Monthly Archives: October 2012

Stampendous Daffodil

  • Stamp – Stampendous “Botanical Daffodil”
  • Corner punch – EK Success Corner Adourner
  • Patterned cardstock – BoBunny
  • Die cuts – Spellbinders Nestabilities
  • Pens – Sakura Stardust Gelly Roll pens
  • Pearls – KaiserCraft
  • Gem – Mrs. Grossman’s “Accents Too!”
  • Cardstock – Bazzill

This is a wonderful Stampendous stamp made in the style of a botanical illustration. I colored the image with Sakura sparkle gel pens, inked the edges with ColorBox Chalk Ink and accented the card with ribbon. The October challenge at the Stampendous Blog is Fabulous Florals, so I think this fits the bill. I am giving this card to a friend of mine who recently broke her arm and needs a little cheering up. Have a great day today!


Accordion Fold Tulip Card

  • Stamp – from  Penny Black “Delicate Florals” set and Judikins “Calligraphic Flourish”
  • Die cut – made from Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Four”
  • Rhinestones – Me & My Big Ideas
  • Patterned cardstock – Bo Bunny “Passion Fruit Flourish”
  • Cardstock – Bazzill

I like fancy fold cards, but seldom take the time to make them. I had made a card like this and held onto it as a “template” so I could remember how to do it again! So I’m not sure if this particular accordion fold has a special name, but I call this an offset accordion fold! There is really nothing fancy about the process, but having an unusual fold does make the card seem kind of fancy. I stamped the Judikins flourishes all over the flourish cardstock to tie in some of the orange from the floral image. I colored the Penny Black tulip with Copic markers and used the larges die in my set for the image, so I had to trim the orange cardstock around it to give it a little frame and a little more weight both visually and to stand up to the folds. This is a birthday card for one of my stamping buddies. Thank you for stopping by today!


World Cardmaking Day 2012 – OWH Bloghop!

  • Image – from patterned paper – Reminisce “Christmas Collage”
  • Patterned paper – Reminisce “The Magic of Christmas”
  • Cardstock – BoBunny “Evergreen Dot” and WorldWin
  • Flowers – BoBunny “Rejoice Petals”
  • Flower center – Hero Arts “Foliage Dots”

Welcome to the 2012 World Cardmaking Day blog hop at Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps! We are sharing Winter and Winter holiday cards featuring an OWH sketch at every stop.

I used OWH Sketch #123 for this card, which is one of my favorites! This card has a vintage look with an old fashioned Santa. Enjoy yourself this weekend hopping from blog-to-blog for inspiration and maybe a chance for some goodies. Speaking of which, I will be randomly drawing the name of one lucky person who leaves a comment this weekend. Because I do love the dots, I will be sending a 6 X 6″ BoBunny Double Dot Designs Bold and Bright paper pad! Here’s what it looks like:

Please leave a comment for a chance to win this paper pad. Thanks for visiting today and enjoy the hop! Click on the blog hop image below to get back to the master list o’ links for the blog hop.