Work of Art Butterfly

Hi there!  Hope you're stamping away on this gloomy, rainy day!  Today's card was a swap Sally Nusbaum received when she attended the Stampin' Up! Convention.  The butterfly was made with the Work of Art stamp set.  Such a versatile set.  I've seen so many creative ways of using this set.  The sentiment is from Label Love.

Sorry for the brief post.  I need to spend some time in the kitchen to make bran muffins and some soup - haven't decided what kind yet.  Our granddaughter is spending the night with us tomorrow.  We'll be busy making cookies and probably some art projects, so a couple of quick meals will be in order.  Plus, the girls getaway retreat is next week.  I like to prepare as much as possible ahead of time so my time at the retreat is spent creating and chillaxing, not in the kitchen.  lol
Heading to the kitchen now.  Thank you for stopping by today and have a great weekend!

Blooming Wedding

Hi there!  Today I'm sharing a sample made by Mary Taylor, who is the other half of the Card Buffet team.  This is such a stunning card and can be used for other ocassions just by changing the sentiment.  She used the flower image from Blooming with Kindness.  The sentiment from Label Love is matted on a black piece punched from the Label Bracket punch, then adhered to an image from Chalk Talk and cut out with the coordinating Framelit.  The Modern Mosaic embossing folder was used on the white embossed panel.

This evening we have a Christmas Card Workshop team meeting.  Must get some things done before it's time to leave.  Thank you for stopping by today!

Birthday Lion

Hi there!  Hope your weekend was good.  I had a fantastic weekend stamping with my friends....and making new friends.  Yesterday was a bridal shower for the future daughter-in-law of our close friends.  On the down side, our granddog went home after staying with us for about a week and a half.  Sure will miss having him around for nightly walks.
Speaking of animals, how about this lion punch art card?  Cute, cute, cute!  (Pardon the glare.)  It's a swap that Sally Nusbaum received at the Stampin' Up! Convention.  She brought her swaps to the crop on Saturday to share with us.  Sorry I don't have the name of the Demo who made it.  The Designer Paper is Lullabye and the birthday embellishment is an image from Label Love, which was punched out with the Artisan Label punch. 

This evening I'm taking our granddaughter out to dinner before we go see Seussical at the Muny.  With that said, must get busy on my very long to-do list.  Thank you so much for visiting today!

Have a Ball

Hi there!  Here with another Card Buffet sample for the sports-minded.  Mena Green was the inspiration for this card.  You can view hers here (Aug 16th post).   The soccer ball was punched from a 2-1/2" circle punch and then embossed with the Hexagon embossing folder.  I also embossed some black cardstock with the same embossing folder, to be cut out and adhered to the white ball.  Fringe scissors aided in making the "grass".  (Currently available in the "Celebrate the Every Day" catalog.  Good news!  They'll also be available in the new 2014-15 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog.)  The card front is completed with a sentiment from Label Love, which was punched out with the coordinating Artisan Label punch.

Must get going to an appointment.  Thanks for visiting today!

All Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted. 

Stamps: Label Love 

Paper: White, Marina Mist, Gumball Green, Black 

Ink: Marina Mist 

Tools:  Artisan Label punch, Hexagon embossing folder, Fringe scissors, 2-1/2” Circle punch 

Other:  Dimensionals, clear block  

Card in a Box

Hi there!  What a gray and rainy day it is today.  This "card" reminds me of  our warm, sunny days in Florida last month, which seems like ages ago.  It is a card in a box made for our daughter and son-in-law when they were married in Florida.  I forgot to take photos - in fact, I didn't take photos of anything I made.  My daughter took these photos with her phone after they returned from their honeymoon.  They're not the best, but better than what I have!  A combination of Stampin' Up! products and items from my stash were used.  Here are some additional views.

 

Stampin' Up! supplies used:
Full Heart punch, Modern Label punch, Word Window punch, Expression Thinlits, Label Love stamp set & Artisan punch, rhinestones, Memorable Moments stamp set, Lace Ribbon border punch, Curly Label punch

That's it for now.  Thank you for coming by today!

Last of the Swaps!

Hi there!  Well, today I have the remaining shoebox swaps from our Demo weekend at Pam D'Urso's home May 30 - Jun 2.  What a great weekend it was!  The above card was our hostess with the mostess' swap.  Love the understated simplicity and elegance of Pam's cards.  The flower from the Love and Sympathy set was colored with Calypso Coral and Old Olive markers.  The sentiment is stamped in black.

Next up is Mary Ellen Cope's card using some new products from the 2013-14 Annual Stampin' Up! catalog. 

A strip of Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper (DSP) was layered on the strip of Strawberry Slush Core'dinations cardstock.  The Daffodil Delight butterflies were cut from the Beautiful Wings Embosslet die. The sentiment is a new set called Label Love, which was stamped in Island Indigo ink.  There is a coordinating punch for this set.

The final card is mine.

I chose the Summer Silhouettes and Label Love stamp sets for this card.  The ink colors are the new In Colors: Crisp Cantaloupe, Strawberry Slush, and Pistachio Pudding.  (Are you hungry yet?)  My embellishment was made with the new Artisan punch.

That completes the line-up of shoebox swaps from Pam's retreat.  She has already sent out the date for the next retreat in September!  Can't wait!  Love spending time with these girls!  And to think I never would have met these ladies had I not become a Stampin' Up! Deomonstrator! 

Tuesday evening our granddaughter spent the night.  It was a spur of the moment thing.  She brought along the scrapbook that her other grandma gave her and some photos that mom provided.  Miss M completed her scrapbook yesterday and did a really nice job for an almost 6 year old.  I was so busy helping her that I didn't even think about snapping some pics of the process.  Miss M also wanted to make Carla Spradling a gift, whom she never met.  We were meeting Carla later that afternoon at Lion's Choice for an early dinner.  (Carla and I meet there before her Card Buffets and my DIL was stopping in after work to pick up Miss M.)  I was busy pulling out supplies so that Miss M could make Carla's gift.  She's so sweet like that - always wanting to make people gifts.  But what a little task master!  lol   Unfortunately, Carla got stuck in traffic and didn't make it to the restaurant until after Miss M left.  Carla did receive her "gift" of a bunch of decorated hearts and graciously told me that she'll hang them on her board at home.  She's such a sweetie!  (I'll post photos later of the Buffet cards I made)

Time to tackle some chores.  Hope your day is going well and thank you so much for coming by today!