Addicted to Stamping

Kindness is Always in Style

I always wonder how it's possible with all the stamping supplies I have to not have the perfect paper or embellishment for a project. I knew my lipstick had to be Melon Mambo but when I flipped through my stash of DSP I couldn't find a single piece that worked. This DSP was mostly pastel colours but it was busy enough that when I stamped on some Melon Mambo flowers they fit right in.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there. This is the card I made for my mother. I used some of my favorite retired products including the Roses in Winter Stamp Set. If you don't have it Stampin' Up has several 2-step stamp sets that would work just as well.

 

Lazer Cuts

I thought these Lazer Cut Cards were too pretty to use so I've been hoarding them for a while. You can use them as they are or embellish them. To add the glitter to the heart card I backed it with packing tape so the glitter would stick. If I wasn't self isolating I would have used clear mack tack but sometimes you just have to improvise.

Share Sunshine

I've been making some cards using the sentiments from Stampin' Up's Covid-19 Giveback fundraiser Share Sunshine. This digital stamp set is 12 pages of  sentiments and imagery relevant to the unique COVID-19 and social distancing situation we are currently in. You can print the sentiments and cut them out to use on your cards. I'm not sure who I'm sending this one to yet.

 

Tea Time

Tea Together is such a pretty set and so easy to colour using the Water Color Pencils. I'm sorry to see it retire. Some other retiring products used on this card; Tea Time Dies, Country Floral 3D embossing folder, Label Me Pretty stamp set and the Pretty Label Punch.  

 

Hello Sunshine

I hope everyone is staying safe and staying home if they can. I'm immunocompromised so I haven't ventured out in public for almost 3 weeks now. I've been doing a lot of stamping and organizing to pass the time.

This is a card I made for my daughter who lives 6 hours away. Although I talk to her almost daily I know it will be several months before I'm able to see her again. I used Stampin' Up's Under My Umbrella stamp set. I've been using some of my retired DSP and embellishments that I couldn't bare to part with. I've been hanging onto these felt flowers for years and figured it was time to stop hoarding them. I sponged the black and white DSP with the ink colours I used on the card.

Eiffel Tower

Stampin' Up's Parisian dies were one of the hardest products to resist from the Jan-June mini catalogue. A couple of sentiments from the Free as a Bird stamp set pair well with the Eiffel Tower. The swirl in the background is a stamp from Timeless Textures. For this card I used some felt flowers I found in my stash but for classes I'll using the new flower punch from the  Salebration flier.

Snow Globe Circus

I'm trying to get as much use out of the Snow Globe Scenes Dies in case they don't carry over into the new year. I used the snow globe base dies to make the stand for the elephant. He's from the Animal Outings stamp set. I think I might use this as one of my swap cards for OnStage next weekend.

 

Frosty Snow Globe

I couldn't throw away the scrap I had left from yesterday's card so I used it as the insert for the snow globe. Instead of using the Snow Globe Shaker Dome for this card I cut a globe from a window sheet. We'll be making this card at our upcoming Christmas Card Buffet on Nov. 1. 

 

Feels Like Frost Shaker

The Feels Like Frost DSP is so beautiful in real life it's hard not to hoard it. To get past my fear of cutting into it I cased this card from the Stampin' Up 2019 Holiday Catalogue. Tomorrow I'll post the card I made from the scraps.