Giraffe Trio Four Ways

I had seen the Giraffe Trio die by Poppy Stamps a while ago, out in blogland and fell in love!!  My mom LOVES giraffes...she has an EXTENSIVE collection...no...MASSIVE:):)...and when I saw these dies...well I had some ideas...(please excuse the off-white color of my cards...when I updated my photo editing app, the white balance went whacky, but I tried my manual best!!)

The first one, I used all three of the dies, layered underneath the top die cut, and used a piece of patterned paper that I made with my printer, at the bottom of the layered die cuts.  These dies come all attached and I thought I could use them as they were, but below shows you why I opted not to...

The pic on the right is the original with all the dies still attached and die cut.  Because I wanted to layer from below, the dies had to be die cut the exact same way each time,  and to perfectly position them...hey, and  just to get them to stay put while die cutting, I taped them together with washi tape.  The die cut image on the left is with the taped giraffes.  Below you will see the patterned paper...I purchased a set of digital animal prints for printing on Etsy, the link HERE and used a piece of thinner cardstock to print the giraffe print...

Here's a close up of the layers and print...

The second one I used the leftovers from the first and finished the top layer instead of the bottom, with the patterned paper.  I added a Papertrey Ink sentiment...

Here's a close up...

The third one, I thought of Mother's Day, and took the "dad" away (this one will be for my mom!)...

I used a piece of woodgrain paper behind the giraffes that I sponged with distress inks, a Papertrey Ink sentiment stamp, and added some twine...

The fourth one, my sister's idea, I took the "baby" out, and made an anniversary card...my parents will be celebrating 61 years in June:)!!...

Added the layered giraffes with a glossy accented stack of hearts between them on an extended stitched panel,  to a stenciled heart background that I sponged with versa mark and clear embossed.  Here's a close up...

some twine, and a My Favorite Things sentiment on the inside...

Simple cards for different occasions with three little giraffes:)!!  So much fun!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Sending Love...Cora Background in Pinks

I made a card using the beautiful new Cora Background Cling stamp from the new Simon Says Stamp release, Mothers, Fathers, Florals... and some gold embossing powder... 

I thought I would try stamping this pretty stamp on heavy weight vellum and gold embossing.  After embossing, I turned the vellum over and used some sharpie markers to color various parts of the stamped image...really wanted to accent the hearts, so made them a dark pink so they would stand out.  I added a layered "Love" sentiment and a piece of a stamped sentiment...both from Simon Says Stamp:)!  I DID stamp the "sending" on a piece of vellum that I had colored the back of with the same marker as I used to color the background.  Here's a close up...

The possibilities with this gorgeous stamp are pretty endless...have to say, coloring is so much fun!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Hang in There

I loved the little monkey dies from Poppy Stamps, and got one of the three, Hopping Monkey, and made a card of encouragement, using the age old game, Barrel of Monkeys as my inspiration...

 Barrel of Monkeys used to come with monkeys that were blue, yellow and red, so those were my color choices.  I die cut and layered, added a sentiment from Papertrey Ink, and attached and adhered them to a stitched panel.  Here's a close up...

Hang in there...really!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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A Daisy Thanks

Happy April 1st!!  I haven't been out in blogland in a while, but went over to my FAVORITE sketch challenge,  CAS(E) this Sketch!, and when I saw the sketch for this week, I knew EXACTLY what I wanted to do!!  Here's my card and the sketch (notice that my card IS the sketch:):)!!) ...

I REALLY felt in the mood to put a daisy on my card...daisies are such friendly and happy flowers...and who doesn't need some friendly and happy...especially for a thank you card!  Only thing...I had to use dies from FIVE different companies to make this card...the stem is from a My Favorite Things die set that is no longer available(I really love this set too:(!), Fresh Cut Flowers...yes, having LOTS of dies DOES come in handy!!!!  The daisy is Hero Arts, the middle is Simon Says Stamp, the leaves Memory Box and the sentiment Reverse Confetti!  I layered everything, and embossed the leaves from the set of four dies all over the card panel...like the sketch! Here's a close up...

I really am inspired by sketches, even if it is a literal interpretation:)!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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