Miss Mad Stamper

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Friends are Like Seashells

Ah, seashells! The ocean calls my name. Sometimes I feel like Moana in that the pull to go to the ocean is great! Living in WI, I don't get to the ocean very often but we have planned our summer vacation already and we are headed to the Gulf! I am so looking forward to that!

Meanwhile, I will create with my shell stamps! Friends are Like Seashells debuted last January in the mini. This family of goodies has the stamps, dies and an embossing folder. I stamped the shell and die cut it. The background was made using alcohol and Blend markers on vellum and then I embossed the vellum with the embossing folder. I then took a sanding block and sanded the vellum lightly to get the white you can see on the card. You can watch the replay of my Facebook live using this technique HERE.

Daisy Lane

Daisies are my favorite flower, which I'm sure I have shared with all of you before. They remind me of summer and sunshine and simplicity.

I started this card with Merry Merlot cardstock and added a layer of Flirty Flamingo. I stamped the ferns with Garden Green on the Basic White layer. The greeting layer was punched twice, once from Merry Merlot and once from Basic white. I stamped the daisies and the greeting with Flirty Flamingo and Merry Merlot. The daisies were punched and layered. The greeting was layered with the Merry Merlot die cut in half and added to the top and bottom of the greeting.

Delicate Dahlias

Yep, this proves how far behind I am! While looking at the pictures I have set up on my blog that are awaiting me to write up the post for them, look what I found! Delicate Dahlias! Yes, this was a Sale-a-bration set from this summer and not available any longer but it's the perfect time for me to chat with you about the current Sale-a-bration and give you some inspiration for a set that may be collecting dust on your shelf!

This card is made with Daffodil Delight as it's base. I stamped the outline of the dahlias with Memento ink and then used the other dahlia stamp to "color" in the images. I added a few of the speckle images from Biggest Wish to fill in some of the white space. This checked ribbon is some of my all time favorite! This card just had to have some.

Nuts About Squirrels Scrapbook Pages

Oh. My. Goodness! When I saw this stamp set in the fall mini catalog, I knew that I had to have them! My youngest two daughters were being so silly one day. They were goofing around and the next thing I hear is Lydia saying, "You are a tree. I am a squirrel." I look up and Lydia has attached herself to Belle with her arms and legs! Belle was trying to move but it didn't work well. Lydia kept repeating, "You are a tree. I am a squirrel."

When I saw this stamp set, I knew that I had to have it so that I could preserve this wonderful memory! Here are the set of scrapbook pages that I made with it.

Playful Penguins

These penguins really are adorable and playful. Playing with them was so much fun. I did some fussy cutting to get all the extra pieces for these cuties.

The card base is Shaded Spruce with a layer of pattern paper called Penguin Playmates. The penguins are all punched with the coordinating punch. I did fussy cut the hat, antlers, and scarf. I also colored the pearls with dark Shaded Spruce blend marker.

This one is adorable too! Night of Navy is the card base with more of the Penguin Playmate designer series paper for a layer. The white layer behind the penguin is slightly colored with Night of Navy ink and a blending brush. I made sure that I started the blending brush off the cardstock so that the darkest parts would be on my scratch paper and not my project. More fussy cutting of the hat and scarf.

This is a fun fold card. The fold is called a double z fold. I did make a Facebook live creating this card. You can watch the replay HERE if you'd like to learn more about this card.

I couldn't decide which side of the designer series paper I liked more so I made one of each. Above you can see the characters and below you see the pine trees. Which is your favorite?

The Penguin Playmate designer series paper is no longer available. It was a freebie during the second sale-a-bration which took place during August and September. You may still have some floating around or chose a different paper to add pizzazz to your cards.

The pictures below will take you to my online store if you would like to do a little retail therapy! Just click on them to see all the goodies you can add to your arsenal.

Happy Stampin'!