Father's Day and Dad's Birthday Cards

Father's Day is coming up this weekend and my dad's birthday is this week too!  I need some masculine cards STAT, so I pulled out my new-to-me stamp set from Stampin' UP! called High Tide.  It's perfect for my dad who loves the ocean and my father in law that loves fishing.

If you are making one card, you might as well make 3, right?  I let the camera and have a video for you.

Direct link to youtube in HD https://youtu.be/_L9trmzfefU

I used Teeny Tiny Wishes and a couple of punches for my sentiment on the next card.

This is the card from the video.  As  you can see, it makes a nice encouragement or sympathy type of card.

Stamps: Butterfly Basics, High Tide, Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU)

Ink: Dapper Denim, Night of Navy (SU) Paper White Pigment (Fresh Ink) White Craft Ink (SU)

Paper: Crumb Cake, Dapper Denim, *retired* Blooms & Bliss DSP (SU)

Accessories: Various *retired* punches (SU)

In With The New...

...Stampin' UP! In Colors, that is.  With the new annual catalog comes a new set of 5 ink colors for the next 2 years.  I thought I would share the colors with you along with the cards I made for my loyal customers over the past 6 months.

First up, the colors.  We have Berry Burst, Fresh Fig, Lemon Lime Twist, Powder Pink and Tranquil Tide.

2017-2019 In Colors

Of course I had to use every color on this card.  ;)  Normally I wouldn't put these colors together, but somehow they work in this vintage collage.

Here is a video to see them in action, along with the notecard I sent to customers with their new catalogs.  :)

Direct link to youtube: https://youtu.be/CuKL3xCw_UA

Thank you to all my loyal customers for supporting me.  It's been a rough 6 months, and I appreciate you hanging in with me even though my family emergencies took me away often.

All supplies are from Stampin' UP!

Stamps: Butterfly Basics, Crafting Forever

Ink: Berry Burst, Fresh Fig, Lemon Lime Twist, Powder Pink, Tranquil Tide

Paper: Berry Burst, Fresh Fig, Lemon Lime Twist, Powder Pink, Tranquil Tide, Whisper White Notecards & Envelopes

2017-2019 In Colors

Butterfly Basics

Crafting Forever

Stampin' Celebration Challenge 100

It's time to celebrate the 100th challenge at Stampin' Celebration with a class photo inspiration collage.

SC100

The butterflies floating off the left side of the mask really caught my eye.  I wanted to see if I could make them do the same thing on my card.

There is just a touch of gold ink mixed into the other inks for my purple butterflies to bring in the touches of gold in the pictures.  At first it looked like a muddy mess, but as the gold dried it shimmered  in a very pretty way.

Be sure to head on over to the Stampin' Celebration Challenge blog to see what the rest of the design team has created.  It's a whole lot of lovely.  Plus, I have heard there may be a prize up for grabs for our 100 challenge.  ;) 

Stamps: Butterfly Basics (Stampin' UP!)

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Perfect Plum, Wisteria Wonder (SU); Versamark; Golden Glitz Delicata Ink (Tsukineko)
Paper: Basic Black, Painted Blooms DSP, Whisper White (SU); White (Bazzill)

Accessories: Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Butterfly Punches, White Embossing Powder (SU)

Blended Vellum ~ Stampin' Celebration

The new photo inspiration challenge over at Stampin' Celebration really inspired me.  In fact, I made 3 cards instead of one and I have ideas for a couple more.  Don't you just love challenges like that?

For my first card I wanted to capture the colors and balloons.  I decided to use vellum and color them with my Blendabilities before die cutting them out.  Here is what I came up with.

Head on over to the Stampin' Celebration blog to see how the rest of the talented design team was inspired.

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps: Butterfly Basics (Stampin' UP!)

Ink: Blendabilities- Rich Razzleberry, Wisteria Wonder, Coastal Cabana (SU); Versamark
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Vellum Cardstock (SU)
Accessories: Celebration Time Dies (Simon Says Stamp); Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inker Designs); Baker's Twine, Chalk Talk Framelits, White Embossing Powder (SU)