Stamp Kissing

I love Lily Pad Blog and saw a new challenge for a technique called 'Stamp Kissing'.
I'd never heard of this nor tried it so I thought today was a good time to learn something new!   Needless to say I'm entering it into the Kissing Challenge at Lily Pad.  I found the hardest part was finding the two cards to kiss together to make a nice blend.

My 'kissing stamps' were the flower branch from My Cute Stamps
the Ashley's Blossoms set

and a script background stamp from Inkadinkado

I added some papers from the 6x6 paper pad by
Melissa Frances called 5th Avenue

The inside is the same sheet of paper fussy cut to make the

corner blossom

The card base is Kraft Cardstock

This gorgeous ribbon was a closeout Offray ribbon (3 yards for 50 cnets!!)

from a local scrapbook store

I also used the script stamp on the backround mat

Here you can see how the branch stamp kissed

the script backround stamp and gave it a hint of script here and there

Working from Scraps

One goal this year for me was to use more of my stash and scraps.

That's what his card is made from, including the envelope

Dotted paper was run through my Bug with the dotted swiss

embossing folder

The butterfly is the Martha Stewart Monarch punch,

which was a birthday gift from a friend.

I love the look with punched several times and

place on atop the other letting the wings flutter

Loved the addition of the little fabric flower

Circle mat was cut on the Cricut and emobssed and then lightly

inked with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink

Thinking of You

This card is made with digital kits from 

Cottage Arts

For the flowers I used
Granny's Garden Page Pak

I printed them first on the Kraft card base then printed again several times

fussy cutting and attaching the flower heads multiple times to give dimension.

and for the sentiment I used

This is Life 5 Scrap Words 

Inside sentiment is stamped from Inkadinkado set

Masculine Birthday

Masculine cards sometimes are my challenge so when my Brother-in-laws birthday

approached I went in search of some papers that had that 'man' feel about them

I opted to use the Destinations pack

from Simple Stories, perfect!

Inside sentiment is from Hero Arts, Live Life collection

Belief

I have a friend who celebrates her Sobriety day each year.

I know, even after 25 years that this is a special time of

accomplishment for her.

This card is a celebration of that commitment

The paper was in a RAK I received so I'm not sure of the paper line.

Dashed lines done with a Signa Gel Pen

The crocheted heart is Webster's Pages

Flourish above was overlayed with Doddlebug Flocking
Inside border above and corners below

are cut with Morocco Lace EK Success border punch

Hat's Off

This is cut from the Winter woodland cartridge for the Cricut.  Just loved this sparkly white paper.

The stamp is from Recollections, darling isn't it? (Sorry they don't name their stamps)

Inside sentiment is red rubber from My Sentiments Exactly.

Peace

I bought this stamp at Michaels on impulse (it's a Hampton Art Stamp) and then when I started coloring realized I wasn't going to be mass producing them, took a lot of time to color.  Love how it looked when finished though.

Inside stamp is from Stampin Up

Jolly Ol' Elf

Here's another stamp from the Recollection set I got.

I stamped the tree 4 times on the print paper and then cut out each layer

of boughs and popping them up for dimension.

I also restamped and cut out all the little packages to give them a little umph as well.

After the card front was finished I added the stickles for the baubles on the tree

and sprayed the whole thing with Glimmer Mist Iridescent Gold Mist

The Merry & Bright stamp was in a RAK I received.

This was just a design from the paper cut out for the inside.

adorable

Another stamp set from Penny Black's - Mimi's Christmas

The white from her hat is white flocking (love this stuff)
stamp is from Stampin Up

I used the Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder on the front of the card base

(just before I mailed it I decided it needed a little pop so I distressed the edges of the front of the card and the ridges from the embossing with Vintage Photo Distress Ink, much better.)

The ribbon is actually cut from one of the papers from the Warm Wishes Recollections paper pak

I punched the tag with my square Marvy scalloped punch 

The little Mimi's face is done with Copic markers
her hat and scarf are paper pieced
the bow was in a rac (thanks Lori)

Snowmen Peeking

I made two cards with the same strip of snowmen that I

cut from the Warm Wishes paper collection from Recollections

The background paper is We R Memory Keepers Christmas Collection

I added a few stickles to the hats

and gave their noses a shine with glossy accents

the stamp here is from a Christmas Recollections set, it's

fast become a favorite because the quirky font and snowflakes

the sentiment as well is cut out from the paper,

stickles make the inside shine

This is the second card and I put them so half the

little faces were hidden all but the eyes and hat.

Cute, like they are peeking out from behind 

This is a sentiment from that My Sentiments Exactly grab

bag I'd told you about, really like the font on this stamp

A little brad holds the mini mittens in the corner together

the scallop punch is Fiskars