Happy World Cardmaking Day!!!
Hi readers!! Happy Saturday to you and HAPPY WORLD CARDMAKING DAY!
Hi Debby here and I’m delighted to be joining you on World Card Making Day for a Creative Uses post! I get a little thrill when I run my eye over the latest stamps and dies to look for a different spin; wondering which set will trigger an ‘a-ha’ moment! As the deliciousness of the STAMPtember release was laid out in front of me, my eye was caught by the pumpkins from the Thanksgiving Table set and how similar to hot air balloons they were when turned upside down. I stamped the two sizes of pumpkin in Memento Tuxedo Black and then coloured them (in any colour other than orange LOL) and cut them out with their matching dies from the Thanksgiving Feast set.
All was looking good apart from the stem of the pumpkins sticking down, I fixed this by stamping and die cutting the toppers from the Ornaments set. The toppers are coloured to match the balloons and then trimmed along the top to remove the ring area. These were then glued to the pumpkin stems and any overhang trimmed away. The balloons were then mounted over elements from the Cloud Bank die onto a patterned paper panel. The sentiment from the Road Trip set is stamped in Black onto a white banner again from the Thanksgiving Table set :D
While the Holiday Ornaments die set was on my table I thought that one of the ornament shapes was suitable for turning into a light bulb. I cut the die from some scratch paper and then used the negative space to blend in Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed and Black Soot Distress Inks onto a white panel of card. The perfect sentiment is from Objects of Love and the die cut heart is from the Large Holiday Shapes set cut from Lipstick Red card and then coated liberally in Xmas Red Stickles.
There’s a little Lawn Fawn twine tied around the panel and then it is mounted onto a white card base with Wendy Vecchi white embossing paste swiped through the great Zig Zag Dots stencil. I love this stencil for adding just the right amount of subtle detail :D
I hope you get the chance today to make a card for World Card Making Day!
Happy WCMD! Great cards! TFS ;-)
Love these cards, especially the lightbulb with the sparkly heart.
Awesome cards! And what a clever use of stamps!
Love the pumpkins. Super cute.
Great way to use the stamps!! I love your style…the cards are beautiful!
Debby is a genius!! love both cards today! Happy WCMD!
Amazing cards, as usual! Happy WCM Day!
Fabulous cards!!! Debby is a genius!!
Gorgeous cards, Debby is amazing.
Love the cards – TFS!
How creative and fabulous are these cards!!!
yay for WCMD… love these gorgeous cards..
Happy WCMD!!! Wow….what a way to stretch your stamps!!! Thanks for sharing!!
Wowo – cool cards – I love the “flying pumpkin” :-) I’m always surprised how you can stretch your stamps!!!
Debby, you have inspired me to look at my stamps and see what I can see differently. Love both of your creative cards. Happy WCMD 2014!
These cards are super cute!! Happy WCMD!!!
Your hot air balloons are so cute – very creative use of stamps & dies! Thanks so much for sharing them!
HAPPY World Card Making Day EVERYONE :)
LOVE both of your cards Debby, the layers, textures, colors & splash of sparkle DELIGHT!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION and COOL way to stretch our stamps!!!
Lovely cards!
Beautiful! Have a fun crafty day!
HOW CUTE YOUR CARDS ARE AND SO VERY CREATIVE…LOVE THE PUMPKIN IDEA….THAT IS SO COOL….HAPPY WCMD!!!! WOOT WOOT!
WOW Debby what amazing twists… love both the cards.
Debby is absolutely amazing. Everything thing she creates is gorgeous and she has innovative ideas and design too.
Love the texture with those zigzag dots!
Love what you did, Debby.
Happy WCMD! Love the background. I love learning new use for my stamps. Thanks so much for the inspiration.
Happy WCMD! Love the background. Thanks so much for the inspiration.
Happy WCMD! Debby both your cards are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
I love it when stamps aren’t used as they were “intended” ! That light bulb Christmas ornament is so cute!
Absolutely gorgeous cards and happy WCMD! x
Clever.
As always Debbie, gorgeous cards. Happy World Card Making Day everyone!
Great cards! Both are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful card :-D Thank you for sharing and happy World Card Making Day :-D
Always love Debby and her super creative ideas! Fabulous cards!
Super cute cards by Debbie, love that light bulb! Happy WCMD 2014.
It’s amazing how you managed to pull off a pumpkin as a hot-air balloon! What a really efficient idea!
Love the ideas of using stamp images in a totally different way from its originally intended. It’s amazing how creative people can see designs and colors in ways that I can’t!! Beautiful cards!
Happy WCMD! Cute cards!
How smart!
Beautiful!!
Well done, Debby! Your creativity astounds me!
Debby’s creative uses of stamps never cease to amaze me!
AWESOME!! =) LOVING the AMAZING Inspiration!! THANKS for sharing and HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY WCMD!! =)
You are so creative! You just might be a crafty mad scientist, lol!
Clever balloons! Love all the cards – especially the sparkly heart!
Dawn
dmg314
that is so beautiful cards
You are so clever, Debby. I need to start looking at my stamps in a different way.
Didn’t see Debby’s balloons as pumpkins at all until she pointed it out — brilliant! Two lovely cards as always from her. Happy WCMD!
Brilliant use of the pumpkin! Happy Card Making folks!