Mother's Day Card with Diamond Press - Use What You Have #2

 Hi friends!

Today I am sharing a Mother's Day card using Spring Blooms kit by Diamond Press. Diamond Press primarily sells their products through HSN and their own website. They are starting to branch out over the pond. They are one of my favorite craft companies because I love their sets for cardmaking. They are budget priced and great for beginners.

I stamped the butterflies on the background. 

 

I stamped the sentiment on vellum and heat embossed it. 

 

The boots and flowers are stamped then colored with alcohol markers. 

 

All the stamps are in the same set! This set is discontinued so it might be hard to find but check out their other sets: 

Diamond Press

Diamond Press on HSN.com 

Use what you have!!

~Paula

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Please Note: This post contains product links so you can easily find any supplies and/or tools you may be interested in. As an affiliate, I may be compensated for a purchase made using my links. However, no additional cost is extended to you. The other links are just to help guide you in the right direction. I am not affiliated with all companies but I encourage you to shop small businesses as much as possible. I only share product information of products I am familiar with and use in my own studio.

Papers are just from my collection. I always grab from my scraps first and I don’t keep track of where they came from. Use what you have!

 

 

Use What You Have Series #1

 Hi friends! I decided to start a new series of cards. The way the economy is up and down with the tariff war and political issues so many small businesses in the craft industry are getting hit really hard. Every week more than one store and/or designer calls it quits. It is so depressing to watch. While we all want to run out and support them as much as we can, these uncertain issues are a real fear for many of us too. I am still putting in a good effort to support all this businesses that I love, I also want to encourage you to use the things you have already. We all have so many tools and supplies that get ignored or lost in our collections. For this series, I am going to choose some random supplies and a color card too and make a card. I encourage you to do this too, maybe even use my example as your prompt. My spinner wheel came up with "whale" and here is my whale card: 

I pulled a card from the color cube:

 I chose these products from my collection: 

I couldn't find these products on their sites but maybe you already have them or something similar that would be good to use too! I would love to see your version. I am adding this series in my rotation of projects. 

~Paula

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Please Note: This post contains product links so you can easily find any supplies and/or tools you may be interested in. As an affiliate, I may be compensated for a purchase made using my links. However, no additional cost is extended to you. The other links are just to help guide you in the right direction. I am not affiliated with all companies but I encourage you to shop small businesses as much as possible. I only share product information of products I am familiar with and use in my own studio.

Papers are just from my collection. I always grab from my scraps first and I don’t keep track of where they came from. Use what you have!

 

 2/20/2024

I love all the holidays, even if they are outside of my culture. St. Patrick's Day is one of them. I'm not Irish and you don't really need to be to celebrate the day. Some drink green beer or have green treats or even just wear green. I love whimsy and I bring that out with holidays. 

I made a St. Patrick's themed card for good luck. It can be for the holiday or even someone getting a new job or moving this time of year. 

I started off choosing the largest clover from my little bag of St. Paddy ephemera that is filled with pieces left over from projects in the past. I have these bags for different holidays and themes. They are easy to pull out when I need them. 

I have an old stack of Doodlebug St. Patrick's paper that I took the rainbow paper from. I coated it with Brutus Monroe Giltter Glaze in Fallen Snow to add some sparkle. Once dry, I ran it through with a Darice embossing folder called St. Pat's Background that puts clover and shamrock impressions on the background. I try to use many things I already have so sometimes I can't guide you to the product if you like what you see. I strongly encourage you to use the things you may have too. 

 

I cut out the leprechaun silhouette with my ** Silhouette Studio Software and Silhouette Cameo by using Design #55549 from Silhouette Studio. I attached it with some dimensional adhesive. 

Inside sentiment: Good Luck!

This card is available for purchase here: St. Patrick's Day cards in Paula's Studio Store

~Paula

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