A floral birthday card

Happy Friday everyone and thanks so much for visiting me!!

I did not feel like creating anything the last week or so, even though I had so many ideas in my head. I ended up quitting right before I actually started. Then one day I decided to look through my favorites on Splitcoast in hopes to get inspired to finally make something. Came across this card and decided to recreate it.

I chose very similar things that I had on hand and changed the colors a bit. I haven't used a background stamp in a long time. This was so much fun!! Did a little bit of sponging and distressing along the edges and then decided that stitches would look nice too.

The flourish stamp is from Stampabilities (Vintage Flourish), and the background stamp is from Stampin Up (French Script). Flowers and butterflies were done using punches by Stampin Up and Martha Stewart. To finish off the card I added some tiny pearls and eggplant ribbon. The sentiment is from the Penny Black clear set Critter Party. I also stamped a little bit of the flourish to the sentiment oval for a little extra color and layered it on a nestabilies label 8 diecut.
Hope you liked my card even though it wasn't my idea and is not my regular style.

Designer Spotlight - Mandy S.

It's Wednesday and that means time for another featured Digital Stamp Oasis designer here on my blog.

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Please meet Mandy S.


from

Just keep swimming


"Hi, my name is Mandy Schneider. I am a mother of two. One girl, Chiyanne age 17 and one boy, Cordell age 11 1/2...I am also a wife of a fire Captain.
I started stamping about 1yr 1/2 ago..I just discovered that it was ok to make 6x6 cards and off I went. I feel I have more creative freedom with bigger cards so for the most part my cards on my blog will be 6x6. I have been scrapbooking for about 11years now and have just started to learn how to digi scrap and I'm loving it so far. I have just started selling Tastefully Simple and that will hopefully make me enough money to be able to buy more RUBBA! lol! priorities I say lol.... I love to quilt, read and blurph.... I am also thankful to Ellie for choosing me to represent Digital Stamp Oasis...I hope you like my cards and blog... have a great day!!! Mandy S." http://tmcc4.blogspot.com


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And here are some of Mandy's wonderful creations using images by the Digital Stamp Oasis.


A most adorable school-themed card using
"A day at school"




A super sweet card using the image
"Susie squirrel with dandelions"



A wonderful masculine card using the image
"Bestest Buddies"


Be sure to check out her wonderful blog with lots more adorable cards and a quilt she posted a couple of weeks ago - you HAVE to see it, it's so so beautiful!

Have a great day everyone!!

DTC#47 - A card for Mum

Happy Tuesday everyone and thanks so much for visiting my blog today.

I made this project for this week's digital tuesday challenge. Our hostess Lorraine wants to see something for Mom this week, since Mother's day is just weeks away in the UK. But since we don't celebrate Mother's day here in the US for a few more months we can also make a birthday card or just to say I love you, etc.
I actually lost my mom when I was a child, so I made this for myself (I am a mom so I think it counts-right?). The vintage print will be replaced by a photograph of me, my mom and siblings when I was two. This challenge was a great opportunity for me to start with an old family pictures 6x6 scrapbook. (Thanks so much for this challenge Lorraine!!)

Papers are all from a retired Simply Scrappin' Kit from Stampin Up. The sentiment is also from the set it reads

" Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts".

I embellished with some flowers from Fred She Said and used buttons with some thread as flower centers. I've also added some lace, flourishes and a heart charm.

Hope you'll join us in this challenge, to make a card or other project for a mom. The talented Dustin Pike is our sponsor again and is offering 3 of his fun digis to one lucky winner.
Hope you'll have a fantastic day!!

Recipe:
Image: vintage print found online Stamps: digital flowers from Fred She Said
Papers: retired simply scrappin kit (at home) by SU, very vanilla card stock, mellow moss card stock Embellshments: lace, buttons, thread, charm
Tools: Nestabilities scallop square, sizzix flourish die, big kick

Designer Spotlight - Sandy O.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

As you might (or might not) know, I have chosen a new Design Team for Digital Stamp Oasis and thought it would be a fun idea to feature each one of the Designers here on my blog. So for the next 6 weeks, every wednesday, I will have a special post here on my blog featuring one of the designers.

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Please meet Sandy O.
from

Paper Transformer.

"I am a stay at home mom with an empty nest as of last December. I am happily married to my high school sweetheart as I have been for the past 25 years. I have 3 children Alicia (25), Peter (24) and Patrick (23). A wonderful son-in-law James (25) and a brand new grandbaby boy Camden (6 weeks)

I spend much of my days paper crafting, blurffing, reading and posting on forums, searching and trying new techniques and challenges, feeling slightly guilty that the dishes are dirty and my husband wore his last clean t-shirt to work today. I also try to keep daily posts on my own blog www.papertransformer.com.

I have been stamping for 3 years this month. What happened 3 years ago to change my life? Well, I was having a home tea party and the demonstrator mentioned that she was having a combined tea/stamping party at her house. I can’t believe it even today, but I invited myself, LOL. I had always been curious about how people made such lovely things with rubber stamps. That was my first exposure to Stampin’ Up, rubber stamps and paper crafting. I signed up to be a SU Demo right away and received my kit the last week of February.

I was introduced to digital stamps 11 months ago through Digital Stamp Oasis. I love the adorable images of the squirrels and the wonderful sketch images which Digital Stamp Oasis carries. It now seems that my rubber is getting a bit dusty, as I learn the in and outs of digital images."

Below is a sampling of Sandy's gorgeous work using images from the Digital Stamp Oasis.

A gorgeous masculine card using the image
"At sea"

A beautiful envelope book tin using the image
"Susie watering flowers"

Book tin band close-up



Envelope book - open




An adorable easter basket using
"Rebecca Rabbit the painter"



easter basket - open



Thanks so much for visiting my blog today. I hope you enjoyed Sandy's projects as much as I did and be sure to check out her blog - Paper Transformer - for more fun ideas!