A Little Happy Birthday!

I bought a kit, Made to Bloom, from the Stampin' Up 2019 Jan-Mar Mini catalog and had not opened it.  Here it is in late March 2020, and I thought it was about time.  I'm not having much mojo with the Covid-19 isolation requirements, so thought I'd try to see if kit pictures would give me any incentive.  I did find that though there were ready made pictures to follow, I was inspired to use the parts to make something totally different.  What a relief...some sort of creative mojo going on!

First of all, since I like card more closely in size to A7 (4-1/2" x 6-1/4") than the more common A2 (4-1/4" x 5-1/2"), I was able to cut the card bases, which were patterned on front and back in half, giving myself the opportunity for twice as many cards.  I used a white iridescent oval with a patterned edge creative when making a frame with an inside scalloped edge to host one of the gold foil, yellow floral die-cuts that I cut down to fit inside the oval and added blushing pink pearl embellishments.  I add a new cardbase and a Blushing Pink patterned dsp below the Calypso Coral, white flecked card front paper.  I used the same Blushing Pink pattern with double fishtails for the stamped happy birthday sentiment.  Voila, a card is completed with my own design using the card kit parts.  Take a peek below:

Ingredients:  Stampin' Up:  "Made to Bloom" Card Kit parts--Calypso Coral dsp, yellow/ foil die-cut floral (fussy cut to size).  Papers--Whisper White cardstock, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer, 2018-2020 Subtles Color Collection dsp/ Blushing Bride Lattice.  Ink--Blackberry Bliss.  Pearls (Copic-colored).  Other:  ColorBox Cat Eye--Chestnut Road ink distressed edges.  Scrap: oval negative die-cut leftover.  Size: 4-3/4" x 6".

A Peaceful Snowy Night!

I still have a few more Christmas kit designs in my "To Do' Stash, but I'm getting close!  This is another Dar Peterson/ Luci Kirschbaum card kits from 2017.  Some of my parts were missing, probably due to long-time storage, but I had taken a picture of the original design and had already die-cut my village scene.  

I made a new and larger Shimmery White card base than the original card.  I added a Misty Moonlight mat layer and another white layer beneath my blue night sky card front.  I used Misty Moonlight ink on the sentiment rather than the brown on the original design.  I also added white craft ink to the embossed snowflakes to make them stand out more.  This was such a fun die set, which was part of the 2017 Stampin' Up Holiday mini catalog.

Ingredients:  Stampin' Up Products:  Cardstock:  Whisper White, Misty Moonlight, Shimmery White.  Stamps--Star of Light.  Ink--Misty Moonlight, White Craft Ink.  Dies--Hometown Greetings Edgelits.  Embossing Folder--Softly Falling.  Size:  4-3/4 x 6 inches.

Christmas with Snowflakes and Gold Bling!

Here are a couple of cards from my "To Do" stash, I made from a card kit I bought from Daralee Peterson and Luci Kirschenbaum back in the fall of 2017.  I'm still working on my unfinished card kits, and with these two completed, I only have ONE more!  

I embellished a bit on the original card designs, thus enlarging each card to a size I favor more, plus these additional modifications:  

On Card #1, I added a white and gold foil patterned dsp mat layer and a sponged gold metallic mat layer (outer edges only that show), plus I did not offset my snowflake to the right as much; therefore more snowflake embossing was included.  See the finished card below.

 On Card #2, I added a Gold Glimmer mat layer, sponged my snowflake and distressed my sentiment banner with gold metallic ink.  See the finished card below.

Card #1 Ingredients:  Stampin' Up products:  Cardstock--Shimmery White, Gold Foil, Copper Foil.  Stamps--Christmas Pines (sentiment). Ink: Metallic Gold Ink;  Dies--Seasonal Layers Thinlits (copper snowflake), Stitched Shapes (circles, ovals, squares).  Embossing Folder--Winter Wonder.  Embossing Powder--Gold.  Washi--Year of Cheer (2017 Holiday).  Embellishment--Foil Snowflakes (2017 Holiday).  Other:  DCWV Paper Pack--Gold & White.

Card#2 Ingredients:  Stampin' Up products:  Cardstock--Shimmery White, Rich Razzleberry, Gold Glimmer.  Patterned--Year of Cheer Specialty dsp--Checkered (2017 Holiday).  Stamps--Star of Light (sentiment).  Punch--Duet Banner.  Embossing Folder--Winter Wonder.  Embossing Powder--Gold.  Washi--Year of Cheer (2017 Holiday).  Gold Metallic Thread.  Rose Red Rhinestones (Copic-colored).  Other:  Encore Gold Metallic stamp pad (sponged snowflake).

Let's Go Plaid for Christmas!

I love the plaid paper stack that was in the 2019 Stampin' Up Holiday mini catalog.  The two cards below were card kits I purchased from Dar Peterson and Luci Kirschbaum that I didn't finish for this past Christmas; therefore, it was now in my radar for finishing up partially completed cards that were cluttering my "To Do" stash.  

I thought their design was a lovely look in plaid, so I finished them up without making any changes to the original card front design, though I did add two additional cardstock layers in white and green to both.  I also designed an inside with layers and simple punched corners around my computer-made Christmas verse.   Take a peek at the two different plaid versions below.

Ingredients:  Stampin' Up products:  Cardstocks--Whisper White, Night of Navy, Shaded Spruce.  Patterned Paper--Wrapped in Plaid 6x6 Paper Pack (2019 Holiday catalog).  Stamps--Merry Christmas to All (sentiment--2019-20 Annual).  Dies--Layered Ovals (plain + scalloped).  Punch--Curvy Corners (inside verse corners).  Other:  EK Victorian Corner Punch (inside verse corners).  Chatterbox verse.  Size 4-3/4 x 5-1/2 inch.