Kinda Eclectic Ray of Sunshine Greeting Card

Ray of Sunshine and Kinda Eclectic greeting card

I love how this card turned out. The two Stampin' Up! stamp sets work well together. The sunburst from the Kinda Eclectic set is a quick alternative to stamping each ray, in the Ray of Sunshine set, individually.

I began by watercoloring the background with an aqua painter and ink picked up from the lids of the ink pads.Next I punched out a 1 1/4" circle from a sticky note pad and adhered it to the art piece where I wanted the sun. I stamped the dots border by stamping off the ink once before stamping on the art piece. Then I stamped the sunburst over the sticky note, removed the note and stamped the face. To complete the art piece I stamped the sentiment, added Washi tape and punched small dots from gold foil paper to adhere around the sun's rays.

To complete the card I adhere it to a piece of cardstock mat and mounted it onto the designer series paper.

Here are the products that I used on this card:
Watercolor paper #122959
Lost Lagoon card stock #133679
Flowerpot Designer Series Paper #133698
Very Vanilla card stock #101650
Gold Foil Paper #132622
Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Ink #133644
Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Ink #131173
Aqua Painter #103954
Washi Tape133000
1/16" circle punch #134363
1 1/4" circle punch #119861
Ray of Sunshine- wood #134339, clear #134210
Kinda Eclectic- wood #135347, clear #135350
2-Way glue #100425
sticky note pad

Have you tried the aqua painter for your watercolor projects? It is the best way for beginners to get started with watercolor techniques. Seasoned painters love them too! I'd love to hear some comments from you.

If you are looking for a Stampin' Up! demonstrator I would love to help you.

Sunshine Greetings!
Trude

Oh, Whale! Greeting Card

Today's card is one that I created for this week's color challenge at the Paper Players.
I used the new stamp set Oh, Whale! from Stampin' Up!

If you haven't tried a challenge, I would encourage you to do it! Your creativity will get a boost and you will have some fun in the process.

Check out the paper players challenge by clicking on their name (above) or the picture (below).

All Occasion Greeting Card

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This stamp set has been retired, but if you have it here's a card idea for you.

See current Stampin' Up! products at my Stampin' Up! store. 

Have a crafty day!

Trude

Birds and Roses Greeting Card

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The card base is by Paper Pizazz and the stamp is a retired Stampin' Up! stamp. It makes a sweet note card and a clean and simple card.

Look at the current stamps that Stampin' Up! offers at my 24/7 Stampin' Up! store. 

And if you are looking for a demonstrator, I would be happy to help you!!

Bright and Fun Crocodile Card

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This is a quick card, especially if you use a base card from a package of cards that you buy all ready to be embellished like I did here. Then I wrapped a bright ribbon around the card base, stamped a crocodile and accompanying sentiment. Layered it on paper printed with bright color swatches and adhered it to the card. It could say, "Thinking of You", or "Happy Birthday" inside the card. I put a wiggle eye on it for added fun. Another Clean and Simple (CAS) card!

June Stampin' Up! Club Cards

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These are 3 of the cards that we made at the June Club meeting.

To check out what is new at Stampin' Up! click here.

Simply Sweet Notecard

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This card is simple but sweet. I cut an inch off the front and added a red border that I had cut with scallop scissors. I tied a ribbon over the seam and stamped and matted a floral image and mounted it to the front of the card.

Cute Daisy Kingdom Sailor Bears Card

This card is made with a vintage stamp from Daisy Kingdom. I folded gloss white card stock and stamped near the fold. Then I cut around the bears and colored them. I adhered the folded card to a piece of card stock that was layered with printed paper. I stamped "AHOY" inside the folded bear card.

Turned out very cute to send a friendly "Hi".

Happy Stamping,

Trude

Blossom card

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This card is made by using one retired Stampin Up stamp. I stamped it, cut it out, sponged some color onto the distressed background, mounted it to a square white card stock and then a black square of card stock. I stamped the stamp the flower center onto a piece of pink c.s., cut it out and adhered it over the center of the flower, adhered the whole thing to a pink card base and used graphic arts tape to decorate the edges.

Ocean Scene Card

I like this stamp. You stamp it several times, color, cut and layer it. Click on the image to see the card up close.

Fun Flower Card

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I think the strip at the bottom might be a Martha Stewart punch. I'm not sure what any of the other items manufacturers are.

 

Stamp some fun today,

Trude

Butterfly Swirl card

This could be a birthday card, hello card, thinking of you card, kind of an all occasion card. I cut the blue paper on the Cricut. 

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