Beautiful Day

It's a beautiful day to have a beautiful day! This time of year I can't get enough of the great outdoors! 

This card is an example of making time to craft and spend outside. It took only about 15 minutes to create using some a few simple shortcut tricks. 

First you'll need a design or sketch. You can find endless ideas on Pinterest, Instagram or your favorite blog sites. 

Once you have a design in mind, using patterned paper gives you a ready-made color palette. Another big time saver is to sponge stamped images with a bit of color instead of carefully coloring them in. 

A couple basic go to accents are all you need to finish a project. For this card a little Whip Cream Journey Twine and a few sequins was all that was needed to add texture and interest. 

If you have a time saving tip to share, I'd love to hear about it. 

Here's to many beautiful days! 

Fun Stampers Journey Supplies:

Beach Soiree SS-0277

Journey Circles DI-0039

Sweet Pear IP-0054

Cool Pool IP-0074

Lavender Fusion IP-0036

Black Licorice IP-0041

Clear Pigment Ink IP-0102

Journey White Embossing Powder IP-0098

Journey Silver Silk IP-0090

Journey Sequins Special Celebration AC-0115

Whip Cream Journey Thread AC-0128

Summer Romance Printed Paper PP-0026

Black Licorice CS-0003

Whip Cream CS-0040

Beautiful Day

This is the kind of project I create when I've got spring fever...colorful and floral and happy! 

Soon. Spring comes next month! The days are getting a little longer. 

To make all these colorful blossoms, I used Fun Stampers Journey Spring Bloom Minis die. With a single cut you get 16 blooms! 

Each bloom was given a pearl center, petals were bent upwards and a dab of Journey Craft Glue was used to affix them to the card.

Wouldn't this make a lovely Easter or Mother's Day card? 

Fun Stampers Journey Supplies:

Howdy Notes SS-0170

Spring Bloom Minis DI-0008

Black Licorice IP-0041

Pearls AC-0024

Beach Breeze Journey Thread AC-0131

Bubble Gum CS-0099

Sweet Berry CS-0034

Summer Days CS-0033

Limeade Splash CS-0020

Beach Ball CS-0088

Grape Fusion CS-0012

Whip Cream CS-0040

Leaf Week - Day Two

Today's leafy card design features a couple stamped leaves from Fun Stampers Journey Autumn Days stamp set and two die cut leaves from the Journey Blooms Holiday set. 

In addition to leaves I've used various other stamps to make the background. 

The chevron pattern was created with one of the new Journey Media stencils and Splashes. 

I wish you could see the sparkle of the Splash. 

The smaller die cut leaves were rubbed with ink pads to make the veins on the leaves stand out....aren't they pretty? This was such a fun card to make with the various stamps, inks and spray. 

Fun Stampers Journey Supplies:

Autumn Days SS-0006

Media Pattern SS-0231

Postage Stamps AT-0056

Howdy Notes SS-0170

Autumn Days DI-0118

Journey Blooms Holiday Set DI-0048

Green Olive IP-0072

Pool Play IP-0051

Buttercream IP-0031

Oatmeal Cookie IP-0011

Hazelnut Blend IP-0012

Black Licorice IP-0041

Chevron JM-0011

Journey Gold Splash IP-0081

Mini Wooden Clothespins AC-0029

Natural Journey Twine AC-0005

Buttercream CS-0006

Oatmeal Cookie CS-0023

Hazelnut Blend CS-0013

Beautiful Day

It's another beautiful summer day and I have a colorful butterfly card to share with you that I created with lots of Fun Stampers Journey goodies. 

I started out creating a basic A2 size card base with Whip Cream Cardstock and then I ran it through the Journey Grand to emboss it with the new Beach Towel embossing folder. Next, I created a frame for my card using the Journey Rectangle dies set and some bright and sunny Orange Creamsicle Cardstock. 

Then I created a fun scene of butterflies flying through the clouds adhering them with Journey Foam Squares to give the accents dimension. 

To give my butterflies the appearance of movement, I added some Black Licorice Journey Twine behind them. My trick to attaching the twine is to not actually attach it at all. Yep! I simply unroll a little of the twine and place it on the card. 

Then I tucked part of the twine behind my clouds before I attached the butterflies over the twine. So...there's actually no adhesive on the twine itself! 

For a bit of sunshiny sparkle, I sprinkled the card with some pretty sequins.

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Finally, I also made a matching envelope with a piece of the new Journey Basics Bright Paper Pack! 

Hope you enjoy a fun sunshiny summer day! 

Fun Stampers Journey Products: SS-0170 Howdy Notes; DI-0015 Butterfly Prints Die Set; DI-0041 Journey Rectangles; DI-0032 Cloud Dreams Die Set; EF-0001 Beach Towel Embossing Folder; CS-0026 Pineapple Smoothie Cardstock; CS-0024 Orange Creamsicle Cardstock; CS-0118 Cool Pool Cardstock; CS-0040 Whip Cream Cardstock; IP0041 Black Licorice Ink Pad; PP-0014 Journey Basics Bright Paper Pack; AC-0115 Journey Sequins; AC-0004 Black Licorice Journey Twine; AD-0084 Journey Foam Squares Small; AD-0085 Journey Foam Squares Medium