Elephant Baby

Hi there!  Hope you had a good weekend!  The weather was great here in the Midwest.  Saturday morning I had a Workshop that was near our weekend stamping retreat.  Took a few hours out of my retreat time to "work".  Most of the Hostesses guests had limited stamping skills but caught on very quickly!  It was so much fun interacting with this group of ladies!  I LOVE what I do!  Not only do I get to stamp, but I meet the nicest people!

Speaking of stamping, how about we get to the card shown above.  It was displayed on our Aug and Sep Card Buffets.  The banner from Banner Greetings could be changed to a sentiment for a birthday or other occasion.  The Alphabet Press embossing folder and the Zoo Babies stamp set are new items in our 2013-14 Stampin' Up! catalog.  Love them!

Must run for now to finish my list of chores.  Thank you for coming by for a visit today!

 

Stamps: Zoo Babies, Dictionary, Banner Greetings 

Paper: Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Daffodil Delight, White 

Ink: Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Crushed Curry (for ear) 

Tools:  Alphabet Press embossing folder, Perfect Pennants die, 2-1/2” circle punch, 1/8” hole punch 

Other:  Dimensionals, toothpicks

Inspiration: Rita Wright  see her card here posted Jun 7, 2013

Sunfower and Butterflies!

Hi there!  Today I have a couple more Shoebox Swaps from our Demo retreat at Pam D'Urso's the first of the month.  The sunflower was Deana Schultz' swap.  Remember, our challenge was to make a one-layer card with no more than two embellishements.  The Sunflower image was stamped in Early Espresso ink, then Daffodil Delight ink was sponged on.  The center of the sunflower was embellished with small flowers made with a punch from the Itty Bitty punch pack.  The flag counted as the second embellishment, which was made with a new stamp set -  Banner Greetings.  Seems I got a bit carried away with my sponging. Oops!

The next card was Diane Mikles' swap.  The Daffodil Delight area was masked off so that the ink could be sponged into that area.  The butterflies from Papillon Potpourri were then stamped in black.  The sentiment is from Perfectly Penned.  Such a simple technique but a great look!

Must get going to work on some projects for our Card Buffet next month and another Shoebox Swap.  At least I got the grocery shopping out of the way yesterday!  Thank you for stopping in today!