March Birthdays #3

Okay, this is the last of the March Birthday cards.  It is for my great niece who turned 12 this year.  She is growing up too fast, don't they all do that?  This is another Crooky Cake card.  I do love that stamp set.

The card base is SU Whisper White Thick, the center

piece is SU Whisper White.  The frame on the front

and inside of the card is SU Coastal Cabana (retired).

This same paper was used for the top of the 

Birthday die cut.  The bottom is on black cardstock. 

The inks used on this card are SU Melon Mambo, 

Tempting Turquoise, Perfect Plum, Pear Pizazz,

and Daffodil Delight.  Of course, the sentiments 

were stamped in black. 

On this card I added the icing dies to the cake.

It finishes off the cake.  

The inside of the card using the inside of the 

frame die.

Here is the front of the envelope and card.  The 

sentiment on the envelope is Bring on the Cake.

I wonder how else I can use this stamp set.  Can 

you come up with other creative color combinations?

How would you use this stamp set?

March Birthdays #2

This is my sister's card.  It is a card from Brandy Cox.  She is a SU Demonstrator and often does 10 cards in 20 minutes.  This is from one of her YouTube videos.  I did make some minor changes and not many.  It is important to me to give credit to the original designer.  It is unethical to take credit for someone else's work.

This card is made with all SU products using 

two stamp sets; Butterfly Basics and Gorgeous Grunge.

The inks used are SU Hello Honey, Old Olive, Wisteria 

Wonder, and Early Espresso.  

Using the Butterfly Basics stamp set stamp the following.

First stamp the fern in Old Olive stamping off twice 

to get the three ferns.  Then stamp the honeycomb

three times using Hello Honey.  Stamp the sentiment 

in Wisteria Wonder at the bottom left.  

Then using Gorgeous Grunge dots stamp in a 

random pattern using Early Espresso ink.  Repeat 

this pattern inside the card and on the envelope.

Stamp the butterfly from Butterfly Basics on a 

scrap piece of Whisper White paper using 

Wisteria Wonder ink.  Then cut it out using 

SU Bold Butterfly Framelits on the Big Shot.  

Use dimensionals to place the butterfly 

on the front of the card.  You can

 lightly fold the butterfly in the middle to

make it appear to be flying.

After you have repeated the pattern from the 

front of the card. Stamp the butterfly.  I would move

 the fern up higher so you can see the butterfly better.

Then add the sentiment from the Butterfly Basics 

stamp set.

This is the front of the envelope.  Again, move 

the fern up higher to all the butterfly to shine..

This is the back flap of the envelope.  I like carrying 

the theme of the card on the back sometimes.

This is the envelope liner from purple butterfly 

paper I had in my very large stash. 

March Birthday's #1

I am closer now to being all caught up.  There are three birthdays in our family in March and they are within the first week.  The birthdays are my sister's , her son, and his daughter.  I will post the cards I made in separate posts.  This one is for my nephew.

I really like this card.  I used Stampscapes

stamps for this card except for the sentiments.

I cut the ovals using SU Whisper White for the

scene and SU Early Espresso for the frame.  The card

base is also SU Whisper White Thick.

The inks used are SU Soft Sky and Early Espresso.

For the central scene, I stamped the trees on a 

hill first leaving about a quarter of the space for the

clouds at the top.

I then put the scene on the frame and set is on 

the card to see where I wanted to stamp the rest of

the card.  I stamped the clouds first stamping 

off until there just barely any color.  Then I added the 

trees to the bottom left corner.    I repeated this pattern 

on the front of the envelope.  The sentiment on the

front of the card is from SU Express Yourself (retired).

The inside of the card.  I repeated the sky and tree

pattern from the front of the card.  The sentiment is

one I've had for a very long time.  It is from Imaginations.

I don't know if the company still exists.

Happy 90th Birthday Celebration

This is the last February birthday card and it is a special celebration.  My Aunt Mary turned 90 this year and her family had a surprise party for her.  They asked us all to send cards.  They wanted to have at least 90 cards for her.  So, I made two; one for me to sign and one for my husband to sign. They received way more than 90 cards.  The party was a great success.  Many of us traveled from out of state to celebrate.  So, it was a big family reunion.

Aunt Mary is in the pink top.  Her husband is behind her.

Her oldest daughter, Chris is next to her.  Chris put this

all together.

Does this woman look 90; I think not.  She is an

amazing woman full of heart, fun, and lots of spunk.

