Darling Dinos

 

Hi Everyone! Today I am sharing a card that I made for a swap over two months ago!! I kept meaning to share and then life got super busy! I really love the Darling Dinos stamp. It is one I would have gravitated toward years ago when my kids were little.  I had a period of time when most of the stamps I purchased looked like this, line art made for kids. As my children got older I stopped purchasing these more kid like sets. Recently, I needed a card for one of my friends little boys.  I was looking at my sets, and I had some little girly things left, but that's it.  When the Darling Dinos set came out, I thought it would be a nice set to add to my collection because while my boys liked dinosaurs, my daughter also liked them.   

 

This set features three different dinosaurs and a variety of additional images to create a theme, such as a birthday balloon, party hat, flower, rock, bow tie, top hat and more.

 I like the nice variety of sentiments too! My favorite is the stamp that says "Roar Means......In Dinosaur" all on one stamp, with a space to add "I love you" or " Happy Birthday" in the center to complete the sentence. 

 

 

 
For this card I decided to go with Melon Mambo as my base color, but you can do something like this with the color combo of your choice.  Here I used Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Coastal Cabana, and Lemon Lime Twist.  I colored the images with Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers. 

I used the Mini Alphabet dies to cut out the work "Roar!" To add further details, I used the Fine Tip Glue Pen to add adhesive to the top of the letters to give them an enameled look. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Here is a look at the sentiment I was talking about earlier. The "Roar Means     in Dinosaur" is one stamp with a gap in it so that you can add the I love you or happy birthday to the center. Such a clever design. 

I love the look of the pennant going past the side of the card. To make it more envelope friendly, I trimmed the card down on the side to 3 3/4 so that when the pennant is added, the measurement adds to 4 1/4. 

 

I used the Heartfelt Hexagon Punch to notch the Pumpkin Pie piece. 

You can see a full how to with measurements on my YouTube channel.

Here are some photos from the catalog. You can see how some of the other fun pieces are used.  The die set comes with additional items such as the fun cracked egg you see in the lower left card. 

Product List

Darling Dinos Bundle (English)

[164735]

$40.50

Darling Dinos Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[164728]

$21.00

Darling Dinos Dies

[164734]

$24.00

Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[115320]

$11.50

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[105117]

$11.50

Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144245]

$11.50

Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[163775]

$12.50

Melon Mambo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[153112]

$11.00

Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154897]

$11.00

Summer Splash Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[163826]

$11.00

Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[161682]

$11.00

Mini Alphabet Dies

[162934]

$31.00

Heartfelt Hexagon Punch

[162888]

$23.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147051]

$9.00

Summer Splash Classic Stampin Pad

[163809]

$9.00

St. Patrick's Day card

 OK, there are no stamps here, but I wanted to share it anyway.  This card is a fun one and it uses Watercolors.  I did mount the image onto my Garden Green Cardstock from Stampin' Up! :) 

Some of you know that I teach a watercolor class at my local Park District and we painted a clover field last week.  I usually make a mini version of the painting too.  Sometimes people finish early and the mini version is a fun way to get a little more practice in. I thought I would share it since my Stampin' friends are also creative people and might like ti give it a try.  You can paint it with some of you Stampin' Inks, or if you have some watercolors, you can use those too.  

 Here is a little How to video: 

Let me know in the video comments if you give it a try! 

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Super Simple Pocket Card

 

Hi Stampin' Friends!  I made this super simple Pocket Card for a Team Card Swap and also for my last Stamp Camp.  For the Team Swap our theme was to showcase some Designer Series Paper.  As I looked at my paper stash I found this paper pack that I hadn't used yet called To Market.   Staring at the pack I saw a bunch of veggies, and while they where cute, they were not my thing and I think that's why I kept passing over this pack.  But I remember buying it and wanting it, so I opened it up to see the rest of the papers and I remembered why.  This paper has some really fun plaids and florals, as well as a wood grain paper.  Now I remembered why I bought it.  The poor paper has sat unused for far too long, so finally it was going to get it's day to shine.  The Pocket Card uses several of the fun patters.  This paper pack made it really easy to mix and match the patterns. 

Here is a look at the smaller card from the pocket.

 And the inside of the card.

 

I have a full how to tutorial with measurements for this Simple Pocket card on my YouTube channel. 

I used the Sentimental Park Stamp Set for this card.  This is a great set to have on hand because the set has sentiments for so many occasions.  Some people at Stamp Camp used the Thanks as I showed on my example, and some changed it up for a Birthday card by using the Let's Celebrate on the outside and putting the Happy Birthday on this inside.  This set also has a Happy Anniversary stamp, which is harder to find. 

The dies that go with this set are also very pretty. I love the flowers that are on the sides of the labels, some solid, some outlines.

 You can switch out this papers and stamps to make this card for any occasion. 

Here is a supply list:

Product List

Sentimental Park Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[160561]

$24.00

Sentimental Park Dies

[160566]

$34.00

To Market 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[163421]

$12.50

Blooming Pearls

[162238]

$8.00

Petal Pink & White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Diagonal Trim Combo Pack

[163417]

$10.00

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[105117]

$11.50

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill

[105229]

$5.50

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[147089]

$9.00

Blender Pens

[102845]

$14.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Everyday Happiness Scrapbook page

 Yay!! A scrapbook page!! It has been way too long since I posted a scrapbook page.  Way too long since I posted in general, but even longer for a scrapbook page.  Some of you know that I joined Stampin' Up! because I love scrapbooking.  When I was much younger with only one child, my husband was sent to Iraq as the Corpsman for a Marine Sniper Unit.  I wanted to scrapbook all the things our little guy was doing while Ben was away.  Way back then, Stampin' Up! used to sell "Simply Scrappin' Kits", who remembers those?  I loved them.  They had papers and coordinating sticker sheets to create beautiful pages.  They stopped selling them many years ago. Since the scrapbooking company Close To My Heart closed down, many of their employees have come to work for Stampin' Up! and many of their Demonstrators too!  So, YAY ME!! More Scrapbooking products!!  Hopefully Yay You too!! 

This page is part of a monthly challenge with a Facebook Page I am part of called Scrapbooking Global-Stampin' Up!    You can find lots of scrapbook inspiration there! I hope you will join me there!  

 

This month's challenge is a Sketch Challenge brought to us by Julia Quinn.

Here is the sketch.  You can join us at the Facebook group and add a page that you made with this sketch, we would LOVE to see it!! 

And here is my page again. I used the new Everyday Happiness papers for my page. 

I also used the coordinating Everyday Happiness stamp set. Stampin' Up! has several new papers and stamps designed to work great for Scrapbooking titles. You can see the new line up at the Online store, look at the Memory Keeping section.

I also used some additional stamps, such as the new Elements of Text stamp set for the background. I keep a little basket of left over die cuts on my desk, and these little trees and birds were in that basket.  The birds are from the Frosted Forest Dies and the tiny tree line are from Encircled in Nature. 

The Everyday Happiness papers have my favorite color, Lost Lagoon! Pretty Peacock is a very close second and I also really like Wild Wheat, so this paper was a must for me.  

You can also get this paper as part of a scrapbooking kit! The kit makes 3 double page spreads complete with a cutting guide and how to photos to make it effortless.  Take a look at all the pre-planned kits here.

I hope you like the page!  And that you will give the sketch a try.  Follow along to see what the others have created with the sketch!