Rose Wonder Sympathy

Hi there!  Popping in with a quick post showcasing the Rose Wonder stamp set and coordinating Rose Garden Thinlits by Stampin' Up!  Color was sponged onto the panel using the die as a stencil.  The black cut out piece was then adhered over the sponged area.  The sentiment is just one of the sentiments from the stamp set, making this a great deal and an easy peasy card!

Time to feed my grandson, so need to scoot.  Thank you for coming by today! 

See-Through Wetlands

Inspiration: Kathleen Wingerson

Hi there!  Today's card uses a piece of acetate for a see-through effect, which was difficult to photograph.   To learn how to do this technique (and to get a better idea of what the card looks like), watch Kathleen's You Tube video HERE.

The colors used for this card were: Pool Party, Old Olive, Sahara Sand, and Soft Suede.

Everything is explained in the video so there is no need to go into details here.

Hope you have a great day.  Thanks again for coming by!

Embossed Best Thoughts

Inspiration: Michelle Suit

Hi there!  Gosh, it's been quite a while since my last post.  I've been busy babysitting my 3 month old grandson every day.  Amazing how time flies when you're having fun!  Even though I'm still adjusting to rising early every day, I wouldn't trade my time with him for anything!  He's such a joy!

Last month I had some play time in the studio.  The flowers from Best Thoughts (a retired Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration set) was stamped with Versamark ink, then heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Color was sponged on with Pool Party, Lost Lagoon, Perfect Plum, and Tempting Turquoise inks.  Sahara Sand was used between the flowers.  The "hello" was cut from Elegant Eggplant cardstock using the Hello You Thinlits Dies.

The new 2016-17 catalog went live yesterday.  Can't wait for my order to arrive to play with new goodies!  Contact me if you would like a catalog or to place an order (if you don't already have a Demonstrator).

That's it for now.  Have a great day and thank you for stopping by!

What I Love

Hi there!  Have you been fooled by anyone on this April Fool's Day?  lol    Well, no jokes here about todays card, which was CASE'd from one that Lisa Young posted HERE (Mar 19th post).  Love the color combination!  The What I Love set used was a Sale-A-Bration freebie and no longer available. 
I stamped a cluster of three flowers in Memento Tuxedo Black ink after sponging an arc of Soft Sky ink.  Instead of Washi tape, I chose to mat the stamped panel onto Black before adhering to the Bermuda Bay card base.  The sentiment added the finishing touch.

Must get back to packing for an all day crop with my stamping peeps.  Have a great weekend and thank you for coming by today!

Feel Goods, Stepped-Up

Hi there!  This will be a quick post.....lots to do today.  I'm sharing a stepped-up version of a card I made a long time ago.  The original one-layer card is shown  HERE.  The crayon resist technique used is also explained.  Much happier with the revamped version.   I like layers....just sayin'.

New WEEKLY DEALS came out today.  Click on the image in the top right to check this week's items.  

Headed to the grocery store.  Yesterday the temps were still below freezing.  Didn't want to take a chance of hitting an icy patch in the car or with my body!  (We had sleet/rain Saturday night.)

Thank you so much for visiting today!

In the Bag

Hi there!  Sorry for not posting last week.  There just wasn't enough time to schedule posts before leaving town.  Sure did have a great time with my friends at the girls getaway retreat!  There were a LOT of laughs, delicious meals, and wonderful movies.  (Yep we watch movies there, too.)  Such a  fun and relaxing time!  Now it's time to get back to business so here is a little gift bag and tag that I made using Sam Donal's video instructions.  You can view her video here.  She has some great projects!  The River Rock Designer Series Paper and Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon are retired Stampin' Up! products.  Items used on the tag are current, though.  The tag was made with the Scallop Tag Topper Punch, then stamped with the flourish image from the Everything Eleanor set.  Flower embellishments were made with the Petite Petal Punch, the flower from the new Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, and some Pearls.  Oh, and everything was sponged to give it a vintage feel. 

Must get going to finish unloading the car and get ready for tomorrows Card Buffet.  Thank you so much for coming by today!

Morning Meadow

Hi there!  Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day.  I sure did!  Loved being with family and the food....oh my!  Yum, yum!  I'm still full.
Just gonna jump right in and tell you about the above card.  I saw this on Sandi MacIver's blog (here) and fell in love with the bright colors.  The images are from the Hostess set Morning Meadow.  Sandi used the swirl image on her card.  It was omitted from my Card Buffet sample.  I also changed the placement of the birthday greeting.

All Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted. 

Stamps: Morning Meadow 

Paper: Strawberry Slush, White, Black 

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Black StazOn, Strawberry Slush, Versamark, Black marker 

Other:  Sponges, clear blocks

That's it for now.  Hope you have a great weekend and safe travels!  Thank you for stopping by!

