Guest Designer | Lily Pad Cards Blog

This is my first of two posts today. American Crafts Guest Designer post coming soon. :)

If you are looking for today's From Start to Finish layout at 2peas, click HERE (I will post it here tomorrow). 

I am absolutely thrilled to be the guest designer for Lily Pad Cards today! Not only are they the nicest people ever but the sheer amount of talent and ideas on this blog blow me away. I am a huge fan. :)

How about some new card shares... five new card shares!

First, I have been dying to use the Papertrey Ink Friendship Jar Spring Fillers stamps since I bought them a few months ago. I am in love with the entire collection of Friendship Fillers and the spring set is no exception!

I stamped the jar (PTI Friendship Jar) and flowers (PTI Friendship Jar Spring Fillers) directly on a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock (4x5.25") using Memento Tuxedo black ink. I added the text background (PTI Background Basics Newsprint) using Antique Linen Distress Ink. I just stamped over the entire image, not bothering to mask anything off. Next, I stamped the "water" (PTI Friendship Jar) inside the jar using Hero Arts Soft Pool Shadow Ink. I stamped the "string" (PTI Friendship Jar Spring Fillers) to appear as if it's tied around the jar  using Stampin' Up Melon Mambo ink. I colored in the flowers with copics (linked below) and then using the Ranger Ink Blending tool to add Antique Linen ink to the entire image. 

I added a stamped greeting (PTI Mat Stack 3 Collection), sewed buttons randomly and adhered the piece to a Hero Arts notecard.

SUPPLIES (click on photos for links):

Ink Blending Tool	Soft Pool Shadow Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black	Tim Holtz Scissors
Stamp Press	Antique Linen Distress Ink	Tiny Attacher	Neenah Solar White Cardstock
Copic Sketch Markers @2Psinabucket	Frost White Ink	Melon Mambo Ink	Grass Folding Cards
Premium Paper Trimmer 12"	RV29 CRIMSON	C1 Cool Gray	C3 Cool Gray
C5 Cool Gray	YG05 Salad	YG05 Salad	YG17 Grass Green
YG07 Acid Green	YG07 Acid Green	Smokey Shadow Cardstock	Sizzix Big Shot
Ink Blending Tool @2peas	Frost White Ink @2Peas	R30 Pale Yellowish Pink	YG03 Yellow Green
R43 Bougainvillaea	R21 Sardonyx	Double Ended Banner Die	Friendship Jar Stamp Set
Friendship Jar Spring Fillers	Background Basics Newsprint	Mat Stack 3 Stamp Collection	Rustic Button Twine
New Leaf Vintage Buttons	Berry Sorbet Vintage Buttons

It's almost the end of the school year here and so I am needing some teacher thank you cards. I loved the apple in the Lawn Fawn My Silly Valentine Stamp Set. Paired with PTI stamps and dies and an Ali Edwards stamped greeting, the copic colored apple really stands out. :) 

I stamped the Simply Chartreuse cardstock (PTI) with the Hero Arts Thank You Definition stamp using Stampin' Up Kiwi Kiss ink for a tone on tone look. layered Spring Moss and Simply Chartreuse cardstock (PTI), distressed the edges of the Spring Moss string and stamped the greetings (Ali Edwards) using SU Basic Gray ink. The machine stitched edges give the border a more finished look. Punched and layered half circles secured with mini brads complete the border.

To create the die cut, stamped and layered design, I first die cut the Mat Stack 4 die (PTI) from Neenah Solar White cardstock then stamped the coordinating stamp design (PTI) using Jenni Bowlin Cough Syrup ink. I die cut the green scalloped circle (PTI) from Simply Chartreuse cardstock and punched the circles from Smokey Shadow (PTI) and Solar White (Neenah) cardstocks. I stamped the apple (Lawn Fawn) using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored the image in with copics (linked below). Googly eyes and some rustic twine (PTI) finish the design.

SUPPLIES (click on photos for links):

Scoring Board	Sizzix Big Shot	Memento Tuxedo Black	Tim Holtz Scissors
Distresser	Circles Foam Tabs	Neenah Solar White Cardstock	Retractable Craft Pick
Copic Sketch Markers @2Psinabucket	Basic Gray Ink Pad	Cough Syrup Dye Ink	Corner Chomper @2Peas
Premium Paper Trimmer 12"	Rustic Button Twine	Thank You Definition	A Million and One
My Silly Valentine	R22 Light Prawn	R24 Prawn	R29 Lipstick Red
R39 Garnet	R39 Garnet	Colorless Blender	1 3/4" Limitless Layers Dies
Mat Stack 4 Collection Stamps	Mat Stack 4 Die	W2 Warm Gray	W4 Warm Gray

I can never have enough birthday cards on hand so that I have one when I need it. I chose to go with a brightly colored card for those summer birthdays coming up. Lots of layers and stamping.

I trimmed the Hawaiian Shores cardstock (PTI) to 4x5.25" and embossed it with the By the Numbers Impression Plate (PTI) before distressing the edges. I layered Orange Zest Saddle Stitched Ribbon (PTI) and Hibiscus Burst Topnotch Twill Tape (PTI) at the top of the card, added a 1" strip of vellum (embossed 1/8" from each side using Martha Stewart scoring board) stamped with greetings (Lawn Fawn) using white ink. I folded one edge under the mat and one over the top, securing both ends with the Tiny Attacher.

