More Greenhouse Garden

Well hello there! I hope you are having a terrific day. Any day I get to do some stamping is a terrific day in my book! In early August the family spent a night up at the FIL's 'cabin'. Would have loved to do two nights, but no internet here and besides, I had an early morning doctor's appointment that would make staying a second night rather difficult. Maybe next time. Anyway, while my DH and youngest DD were out on the deck using her telescope, I made four cards which I've been sharing with you over the past few weeks. Today's card is the fifth one I made after we had a nice breakfast at Belgian Waffle Works, which overlooks Lake Arrowhead. It started out as a CASE of one of Wendy Weixler's cards (one from 2008, but now I can't find the post, wouldn't ya know it), but I just didn't like the focal point being oriented like a diamond as I started to put mine together, so it ended up as a square. I'm kinda like that anyway in my card making and scrapbooking, and I like the way it turned out. The 'So' in So Glad We're Friends didn't quite fit when I stamped onto the aluminum tag, but the ribbon was already on the card and it covered the 'So' and still is a nice sentiment.

Stamp Sets: Greenhouse Garden, Itty Bitty Backgrounds (retired), Best Yet (retired Hostess)

Inks: Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry

Card stock: Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Accessories: Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, Aluminum Tag (small, retired), 5/8 inch Rich Razzleberry Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: Creative Memories Circle Cutting System, Stampin' Dimensionals

KISS... Keep It Simple Stamper

Hello! Thanks for popping on by today. Today's card demonstrates the KISS method – keep it simple, stamper! The card design is by Debra Currier. I've been drawn to Debra's 'less is more' style before, using several of her cards last summer as inspiration when we were in Hawaii and I had some stamping supplies along with me.  I loved the simple, clean look to her card (last one from the link above), so I decided to try it myself. I had one more Greenhouse Garden flower sitting around, just waiting to be used, so here it is.  Thanks again, Debra, for the inspiration!

Stamp Sets: Greenhouse Garden, Best Yet (retired Hostess), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (retired)

Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive

Card Stock: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Razzleberry Lemonade DSP (retired), 5/8 inch Rich Razzleberry Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: Stampin' Dimensionals

Pink and Black... A Pretty Combination

Greetings! Today's card is fashioned after a card I saw on a blog a while back, and wouldn't ya know it, now I can't find her blog to give her credit?!  I copied the picture of the card to my hard drive, but she didn't use a watermark (which I don't... hmmm, maybe I need to start doing that).  Hers had a large scallop circle to frame her main image, which was the larger flower from the Vintage Vogue stamp set.  I took her design idea and made a few changes, particularly because I didn't have a large scallop circle handy.  I happened to have Melon Mambo and Basic Black card stock scraps on my desk, and thought I'd make a card using those colors. I had an extra Melon Mambo flower from the Greenhouse Garden stamp set already cut out, so I used it along with the branch from the bird punch to frame the sentiment. I've never been a big pink person, but I really do like the combination here!

Stamp Sets: Greenhouse Garden, Much Appreciated (retired)

Inks: Melon Mambo, Basic Black

Card Stock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Wild Wasabi

Accessories: Two-step Bird Punch, Polka-dot Melon Mambo Grosgrain Ribbon (retired)

Tools: Creative Memories Circle Cutting System, Stampin' Dimensionals

Finally... Greenhouse Garden!

Today's card is based on a card design by Silke Ludlow. It's the first time my Greenhouse Garden set has seen ink (it's terrible for a stamp set to sit on the shelf for two years, unloved!). It was tough to get the flowers done correctly without my stamp-a-ma-jig, which got left home. You see, the family took a quick overnight trip up to my FIL's 'cabin' up in the mountains. Not really a cabin – really a three bedroom second home, and it has a nice oval kitchen table, perfect for stamping (which I've done here many times before). My DH wanted our youngest DD, 12, to do a little astronomy with the telescope she won last year, so we headed up for the night. While she and dad were outside, oldest DD, 14, and I did some artsy stuff – she did some pencil drawings (loves to draw and has some talent, I might add) and I was busy making some cards. Anyhow, it was tough to line up the images for the two step stamping, but I finally got a few close enough. On all of the flowers, I stamped off once (stamped on my grid paper to remove some of the ink) before stamping the flower image onto Whisper White. The accent image is full strength ink. I'm so glad I threw in a package of aluminum circle tags, as I think it nicely finishes off the card, don't you?

 Stamp Sets: Greenhouse Garden, Best Yet (retired Hostess)

Inks: Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Wild Wasabi

Card stock: Whisper White, Melon Mambo

Accessories: Clear Rhinestone Brads (medium size), Polka Dot Melon Mambo Grosgrain Ribbon (retired), Aluminum Circle Tag (small, retired)

Tools: Scor-Buddy, Paper Piercer, Stampin' Dimensionals