Happy Birthday Card with Stampin Up Gingham Garden

Here is a birthday card that's a slight variation on the design I made in a Stampin Up stamp camp with Renae Novak. 

Stampin Up supplies:

• the new Gingham Garden washi tape

• Itty Bitty Banners stamp 

• Bitty Banners Framelits die 

Cheers!

Sonja

Shabby Chic Cards with Simon Says Stamp November 2012 Card Kit

Here are some shabby chic cards I made with paper from the Simon Says Stamp November 2012 Card Kit. 

Supplies include:

• Basic Grey Serenade paper

• Jillibean Soup card sentiment "soup labels" on a couple of the cards ("thinking of you" and "hello friend")

• "happy birthday" is a rub-on from the American Crafts Mini-Marks rub-on set

Cheers!

Sonja

Crate Paper Christmas Card

Here's holiday/Christmas card I made with Crate Paper papers and die cuts and a couple Basic Grey snowflake rub-ons.

Stampin Up Christmas Card for Swap

Made this Christmas card for a swap this year and really like how it turned out. Used Stampin Up felt snowflakes, embossing folder, paper, dies, markers, blending pen and stamp from Easy Events set.

Floral Owl Cards with September 2012 Simon Says Stamp Kit

I tend to make very simple cards but I decided to do something a bit busier with more patterns and layers mixed together.

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye Bright Side from Simon Says Stamp September 2012 kit
Label Punchouts: Pink Paislee
Owl Cutouts: Maya Road
Paper Flowers: Prima and Paper Studio
Happy Birthday Stamp: Hero Arts
Flourish Rub-ons and Adhesive Jewels: from stash
Wood-Texture Blank Cards: Club Scrap

Monochromatic Floral All-Occasion Cards

Tonight I made a series of mostly monochromatic cards with layered embellishments. I love how they turned out...

Flower Paper: Chatterbox Soft Olive Stems paper
Polka Dot Paper: My Mind's Eye Bright Side from Simon Says Stamp September 2012 kit
Butterfly and Flowery Cutouts: K & Company Amy Butler cutout
Owl Cutouts: Maya Road
Flourish Rub-ons: Scribbles by Rhonna Farrer Enchanted and Stampin Up
Flowers: Prima
Blank Cards: Hero Arts

Cards with Making Memories embellishments

Today I also made some cards after finding an old pack of Making Memories gel sticker embellishments while going through my supplies. At first I was going to put them in the giveaway pile but decided they might make some fun cards. I combined them with some blue and green papers from a Self-Addressed monthly kit. Sigh. I REALLY miss that club!! Here's what I started with and what I made...

XO, Sonja

Cards with September 2012 Simon Says Stamp

Here are a couple cards I made today with the papers from the September 2012 Simon Says Stamp monthly kit that I got in the mail Friday. I wasn't at all keen on the stamps – very schooly with lots of stars – so I instead used some embellishments from my stash. I was initially lukewarm on the papers but I like the end result of the cards and the sort of soft, folky feel of the combination of patterns in the paper. It's starting to feel like fall here in St. Louis and I like the fall feel of the cards.

XO, Sonja

A Little Birdie

Each time I get together with my crafty BFFs, we set up a RAK (random acts of kindness) section where we put out craft supplies that are free for the taking. It's generally a mish-mash of impulse buys we never got around to using. At a recent gathering, I found a set of birds cut out of felt and assembled this card with it and some paper and letter stickers I found amongst the RAKs. I think I put his wing on backward though. Must go fix that...

Basic Grey Birthday Cupcake Cards

I made a few birthday cards the other day with stuff from Basic Grey.

This first card is from one of the Basic Grey card kits. I didn't like the design though so I tweaked it with blue twill Stampin Up ribbon. I also added the yellow flower, a Basic Grey cupcake chipboard sticker from the Nook & Pantry Collection chipboard sticker set, a Basic Grey blue flower paper (not sure what collection that's from on top of the chipboard shape from the card kit) and a strip of Martha Stewart Happy Birthday ribbon.

For this card below, I used the same Basic Grey blue flower paper and a Basic Grey chipboard cupcake sticker from the Nook & Pantry Collection chipboard sticker set.

I also made a smaller card with a Basic Grey ice cream cone chipboard sticker from the Nook & Pantry Collection chipboard sticker set (LOVE that collection!).

Simple Flower Cards

Here's one more super simple design. The blank card is from Club Scrap. It has a fun, funky wood grain embossed into it. I punched a design into checked Memory Box cardstock with a Stampin Up border punch, added a ric rac ribbon for a stem and a big stitched flower. Love that flower. It was in a monthly shipment from the now-defunct Self-Addressed monthly card kit club (miss them!!!).

I did one more card with the same design. This one has a Heidi Swapp heart brad for the flower top. I gave this to my husband on the anniversary of our first date.

Simple Birthday Cards

Here's another simple design with a single strip of ribbon as the base with metal birthday stickers on American Craft scalloped foam squares. The cream blank cards are from Paper Source.

I also did a variation on this theme with this flower card below. 

I love the Stampin Up stitched felt flowers. 

 

Simple Ribbon Cards

Over the weekend, I also made several cards based on the same basic design. I placed a ribbon with the ends cut (not sure what that kind of cut is called) and added a focal point embellishment at the center of each card.

The key to these cards is that I used a card size that's smaller than the typical A2 card, which looks barren with so few embellishments. This size can be hard to find though. I snagged a bunch of them when I found them at Paper Source (there are a few of them around the Bay Area and in other areas of the U.S.).

On this one below, I used a strip of Stampin Up twill ribbon, an American Craft scalloped foam rectangle and a Martha Stewart cupcake sticker on a pale pink blank card from Paper Source.

Here I used the same Stampin Up twill ribbon with an American Craft cream foam circle, topped with a metal cupcake sticker on a cream blank card from Paper Source.

On this one, I added a strip of Stampin Up cream twill ribbon and a Stampin Up felt flower and leaves on a cream blank card from Paper Source.

Basic Grey Nook & Pantry Cards

I made a few more cards with the Basic Grey Nook & Pantry collection (LOVE just about everything from that collection) over the weekend. I used Nook & Pantry chipboard stickers,  cardstock stickers and papers, which I combined with some Amuse paper (the blue polka dot paper on the top half of the cards) and a few other odds and ends from my stash (the gingham paper ribbon, brown twill and chiffon ribbon, the white flowers with rhinestone centers and blue rhinestone brads).

Time for tea card

I have a friend who's all about visiting tea houses so, of course, I have to make her cards with a tea theme and I had to snap up the adorable Basic Grey Nook and Pantry cardstock stickers and papers when I saw all the cute tea stuff. This is one of my absolute favorites from Basic Grey. Along with tea items, there are also cupcakes and other sweet treats – sooooo cute!

Basic Grey Nook and Pantry Die-Cut Chipboard Stickers

I made this tea card with Nook and Pantry and just love it. Can't wait to make more cards with this collection. It's so easy when everything's so nicely coordinated.