 

All Things Beach-y

Hi there!  What a crazy, busy week this has turned out to be!  One of the many things that has kept me busy is making invitations (and addressing them using my mad calligraphy skills! ha) for our daughter and future son-in-law's beach wedding.  It will be a small gathering of family present for the ceremony.  The real party will follow a week later here in St Louis!
I chose to make a pocket type card to include an insert with all the pertinent information.  The flip flops were scaled down from a pattern found on the internet.  The white "thong" pieces sparkle with the help of Stampin' Up!s Dazzling Diamonds and the pearl was just the right finishing touch.  The Crumb Cake pocket was sponged with Sahara Sand and Crumb Cake inks to get a sandy beach effect.  It was then lightly misted with a mixture of alcohol and Champagne Mist (now retired) for a subtle sparkle.  The shell is from the By the Tide stamp set.  A little Blushing Bride ink (how fitting, huh?  lol) was sponged inside of the shell for a little definition.
The insert representing the "ocean" was sponged with Marina Mist and Soft Sky inks.  Circle punches were used to make the "wedding rings" out of some metallic cardstock (non-SU).  The "diamond" was from our silver Glimmer paper.
The invitations  look so much better in real life - very sparkly.  They were delivered to the future bride and groom earlier this week to be mailed.  They both were very happy with the final product.  Whew!  lol 

OK, must run to meet with a friend to help celebrate her last chemo treatment!!!  Hope you have a great weekend and thank you for stopping by today!

Mixed Swallowtail

Hi there and happy Friday!  I'm ready to get back on the blogging bandwagon.  Life sure got crazy there for a bit.  Thank you for being so patient with me!  Soooo, let's get to the card.  This oversized butterfly stamp is one of my favorites from the Spring catalog.  Black StazOn ink was used to stamp the butterfly image, then I just sponged on colors - Elegant Eggplant and Tempting Turquoise.  There might be some Marina Mist, too.  The flower from Mixed Bunch was stamped, then punched out.  Boy, the blues of the butterfly sure don't match that of the flower in this photo.  The butterfly looks more like Island Indigo.  You'll have to trust me on this that they coordinated.  lol

Stamps: Swallowtail, Mixed Bunch
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Elegant Eggplant, Tempting Turquoise, White
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Tempting Turquoise, Marina Mist
Other: Blossom punch, 3/4" circle punch, Dimensionals

That's it for now.  Have a great weekend and thank you for stopping by today!

Apothecary Loving Thoughts

Hi there!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend.  Mine was busy and fun!
Today's card is one that was sent to my friend and side-line, Jayne Singleton, as a thank you for providing her home as the venue for our Customer Appreciation Open House and SO much more!  She is such a sweetheart! 
The Vanilla background panel was made with the Very Vintage wheel using Soft Suede ink and then sponged heavily with Crumb Cake and a little bit of Soft Suede inks.  That panel was then adhered to the Rose Red mat and card base.  The focal piece and mat was cut from the Labels Collection of Framelits.  I used watercolor paper and a blender pen to color the Apothecary Art image - and more sponging to tone it down.  The sentiment from Loving Thoughts was stamped on a scrap, ends notched and popped up on Dimensionals.  The butterflies and pearls were added for a finishing touch.

Stamps: Apothecary Art, Loving Thought, Very Vintage wheel
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Watercolor, Vanilla
Ink: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Old Olive, Certainly Celery
Other: Framelits, Sizzlit embosslit - Beautiful Wings, blender pen, pearls, Dimensionals

That's it for now.  Thank you for visiting today!

Serene Memories

Hi there - happy voting day!  It sure will be nice not hearing all the political mud slinging after today.  I'm just saying!
Above is a card CASE'd from Connie Stewart.  The only thing I changed was the sentiment. How perfect the birds in the tree image from Serene Silhouettes captures that wintery look!  Brrrr 

Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted 

Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Loving Thoughts 

Paper: Glossy White, Night of Navy, White 

Ink: Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Black 

Tools:  Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, 1” circle punch 

Other:  Post It Notes, sponges, acrylic blocks 
Inspiration: Connie Stewart  www.simplysimplestamping.com

That's it for now.  Be sure to vote today and thanks for coming by!
 

March Stamp Camp Cards

Hi there!  Hope your weekend has gone well. 
I didn't drop off the face of the earth as you may have thought - or not. lol   Just busy, busy, busy.  Had a great group of gals at Stamp Camp yesterday....and no snow! 
After Stamp Camp, hubby & I went to our daughter's who had a little family birthday celebration for me.  It was the only day our son could make it.  Our granddaughter got to come home with us afterwards.  What a nice birthday present.  This morning I made her some Mickey Mouse shaped pancakes, then we worked on "projects".  She loves to do projects!  I totally forgot about the time change.  Felt cheated losing that hour with her.  Enough grandma talk.  Guess you want to see some projects of the card kind, huh?  Here ya go.

