Stamp Simply Giveaway with Word Art Wednesday

Today over at Word Art Wednesday there's a brand new challenge, a new Bible verse, and a chance to win a $25.00 prize from Stamp Simply! You don't have to use the Bible verse to play along, and the theme is always "anything goes," so be sure to hop over and upload a family friendly card and join us!

My card is made using Stamp Simply's Birthday Sentiments. It's a great set that includes many different birthday greetings, including a belated one, which is always great to have on hand!

Here's my complete supply list:

• Stamp Simply Birthday Sentiments Stamp Set
  
• Paige Evans Patterned Papers
• Stampin' Up! Berry Burst Card Stock
• SU! Gorgeous Grape Ink
• SU! Highland Heather Ink
• SU! Vellum Card Stock
• SU! Embossing Folder
• Platnum Planet Brillance Ink
• Papertrey Lovely Lady Card Stock
• Big Box Store Light Blue Card Stock
• Offray Ribbon

This was a really fun card to make, and I have just the friend that I'll be sending it to in early November. The card started out as a 5 x 7, but then I realized I had some clear envelopes that are just a tad bigger than that, so I added the light blue back panel. I've already got the envelope stamped. You can see it below. I think she'll like getting this in her mailbox!

The butterfly is tilted as if he's flying away! Well that's all for today. I'm so glad you stopped bu, and please check out our fun new challenge over at Word Art Wednesday! We love seeing not only everything that you create, but hearing about your lives as well!

Three Quick Cards

I made a card earlier this week and left a bunch of scraps on my desk. Most of them were from a Paige Evans ephemera kit that I just love. But I also had some patterned paper from Joann's that just happened to match it perfectly. Rather than clean it all up, and perhaps these matching pieces would never meet each other again, I created three quick cards. There was still a lot to clean up, but at least it's a little bit less!

I love Paige Evans' designs because they're so bright and cheery, and in this case, the work was practically done for me. All I had to do was grab a bottle of glue and some embellishments.

In addition to the ephemera, I used mostly Stampin' Up! supplies. The twine is from Michaels. I love adding twine because it adds a lot to the card without adding bulk

I'm thrilled to have used just a few supplies and now I have three more cards to send out! It's such a good feeling to utilize all the stuff that I buy!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! :)

A "Just Because" Pretty Paper Challenge

A small piece of pretty patterned paper was left on my craft desk from yesterday's work and it was too pretty to put away. It's from Paige Evans, who designs just the prettiest papers ever. I thought that it would be nice to combine it with other patterned papers and create a card just for the Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge for April 2025. The optional theme is Springtime and I think this would qualify for that as well!

I actually used four different patterned papers here. The rainbows, which I hand cut, the flowers behind the rainbows, which are also hand cut, and the strip on the right are all from Paige Evans. The gingham is from Carta Bella. The base is Stampin' Up!'s Crushed Curry card stock, as is the card stock for the circles. The circle and scalloped dies are by Sizzix. 

Lastly the sentiment, which is by Papertrey Ink, was one stamp but I cut it into three to stamp each circle.

After looking at it as a finished card, it reminds me of girl scout badges. That takes me fondly back to not only my childhood memories, but that of my daughter's as well.

Patterned Paper is so much fun to work with and it's amazing how quickly you can make a cute little card from just a few scraps. Thanks so much to Darlene and Diane for creating just one of their many great challenges! And thank you for stopping by today!