Thinking of Dragonflies

Hello everyone!   I hope you're all having a great day!  I have been feeling a little more in the spring mood lately and thought I would make something along the lines.   The dragonflies are from the Pagoda cartridge cut at 3" with the top wing layers.   The paper is a light purple with glitter dots that came from the DCWV Ultimate stack (a winter paper) and the layer I cut in dark purple and then added dark purple stickles on the wings and the bodies of the dragonflies.   I glued the bodies and part of the wings to the sheet but, used pop dots on the tips of the wings to make them stick up and appear like they are flying.

The mat paper is from Martha Stewart.   Can't recall where the flocked rick rack ribbon is from but, the stamp is from a G Studio mini for this spring.  I used the same paper on the inside with a strip of gray cardstock and a Martha Stewart border punch across the bottom. 

Hope this one makes you feel in a springy mood too!  Can't wait to see all the great cards you guys will create this spring!  Happy Easter! Enjoy!

Koi

I cut this koi fish at 4" using Pagoda back in the fall and then decided not to use it for the card I was making.   I ran across it the other day and decided I needed to use it for something.  I cut the shadow in a forest green solid card stock and then the top two layers using shimmery paper.   The embossing folder I used was the diamonds from Sizzex.

I mounted the koi on a sheet form the DCWV Far East stack and then the white shimmer paper underneath.   It's hard to tell in the picture but, the mat below is the opposite: the Far East paper with the shimmer mounted on top. 

  The fabric brad is from K & Co. Marcella line and the green sheet is the shimmer paper used for the fish.   The stamp is from a set that I won and the ribbon is from American Crafts, from this past Thanksgiving.

The inside, I used the same orange card stock and two strips of the Far East and white shimmer paper.

For My Mom

I knew I had to have the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge when it came out.   I'm not a flowery kind of gal but, the layering is really cool.  I finally busted it out for what?  Well, Mother's Day of course, and the My Pink Stamper 3D challenge over on her blog.  I won't see my mom until next weekend so this works out perfectly.   My mom loves yellow flowers and I LOVE the new Lemon Flower stack from DCWV so, off I went.

All of the flower layers were cut with paper from this stack and here is how it went:

Bottom Layer was flower 30 cut at 3 1/4" and the tips were glittered with yellow stickles

Second Layer was flower 30 cut at 2 3/4" and the tips were glittered with yellow Studio G stickles

Third Layer was flower 29 cut at 2 1/4" and I added some glitter 'petals' with silver stickles

Top Layer was flower cut at 1 3/4" and the tips were just shaded with a yellow stamp

Assembly was a little different.   I pop dotted between every later but, only in the center of the flowers, not out toward the petals and I added a large brad from My Mind's Eye, in the center.   Once I did that, I decided to add some dots of platinum stickles to the third layer, right through the cuts of the top layer.  The stem is the Branch 2 top layer from Cindy Loo, cut at 4 1/2" and then a small piece of scrap, from the flower cut, used in the one 'bud'.

My mom is also a huge fan of hummingbirds so, I decided to cut the hummingbird 2 from the Pagoda cartridge at 3".  I cut it in a solid green and then a second time using a shimmer green velum type paper.  I cut the feather layer using green glitter scrap.  While trying to apply ATG tape to the back, I ripped the bird's bottom feather's, almost completely off.  UGH.   I quickly recovered with using the last tiny piece of the green glitter and cutting a hand made layer for the bottom, which I think turned out very nicely.   Then, I added a green feather to the back, to appear like the bird is fluttering as it approaches the flower and last, a black gem for an eye and it's pop dotted on with the wing sticking up a little higher than the body.

The base of the card is gray with a yellow layer and then another fantastic piece of that Lemon Flower stack.   I added a yellow ribbon from Michaels and then mounted the cartouche, with the layer, from the Sweethearts cartridge at 4 1/2" in the center. 

On the inside, I used some larger, left over pieces from the front and cut another cartouche, at 1 1/2", with the top layer and then stamped a sentiment from Studio G and three more black gems.   I really do love how this card turned out!

Pagoda Lamp Celebration

Today's card is a birthday card for a friend that turned into two different variations. I started with the first card, an orange 5x7 base and then the striped mat cut from the DCWV Citrus stack. I then cut all three lamps from the Pagoda cartridge in various sizes or 3 1/4" to 4 1/2", in different colors and patterns (also from the Citrus stack). And that's how this card became tow, I cut more lanterns than what I needed! I twisted some aqua colored raffia tightly and glued it on and then trimmed the lantern posts at the top to make them hang at different lengths from the raffia. I also used the EK dots border punch on the bottom. On the inside, I mounted a solid yellow mat and used the same border punch but, I also added the dots that were cut from the front mat and glued them in the spaces of the dots on the interior mat to bring both together. The sentiments on both cards are from a Fiskars Make a Wish collection of birthday quotes set.

Make Memories

Happy new home little sis! My little sister just upgraded from her college studio apartment, of 3 years, to a much nicer place so, I made this card for her. She's been very into the olive green color lately and I didn't want this to be the standard 'new home' card. I picked the temple cut from the Pagoda cartridge. I decided to make this a gate fold 5x7 card using solid olive green paper. The printed paper on the front is from the K&Co. Amy Butler Belle stack. The temple was cut at 4 1/2" in black with a Cor'dinations shadow base in a pale blue whitewash that went really well with the look of the card. I actually had to cut the black twice because I ripped the first one. So, I used the squares that were cut out for the windows on both cuts and put them across the top and bottom of the card.

The inside, I used the same Cor'dinations whitewashed blue paper and some ribbon from We R Memory Keepers Urban Window Dots collection. The branch is branch2 also on the Pagoda cartirdge, cut at 2" and then I added the stamped the sentiment. I am really happy with it, as was she. :)

Happy Birthday Panda

Ready for a color change? Today's card is a birthday card for my sister in law. The printed paper is from DCWV 'All Dressed Up' stack. The panda is cut from the Pagoda cartridge at 3". I used white pearly paper for his top layer. I couldn't stop after the 4th of July. :) The ribbon at the bottom is from Martha Stewart Crafts and the sentiment is recycled from a greeting card I received. ;) On the inside, I cut the bamboo at 4" and used the left over printed cardstock.