The Everyday Enchantment DSP used in the card below, is free during Sale-A-Bration (SAB) with a $50 purchase.  You only have a couple more weeks (Mar 31) to get your FREE stuff! 

inspired by Chat Wszelaki  

Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted:

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370) or Hello from Elementary Elegance set (2012 SAB)

Paper: Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Everyday Enchantment DSP (2012 SAB)

Ink: Calypso Coral

Tools:  Beautiful Wings Embosslit (118138), Postage Stamp punch (122344), 1-1/4” circle punch (119861), 1-3/8” circle punch (119860), Scallop Trim Border punch (118402) 

Other:  Everyday Enchantment 1/8” Calypso Coral organdy ribbon, rhinestones, glue dots, Dimensionals

The next card is a spinner card.  I learned from one of my customers to wind up the butterfly before inserting into envelope.  That way the recipient will get the benefit of the spinning butterfly when they pull the card out of the envelope.  Pretty cool, huh?  I thought so.

inspired by Sharon White

Stamps: None

Paper: Wisteria Wonder, White, assorted colors for butterfly

Ink: Bashful Blue 

Tools: Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Elegant Lines embossing folder, Labels Collection – Framelits die (3^rd from the center) 

Other:  Scallop circle (to make clouds), sponges, fishing line, red line tape, glue pen or Tombo liquid glue,   Pearls

Gonna sign off for now.  Have a great week and thanks for coming by today! 

 

Masuline Lovely as a Tree

Good morning!  Stopping in real quick to post a masculine card today.  Seems like we never have enough of those, huh? 

The middle section of the Whisper White panel was masked off and sponged with Calypso Coral on the bottom portion.  I then moved up a bit to blend in some Perfect Plum and then some Pool Party.  Once the colors were blended, the mask was removed.  I used the image from Lovely as a Tree to stamp in the tree line using black ink.  The sentiment is from On Your Birthday.  My focal piece was adhered to a Perfect Plum card base.  Hopefully, the plum isn't too feminine of a color for a masculine card.  I was envisioning a sunset.

Must run now to get ready for our granddaughter's overnight visit.  Yeah, no daycare tomorrow so we can spend more time together!

Sunflower

Hi there!  Stopping in real quick to post another card!  So without further adieu,  here it is:

I have had this stamp for quite some time now, but never had a chance to use it until Wednesday.  First I inked up the stamp with a Real Red ink pad, then sponged on Pumpkin Pie. The Pumpkin Pie muted the Real Red so that it works with the Cajun Craze mat.  It was an easy card, which is always good.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamps: Sunflower, Tiny Tags
Ink: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze (for tag)
Other: Medium Jewelry Tag punch, linen thread
Card stock:
Peach Parfait card base = 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"
Cajun Craze = 3-3/4" x 5"
Very Vanilla focal piece = 3-1/2" x 4-3/4"

Thanks for checking in today!  Have a great day.

Doily Gets Creative

Hi there!  Well, I thought I'd be posting before now but life just got in the way.  This needs to be a quick one so I can get to bed.  Jayne Singleton and I co-hosted a Christmas Card Workshop on Saturday - just one reason for my busy schedule.  It was a long day but a FUN one!  I'll be posting pics later this week but for now, I have an easy card made with the Hello Doily and Creative Elements stamp sets.

Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Hello Doily, Creative Elements
Ink: Bashful Blue, Pacific Point, Wisteria Wonder
Paper: Whisper White

Off to bed I go.  Thanks for checking in today!

Mini Milk Carton Hexagon Box - Halloween Style

Hi!  Hope you're having a good week.  Last night I attended a fellow Demo's monthly Make n Take workshop.  We made three cute cards.  I'll post them another day because today I want to show you this hexagon Halloween box.  It is made by adhering two Mini Milk Cartons together (from the exclusive Stampin' Up! die).  I've seen a number of these boxes posted on other blogs and decorated in various themes.  They are just too cute!

I used the Wicked Cool stamp set for my tags - sponged them pretty heavily.  Then I added rhinestones or pearls.  The black lace trim is something I had in my non-SU stash.  (Gasp!  Hope the SU! police don't come looking for me. lol)  The lace is threaded through holes made with a standard hole punch.  This is such a fun way to present Halloween treats.

Today is the Wednesday Girls stamp group.  Maybe I'll have more cute stuff to share with you.  Stay tuned!  Have a wonderful day and thanks for coming by!

