Thank You

     Hello!  Today's card was inspired by inkpad's Papillon Sketch over at SCS (here).  I loved her layout but decided to go with the traditional 4 1/4"x 5 1/2" size card rather than her square card.  Using what I had in my stamp room I decided to go with the Beautiful Wings embosslit rather than the Papillon Potpourri butterfly stamp. 

Stamps: Day of Gratitude
Ink: StazOn Black
Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, First Edition DSP
Tools & Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Wings embosslit, dimensionals 

Butterfly Trio

     Hello!  Today's card was inspired by Susie Nelson's "Trio of First" card over at SCS (here).  I loved the simplicity of her layout and decided to change very little.  Using what I had in my stamp room I swapped out the Elegant Butterfly punch for the Beautiful Wings embosslit and added a few pearls to the center of each butterfly.

Stamps: Elements of Style
Ink: Marina Mist
Paper: Marina Mist, Basic Black, First Edition DSP
Tools & Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Wings embosslit,  pearls, dimensionals

A Calypso Easel Card

     Hello!  Today's card is one that was inspired by Tui Nathan's Freshly Made Sketch #26 card (here).  I absolutely loved the colors she used and decided to make a few minor changes to the layout.
     The easel card was super easy to make, I just followed the directions given by Brian Pilling in the Stampin' Up video (here).  With all the dimensionals and layers, this card turned out to be a bit heavy.  If mailing one, I suggest having it weighed first before popping it in the mailbox!

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: StazOn Black
Paper: Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, First Edition DSP 

Tools & Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Wings embosslit die, Designer Frames embossing folder, curly label punch, grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals 

Happy Easter

     Hello!  Today's card was inspired by Teneale Williams' card Case Study Challenge #37 card (here).  I found her blog several months ago and {LOVE} her work - she's so talented!  Definitely another great blog to visit for inspiration if you lose your stamping mojo...
      With Easter approaching I realized that own one Easter stamp set.

Yup, one.  And it's retired.

      I'm not a fan of any of the Easter stamp sets offered in the mini or the current catalog (shhhhhh!) so I realized that I had to use what I have if I was going to send cards out this year.  When I saw Teneale's card I knew it was the perfect layout and theme for an Easter card!     

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: So Saffron CS & DSP, Whisper White, More Mustard
Ink: StazOn black
Tools & Accessories: Big Shot, Labels Coll. framelits die, Beautiful Wings embosslit die, pearls, organza ribbon, dimensionals

Simple Butterflies

     Hello!  Today's card was inspired by Chat Wszelaki's Kindness Matters card over at her blog Me, My Stamps and I.  I absolutely LOVE Chat's blog; her work is amazing and if you haven't checked her out I highly recommend it!  To make this card more of my own I decided to use the Beautiful Wings embosslit die rather than the Kindness Matters stampset and omitted some of the layers.  It's a quick and simple version of her card!

Stamps: Baroque Motifs
Ink: Crumb Cake
Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry
Tools & Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Wings embosslit die, grosgrain ribbon