birthday wishes

You can never have too many birthday sentiment stamps!  There's a new one at The Stamps of Life: birthdaywishes2stamp


I used a couple of the sentiments here on my cute little happy monster card (monsters4celebrations).

 Are you in need of storage and organization for all your wonderful card making supplies?  GO check out what they just added to the store! 

petal box

Look how cute and fun these little boxes are! 

New to the Stamps of Life, the petal box die set is perfect for little gifts, party favors, ornaments, etc.  Of course, you can use all the non box dies on your cards, scrapbook pages, banners.... 

I made this set to spell out Baby using the Newport Uppercase Alphabet die set.  Wouldn't this be cute at a baby shower with little candies inside?  

XL

There's an extra large bow die released today at The Stamps of Life!  (flash sale item today 4/15)
 
 It's definitely a must have in your die collection.  You can make a a bow with the hanging ribbon or without........

Here's a card I created using all the pieces of the xl large bow die set, and it's the focal point of my card.  I also used from The Stamps of Life: stitched rectangle dies, stitched tag die, and the happy birthday is a stamp from train2stamp. Quick, easy birthday card ready to give. 

 There's actually 3 other bow dies at the TSOL, too, for a total of 4 different sizes! Here you can see the difference in sizes.  When comparing, I thought it formed a Christmas tree shape, so ... that is how this card was inspired:  mini bow dies, small bow dies, large bow dies, and extra large bow dies.
I also used stump and star dies from the tree fold it from TSOL, hsn exclusive.

Shine bright!

This month's stamp set is Lighthouse2stamp and I just love it!  That released on the 1st, and now there's also a companion set sayings4lighthouse.

I love lighthouses!  They're so beautiful!  When I saw this set, I was so happy!  Here are a few samples I have to share with you:

For this card I created a little scene using the HSN exclusive 5x7 shadow box from The Stamps of Life, along with sailboat2stamp and (grass) tsol border dies.  I colored this with colored pencils and gamsol.  The happy birthday was stamped on vellum and attached to the waves so that it would show up. For added texture, I crinkled my clouds before attaching them.

 The sunburst2stamp set is PERFECT for this set!  I also added some cute whales from whale2stamp.
This was also colored with colored pencils and gamsol. The inside is a stamp from the sayings4lighthouse: gorgeous fonts! I added some of the birds, too.

 and last....... I thought it would make a beautiful bookmark. I used the bookmark die set, and watercolored the background and image. I also masked the sunburst image to only have a few rays shining.