BOLD BIRTHDAY

 It's throwback Thursday!

 With just 2 stamps (sorry, one is retired -- but I will suggest some others currently available that will work as well)  and a few markers, you can quickly create visual treats in just a matter of minutes.

Choose a chunky or bold font for the greeting.  This one is from A Little Birthday Cheer set (2001, yes - vintage is good!), but you could also do this with stamps from Big Wish (Occasions, 2014);
Make a Wish set and You're Amazing set (2013-2014 Annual Catalog) or any number of stamps you have from years gone by in your tool kit.  Ink up the greeting with a single color - here Melon Mambo.

The candle is from Create a Cupcake (current).  Ink up using a rainbow of colors, using either ink pads or markers.  Here I used Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Marina Mist, Wisteria Wonder, Gumball Green.

Just a tiny bit of bling -- a Rhinestone Jewel to dot the "i" and you are all done.

Hope your day is as happy as happy gets!

Trish

BLESSED EASTER #2

Happy Tuesday!

For us, it looks like spring is taking a definite stand.  Warmer temps today with occasional light rain make it just about ideal, in my humble opinion.  My tulips have emerged and the leaves are growing stronger each day.  Soon we will see those beautiful buds develop; can the blooms be far behind.  Robins are everywhere, and the skies are filled with the glorious voices of the songbirds.  I do so love spring.

Easter will be celebrated in just under 2 weeks.  Like yesterday's card, today's pick also features the Blessed Easter stamp set.

Strawberry Slush and Pear Pizzazz are the perfect color combination for this card (CASing Chiaki Haverstick).  To create the Z-fold, cut a Whisper White card base, 8-1/2" X 5-1/2". Score the long side at 2-1/8" and 4-1/4".

Image was stamped with Gold Encore Metallic ink, heat embossed using Gold powder - just the right touch of elegance.   Watercolor flowers and petals using a Blender Pen.  The mat was cut using the largest of the Oval framelits, then dry embossed using Decorative Dots embossing folder.  If you did not get this folder during Sale-a-Bration, you will find it available for sale in the Annual Catalog coming out on June 1.

Wishing you a day filled with beauty,
Trish

BLESSED EASTER

Happy Monday, Everyone!  I hope your weekend was filled with abundant blessings.

While I enjoy working alone in my stamp haven (AKA the basement craft room), it is a special joy to create with someone else.  Over the weekend, my supporting demonstrator and best friend (AKA as my hubby Lou) joined me for a few hours of crafting and getting ready for this week's club meeting.  I will be sharing our accomplishments in later posts.

For today's card, I want to show off one of Lou's previous creations - a window card for Easter:

To make this card, a So Saffron mat was layered onto a Very Vanilla card base.  The layers of the window were cut using Oval Framelits and the Big Shot.  The Blessed Easter stamp was inked up with Jet Black Stazon; then Lou water-colored the flowers using a blender pen and So Saffron and Always Artichoke inks.  Didn't he do a great job?  And like most of us do after we create something, we see "other things" we could have done.  Lou has decided that the next one he makes, he will emboss the So Saffron mat using the Framed Tulips embossing folder.  That should be lovely, too.

My next post will also feature this wonderful Easter stamp set.

Until then,

HELLO THERE

Happy Saturday!  Hope your day has been filled with sunshine.

At our house, we have begun our annual spring decluttering.  Today's room was the laundry.  It's a good-sized, unfinished room with some great open storage shelves, but all that spaciousness can quickly become the "temporary" home for way too much stuff.  Things donated to the Goodwill are already out the door; another box for donations to our church, and some things reserved for our garage sale in June.  It's a start and I will be so glad when it is all done.

Now for today's card:  another clean and simple, easy-peasy but -oh-so-nice little card, suitable for all kinds of occasions.

Once again, used Note Cards & Envelopes.  In addition:  Happy Day and Hello, Lovely stamp sets;
 Midnight Muse, Baked Brown Sugar, Soft Suede, Coastal Cabana, Soft Sky, Raspberry Ripple, and Summer Starfruit.  Mix and match colors and patterns to your heart's content to create a wide variety of cards that reflect your personality.

Tomorrow is Sunday, our day of rest.  We will be worshipping the Lord Jesus with our church family.  Wishing you and yours a joyful weekend.

Stamping with love,
Trish

SASSY SALUTATIONS meets NEED FOR SPEED

With 9 grandsons and plenty of young boys at church who keep having birthdays, there is always a  need for quick and easy cards at our house.  Today's card uses both current and retired stamp sets; and like yesterday's, is single layer and water-colored. 

To make this card, I used Note Cards & Envelopes; Sassy Salutations, Gorgeous Grunge, Need for Speed (ret.) stamp sets; Island Indigo, Sahara Sand, Real Red classic ink pads; Stazon Jet Black ink pad; Blender Pens (to add layers of color on the car).

Thanks for taking a peek at my card; hope it inspires you to create a card or two for the guys in your life.

Happy weekend!
Trish