Here are the two cards I made.

This is the Crooky Cake card made with SOA,

Young at Heart stamp sets and dies.  I love this 

SOA set, it is so fun.  Check out the Catherine Pooler

Stamp Nation blog, link on this site, for all the 

information about where and how to get 

these stamps and dies.

This card uses the Crooky Cake stamp set and cake and frame dies

by Cas-ual Fridays, Ring in the Celebration by Winnie 

and Walter; and sentiments from Young at Heart Sentiments by 

Sugar Pea Designs. 

The inside of the card.  I love this sentiment.  The SU

Coastal Cabana is the inside of the frame die.  

The envelope and front of the card.  The  ink colors 

used in this card are SU's Melon Mambo, Tempting

Turquoise, and Elegant Eggplant.  

This is the second card I made.  This came from
SU Tin of Cards kit.  The front of the card is

all SU.  The inside is from SOA Young at Heart.

The inside of the card is mostly from SOA Young

at Heart sets by Sugar Pea Designs.  The 'with love'

is from SU August 2015 Paper Pumpkin kit.  If you 

haven't tried Paper Pumpkin, check it out on my 

my blog and SU website.

Below is the envelope using the same

stamp sets as the inside of the card.

Below is the card and envelope together.

The sentiment on the envelope is from 

SU Serene Silhouettes set (retired). 

Happy Birthday Aunt Mary, may you have many

more for us to celebrate.

February Birthday cards

I continue to catch up to myself as I also make current posts.  This is another catch up post.  Here is the second February birthday card I made.  This is for my nephew.

The base card is Stampin' Up Very Vanilla and 

embossed with SU World Map embossing folder.

Two small strips of SU Going Places 

Designer Paper was added.  SU Coastal Cabana

is the frame for the Sentiment.  Happy Birthday Wishes

is die cut from Stamp of Approval (SOA) Young 

at Heart collection in the same SU Going Places

Designer Paper.  The collage background for the
sentiment is SU Crumb Cake paper.  It is stamped
with SU Crumb Cake ink using SU Clockworks
and Gorgeous Grunge stamp sets.

This is the inside of the card.  The same cardstock

from the front of the card is used here.  I added some

star stamps and wink of stella to give it some shine.

The sentiment is from SOA, Young at Heart stamp set.

I really love this look for a masculine card

This is the envelope using the same stamp set

used on the card.

Here is the card and envelope together.

Sharing a beautiful quote about those of us who are artisans

I was moving through the  Stamp Nation's Stamp of Approval Blog Hop yesterday and saw this quote on Melanie Muenchinger's blog,   Hands, Head, and Heart.  I was so touched by this quote as it described exactly how I feel about being a creative artist.  I hope this touches you.

"A woman who works with her hands is a Laborer; a woman who works with her hands and her head is a Craftsman; but a woman who works with her hands, her head, and her heart is an ARTIST."

                                                                                  Louis Niger

April Paper Pumpkin Wreath Kit

I just had to post this even though I am still not totally caught up with all I've made this year.  I will still continue to catch-up and this couldn't wait.

What is Paper Pumpkin?  It is a monthly kit that comes to your home full of great supplies and creative ideas.  You can do the project exactly as it comes or be creative and make other projects as well.  There are many resources out there on alternative creative ideas for Paper Pumpkin.  You can find them on You Tube and Pinterest.

How do I get Paper Pumpkin?  You can order it through my Stampin' Up Demonstrator site.  I am listed under Sherry Huss in Taylorsville, Utah.  See the Stampin' Up Link on this site.

Here's some photos of this month's project.

Step One:  I've taken it out of the orange Paper Pumpkin box and started to wrap the leaf sheets on to the foam wreath form.  You can see a picture of the completed project in the background.

Step Two:  The completely wrapped wreath

You can see the Paper Pumpkin box behind the wreath.

It took maybe 30 minutes to do this due to many 

interruptions.

Step Three:   Folding the flowers and adding them to the branch.

Step Four:  Stamping the sentiment and adding it to the hanging board.

Step Five:  Adding the flowered branch, hanging board and ribbon to the wreath.  Voile, it is complete in less than an hour.  Oh what fun!

This will be hanging in my art studio,  It is so pretty.

Don't you want to make one?  You can subscribe to

Paper Pumpkin and start receiving the monthly kits by 

going to 

https://mypaperpumpkin.com?demoid=2165672