Fun Hobby Papers - Hobby Haven

This past week I held a stamp class using designer papers called Hobby Haven.  What a great package of papers!  Each page has images of different hobby items - spa day, sewing, crocheting, plants, cooking, books, etc.  The ladies and I had a great time fussy cutting images and using the punch outs to make some great cards.  :)

For most of the sayings, we used an older set called, Love What You Do.  I like the sweet, bold lettering of the sayings. 

The square focal stamp is from a new set called Joyful Squares.  I love the look that it gives to the cards.

My sister makes all natural soaps and other cosmetic products.  I think she will love the cards that I made for her.  I even snuck in a banner from the new Nature Walk designer papers.

Here is a similar card only it has a peach banner to brighten it up.

This card has some sweet looking plants on it.  

This is the first card that I made with the Hobby Haven papers.  I fussy cut out some books and even found a cup of tea and candles.

I made this card for one of my sewing friends.  I love how there's even a little pattern in the punch outs.

Don't you just love the mannequin?  So cute.  

I love the colors that coordinate with the papers - brown, tans, teals and peach.  

This one is cute, too, with the apron.  All week I just kept making more and more cards with these papers.  And I'm not done yet.  There are just so many possibilities.  :)

Which one do you like the best?

Mixed Florals with Coneflowers

This week I used the new sets, Mixed Florals stamp set along with Mixed Labels for the sayings and Elements of Text for background.  For this first card, I stamped the beautiful coneflower image (one of my favorite flowers) and colored it in with a Q-tip using Copper Clay ink pad.  I wanted a soft, natural look to the my flowers and that's why I used the Q-tip for coloring.

The papers are from Nature's Sweetness, one of last year's specialties.  I love the neutral look of this card and how it turned out.  The die cut is from Nested Essentials die set.  I added Wink of Stella to the flowers and although you can't see it in the photo, it makes them shine.  This card idea is from Teri Allen.  

My next card is made using the coneflower stamp, only this time I colored the flowers and leaves in with Blends markers.  I used the striped paper from the Mixed Media Florals designer pack.  I embossed it using the Timeworn Type folder.  The circle is cut from Spotlight on Nature die and I added a stamped image from Elements of Text, a new online set.  

This card has a delicate spring look to it and I added to my Sympathy card pile.  I saw the idea for this from StampwithRachel.  I added some twine along the side a textured cut out for more interest.  

The third time that I made the card, I used Crumb Cake cardstock for the textured cut out.  It gave the card a more neutral look with less pink.  This card also has Wink of Stella on the flowers.

For my third card, I went with a gray and red color palate.  The designer paper is from Country Lace paper set and image of the tulips is from the same set as the other two cards, Mixed Florals.  The white middle piece is stamped with the saying and then embossed with the Subtle folder.  These flowers have Wink of Stella on them, too.  It's my interpretation of a card from Jolanna Johnstone.  

I enjoyed making each of these cards this week and I just love the Mixed Florals set.  I can see myself making coneflowers in all sorts of colors.  But here a few ideas for you.  

 

Bright Skies

 This week I started out to make some cards using Bright Skies stamp set and Sunny Days paper from this year's Sale-a-Bration.  I thought that I was going to make cards with clouds on them, but they turned out more like flower cards than clouds!  

I love the bright, cheery papers that coordinate with the set.  They have sort of a retro look to them.

For the sayings, I used Best Family Ever stamps.  It has cute sayings and all kinds of family names.  I don't know who I will send the cards to, so I just used the generic "friend" stamp.  

The cut outs are from Designer Tag Dies and Nested Essentials, which I think are still available to purchase.  

I hope the cards still make your feel like you're gazing at fluffy clouds on a nice day.  That was the look I was going for.