Card Set #5 and a Thank You Notecard

The finale of card sets...

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar white
Stamps/Inks: TH Distress Inks - Salty Ocean
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Inky Antics Cloud stencil, Memory Box: Adorable Posies and Hayden Twigs
Misc.: White Liquid Pearls

And Thank You...

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Rhubarb Stalk, HA Shadow Ink Midtone - Butter Bar, Impress - Mom and Baby Giraffe Combo, Verve - Treasured Words
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Stampin' Up heart punch
Misc.: dimensional adhesive, zig wink of Stella clear glitter brush

Lawnscaping Challenge Blog

And, I had so much fun with the Lawnscaping Challenge (and I had an extra stamped dog), so I've decided to play along again. 

Here's mine: 

Dusted Off: Critters at the Dog Park, Critters in the 'Burbs, and a set I hadn't used, yet -- Happy Everything

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock, EP - Lori Whitlock - Hello Summer/Wide Stripes
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Lawn Fawn - A Birdie Told Me, Critters at the Dog Park, Critters in the 'Burbs, and Happy Everything
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Lawn Cuts
Misc.: Copic markers, dimensional adhesive

Wplus9 Birthday Extravaganza

Still celebrating with WPlus9!

Create a card, tag or layout with a focus on a current trend. Use at least one Wplus9 product and upload your project to your blog or online photo gallery such as Flickr. Then link it up using the InLinkz widget below by 11:59 PM EST, Sunday, February 23, 2014. Winner will be posted by 12:00 PM EST on Monday, February 24, 2014.

Here are mine (2 each of 3 designs):

Trend: I've noticed a lot more layered stamping and stamps - my favorite is WPlus9's Fresh Cut Florals.

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: WPlus9 - Fresh Cut Florals, Verve - Treasured Words, HA Shadow Inks - Butter Bar, Soft Cantaloupe, Soft Blossom, Pool, Corn Flower, Grape Juice, Green Hills, Cup O' Joe, Field Greens,; SSS ink - green leaf; Memento - Tuxedo Black, Fresh Ink - French Lavendar
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Martha Stewart Score Board

Baby Shower Thank You Notes...

Had the nicest baby shower thrown for me by some lovely ladies from church... which means time for some thank you notes!

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. DP
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Paper Smooches - A Little Lovin'
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Heart punch from Stampin' Up, Wplus9 - Clear Cut Stackers - Pinking Squares
Misc.: Twine from the Twinery, dimensional adhesive, copic markers,

Lawnscaping and Card Set #3

And the card gift sets continue... and today's actually fits in very well with the Lawnscaping Challenge this week... using an infrequently used set. Critters in the Dog Park is super cute --- but I've never actually used this particular stamp (or actually, the majority of the set)!

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Lawn Fawn - Critters at the Dog Park
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Martha Stewart - Grass punch, Lil' Inker Designs - Rainbows and Cloud set, Small Sunshine Die
Misc.: Copic markers, dimensional adhesive, glossy accents

Card Set #2

Here's the second little gift set of 6 cards that I whipped up recently as a gift...

This set features a new stamp from DeNami - Noah's Ark!

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, DeNami - J150 Noah's Ark,
Cutting/Embossing/Stencils: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Standard and Scalloped Circles, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps - Wave Dies
Misc.: Copic Markers, Dimensional adhesive

Card Sets --- A Series...

Card Set #1... which happens to work really well with WPlus9's birthday celebration and challenge for this week!

PLAY ALONG: Create a card, tag or layout with a focus on adding dimension. 

Here's mine:

 Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock, Best Creation Inc. - GP043
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black and Lilac Posies, Wplus9 - Onesie Twosie
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Fiskars scallop punch
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive

One more Valentine's Day Card

The last one for 2014...

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, HA Shadow Ink - Red Raspberry, TH Distress Inks - Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, and Fired Brick; Lawn Fawn - Love You Tons, Technique Tuesday - Say it With Circles, SSS - Lots of Hearts
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Standard Circles, Judikins - Opaque white embossing powder, Versafine superfine clear embossing powder
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, Mister Huey's - opaque white and blizzard

Happy Valentine's Day!

The actual day --- Happy Valentine's Day!

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar white
Stamps/Inks: TH Distress Inks - Salty Ocean, Brushed Corduroy, Walnut Stain; Memento - Tuxedo Black, Versafine Vintage Sepia, HA Shadow Ink - Red Royal, Lawn Fawn - Science of Love
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Ranger Superfine clear embossing powder, Inky antics cloud stencil, Wendy Vecchi Layered Tree stencil, Lil' Inkers - Small Sun
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, Zig wink of stella clear glitter pen, copic markers

Love you tons

Happy Valentine's Day!

Materials

Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, unknown DP, Neenah - Solar White

Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Lawn Fawn - Love you tons and A birdie told me

Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Martha Stewart Grass punch, corresponding Lawn Cuts dies, Lil' Inker - Small Sunshine Die

Misc.: Copic markers, Zig Wink of Stella clear glitter pen, dimensional adhesive

And some knitting:

Pattern: Sweet Dreams (Boo Knits)

Needles: 7/8

Yarn: Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light - Plaid Blanket

Size: Small

More Stenciled!

Just had to get in one more card... (feeling much better today)...

Here it is (from Day 1 - Sponging):

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, vellum
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, TH Distress Ink - Salty Ocean, Just Rite - Large Fancy Clear Sentiments
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Ranger superfine silver embossing powder, MFT MPD Scallops, PTI - Tag Sale #3 Die
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, Verve seam binding, enamel dots, sequins