Mother’s Day

SU Secret Garden with Delightful Dozen

Happy Monday, friends! I fell in love again with the SU Secret Garden stamp set this weekend. It is just so pretty and comes with framelits that make cutting a breeze! I peeked over at Freshly Made Sketches # 129 and was inspired to make this card for my mommy.

Card Recipe:
STAMPS: SU Secret Garden, SU Delightful Dozen
INK: SU Regal Rose, SU Pink Pirouette, SU Wild Wasabi
PAPER: SU Regal Rose, SU Wild Wasabi, SU Whisper White
ACCESSORIES: SU Pearls
TOOLS: SU Secret Garden Framelits

I have seen this set stamped with the smaller flower inside the bigger one a few places but Brandy Cox stands out as the one I saw first. Thanks for the inspiration;)

SU Stippled Blossoms for a Happy Mother’s Day to Everyone!!

I wanted to wish everybody who is still up a Happy Mother’s Day today! Jim and I spent a wonderful day with our moms and extended family. Now, the food is put away, the dishwasher is running, and I had a moment to share a card a thoughtful husband of one of my stamping friends got from me for his sweet wife for Mother’s Day. I used the SU Stippled Blossoms to create a 9 inch by 4 inch card that fit in a neat chocolate/espresso colored envelope tied with a pretty pink bow with a gift certificate inside:

SU Word Play Mother’s Day Candle Gift

You have already seen the card I made for my wonderfully awesome mom last month but…here’s a little gift to go with the card. We made these at Stamp Class as a gift for a mother or a friend…or for yourself as some gals said they were keeping it!! I used the Tea for Two Designer Series Paper and used coordinating colors to embellish a sweet blue candle. One friend said she was going to use this idea for shower favors…

Here are some closer views of the candle gift:

Card/Candle Recipe:
STAMPS: SU Word Play, SU All Year Cheer II (Happy Mother’s Day-retired), SU Just Thinking (border on sentiemt on card)
INK: SU Calypso Coral, SU Versamark with clear embossing powder
PAPER: SU Calypso Coral, SU So Saffron, SU Lucky Limeade (leaves), SU Tea for Two DSP, SU Naturals Cardstock , SU Gumball Green (card)
ACCESSORIES: SU Flower Trim, SU Pearls, SU Baja Breeze Pleated Ribbon (retired)
TOOLS: SU Apothecary Framelits, SU Bird Punch for leaves on candle, SU Needlepoint Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, SU Honeycomb EF, SU Windows Collection Framelits

SU Just Thinking (of Mother’s Day)

First, I would like to say Hi to Sandy, one of my friends and Stamp Campers! I said if I did not get a challenge card done tonight after Camp that one of our Stamp Camp cards is going on my blog. So, here we go with one of the cards we did tonight for Mother’s Day. I used the Spring Catalog 2013 Just Thinking stamp as a background border to frame the sentiment (retired but so pretty). We also used a lot of Spring Catalog items like the Tea for Two DSP, the Flower Trim, the Needlepoint Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, and the Honeycomb embossing folder. I especially loved “dyeing” the flower trim with an ink pad that is so easy to do and adds just the right touch. We have so much fun at Stamp Camp each month creating, chatting, laughing, and snacking! I just love hanging out with my stamping girls!!!

Card Recipe:
STAMPS: SU Just Thinking, SU All Year Cheer III (retired)
INK: SU Calypso Coral, Versamark with clear embossing powder
PAPER: SU Calypso Coral, SU So Saffron, SU Lucky Limeade, SU Naturals White SU Tea for Two DSP
ACCESSORIES: SU Flower Trim, SU Pearls
TOOLS: SU Windows Collection Framelits, Nestabilities die, SU Needlepoint embossing folder, SU Honeycomb embossing folder