In the Forest

I love the theme for this week's wee Memories challenge: In the Forest. When I first thought about what I wanted to make, I had these great ideas using all my cute owl and squirrel and deer stamps. But I made this card instead. No cute little forest animals... But I absolutely love it! I'm sure they have hot pink butterflies in a forest somewhere...!


Here are the DEEtails:

Melon Mambo all the way for this card! I stamped the bottom half with my Woodgrain stamp (which I LOVE!), then added a strip of Chocolate Chip card stock, a scalloped piece of Crumb Cake, and some Chocolate Brown taffeta ribbon. Then I added a square of Chocolate Chip card stock, embossed with my Swiss dots embossing plate and trimmed on the corners. I layered on a piece of Crumb Cake that I ran through my Cricut with the Songbird cartridge, and added a beautiful Melon Mambo butterfly, stamped and embossed with my Great Friend set. A chocolate Chip button from the Button Latte set, threaded with a sliver of Melon Mambo adds that extra touch.

What do you think?

Happy Daisies

I think I love Kim's challenges Off The Wall Craftiness because I love wedding decor. :) I think this one jumped out at me because I love green!

Now, I really need to get me a chandelier stamp! I think they are just beautiful! Anyway, Here are the DEEtails for my card:

This card is simple, really. I started with some Old Olive card stock and stamped the image from my Upsy Daisy set in Whisper White ink and embossed it. Then I added a bright pink bow with a bit of ruffle trim from my stash. I used my fabulous new Decorative Label punch to punch around my sentiment from the Full of Life set and added an extra layer in Melon Mambo. Then I added some layers of Whisper White and Basic Black card stock and adhered it to an Old Olive card. Voila! :)

Bright and Cheerful Birthday!

Yeah for another week of Cupcake Inspirations! This inspiration is so bright and cheerful! This week's challenge is sponsored by InStyle Stamps.


Here are the DEEtails:

I was totally in love with the idea of four blocks of color, and it wasn't the plan, but I ended up using something close to Mary Fish's Mojo Monday layout, this time turned sideways. I used Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and Peach Parfait card stocks, stamped with my Polka Dot Background stamp and embossed. I cut them into little squares and matted each with the same color. I adhered them to a piece of Whisper White card stock, stamped on the edge with the Happy Birthday stamp from Stem Sayings. I added a Melon Mambo mat, then got out some Rich Razzleberry grosgrain ribbon, which I pleated in a wave, following my sentiment. This is the first time I tried sewing on a card and I think it turned out okay. I used green thread because I liked the contrast, but mostly because I was limited to colors I had in my sewing box and green worked best. Then I added my digital stamp from InStyle Stamps. Digital stamps are another first for me on this card. I colored in the cupcake and heart with Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Write markers, cut the image out, then adhered it to my card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Hope you like it! Please play along!

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