Multi-Purpose Love Cards Featuring Concord and 9th Stitched Turnabout Stamps

I had heat embossed using my rose gold embossing powder and the Concord and 9th Stitched Turnabout stamps a couple of years ago.  These card fronts sat in the stash waiting to be made into cards.  So sad!  I'm sure if you are a regular cardmaker that you can relate.  We all have high expectations that sometimes are sidelined due to other priorities as life gets in the way.

I am proud that these cards are finally made as I believe they are quite pretty and I'm pleased with how they turned out.  The cream die cuts were made using Waffle Flower's Sprigs dies and I lightly colored with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink.

Super glad these cards finally made it to completion.  Makes me want to get out that stamp set and use it some more!

A 70th Birthday Tea Party Invitation

I'm flying off to Washington D.C this week for work.  It's been a while since I traveled and it always surprises me how nervous I can get when it has been a while.  I decided to finish these invitations and this post as therapy.  I just love my Papertrey Ink stamps and this Tea for Two stamp and die set has been in the stash for quite a while.  This was one of the first stamp sets I purchased from them and I've used it often over the years.  Check it out here, here and here for some inspiration.

I decided to use the Papertrey Shape Shifters circle die and the Forest Floor Winter stamp set as accents along with my Concord and 9th Stitched Turnabout stamp. 

On the inside, all the details about the party designed in Word and printed for easy application on the invitation.  I'm so pleased, I'm seeing pink!  Which is why I'm entering this card in Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday challenge Simon Says Think Pink.

Stitched Birthday Wishes

I decided to use up my scraps from making cards from my Concord and 9th Stitched Turnabout stamp set.  The card I shared on Monday and this card were the tops and bottoms of other cards made for Mother's Day and some notecards.  The stamping is so pretty and soft that I couldn't just throw them in the garbage, so I ended up making them work.  I think this one might actually be my favorite from the entire set I made. 

A For You Notecard - Honoring Memorial Day!

Today is the day that we stop to honor those who died in military service to our country.  We've morphed this holiday into a summer launch day, minimizing the somber, honoring that was originally intended.  My grandfather, at 94 years old and a veteran of WWII, doesn't forget.  He remembers those that he personally knew and lost, he remembers those he doesn't personally know, but honors.  I'm grateful for his example and reminder each year.

I decided to share this patriotically colored card on this day.  For all the "you" individuals for whom this day is not a summer launch day, but a day to remember.

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."

–John F. Kennedy

Stitching A Hello

Sharing a card made using up some of the Concord and 9th Stitched Turnabout stamp set.  The focal point is a purple ink stamped image that I clear heat embossed and fussy cut out, raising up with a foam sheet.  The sentiment is a Clearly Besotted Sweet Little Sentiment that I also fussy cut out.  I think they coordinate to create a sweet notecard.

New Baby Stitched Turnabout Card

I put together this simple little new baby card using some of the backgrounds I created using my Concord and 9th Stitched Turnabout stamp set.  I stamped the heart in pink and clear heat embossed the image, fussy cutting the image out to mount over the fun grosgrain ribbon.  A chartreuse sentiment from the Clearly Besotted Sweet Little Sentiments stamp set fussy cut out creates a delicate addition.  A few sequins to fancy this card up and I'm done.

I'm entering this card in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge Stitches

Stitched Turnabout Cards

I decided to put a few of the Concord and 9th Stitched Turnabout stamped images to good use.  These notecards were made using the stamp set and fussy cutting out the heart.  As I mentioned with the Mother's Day cards, I super love how the card design was easy and the sequins added just the right touch.

Card making fun at it's finest.  I'm going to enter this in Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday challenge Simon Says No Designer Paper.

Stitched Mother's Day Cards

I decided to get out my Concord & 9th Stitched Turnabout stamp set.  The turnabout stamp sets take a little to set up so I decided to campaign some color combinations on afternoon.  These stamps are so fun to play with color and technique.  I ended up making many different backgrounds that I then left sitting in a pile on my desktop.  Mainly because the amount of time to do these backgrounds takes a bit of time and it gobbled all of my crafty time for the weekend. 

Since Mother's Day is coming soon, I decided to make a few of the same design.  For my use and then to sell at the Rowan Tree store in Tempe.  The sentiment is from the Clearly Besotted Scrumptious Occasions stamp set.  I fussy cut the sentiment out to adhere to the heart which I also fussy cut since I didn't buy the matching dies for the turnabout.

I have a hard time deciding which is my favorite color combination.  They all have their own charm.  I wasn't so pleased with how the ink on this mint green paper turned out in matching the card, but I love the sequins matching to the background, so all have pluses and minuses.

A great stamp set that made card making easy. I'm entering these cards into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge No Designer Paper.