A Fish and a Wish

A Fish & A Wish was not around the Stampin' Up! world for long but it made a splash! Ha! Did you get. my joke? Yep, it was a bad one but I'm good with that.

I used the stamp set called Watercolor Shapes to add the bubbles to the background on and on the main image. The seaweed was stamped a couple of times so that it felt full and abundant. I like the ribbon around the top of the main image but it is not needed.

Sweet Songbirds Scrapbook Pages

The Sweet Songbirds really are a sweet set of images with a coordinating punch. I admit to purchasing this stamp set a while ago and not really creating with it yet. It will be on my desk very soon. Watch for more fun projects with this set to come.

On the Farm

This was a class at home set of cards. On the Farm is an adorable set that has now retired. This was a class from a couple of months ago. These cards were fun to create.

Peaceful Deer

Peaceful Deer has been a great stamp set to use to make some fantastic Christmas cards. It's fairly simplistic and the punch makes it even easier to use. This set and punch are retired. 

Garden Green and Real Red are your traditional Christmas colors and what I used to make these cards. I stamped the snowflakes with Garden Green. The deer was stamped, punched and adhered with dimensionals.

Seaside Bay

Ah...the beach really is my happy place. I love the mountains and the plains and the valleys and all of God's creation but the beach...ahhh.

Seaside Bay made its debut in the spring mini catalog with this fantastic coordinating designer series paper. I stamped the clam with Night of Navy ink and then colored it with Balmy Blue and Petal Pink blends so it felt more realistic. I added some Wink of Stella to the pearl too.

Greatest Journey

Greatest Journey is a fun adventure set. While I am not the most adventurous person, I do try to have fun. I did marry a man that loves to GOOOO! He doesn't sit still for very long. The greetings in this set are fantastic. I really enjoy them for so many occasions. 

I die cut the cyclist from So Saffron, Mango Melody and Pumpkin Pie cardstocks. Dandy Designs designer series paper help create the ground they were riding on.

On the Farm Scrapbook Pages

I was disappointed when On the Farm stamp set and dies didn't carry over to the new catalog. I love this set and can think of a few more things to create with it. I will be working on those items but I probably won't be sharing those creations. 

Butterfly Brilliance

Butterflies are so stunning and delicate. I appreciate the craftsmanship that God has put into these marvelous creatures. With that admiration for these insects, I really enjoyed having Butterfly Brilliance at my finger tips. These images have many of the same details that God put into the creatures, making them absolutely stunning. Keep reading to see the surprise this card has to offer!

Nature's Harvest

Nature's Harvest has been a favorite of mine for a number of years already. I understood why it was on the retiring list but I wasn't ready to let it go yet so here I am creating more fun cards with it. 

Night of Navy is the card base. The layer colors are Very Vanilla and Balmy Blue. The background was stamped with the large background stamp called Daisy Garden.

Christmas Pinecones

These three cards are focused on the set of dies called Christmas Pinecones. I usually focus on a stamp set or bundle but these dies are so beautiful I had to highlight them too. I did make these cards before the color refresh this spring. You can still take these ideas and run with another set of colors!

I die cut both layers of the Christmas Pinecones from Basic White cardstock. The cardstock that would be on top of the layers I colored with sponge daubers and Bermuda Bay and Crumb Cake ink pads. I then layered the two layers onto the card front.

Taco Fiesta Scrapbook Pages

Taco Fiesta was introduced in the spring mini catalog and I had to have it. I love Mexican food and the images are so stinking cute! They make fun cards and scrapbook pages. You can see a set of pages here.

Forever Fern

Forever Fern is a beautifully stamp set. This set has a number of leaves and greenery images that are realistic looking. I have enjoyed this set since it hit the Stampin' Up! catalog a couple of years ago. I will admit that I was very sad to find out it was on the retiring list this past spring. I wasn't done creating with it. I feel like there are so many things you can create with this set and the coordinating dies. 

Let me share with you a few more that I did make before I knew this set was on the retiring list. Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, and Fresh Freesia is a fantastic color combination. I used all three colors to create the main panel.

Uniquely Artistic

Uniquely Artistic was a freebie that Stampin' Up! had sent to me for attending a conference. It was not a stamp set I would have picked on my own and it took me quite a while to get inky. Once I did, I had fun with the set but will not be a favorite stamp set for me. 

I started with Evening Evergreen for the card base. The layer was embossed with Painted Texture. I heat embossed the leaves and then sponged some Evening Evergreen ink over the top. The greeting was stamped with Rich Razzleberry. The flower was stamped with Crushed Curry and Rich Razzleberry. Isn't it funny how much Rich Razzleberry changed when I sponged it onto the center of the flower?

Artistically Inked

This stamp set and coordinating dies made a huge splash on the Stampin' Up! world when they debuted a couple of years ago. At least I think it was a couple of years ago. I loved the cards that others were making but I just didn't need another flower stamp set and dies so I resisted.    

OH WHY DID I RESIST?!?

 I have no idea! I have loved everything I have made with this set. It is so worth the cost for Artistically Inked stamps and coordinating dies, Artistic Dies.

This first card I die cut the flowers and then sponged ink onto the flowers and leaves. I wasn't that careful so if colors leaned into the next color, that was OK.

A Fish and a Wish Scrapbook Pages

If you have followed me for any amount of time, you know that I like the challenge of creating scrapbook pages with stamps. Someone once told me that scrapbook pages are just large cards. I'm not sure I buy that but I get the sentiment.