CAS-ual Fridays Stamps - You Are Terrific!

I hope you're having a great day!  I'm enjoying the sunshine and spending a little time outside every day.  I like to sit outside with a book and a glass of cold ice tea.  When I hear a bird chirp close by I can't resist seeing what kind it is.  The Baltimore Orioles are back and I've spotted some Fly Catchers too!

I love crafting with flowers - they always make me happy!  These are called Pretty Posies from CAS-ual Fridays!  I love their hand drawn doodle look.

Of course there's a matching set of Fri-Dies that make them easy to cut out.  I stamped these with Memento Tuxedo Black, and colored them with Copic Markers.  

I stamped a simple background of yellow lines from Zigs and Zags. It adds just enough color to break up all that clean white space and "ground" the flowers, so they don't look like they're floating.

To add more dimension I adhered some of the elements flat on the card base while others are popped up with adhesive foam tape.

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Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps | CAS-ual Fridays Zigs and Zags, Pretty Posies
Dies | CAS-ual Fridays Posies Fri-Dies

CASual Fridays Zigs & Zags CASual Fridays Pretty Posies CASual Fridays Posies Fri-Dies

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Birch Press Design Blog Blitz Begins!

Birch Press Design is celebrating their new May release with a blog blitz!  Join us to see whats new and have a chance to win some new supplies for your stash! 

DONT leave a comment here.  To enter to win this beautiful die you need to leave a comment on the Birch Press Design Blog!!  Just click here to jump to the blog!!   You have until May 30 to leave a comment! 

Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"

Stamps | Birch Press Design  Make A Statement

Dies | Birch Press Design Peony Bloom Layer A, Make A Statement

57070 Peony Bloom Layer A

CL8122 Make a Statement clear stamp set

58122 Make a Statement die set

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Tupelo Designs LLC - Go With The Flow

Happy Friday!  I hope you're having a great day and counting down the hours to the weekend!  My weekend starts early today!  Mr. J has the day off so I'm hoping we can do something together just the two of us.   Last week we went to lunch and a movie - we saw Guardians of the Galaxy. The sound track was a flash back to our '70's childhoods and gosh!  was Groot ever adorable! 

I'm starting to day dream about vacations to tropical places.. maybe a sandy beach?  I Richard is reading this .. I blame you!

I started with a background of Distress Ink.  I put some Mustard Seed spots in the middle of the paper, and then added Mermaid Lagoon around the edges.  Where they meet it turns a pretty shade of green.  Next I splattered the paper with water.  When that was dry I splattered some white ink.   This is the same way I make a space background - I just use different colors of ink.

I decided to make a shaker card creating a frame with the My Favorite Things  Stitched Oval Frames.  The clear sequins look like sunlight reflecting under water.

I stamped all the Altenew Painted Jellyfish with Altenew ink.  The ink is specifically designed to be layered and they have several shades of each color making it easy to select the right ink to stamp each layer with.   A tip if this set is new for you.... make sure you align the second layer stamp with the die cut.  I missed that on my first go round and had to stamp them all again.  The die is detailed and longest part of the image (the lightest color) needs to be stamped in just the right place.

The stamp set even has a few sentiments like this fun "go with the flow".  I'm certain I don't want to meet up with a jellyfish any time soon, but they really are beautiful floating on my card aren't they?  LOL

Want to go shopping? I sure hope you'll give my favorite store Tupelo Designs LLC a try! They have lots of my favorite brands like Altnew, Hero Arts, Waffle Flower, Concord &9th and so many more all under one roof. They have free shipping in the USA every day - no coupon code required.. AND... they also award you customer loyalty points that turn into dollars that you can use on future purchases! Want to check out the store? Just click here! 

Have a great weekend! 

Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5:"
Stamps | Altenew Painted Jellyfish

Dies | Altenew Painted Jellyfish, MFT Stitched Oval Frames, Fishtail Flags

Sequins | Pretty Pink Posh Confetti Mix

TD Altenew - Painted Jellyfish TD Altenew - Painted Jellyfish Die Set TD Die-Namics Dies -Stitched Oval Frames TD Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad MUSTARD SEED Ranger TD Tim Holtz Distress Ink Salty Ocean TD Altenew - Dye Inks - Summer Afternoon Cube Set TD Altenew - Rose Petal Mini Cube Set TD Altenew Dye Inks - Cool Summer Night Cube Set TD Versafine Pigment Ink Pad - Onyx Black Pretty Pink Posh Clear Confetti Mix

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