Peaceful Place Birthday Card

Have you checked out the Peaceful Place stamp set in the Annual Catalog?  The name is absolutely perfect for the stamp set.

Peaceful Place Stamp Set
This set works for birthdays, sympathy and thinking of you.  The creek scene would be beautiful in a frame and hung in your home or office.  I used the set to make a birthday card for my husband.  He loves to going hiking and when I first saw this set it made me think of him and my dad.  I’m not a huge nature lover but most of my family and my in-laws are so I know I’ll get lots of use from this stamp set.

Peaceful Place stamp set, Birthday
This is the card I made for Tony.  I cased it but I don’t know who made the original but what a great card it is.  I sponged colors on to a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece Whisper White cardstock — started with So Saffron in the center, then added Cajun Craze all around the whole piece, then Early Espresso (I stayed away from the very center with this color) and then I went back over with more Cajun Craze.  It looked a little funny until I stamped the image with Early Espresso.  I used the Stamparatus with the Clear Mount stamp set because I could ink the stamp up a second time and restamp the image to get it darker.  I love how the center looks like a sunset — beautiful.

I added “It’s Your Day” on the bottom and wrote my birthday greeting inside.

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June Masculine Scrapbook Pages

June is Father’s Day so I decided our Scrap & Go pages this month should be masculine looking.  I combined to lake/ocean stamp sets and Night of Navy and Garden Green color combo to create these two pages.

Lilypad Lake stamp set, Sea of Textures stamp set, Under the Sea Framelits, Lakeside Framelits, Masculine, Scrapbook Pages, June
I love the way the pages turned out.  I used the Lilypad Lake Stamp Set and coordinating Lakeside Framelits and Sea of Textures stamp set and Under the Sea Framelits and the Tranquil Textures Designer Paper.

Lilypad Lake stamp set, Sea of Textures stamp set, Under the Sea Framelits, Lakeside Framelits, Masculine, Scrapbook Pages, June
The base of the pages is Garden Green.  I used Night of Navy for the mats and little squares along with Sahara Sand for little mats and Tranquil Textures Designer Paper for banner strip and little squares.  I cut out a sand dollar from Sahara Sand and attached with dimensionals over the Night of Navy Baker’s Twine.  I used Sahara Sand to cut out the net using the Under the Sea Framelits.

Lilypad Lake stamp set, Sea of Textures stamp set, Under the Sea Framelits, Lakeside Framelits, Masculine, Scrapbook Pages, June
On the second page, I stamped waves on two of the designer paper squares and attached the little sail boats from Lilypad Lake that were colored with markers and cut out using the Lakeside Framelits.  I also added a swan and lilypad that were colored with Watercolor Pencils and cut out with the Lakeside Framelits.

I love the way the pages turned out — I think they are great for of your fishing or sailing guys but I also think they work just fine for all of the guys in your life.  I might look for some pictures of my hubby fishing with his dad and brothers to put on these pages or just add some from today as today is his birthday.
Happy Birthday Tony!!!

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Peaceful Reflection Hummingbirds

Are there times you look at a stamp set and wonder what to do with it?  At On Stage in April I won the Peaceful Reflection stamp set.  Getting a FREE stamp set is always a wonderful thing but I looked at the images and thought YIKES, what do I do with this.
Peaceful Reflection Stamp Set
Well, turns out it is quite a wonderful set.  The lines images put together create some wonderful pictures.  There are water rings and different flower petals and leaves, a dragonfly and the inside of the leaves looks like a hummingbird.  This card was a swap from our recent Demo Make & Take.  It is so adorable.

Peaceful Reflection, Just For You, Hummingbirds
Check it out – the inside of the leaves stamp is turned sideways a little and the the partial flower is stamped for the hummingbird wings — rhinestones were added for the eyes.  This is a very sweet and simple card but definitely showcases this stamp set which really is fun to work with.

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