Window Box Die

By now I know you have all seen the Window Box Thinlits
in the Occasions Catalog!!!  Well check out today’s card
using the Window Box thinlits.  That’s right, I said CARD.

The open flower thinlit is cut from scrap paper
and used as a stencil — sponging Sweet Sugarplum
and Tip Top Taupe inks in the openings of the stencil.
When the stencil is removed, look how pretty it is.

Then use the thinlit with Tip Top Taupe cardstock
to cut out the flower pot — don’t you like the pretty
scallop edge.  Add a bit of the new Very Vanilla
1/4″ Satin Ribbon and a Falling in Love embellishment
for the perfect flower pot.
Stamp “Happy Birthday” from the coordinating
Window Shopping stamp set and you are done.
Window Box
You can vary the colors used to sponge for a
completely different look.
So pretty!!!

Everyday Hero

My adult children seem to be big into Super Heroes
and comic books lately.
The Everyday Hero is a perfect stamp set to
make some fun cards for them.

Look at all the fun details — the Batman “WOW” burst,
the city street full of buildings for the super heroes
to blast from but my favorite image is the sky rays.
I’m not sure if that is what you call them but that
image makes some very fun stamping.

Everyday HeroCard Base — 4 1/4″ x 11″ — score 5 1/2″
Whisper White — 3 1/2″ x 4 1/4″
stamp sky rays with Marina Mist
So Saffron — 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ bottom of Whisper White layer
stamp WOW banner with Daffodil Delight ink
Stamp WOW with Real Red ink
cut out with Paper Snips
Whisper White strip — stamp city buildings with Stazon
color with markers — Real Red, Smoky Slate, Marina Mist, So Saffron
cut out with top of buildings with Paper Snips

Balloon Birthday

Balloon Adventures and Party Animal
This is a great combo for a birthday card.
The Balloon Adventures stamp set has a fabulous
coordinating thinlit set — Balloon Pop Up but
it also coordinates so well with the wonderful
Balloon Bouquet punch.
The colors in the Party Animal are so
bright and cheery — it just screams birthday to me.

Balloon AdventureCard Base — Pacific Point — 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ — score 4 1/4″
Party Animal designer paper — 4″ x 5 1/4″
Emerald Envy — 3″ x 4 1/2″
Whisper White — 2 3/4″ x 4 1/4″
Emerald Envy — cut out with Stitched Shapes Framelits
Whisper White — stamp greeting with Pacific Point
cut out with Stitched Shapes Framelits
Whisper White — stamp balloons with Tangerine Tango,
Pacific Point and Emerald Envy
punch out with Balloon Bouquet Punch
stamp balloon strings with Memento ink