1/8" taffeta ribbon, sticking them together with Sticky Strip, so they wouldn't pop open and then popped my little banner off the card with stampin' dimensionals. Tried my hand at a shabby bow-like flower with some Very Vanilla Seam Binding, topping with a pink flower and a retired Epoxy Brad. One last Thanks, I love being spoiled sentiment stamped onto Baja Breeze and I'm quite happy with my sweet little card!

Workshop WOW

This past weekend's workshop wow cards

I wanted to show the ladies a few simple techniques, so I colored each of my little cake line ups with a different medium

Stampin' Write Markers

Stampin' Pastels

Watercolor pencils & an Aqua Painter

Spotlighting with markers

SU! products used: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Melon Mambo & Pink Pirouette Card Stock

Basic Black & Craft White Ink, White Embossing Powder, Sticky Strip, Pink chunky retired glitter, 2-3/8" XL Scallop Circle punch, Ticket Corner small punch, 1-3/4" Circle Large, 1-1/4" Circle Large (for the spotlighting), Square Lattice EF, Perfect Polka Dot EF, Dimensionals, Big Shot, Birthday Bakery hostess stamp set & Afterthoughts hostess stamp set

Earn the hostess sets used in these card by hosting your own in home workshop or catalog party, email me to schedule your party today!!

Baby Thanks

I keep running out of baby thank you for little Asher man, so decided to use this weeks Card Patterns sketch as inspiration to whip up a batch. I really wanted to call this post, "Thanks...I Think" but wasn't sure if anyone would get my funny! Thought this little elephant was so cute stamped in Craft Chocolate Chip and embossed with Clear embossing powder...so I decided to give him a little tag along buddy, to hold onto his tail but well ya know, not sure if it looks like that...or that he's poking him in the bum, there I said it! Eeek! Dare I?? I'm seriously laughing out loud writing this, so I hope you'll find it a bit humorous as well. Elephant #2 is stamped in Marina Mist.

 I ran a strip of Very Vanilla through the Big Shot in the SU! Square Lattice Impressions Folder, dabbing a bit of Marina Mist ink around the edges with a sponge. My little elephants looked like they needed a snazzy little place to stand, so a piece of Sticky Strip, sprinkled with Stampin' Glitter in Baja Breeze and viola, a shiny little road! My first attempt at working with Seam Binding, so fun! I stamped my sentiment from the Hostess level 1 stamp set Afterthoughts (found in the front of the 2010/2011 Idea Book & Catalog) directly onto the bumpy cardstock and quite like the crackled effect it presents us with.