Hi there!  Sorry for my absence.  Had a great extended weekend with my stamping peeps at Pam D'Urso's home aka Little House on the Prairie Stamping Retreat.  What a blast we had - laughed until we cried!  Now that is some serious fun!
Today's get well card is one that was sent to a friend.  Seems like there's been a need for these types of cards lately.  Not a good thing!  The stamps used for this card are now retired and stored with other favorites that I can't bear to part with.

Stamps: Fresh Vintage, Sincere Salutations
Paper: Crumb Cake, Black
Ink: Black
Other: Postage Stamp Punch
 
REMINDER:  Don't forget that you get a free spool of ribbon for every $40 you spend (before s/h and tax) on SU! merchandise this month!  There is no quantity limit.

Must get back to cutting card stock for my Camps this Fri and Sat.  Please contact me to reserve your spot if you'd like to attend.  My number is listed in the blog header.

Thanks for stopping in today!

Inspired Puttin' on the Glitz

Hi there!  Here's another card that never got posted.  Made this one at Sarah Klasing's class some time (April or May) before Inspired by Nature retired.  After stamping the image in Wisteria Wonder, Certainly Celery, and Early Espresso; a little 2-way glue was added to the petals to adhere the Dazzling Diamonds.  It's a very sparkly card in real life!  The White focal piece is matted onto Wisteria Wonder, then to a Certainly Celery card base.  The sentiment (from Sincere Salutations, also retired) sits over Certainly Celery ribbon. 

This turned out to be a week of  lunch and dinner meetings!  Had a wonderful lunch with my friends yesterday!  Thank you ladies for a great time!  Off to run some errands and another lunch date.  Hope you all have a great weekend and thank you for checking in today!

A Stack of Presents!

Hi there!  Been cleaning up the digital files and have found things that never got posted.  The above card is one of them, which was a Wednesday Girls project.  I don't remember where the directions came from - will have to get back to you on that!   My card was made with mostly retired SU! products.

Stamps: Sincere Salutations
Paper: Razzelberry Lemonade DSP, Crushed Curry, Pretty in Pink, White
Other: White Satin ribbon, White grosgrain ribbon

Must run to get ready to meet friends for lunch.  Have a great day and thank you ever so much for stopping in today!

Masculine Autumn Days

Hi there!  Probably by the time you read this, I'll be on the road to join my friends for our quarterly Girls Getaway retreat!!!!  We have such a good time!  Thought I'd better post a card today, just in case it doesn't happen the rest of the week.  lol  The card below was sent to my brother, who's birthday is on the 12th.  (No fear of him checking my blog.)  This was actually a swap received from Becky Whittemore and it's perfect for my brother.  He's very much an outdoorsy and sportsman type.  Colorado suits him. 

 

Stamps:  Autumn Days, Sincere Salutations
Paper: Soft Suede, Rich Razzelberry, Very Vanilla
Ink: Soft Suede, Rich Razzelberry, Versamark
Other: Top Note Die, Square Lattice embossing folder, clear embossing powder

Have a great week and thanks for stopping by today!
 

Fresh Vintage Thank You

Hi there!  Hope you're enjoying the Spring weather we're having!  It's so nice but the downside is that the pollen is terrible.  All the cars in the neighborhood have a yellow cast to them.  lol.
Today I have two cards made with the Fresh Vintage Sale-a-bration set.  There are only 5 days left to get this FREE set with a $50 order (before tax & s/h).  So if you'd like to have this versatile set, contact me and I'd be happy to place an order for you.  (Please see right side bar for contact information.)

The postage stamp image was stamped on Crumb Cake card stock, then punched out with the Postage Stamp Punch, and mounted on a 1-1/2" Black square.  Arrange the three squares on a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Crumb Cake and then to a Black card base.  Add sentiment of your choice - I used one from Sincere Salutations.  Add a pearl to the center of the flowers and you're done!  It's an easy and striking card.

This next version is the same except that I colored the pearls with a black Sharpie (who knew you could do that?) and added three pearls to the corner.  Not sure which version I like best.  How about you?

Need to scoot - dropping off our documents to the tax man.  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Last Camp Card

Hi there! Two posts in one day....how about that?  Just wanted to share the last Stamp Camp card from this past Saturday.  This is an easy card, which can be adapted to about any occasion by changing the sentiment and/or color.  Love this design of the Twitterpated DSP, which is only available until April 30th.

All Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted:

Stamps: Fresh Vintage (Sale-A-Bration 2012), Sincere Salutations (115068)

Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Twitterpated DSP (125406 - Occasions Mini 2012),  Whisper White

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Tools: Adorning Accents (bracket shape) Edgelits die (125595)

That's it for today.  But before signing off... a HUGE thanks to all my friends and family for the BEST birthday on Tuesday!  It was such an awesome day packed with going out to lunch & dinner, receiving flowers - not to mention the stack of cards I've received, phone calls, and Facebook messages.  And the weather was absolutely perfect, too!  I am so blessed to have every one of you in my life!!!  

Hope you have a great day and thank you for stopping by!

Mixed Bunch

Hi there and happy Friday to you all.  Well, today it is cold and gray.  What a change from yesterday's sunny, shirt-sleeve weather!  Oh well, gray days are good days to stamp!  I've been in the studio today working on some projects for my upcoming Stamp Camp on Mar 10.  So without further adieu, here are a couple of versions of a card made last Wednesday at our little stamping group.

Blue Version

Yellow Version

Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Sincere Salutations
Paper: First Edition DSP, Black, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight,Very Vanilla
Ink: Black, Pacific Point
Other: Scallop Edge Punch, Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Blossom Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Rhinestones, sponge

OK, back to creating.  I appreciate you coming by today and hope you have a great weekend!