Cards

Yep, the old girl is having yet another birthday!  I just LOVE this card.  Can you guess why?  Well, there’s lots of reasons….it’s PINK, I used my favorite stamp set (Chalk Talk) AND I used the fun Washi Tape!  What more can a girl ask for on a birthday card?!

I made this card for I swap I hosted for the new catalog.  Pretty fun!  I stamped flowers from the Flower Shop stamp set on the background.

I’m not doing anything too exciting today.  Just heading back home from convention and getting ready to head on vacation tomorrow.  I better get going on that laundry so…

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Today’s the day!  My friend Laura and I are heading to Salt Lake City for Stampin’ Up!’s annual convention!  Woo Hoo!  This year there’s going to be almost 6000 demonstrators in attendance from all over the world!   It should be a wild time.

Today’s card is one of my swap cards for convention.  Isn’t it cute?  (No, it’s not from Pinterest.  I designed it myself!)  I love the black with the Strawberry Slush.  I’m not sure but this Strawberry Slush is neck and neck with Melon Mambo as my favorite PINK!  😀

I used the Regarding Dahlias on this card.  The flower from this set looks just as good trimmed off as it is in this card as it does when you stamp the whole thing.  I’m actually going to make a bunch of these cards for my future daughter-in-law to use for her shower thank you notes.  Fun and girly, don’t you think?

Have a great day!  (I know I will!)  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Same old.  Same old.  Yesterday I told you that I keep going back to the new sets in the catalog!  They’re so cute though!

Here I am again with Six-Sided Sampler.  What is it with those hexagons?  😀  I am using a new color combination for me though.  Strawberry Slush, Pistachio Pudding and Smokey Slate.  It’s one of those color combinations that I’m not sure I would have come up with on my own.  Very pretty though!

Isn’t it fun how the designer used both the larger hexagons from the stamp set and the smaller Hexagon Embossing Folder?

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

This whole making cards from Pinterest thing is kind of fun but I do catch myself using the new stamp sets I have from the new catalog most of the time.  Here’s a card though from an old set.  Well, not so old.  It was in the Occasions Catalog this past spring.  Hearts A Flutter.

The card is pretty simple but you do need to use the Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up your little banners.  The sentiment is from the Sweet Essentials stamp set.  An easy, clean card which you can use for any occasion!

Coastal Cabana and Strawberry Slush are so pretty!  Definitely my favorite new In-Colors!  What’s yours?

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

More Washi Tape Fun on a Wednesday!  How can you go wrong on a card when you use fun Washi Tape, one of my favorite new stamp sets, Chalk Talk, AND my favorite color Melon Mambo?!  I also got to use the fun new Candy Dots.  Have you tried them yet?  This was the first time I’ve played with them.  I can’t wait to use them again!

Yes, I got the idea for this card from Pinterest.  So many great ideas in one place!  I love it!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

I didn’t get this card from Pinterest but I did copy it.  Stampin’ Up! has a website just for demonstrators where we can post our card/project ideas to share with others.  I saw this one the other day and knew I had to give it a try.

The original card was square but I didn’t want to mess with that so I made my copy regular size.    The ‘fireworks” are actually a flower bloom from the Too Kind stamp set.  Pretty clever!  This card would definitely work to celebrate the 4th of July but I made mine into a birthday card.  On the inside it says {YOU!} happy birthday.  Well, you know who’s birthday is coming up don’t you?!  😉  Too bad there wasn’t a stamp that says ME!  Ha!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Today’s card is my own creation.  Last night I found out that my good friend LeAnn lost her battle to cancer.  It saddens me greatly but I’m glad that she’s not suffering anymore.

I made this card to send to her husband and two teenage sons.  I know they must be hurting and it had to be hard to say good-bye.  Please keep LeAnn’s family in your thoughts and prayers.

I used Stampin’ Up!’s new hostess stamp set Simply Sketched to make this card.  It contains both the lovely flower and the beautiful sentiment.

Another birthday card!  I told you I like to celebrate!  Ha!  😀

When I first saw the original of this card on Pinterest the curved row of flowers is what caught my eye so I had to give it a try.  The worst part of making this card was that I had to actually watercolor the flowers and that is definitely NOT my forte!  It turned out okay though if you don’t look too close.  😉

Are you starting to figure out what my favorite stamp sets from the new catalog are?  I really need to step outside of my comfort zone a bit and use some other stamps.  The problem is that most of the cards I’ve pinned from Pinterest use my favorite sets!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Happy Independence Day!  Red, White and Blue.  Star and Stripes. How could I resist making a card with all of these elements?  Of course, I had help from Pinterest once again.

I saw this card and knew I had to make it.  It’s SO fun.  What a creative idea to use the Bitty Banner Framelits for the stripes!

I hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th!  Take care!