Happy Saturday, peeps! A couple cards today! The first one was a happy coincidence; I'd had this cardinal image already cut out and assembled a few weeks ago after I received the stamp from my friend Martha, but I never finished into a card! When I saw the inspiration photo at Merry Monday:
I thought I would complete the card, using the red and white colors as my inspiration! So here we go:
The cardinal image was stamped in Real Red ink on white cardstock, then stamped again so the cardinal could be fussy-cut and popped up:
I had a red card base already cut and scored in my stash; I pulled out a piece of white cardstock that I had embossed a looooong time ago when my friend Carol lent me her embossing folder; I put it all together and added a little sentiment from Good Greetings, just masking off the "& joy" portion of the "peace & joy" and punching it out with a small oval punch. Piece of cake!
My next one is really simple...one layer, and I used the August Paper Pumpkin stamp called Bold Botanicals! I have had this for a month and hadn't even opened it up yet, but when I saw this image, I squealed with delight! I don't know why, just being able to stamp something in all four corners to create this delightful design just made me happy!
I was only sort of experimenting on this card, and it came out so nicely, I just went ahead and finished it! It didn't hang around on my desk for long at all! The design was stamped in Early Espresso ink on Naturals White cardstock, then I used my blender pen and some fall colors of Calypso Coral, Cajun Craze, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Delightful Dijon, Old Olive and Pear Pizazz inks to loosely color it in:
A simple thank you from Endless Thanks, stamped in Cajun Craze, fit the inside perfectly! Such a pretty design! And nary an embellishment in sight! And there are a couple of other similar images in the set; I used one to stamp on the back of my envelope, because this little sweetie is already in the mail!
I am entering this one in the Stampin Royalty challenge this week, which is a fall theme!
A vision in blue...an old Bilco door and my color-coordinated DGD!
Enjoy your day!
WOW - the PP card is totally awesome. I have not yet opened my kit yet and cannot wait to get home now. We should be leaving MA in a couple of days and then it's home for a couple of months before the next adventure begins aboard Belmira. MA has been lovely - food is great and family time is totally wonderful. Saw a pix you posted of baby Cassidy on FB and fell in love all over again - what a sweetie! ~chris
ReplyDeleteLove your red & white cardinal card...SOOO pretty LeAnne! And your Autumn card is lovely as well...two beautiful cards!! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Merry Mondays! :0)
ReplyDeleteA beautiful CAS card, my friend! Love that red square and popped up cardinal! And I see why you got excited to see the corner stamp! How pretty! Love Cassidy's leggings!
ReplyDeleteThe red on your Christmas card really pops against the white, fab layout. I love that stamp on the Autumn card, so simple but so pretty. I can see it being used again and again.
ReplyDeleteWonderful Christmas card and sweet photos of Cassidy! But OH MY GOODNESS do I LOVE the thank ou card!!!
ReplyDeleteI love your used of the Bold Botanicals stamps on this card, it did turn out so good! Thanks for playing along with us at Stampin' Royalty, I love your creations!
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