Sleigh ride dies...lakeside scene

Perchance you snagged that Sleigh Ride Die during the holiday season and wish you could use it for other seasons, well, here's a nice little accident that happened to me that shows you that yes indeed! You CAN use it for any and every season. I had always planned on doing an oceany beachy scene with these cute li'l houses, but instead it turned into a lake. A quite northern looking lake in fact. And it had smears and ink dots in all the wrong place so out came the creative instincts along with a few dies from SU and a different Christmas set that had evergreen trees and lo and behold! I covered those messes with more trees and a hello! WOW! I didn't know it would be something I'd actually like!

happy birthday dogwoods

Using that beehive die from SU (what's it called? Maybe honeycomb?) I created a card front that has holes in it. While you and I both ask "Where and how do you write anything inside and not have it show through?" I leave that hurdle to both of our creative abilities to get over! Ha! Did that sentence make sense?!
Below you see a close-up of my blossoms, which, by the way, are from an old die from a different company. (Again I don't have the name handy.) But what I DO have handy is the fact that you can easily use dies and punches from SU for the very exact same effect!

Now isn't that a fun springy card?

toilet paper thanks

You wouldn't have guessed it would you??!! I wanted a soft-looking paper behind my delicate butterfly and I also wanted only blues and whites for this spring-like card. Sitting on my craft table was a roll of Charmin!!!! (Dunno how it got there!!!) Anyway, I figured "YES!!" Somewhere through the years I'd heard of using it for a background, but had long forgotten. I tried embossing it dry but that didn't work for me as I wanted a tattered look. Besides the dry layers just separated. So I gently spritzed it with my Stampin Misters and lo and behold it WORKED!!! And it tore just BEAUTIFULLY!!!
Next time I want to put a drop of color into my mister. Wouldn't THAT look fantastic???

sympathizing...calla lilies

Remarkable You has some gorgeous images and I love it that this calla is very easy to fussy cut. I kept seeing these as elegant sympathy flowers so when the mom of my childhood friends passed away, what better image to use for sympathy cards for the family. I cut a single blossom for the inside of the card and then wrote my own sentiments inside the cards. Scroll down to see the purple callas as well.

joy joy joy one last time

There! One last card and we'll let Christmas 2015 be by-gone! Gone by. Good-bye! Whatever! It's a simply card using only dies and no stamping whatsoever. You could use this same technique (if that's what it's called) and white/silver color scheme for a wedding or baby card as well.