Serendipity Stamps Blog

I haven’t seen any flowers here yet….but a couple days ago the last of the snow that fell in December melted in the garden and there was still green spinach under there!   So surely it won’t be long before some flowers start peeking out.  Until then we’ll enjoy some examples made with the Easter Flower Corner image, which can be purchased individually as 842F or in a cling set as 842QCL that includes the words you see on Anya Schrier’s pretty card below. 

Carolyn Hurst created the card below using some 3D layering with the same image.

Congratulations to my Uncle Wilbur for winning a blue ribbon at the Pasco County (Florida) Fair!  He won it for his Guava Jelly (and also one for his Cane Syrup).  I was never a big fan of Cane Syrup (being a Yankee – as my Florida cousins used to call me) but I once had a jar of Guava Jelly that my grandmother had made and it was just about the most heavenly thing a person could taste.   If you ever have the chance to taste some, don’t pass it up!   And what does this have to do with rubber stamping?   Just scroll down past Uncle Wilbur’s ribbon and you’ll see Sue Eldred’s red ribbon!

Sue Eldred made the card below using our new Stamp of Approval – 1205E  image.  The red “ribbon” is a party streamer – crepe paper.    And that background?  That’s a newspaper with a photo of Sue’s son – who had won student of the month!

This card is a perfect example of taking a couple of fairly simple stamps and making something absolutely beautiful with them.  Kathie used our Cloisonne Butterfly images (cloisonne is a form of enamelware – often used on beads and other jewelry) which are great for layering and coloring.   She used stickles to “glitterize” the butterflies.  You can buy these images individually, 607D and 606D or as a set of two stamps 608G.  She also used 012G Lace Corner to create a lovely border for her card, which ties in perfectly with the lacy butterflies and the elegant die cut border of her layer. 

The neighborhood I grew up in had a small lake that was home to several ducks.  Each spring there would be at least one family of ducklings paddling around the lake.    Anya Schrier’s cute spring card brought back lots of fun memories of my brother and I taking a bag full of old bread scraps up to feed those greedy ducks (and dodging that mean hissing goose!).  Anya used Serendipity’s “Three Ducks” 981F and “Happy Spring” 847C for her February Spring Challenge card below.   Another good image to combine with the Three Ducks image is 844D Jelly Beans.

Below is another duckie card – this one made by Sue Eldred…

And one more, made by Carolyn Hurst.    Carolyn stamped her image on velum along with Happy Easter II 706D and layered it over the Easter Wreath Large 979K.

We had so much fun coming up with phrases to go with the little Skunk in our spring line of stamps.   But when it came down to choosing, I had to go with “Scent with Love” as being a bit more usable for making cards than “Love Stinks” (though don’t count it out for later releases!).   Both the Skunk and Scent With Love come in cling set 1203QCL.  Lynda Benden created the card below and after adding a bit of extra black with a prismacolor pencil she covered the whole skunk with white flocking (it’s hard to see this in the photo).  She also added little rhinestones to the flowers and around the scalloped edge of the card.  

When the SS Design Team’s Jennifer Woodward posted her adorable little Skunk card, she mentioned Pepe LePew.   How many of you remember Pepe?   I know, I know, we’re dating ourselves.   Well, if he’s a little fuzzy in your mind, try googling him.   There’s even a website of Pepe LePew’s quotes!   Oh it with make you laugh – my favorite was “You are ze corned beef to me, and I am ze cabbage to you” but there are so many more!  Thank you Jennifer for reminding us all of the most romantic little guy in cartoon land!   Jennifer’s card below uses both of the stamps from the 1203QCL Skunk cling set.   I love the combination of the soft colors and the pearl accents… 

Our new line of spring stamps includes this adorable Chipmunk and the perfect phrase to go along with him – “Hope You’re Feeling Chipper Soon!”   These two stamps come packaged together in the cling set 1201QCL.   The card below, created by Kathie Bailey, is perfect to send to anyone feeling under the weather – whether they’ve got the flu or literally “under the weather” with 2 feet of snow!

…is spring cards!    At least that’s what I keep telling myself.   (Today it’s snowing here in Missouri – again.   So far it looks like about 8″ piled up on the BBQ grill.   Won’t be needing THAT for a while!)   I’ve been sending lots of Easter cards your way the last couple of weeks so I thought I’d change it up a bit and throw in some cards here and there that show our new spring line of stamps.   Serendipity’s incredible design team just completed their February Challenge, which was – you guessed it – Spring!  The card below was created by Lynda Benden.    Lynda used our new Table For Two Cling Set 1200QCL.  Notice that cute awning she put over the table?   Lynda is so creative!

Here’s our other adorable chick stamp.   840E Chick With Tulip or the cling set 840QCL, which includes “Celebrate Each Day” and “Thinking of You”.  This first sample is an amazing diarama from Holly Craft.   The stamps she uses in addition to the Chick are Bunny Artist, Happy Easter, Easter Wreath Small, and Jeanie’s Easter Basket.

The next card is from Sue Eldred – she included the Easter Flower Corner with the chick. 

The next card is from Amy Cokley – it’s a whole parade of chicks!

In a month or so the farm supply stores around here will start stocking chicks.  I’m sure it’s not politically correct – even though I think they’ve stopping dying them different colors for Easter.   But I can’t help it – I love the chicks!   Our chickens are 2 years old now, and maybe we’ll re-stock with some new chicks this year.   But then we have to decide – more Buff Orpingtons and Araucana’s or something new and exotic like a Sumatra?   Oh decisions, decisions….Until then I’ll just have to make do with my little Serendipity Chicks.   Today we’re looking at 841E – Chick with Egg, also available in the cling set 841QCL, which includes “Cheep Cheep” and Jelly Beans. 

The first card is from Sue Eldred – she also used “Cheep Cheep” which is included in the 841QCL cling set.

The card below is from Lynda Benden.

And the last card is from Carolyn Hurst, who creatively combined the chick with 842F Easter Flower Corner.

And one more from Lynda Benden.