CAS(E) this Sketch 167...Baby Cards

The sketch this week at CAS(E) this Sketch is sweet simplicity...I love it!!  I made two cards , the first one is the one I'm entering into the challenge, simply because it's the first one I made.  Here's my first and challenge card and the sketch...

I used Simon Says Stamp Sketchy Banners, Papertrey Ink paper, sentiments (LOVE these Keep It Simple sentiment stamps!!) and background impression plate, and an EK Success flower punch.  I layered the banners and the flowers.  Here's a close up...

My second one is for a little boy.  I used the same banners, another of the Papertrey Ink sentiments and reverse side of the impression plate, and a Simon Says Stamp star die...

I also layered the banners and stars on this card.  Here's a close up...

I wil even add to these two, the VERY FIRST one I made when I saw the challenge, but with six lines down the front of the card, I really felt it just was not fitting for the challenge, so I'm just adding it to this post to show you.  I brushed six colors of watercolor ink across the card.  I let it dry overnight, then stamped the sentiment with versa mark, and white embossed.   Kind of like it...just sayin...

OK...this was SO SO SO much fun!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Plush Happy Sunshine...Three Ways!

I LOVE the adorable Simon Says Stamp Plush Happy Sunshine die...what a cute die!!!  I used the die to make three sunshines.  The first two are made with paper, the third with felt.  Here's the first...all three have magnets on them...multi-purpose...can be used on a card and a fun magnet...

 I layered with chipboard and used floss to sew.  Added enamel dots for his eyes:)!!  The background paper is from the Doodlebug Spring Assortment.   Here's a close up...

Here's the cutie on the frig...

The second one, I used patterned paper and replaced the sun's happy face with a "sunshine" sentiment die from Simon's Sun and Sunshine die set and stamp an older set of Simon stamps, From Us ... 

 Here's a close up...

And here is is on a frig...

The third one is much like the one on the Simon Says Stamp store website...couldn't resist making a felt one...oh be still my heart...he is so stinkin' cute...

Here's a close up of my "sunshine guy" ...so makes me smile!!

I might have said this before, but it bares repeating...stitching these plush die cuts is so much fun...very relaxing and theraputic...and the end results...CUTEEEE!!!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Fat Quarters and Painted Sentiment Dies

I saw some Fat Quarters...quarter-yard cuts of fabric cut wide (hence the name fat), typically used for quilting...at WalMart the other day, and their designs were so cute... I KNEW I had to have them to make cards with.  Here's my first card, and then a pic of the Quarters...

The 3 bowed packages come with 5 different patterned fabrics.  What Fun!!  I also bought some spray glue...abplastic bottle with a squirt sprayer..E6000...I found that at Walmart, as well.  

I sprayed the cardstock with the adhesive , then applied the cut piece of fabric.  I sprayed the back of the cardstock and adhered the ends.  I then sprayed another piece of card sized cardstock with the adhesive and adhered the fabric panel onto the paper.  THAT whole piece went onto a card...I used a tombow runner to adhere to card.  The "thanks" is a painted sentiment from Simon Says Stamp that I layered and applied glossy accents on.  Here's a close up...

Had so much fun with the first one, the second simply uses another fabric, the same "thanks" and some black twine ...

The third one, yet another of the fabric quarters coupled with another Simon painted sentiment and  this time, a Hero Arts flower die...

 No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you...my lines are a little crooked, as they might have been pulled a tad too much...but that's what makes it homemade, right...or you might call it whimsy?!  I layered the Hero Arts Mum dies along with the "hugs"...

I have been having fun with my dies and paper, of late...this time, fabric instead of paper...but love how simple AND fun it can be to create with just a couple things and make some cool cards!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Birthday Flowers on Black!

I had been waiting for the Simon Says Stamp Spring Flowers stamp set to come back in stock...here's my first cards that I made...

 I sponged my pink and green colors onto cardstock, then stamped the flowers and stems onto the sponged areas, embossed with white embossing powder and cut out.  I tried to make them look a little "shaded"...but the end result didn't look as shaded as I thought it would be!

I stamped the background with the Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripes background stamp and used the Friendship Blooms stamp set for the sentiment.  I popped up the flower and part of the stem from the black panel, then popped up the black panel onto the card.  Here's a close up...

The second one, I simply used the remnants of what I didn't wind up using on the first one...yes this one was an afterthought...kind of nice when you have enough to make a second one!

I coupled it with another Simon sentiment and some striped paper.  I also popped up this one, here's a close up...

OK...such fun...this Spring Flowers set is SOOOOOO PRETTY...will be making more with this set!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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