Layering Leaves Meets Countryside Inn

For this week's stamp class, I used the Countryside Inn designer papers for the base of my cards.  The blues in this paper are so pretty and the images are just plain fun!  

This first card is made using Layering Leaves stamp set.  The leaves coordinate with the Bough punch and make this card a quick-and-easy card to make!  

The Layering Leaves set has lots of nice sayings in it.  Here are some sample cards with a couple of the different sayings on them.

The cardstock colors for this card are Night of Navy and Boho Blue.  I got the idea for this card from Anne Marie Hile on Pinterest.  

 

Crafting With You

I finally got to take out the Crafting with You stamp set today and mixed it with the Countryside Inn papers.  I stamped the flower image twice so that I could cut and add another flower to the image.  

The saying and little bird is from Garden Birdhouses, a stamp set from last year.  I love the simplicity of it.  :)
 

You're Just My Type

 After last week's class, I made more cards using Just My Type.  I love the little typewriter in the set and the cute flowers with mini envelopes!  

For my cards, I used Masterfully Made designer papers and mixed up the embellishments.  I love making cards where you can mix up the pieces.  

The green and yellow card is made using papers from Regency Park.  I have lots of this paper left over so you might be seeing more things made with it!  

Gorgeously Made

One of the first stamp sets and dies that caught my eye from the annual catalog this year was the Masterfully Made suite.  It features some very colorful papers and I had fun this week making some cards using the Gorgeously Made stamp set.

I got the idea for this card from Alanna Wharf from Pinterest.  She had the pretty green sprig on top of just a peek of the designer papers.  After I made her card idea, I thought that the card needed just a little something more.  So I added the typewrite from Just My Type stamp set.  I love how the Fresh Fresia color matches so well with the designer papers!  I love the look of this card- it's classic, pretty and has a touch of whimsy on it.  :)

After putting the typewrite onto the last card, I just couldn't get enough of the Just My Type set.  So I made another card with it.  I love the simplicity of this card and the funky look that it has.  Seriously, what do people do when they don't have hobbies to make them happy?  

For my third card, I used the Gorgeously Made dies and stamps.  I copied this idea from Wendy Weixler.  The card has a lot of subtle pretty colors on it.  I love the cut outs that coordinate with the Gorgeously Made bundle.  Check out the notebook paper die and the torn paper look on the focal point.  I think I have needed these dies for like 20 years.  LOL

I like the addition of Scripture on this next card.  The background is from the designer papers and I added some sprigs and ribbon.  The cut out for the words is from Sentimental Park.  Then I glued it onto a piece of blue and trimmed the cardstock to frame the saying.

There are more ideas that I have for this set.  I love how it gets the creative juices flowing.  :)

 

Kitty Tote Bag

My litte g-baby is turning two years old and the thing that she loves the most are cat stickers!  So this week I made her a little tote bag and added some sweet kitty cat panels to the front and the back.  

I had some panels and cat fabric in my sewing room.  The collection is called You Had Me at Meow by Northcott and has been out for a few years.  

Here is a pic of the back of the bag.  I went to Hobby Lobby and got her lots of cat and dog stickers to put in her little kitty tote bag.  I picked up a package of plain white cards and envelopes for her so that she can put the stickers on them and make "cards" like Nana.  :)

I didn't have a pattern for the bag - I just cut rectangles and sewed them together.  I found a teal curtain lying around and put that on the inside for the lining.  

Here's a pic of me and my precious little girl on her birthday.  If you look closely, you will see some cat stickers that she put on my sweater!  :)

 

Girl On a Bike

This week my friend Barb received a bicycle from their neighbor.  She wanted to send them a Thank You card and asked me if I had any cards with a bicycle on them.  I didn't really, but I told her that I would make one for her.  :)

After looking at some of my stamps, I realized that I didn't have much in the line of bicycle stamps.  But then I remembered an older set called Time With You from 2006 that had a cute girl on it who was riding a bike!

So I made this card for her.  I used designer papers from the Regency Park collection and added some punched flowers from the paper.  Seriously, how cute did that turn out?

I added some designer paper to the back of the envelope and some punched flowers to the front.  Everyone loved it.  

 

Glad Heart Angel

This year for my birthday I wanted to go to the Lake and have a picnic, hike and time with my friends.  However, the day was rainy and stormy, definitely not weather that calls for a fun day at the Lake.

So instead, the girls came to my house and my friend Tracy prepared a Chalk Couture Day for us in my craft room.  :)

Chalk Couture is a company with stencils that are more like a silk screen that you paint.  You can put them onto wood or other projects.  Here is a bird project that I made on a board.  I still need to attach the rope for the Blessed letters.

All in all, we had a wonderful day together.  But I think I still need to schedule a day at the lake for us.  :)

For the Thank You cards to send to them, I chose an old set from the "archive room" called Glad Heart.  I still love some of the older sets when folk art was in style.  

I colored in the little angel with the stamping blends and chose some papers from the Tea Boutique to go with her.  I added lots of little flowers that I had to cut out by hand (!) 

There's lots of bling and Wink of Stella on the cards to embellish them.  I love how they turned out.  

Do you still have any of the older sets that you like to use?