Birds & Branches

God's creation is so beautiful and I believe most people take that beauty for granted. We just expect it to always be there for us to enjoy or even annoy us at times. I know that I fall into that too. I'm a born and raised WI girl and I don't like the cold! I complain about it. That doesn't help me enjoy the beauty in the naked trees or the glistening snow that is winter. The cold can be refreshing too. I have been trying to make an effort to find the good in everything. 

Spring is only 68 days away! 😂I am looking forward to the birds coming back with their songs and the owls that live near us talking to each other again. So I pulled Birds & Branches off the shelf to get it's first inking!

I started with Flirty Flamingo for the card base. I stamped the flower on Misty Moonlight (I'm sad this color will be leaving us soon). The Crumb Cake was embossed with the Timber embossing folder. The flowers do have Wink of Stella on them. Ooo, so pretty! (The bird and flowers were die cut with Birds & More dies. I forgot to add them to the list of supplies.)

Lovely You

When this stamp set was introduced to us, I fell in love with it. I saw all these possibilities and was so excited. I loved the little, solid images as well as all the great greeting. I have to admit that after I played with it initially, I put it aside and forgot about it! Ugh! Well, it made it to my table again and I had some fun!

The Mint Macaron card base was stamped with the same color ink. I cut a piece of Fresh Freesia and used the Tailor Tag punch to make the banner ends. The leaves were generationally stamped, meaning I stamped with full strength ink and then stamped again without re-inking between stampings.

Tidings & Trimmings

This set of stamps, dies and papers are available in the main catalog. While Christmas is done, you can work ahead for next year! I love to create all year long for Christmas. I then have enough cards for mailing out when the time comes. 

I started with a Cherry Cobbler card base. The stocking was stamped with Evening Evergreen and then die cut. The Cherry Cobbler layer behind the stocking was embossed with Brick & Mortar embossing folder. The greeting was stamped and then hand cut on an angle. 

Halloween Scrapbook Pages

These pages turned out great for not having a Halloween stamp set. I don't do much for Halloween but my girls like to still trick or treat so I like to make a few pages to document their adorable costumes. 

Beauty of Friendship

I love nature, especially how beautiful it all is. I marvel at the stunning colors in sunsets and sunrises, the promises of rainbows and the quiet sparkle of a foot of snow. I have to admit that part of my love for nature resides in trees. Whether they are stark naked in winter or fully dressed for summer, they intrigue me. I love creating with them too which is why I have so many tree stamps!

The trees for this card create a look of a small forest. To create that I stamped the darkest trees first with full ink. I stamped the next tree without re-inking the stamp and then again the third tree. I repeated this process to create the forest. After the trees were stamped, I used my blending brushes to add some Evening Evergreen to the bottom fo the card and Pool Party to the top. The bird does have Wink of Stella on it. I adore that stuff!