A Week of Retiring Stamps - Day 6 - Goodbye to Nature's Nest

My card for today uses a stamp from Nature's Nest, which is a set with beautifully drawn images of things found in nature. I love this little turtle, isn't he adorable!

I stamped the turtle image on Very Vanilla in Black Stazon,  then stamped it again on Always Artichoke. I cut the shell part of the image out of the Artichoke. I colored the turtle's head and legs with a Sahara Sand marker, and attached the shell onto the image.  The greeting is from Sincere Salutations. I spritzed the image panel with a Chocolate Chip marker and the color spritzer tool.  For the panel underneath, I ran it halfway through my Crimper, punched a hole in it and added a bit of twill tape. then I sponged the entire thing with Chocolate Chip ink. I punched out a Scalloped Dotted Ribbon Border and cut it in half length-wise and attached it to the bottom of the Artichoke panel.  Then I attembled it all on a Chocolate Chip card base.


Retiring Items Showcased:
Nature's Nest stamp set
Sincere Salutations stamp set
Crimping Tool
Twill Tape

Thanks for visiting my blog. I hope you enjoyed this card. Everything used here is available from Stampin' Up! All retiring items are available only until May 31st, and only while supplies last. If you would like to purchae any of the items used here, please visit my business website at http://www.trina_kuriger.stampinup.net

Masculine Birthday Card Made from Scraps!

Hi everyone! I have a quick and easy card for you today, and it's a card for a guy. It seems like we always have trouble coming up with cards for the men in our lives. But best of all, except for the base, it is made entirely from scraps! I am hoping to inspire you to use up some of the little pieces of cardstock that you have laying around.

Stamps: Nature's Nest             Paper: Soft Suede Textured, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Brushed Gold, Mocha Morning DSP             Ink: White Craft, Champagne Shimmer Mist, Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede

The base is Soft Suede textured cardstock. I stamped the dragonfly in white craft randomly on the base. Then I sponged a little champagne shimmer mist onto the dragonfly stamp to stamp the image in gold. The greeting is from Sincere Salutations. I stamped it in Chocolate Chip ink. Then I inked up the dragonfly stamp in Soft Suede ink, stamped off once on scratch paper and then stamped on the edge of the greeting to give a light image. I matted the greeting on Chocolate Chip cardstock. The rest of the cardstock was just various strips or pieces I had lying around. I hope you enjoyed today's quick and easy card! Thanks for reading my blog! All the products used on today's card are available from Stampin' Up! If you would like to purchase any of the products used here, please visit my business website at www.trina_kuriger.stampinup.net