Sparkly Kids Birthday card

 So, 3 times a year (sometimes more), our island demonstrators get together for a meeting.  This year, it has almost all been virtually.  We usually have a card swap and the rules are you have to use the new products.  So, in our June meeting, we use the new annual catalogue.  September and January meetings, we use products from the mini catalogues.  I wanted to do something very different with products I didn't think others would use or products that I thought might be a challenge for demonstrators to figure out how to use.  This is what I came up with.

I loved how this turned out and it is so easy to make.

Materials used include:

Zany Zebras stamp set

Layering Oval dies

Rainbow Glimmer Paper

White cardstock

Granny Apple Green cardstock

Blackberry Bliss cardstock

Memento ink

Bermuda Bay ink

Mango Melody ink

Magenta Madness ink

Mango Melody stampin blends

Peony Birthday Card

 My eldest daughter's birthday was coming up and I wanted to make her a special card.  She was fascinated by the Prized Peony Stamp set and coordinating dies, so I decided to use these to design her card.  She loved it!

For this card, I did some tone on tone stamping to create the background as I did not want to take away from the 3D peony.

Materials used:

• Prized Peony Stamp set
• Prized Peony dies
• Lovely Labels Pick a Punch
• Best Year stamp set for sentiment
• Basic Grey cardstock
• Petal Pink cardstock
• Pear Pizzazz cardstock
• Basic Grey ink
• Petal Pink ink
• Pear Pizzazz ink
• Memento ink

Poinsettia Wreath

With the holidays coming, I thought I would try making a wreath using the Poinsettia dies in the Holiday catalogue.  This was very easy to do.  Just a little time consuming as I had to cut out 15 sets of poinsettia petals.  Fortunately, I could do all 3 sizes at the same time.  Easy to do while watching my favourite shows.  The added "bling" was by using the pearl beads, gold foil paper and Wink a Stella.  I loved how this turned out and it can be used year after year.

Products used include:

• Real Red Cardstock
• Garden Green Cardstock
• Gold Foil Paper
• Poinsettia Dies
• Beaded Pearls
• cardboard

A  link to a video tutorial on how to make this wreath is here.