Bunny Love

Hello stampers,
     Has anyone but the south seen spring? We had an ice storm this weekend, thankfully it wasn't as bad as they were predicting, rain yesterday & possible snow showers today & Thursday! UGH, I'm so over winter!
     Today's card showcases a set I ordered just before the retired list came out & of course, it is on that list so I had to have it see ink at least once before it went bye-bye. I started the card with a Rich Raspberry Card Stock base, followed by a layer of Sweet Sugarplum Card Stock that I had stamped the flowers from the Sweet Little Something Stamp Set using Rich Razzleberry Ink. Next, I took a scrap piece of Whisper White Card Stock & stamped the bunny from the set using the Stamparatus (I'm still getting the hang of using this new tool) using Sweet Sugarplum Ink (stamped off once) & the 2nd layer full strength finishing the 3rd layer with Rich Razzleberry Ink. Lastly, I decided to use a die set from MFT called Single Stitch Line Corner Tag with the Big Shot before adhering it to the card.

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Barn Door Birthday

Hello stampers,
     So at Kerri's class last month, I got to use the Barn Door bundle. While I liked the set in the catalog, it's just not my type of card to make- too many pieces to put together & too much time on 1 card. But this is just my opinion, lots of people seem to really like the set!
     For the card, we started with a layer of Crumb Cake Card Stock for the base. The next layer we used the same color, ran it through the Big Shot first to emboss it using the retired Stripes TIEF then ran it through again Sliding Door Framelits to die cut it. I don't remember what set we used for the sentiments, but they were stamped on a piece of Whisper White Card Stock & attached to the Crumb Cake Card Stock. Before we assembled, we stamped the door using the Barn Door Stamp Set with Soft Suede Ink, the wreath in Garden Green Ink & the bow in Real Red Ink before we cut out the sliding pieces using Basic Black Card Stock, the door using Soft Suede Card Stock, the wreath & bow using Whisper White Card Stock. We attached 8 #8 washers together using Mini Dimensionals so the door would be able to move side to side. Next, we used Glue Dots to attach the door to the washers by first attaching one side both up & down, then the other side when they were all the way to one edge that way they were covered on each side by the door. We then attached the hardware to the top of the door so that it looks like it is sliding on the bar. We finished attaching everything else to the layer before adhering the layer to the base of the card with Stampin' Dimensionals to help it slide better. You still have time to get this set if it's on your wish list, but Sale-A-Bration is ending this Saturday 3/31.

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BSU030718

Hello stampers,
     I'm catching up on a few old BSU challenges. Today I'm sharing a card I made for last week's challenge which was a Spring/Easter Theme. I don't have a lot of Easter cards, it's not usually a holiday I send cards out for but this set has a few uses other than Easter.
     I started with an Old Olive Card Stock base followed by a layer of Pumpkin Pie Card Stock. For the stamped piece, I used Whisper White Card Stock which I stamped using stamps from the You're Inspiring Stamp Set using Memento Black Ink. I colored the daffodils in using both the Light & Dark Daffodil Delight Blends & the butterflies using the Light Pumpkin Pie Blend. I also made a trail for the butterflies using the Basic Black Marvelous Marker.

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Waterfront

Hello stampers,
     Hope your Monday after the time change is going well. I really wish they would just do away with changing the time back & forth. Don't you agree?
     Today's card is from Kerri's class last month using the Waterfront Stamp Set. I so love this set & hope it makes it into the new catalog. For the base, we used the retired Midnight Muse Card Stock, followed by a layer of Soft Sky Card Stock. For the stamped piece, we used Whisper White Card Stock then started the mountains stamping them with Basic Gray Ink; the land pieces using Soft Suede Ink; the trees using Old Olive Ink; the water/splatter using Soft Sky Ink & Midnight Muse Ink; the sun using Crushed Curry Ink stamped off once. The sentiment from the set was stamped using Midnight Muse Ink. Before attaching the stamped piece to the card, Linen Thread was wrapped around & knotted to finish off the card.

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BSU Challenge 011718

Hello stampers,
     The BSU challenge of the week is a color combo of Sweet Sugarplum, Smoky Slate, Basic Black & White.

     I started the card using Smoky Slate Card Stock as the base, followed by a layer of Sweet Sugarplum Card Stock that I had stamped with the lace stamp from the Southern Serenade Stamp Set using Smoky Slate Ink. For the stamped image, I used the above set again to stamp the flowers in Memento Black Ink, then coloring in the image using the Sweet Sugarplum & Smoky Slate Marvelous Markers, before adding it to a layer of Basic Black Card Stock.

     Don't forget to head on over to Carol's blog HERE and then to Stace's blog HERE. To see what both did for this week's challenge. I'm sure both will be fantastic. Hope you try this challenge out too! We have a new Facebook group if you want to join us and show us what you came up with HERE.

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Panda Birthday

Hello stampers,
     Today I have another birthday card for you using another SAB set. I just love bears of any kind & thought these were so cute to not order them. I wasn't sure exactly where I would go with this card but I like the end result & hope you do as well.
     I started with a Whisper White Card Stock base & also used it for the stamped image. I stamped one of the pandas from the SAB Party Pandas Stamp Set using Memento Black Ink coloring in the balloon with the Light Cherry Cobbler Blends. Next, I masked the panda & then stamped the cloud from the Sunshine & Rainbows Stamp Set in Soft Sky Ink that had been stamped off once. The sentiment is also from the Party Pandas Stamp Set & was stamped using Memento Black Ink. I layered the stamped piece on Cherry Cobbler Card Stock before adhering it to the card base. Really a simple card to make!

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