Mambo Friends Never Fade

Happy Friday!  Been working most of the day getting ready for Stamp Camp tomorrow.  Everything is packed up and ready to go.  Since I didn't get much sleep last night with Miss M here, I'll make this a quick one so I can get to bed at a decent hour!
Here is one of the cards I made while on the girls getaway retreat a couple of weeks ago.  Gosh, it seems like ages ago!  I pretty much CASE'd Heather Summers' card here.  Scroll down to her Jun 17th entry.  Love Heather's work!  I didn't put the ruffle on the edge of the focal piece - mainly because I don't have that punch.  LOL  Here is my version of her card.

Use your embossing buddy to de-static the First Edition DSP.  Stamp images in Versamark and emboss with black emobossing powder.  When it cools, sponge on Melon Mambo ink - quite heavily as you can see.  Stamp and emboss the focal piece image (on Melon Mambo card stock).  Mat on black and then adhere to the card base.  I love the contrast of the colors.  Thanks, Heather!
Ok I need to get to bed since it's going on midnight in the midwest.  I'll be back soon to post another version of this card.  Next week I'll post pics of the Camp cards.  I have a full schedule this weekend with the Camp tomorrow and meeting with Jayne on Sunday to work on preliminary plans of our Christmas Card Workshop being held Dec 3.  I'll keep you posted.
Have a great weekend and thank you for coming by for a visit! 

Celebrate Summer Demo Event

Hi!  This week I've been posting swaps that I received at the Celebrate Summer Demo event held this past Saturday (May 14).  There was an early bird registration.  If you registered by the deadline, your name went into a drawing for a special prize.  Guess what?  I won!!!!  Here is my prize.

This is the doily punch - one of the new triple layer punches in the Summer
mini catalog.  What an awesome prize!

We were given name tags when we checked in that morning.  The girls sure went to a lot of trouble to make the cute flower pins on our name tags.  Here's mine.

The flowers were made from soda, tea, or energy drink cans.  Pretty sure mine was from a Mountain Dew soda can.  Boy someone sure drank a lot!  Can you imagine how hyped they were on all that caffeine! LOL

Later in the day we did a Make n Take.  We made some cards and decorated a notebook case (empty clear mount stamp case) by making our own DSP using the One Sheet Wonder technique.  There is some planning involved to do this.  Fortunately, that was done for us.  First we stamped an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of white card stock using the Flower Fest stamp set in bright colors.  (This set can be found in the Summer mini.)  More color was sponged on to reduce the amount of white space showing.  Then we cut it up according to the template, which was provided in our packet of materials.  I actually assembled my cards & notebook at home.  I just made sure to stamp and punch everything before we left.  I changed the sentiment on the notebook by inking only a select portion of my stamp from the Word Play set.
Here is the set from the One Sheet Wonder.  Wish I would have thought to take a picture before it was cut up. (Sorry for the glare on the notebook.)

 

Well, that about wraps up this post.  Hope you have a great day and, as always, thank you for stopping by today for a visit!

A Masculine Card

Hi there.  Thought I'd share a masculine card I made for my brother's birthday.  The background was made by sponging on color then stamping the image in black.  I wanted the grass to extend along the bottom length of the focal piece.  To do this, I inked up the grass portion of the stamp and "eyeballed" it - using scrap paper to cover the tree and background area as an added precaution against an unwanted image.  The Nature Silhouettes set is a great set for those men and outdoorsy people in your life.  My brother lives in CO and hunts so this card is perfect for him.
After seeing the card here, it looks a little too plain - maybe a sentiment in the upper right corner would help.  Need to fix that before mailing. LOL!

Recipe (All Stampin Up! supplies)
Stamps: Nature Silhouettes
Ink: Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Perfect Plum, Black
Paper: Bashful Blue, Black

Thanks for stopping in today!

Bloomin' Beautiful

Happy Friday!
This will be quick as I have a lot to do.  Cabin fever is taking hold so I'll be making my break and venturing out today!  I wanted to share a card that will be sent to a friend for her birthday.  This card is made from the retired set, Bloomin’ Beautiful.  It was a CASE (Copy and Share Everything) from a card seen Here  I'm not sure if this is the exact same card because I don't remember it being done with Lumiere paints.  I just remember it being sponged - a LOT!  It is a look that Faith is known for - that, and using a lot of layers and dots on most of her cards.  It's kind of her signature look so to speak.

 

(My apologies for the limited supply list on this card)
Stamps: Bloomin' Beautiful (Stampin' Up!), sentiment - unknown source
Inks: unknown - colors similar to Apricot Appeal, Real Red, and Olive Green
Paper: unkown
Other: brads & elastic string - unknown, white Signo gel pen

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping in today!