I die cut the doily (MFT) using Aqua Mist cardstock (PTI) and punched a 3" circle from white cardstock (Neenah). I stamped the circle (Family Cirlce by TT) using SU Melon Mambo ink. I punched a 2.75" circle from a post it and layered it over the stamped circle so that it would mask off the outside of the stamped circle. Then I stamped the Happy Definition (Hero Arts) with Chicken Feed Ink (Jenni Bowlin) and stamped it over the masked shape. I stamped the cupcake, plate and candle (Lawn Fawn) on white cardstock (Neenah) and colored in with copics (linked below) before cutting out and assembling on the circle. Bright buttons finish the design.

SUPPLIES (click on photos for links):

Ali Edwards The Family Circle Words We Love	Scoring Board	Stamping Mark Paper	Sizzix Big Shot
Memento Tuxedo Black	Tangerine Boutique Buttons	Bubblegum Boutique Buttons	Tim Holtz Scissors
2.75 Circle Punch	Distresser	Tiny Attacher	Glossy Accents
Happy Definition Cling Stamp	Neenah Solar White Cardstock	Copic Sketch Markers @2Psinabucket	Chicken Feed Jenni Bowlin Ink
Sophie's Sentiments	Snow Folded Cards	Hawaiian Shores Cardstock	Melon Mambo Ink
Aqua Mist Cardstock	Premium Paper Trimmer 12"	Frost White Ink @2Peas	Bake Me a Cake
By the Numbers Impression Plates	Orange Zest Saddle Stitch Ribbon	Hibiscus Burst Topnotch Twill Tape	Open Scallop Doily Die-namics
YR65 Atoll	YR68 Orange	RV25 DOG ROSE FLOWER	RV29 CRIMSON
BG15 Aqua	BG13 Mint Green	BG11 Moon White	RV63 Begonia
RV66 Raspberry	Y08 Acid Yellow

Here's another little birthday card. I trimmed a notecard to 3" wide x 5.5" tall and layered it with cardstock and this cute MFT stamped girl holding a balloon. MFT die-namics die and coordinating stamps create a cute coordinating greeting.

I trimmed the snow notecard (Hero Arts) to 3x5.5" and matted it with Pure Poppy cardstock (PTI) and added punched borders from Smokey Shadow cardstock (PTI). I stamped the My Balloon stamp (MFT) using Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored her in with copics (linked below). I used the feathering copic technique to add "grass", then masked the image and stamped over the whole thing with the Clouds background stamp (Hero Arts) using Soft Pool Shadow Ink (HA).

I die cut the label (MFT) from white cardstock (Neenah) and stamped it with the coordinating stamp using Cough Syrup ink (Jenni Bowlin). I added the greeting by coloring the stamp with Memento Markers (black & bamboo leaves). Divine Twine and gems complete the card.

SUPPLIES (click on photos for links):

Stamping Mark Paper	Clouds	Sizzix Big Shot	Soft Pool Shadow Ink
Memento Tuxedo Black	Tim Holtz Scissors	Stamp Press	Noir Gems & Brads
Clouds Wood Mounted Stamp	Glossy Accents	Circles Foam Tabs	Neenah Solar White Cardstock
Girls Night Out Marker Set	Greenhouse Marker Set	Copic Sketch Markers @2Psinabucket	Cough Syrup Dye Ink
Scallop Sentiment Border Punch	Smokey Shadow Cardstock	Premium Paper Trimmer 12"	My Balloon
Oyster Divine Twine	Snow Folded Cards	YG17 Grass Green	Y11 Pale Yellow
YG13 Chartreuse	YG01 Green Bice	YG05 Salad	R20 Blush
R29 Lipstick Red	YG03 Yellow Green	Polka Dot Greetings	E59 Walnut
G07 Nile Green	E000 Pale Fruit Pink	Y000 Pale Lemon	E57 Light Walnut
E00 Skin White	E11 Bareley Beige	E55 Light Carmel	Y0000 Yellow Fluorite
E53 Raw Silk	Y18 Lightning Yellow	Pure Poppy Cardstock

For this last card I wanted to do something a bit more elegant and not quite so playful. A simple inked background and stamped greeting with a die cut felt flower make for a lovely presentation.

For the background, I trimmed a piece of white cardstock (Neenah) and stamped the Flower Burst Background (HA) using Versamark, then I heat set it with white powder. Then I inked the piece with Barn Door, Scattered Straw and Wild Honey Distress Inks (Ranger) using the ink blending tool. The embossed area resisted the ink and I wiped off the excess ink with a paper towel. I matted the inked piece on Harvest Gold cardstock (PTI) and distressed the edges before adhering to a snow notecard (HA).

I stamped the greeting on Rustic White Cardstock (PTI) using Cough Syrup (Jenni Bowlin) ink and layered thin strips of the same cardstock along the top and bottom edge and then machine stitched down each side. I die cut a scallop border (MFT) from Pure Poppy cardstock (PTI) and tucked it under the greeting border.

I die cut the Rolled Rose (MFT) from Pure Poppy felt (PTI) and created the flower. Using a button and string, I secured the flower and adhered to my card. I die cut the leaves (MFT) from Simply Chartreuse felt (PTI) and tucked t hem under the flower.

SUPPLIES (click on photos for links):

Sizzix Big Shot	Tim Holtz Scissors	Distresser	Zing Opaque White Embossing Powder
Versamark	Friends are Treasures Cling	Neenah Solar White Cardstock	Cough Syrup Jenni Bowlin
Upsy Daisy Things Die-namics	Snow Folded Cards	Premium Paper Trimmer 12"	Ink Blending Tool @2peas
Rolled Rose Die-namic	Barn Door	Wild Honey Distress Ink	Scattered Straw Distress Ink
Simply Scallops Die-namic	Flower Burst Pattern Cling Stamp	Perfect Match Cardstock	Felt
Viintage Buttons

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