Go for the Green - Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge #58

This was such an easy card to make.  I'm really into easy these days.  Life is just passing me by way to fast recently.  Hence, this is going to be my only post this week.  I am at a conference for my day J-O-B and will be extremely busy.  Luckily the conference is in town, so at least I get to sleep in my own bed each night.  Yea!  This is the card I created for the Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge this week. The DSP on the card base is the new Springtime Vintage in the Occasions Mini.   For the Shamrock, I took some VersaMark re-inker and painted it onto a piece of Old Olive CS, sprinkled it with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder and heat set it with the SU Heat Tool to create the awesome glittery Shamrock. I made the Shamrock by using the Large Heart Punch to punch the Shamrock leaves out of the glittery CS.  Then I freehand cut the stems for the Shamrock.  After asesembling the Shamrock onto the Very Vanilla and Old Olive CS I pierced a hole in the middle for a large Rhinestone brad.  The Sentiment is from the Afterthoughts Hostess Stamp Set.  Ribbon is Poly Ribbon in Pear Pizzazz. Please take time to joum over to the Hand Stamped Sentiments blog (link above) and join us this week for the challenge. 

The Springtime Vintage DSP is only available until April 30th, so if you would like to purchase some, please email me at sherrysinknstamps@yahoo.com.  I'd love to become your SU Demonstrator.

Deck the Halls with Peace and Joy

These cards use a piece of the Deck the Halls DSP.  I used some scrap pieces I had left over from other projects. I tried 4 times this weekend to edit a video showing you how I made these cards, but 4 times I lost the video because the program crashed.  So maybe later this week I will surprise you with a video if I can get it edited and posted without problems.  I'm not usually a quitter, but today takes the cake.  So, on to the card....Other than the DSP I used Very Vanilla #101650 $8.50 and Cherry Cobbler #119685 $6.95 CS.  I stamped the Very Vanilla background with the Elements of Style flourish #120045 $19.95, and sponged all edges with Crumb Cake ink #121030 and a sponge #101610 $3.50. It's all tied up with a beautiful bow made from 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon in Old Olive #115618 $9.95 and a gorgeous flower made using the Circles #2 Sizzix Die #114526 $ 15.95 and synthetic fabric.  I learned to make this flower from Tammy Fite's Christmas Newsletter.