Painted Blooms Sympathy

Hi there!  I'm back with another card image that has been sitting in the computer waiting to be posted. The focal piece is from the Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper, which was in the 2015 Stampin' Up! Occasions catalog.  Such lovely paper!  I felt the DSP was elegant enough for a sympathy card to send to my daughter's friend, who lost her grandma a few months ago.  This card was totally designed from bits and pieces (current and retired) that we all seem to accumulate over time.  So go check out your "bits and pieces" to see what you can make!

Thank you for stopping by today!  Your visits are always welcome!

You've Got This

Hi there and happy Wednesday.  Todays card is showcasing a couple of products from the Stampin' Up! 2015-16 Annual Catalog.  They are the Fluttering embossing folder (love it) and the stamp set, You've Got This.  The main color palette is Wisteria Wonder (a color that doesn't get used much by me), with a hint of Pear Pizzazz for the stem.  The larger butterfly is So Saffron, as is the flower stamen.  A die from a non-SU source was used to cut out the flower.  This is a simple card and can be used for various occasions.

That's it for now.  Thanks for stopping in today!

Gifts of Kindness

Hi there!  Had quite a night last night due to the storm that hit our area!  You can read about it below if you're interested.  But for now, I'd like to share another card Mary Taylor displayed at our Card Buffet.  She used Gifts of Kindness (by Stampin' Up!) and one of the new In Colors, Lost Lagoon.  The butterfly from Papillon Potpourri was punched out with the coordinating Bitty Butterfly Punch.  It's a clean and simple card.  Love it!


OK, so here's the unabridged version of the story.  I was meeting Jayne Singleton to ride along with her to Arnold for our Christmas Card Workshop meeting with the rest of the team.  Well traffic came to a halt on the interstate, so I took a detour.  Just as I was getting out of my car to get into Jayne's, the sky broke loose and it downpoured!  We had to get back onto the jammed-up interstate to get to our destination, Applebee's in Arnold, to meet up with the girls.  There were a lot of phone calls and texting in that hour of transit while they waited for us.  The girls were enjoying drinks and chatting when all of a sudden, the power went out!  Management told them to finish their drinks (on the house since there was no power) then they had to leave.  We ended up meeting them just across the highway at another restaurant that did have power.  It was strange how the area was randomly affected by the outage.  Well, guess who had no power when they got home a few hours later?  Yep, yours truly!  AmerenMO was on our street when I pulled into the subdivision.  (That was a good sign - they were on the case!)  Hubby and Rocky (granddog) were just hanging out in the dark.  I took Rocky for his (our) nightly walk and noticed electric had been restored to some of the houses on our street.  What???  Then the Ameren trucks started rumbling past us and I'm silently praying for them not to leave yet because it was still dark in the cul-de-sac where we live.  One of the trucks stopped and the driver informed me that they thought the problem was fixed and our power should be restored soon.  (Certainly hope so was my thought!)  Well just as Rocky and I were finishing our walk and going up our driveway, the electric was restored!  Hallelujah!  What a night!

Thanks for hanging in there on this long post and for visiting today!  It's always a pleasure to share with you!

Hardwood Feel Goods

Hi there and happy Friday!  Gonna be quick today so I can finish getting ready for a crop starting later today.  I made two versions of this card by Jackie Pedro.   Since Stampin' Up! no longer has a plaid image, I had to get creative to simulate the look.  Gorgeous Grunge to the rescue!  The flower (from Flower Shop) and sentiment (from Feel Goods) were heat embossed with white embossing powder.  All of the components are layered on a Hardwood background.  The butterfly is adhered to an embossed circle made with the Fancy Fan embossing folder.

Here is a slightly different version of the same card.  The butterfly has a bit of a pattern from the Gorgeous Grunge set and the flower was placed on a solid Pink Pirouette circle, which was sponged around the edges.

Need to scoot.  Hope you have a fabulous weekend.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Sending Good Thoughts

Hi there!  Temperatures around here are on the rise!  Woo hoo!  It's going to feel more like Spring (or Summer), which is totally fine with me.  I have errands to run so let's get to the card - another sample from our Card Buffet.  Love the Perfect Pennants sentiment used here.  This stamp set is a good one to have (in my humble opinion).  The color orange is not one I typically use, but thought it would be cheerful for a get well type card.  A bit of texture was added by using the Modern Mosaic embossing folder and the butterfly added some interest.
Must scoot now.  Thank you for stopping in for a visit today!

All Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted. 

Stamps: Perfect Pennants 

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, White, Quatrefancy DSP 

Ink: Tangerine Tango 

Tools:  Modern Mosaic embossing folder, Bitty Butterfly punch 

Other:  Pearls, Dimensionals, glue dots, clear block

Serene Butterflies

Hi there!  Thought I'd better get this posted before midnight.  You know what happens at midnight!  lol
My friend, Jayne Singleton, made this card and I just had to CASE it!  I changed the sentiment, though.  She was inspired by Dianne Sisneros.    The moon was masked off and a reverse mask technique used to sponge on Pool Party ink into the negative shape, which was cut from Apothecary Accents Collection Framelits.  A bit of piercing was added using the Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack.  The sentiment from Petite Pairs and the flowers from Serene Silhouettes were stamped with Crumb Cake ink.  The butterflies are from Papillion Potpourri and punched out with the coordinating punch.  Love how everything coordinates!

All Stampin' Up! supplies were used. 

Sorry for the short post - going to call it a night.  As always, thank you for coming by today!

Butterfly Courtesy of Starbucks

Hi there and happy Friday!  Most of you will have a nice, long weekend.  I've been out all day - a lot of crazy drivers out there!  It has been so hot this week, too.  

Been going through photos and came across the above card that I CASE'd while at Pam D'Urso's the last time we Demos were at her home.  The large butterfly was punched out from a Starbucks coffee wrapper, of all things!  A piece of cardboard could probably be used to get the same effect.  The sentiment came from the Blooming with Kindness set.

Stamps: Blooming with Kindness
Paper: Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Pink Piouette, Vellum
Ink: Crumb Cake
Other: Elegant butterfly punch, Bitty butterfly punch, XL Oval punch, Designer Frames embossing folder, pearls

That's all for now.  Hope everyone has a safe holiday weekend.  Thanks for coming by today!