3 x 3 Cards

3 x 3 Thursday: Sea Street

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024It’s 3 x 3 Thursday!  TSC!  Too Stinkin’ Cute!  That’s what I thought when I finished this little card.

The more I use the Sea Street stamp set the more I love it.  All the little critters on it are SO cute!  This little crab is probably my favorite.  It could be because my Zodiac sign is Cancer….  🙂

The little “thanks!” is from the Lots of Thanks stamp set.  It’s fun to have a stamp set that gives you lots of options….we should have more stamp sets like this that give us so many options.   We could have one for birthdays, sympathy cards and more…..Hmmmm….I better mention that to Stampin’ Up!…..

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Ombre 3 x 3 Thursday

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007It’s another cute and simple card for 3 x 3 Thursday!

The fun chevron pattern is from the beautiful Work of Art stamp set and the little “thanks!” is from Lots of Thanks stamp set.

To get this fun ombre look I simply inked my stamp once and stamped the image three times.  That’s it!  It’s a great way to get the ombre look without having to figure out which shades of the same color go together.  Simple.  Cute.  Fun!

Remember what I said yesterday about white cards?  Here I go again!  Oh, well….do what you love!

I’m so excited…..my order from the new catalog should arrive later this afternoon!  Woo Hoo!  Then I get to play with more new toys!  Have you placed your order from the new catalog yet?

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

3 x 3 Thursday: Peaceful Petals

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0083 x 3 cards are fun and simple to make.  I used the Peaceful Petals stamp set on this little card.  I just love this single bloom.  I can’t wait to use my Blendabilities alcohol markers with this stamp set.  It’s just perfect for coloring!

I really like how striking the black and white look is.  It makes this simple card elegant.

I liked this little 3 x 3 card so much that I had to make a regular size card with the same image and colors.  I added ribbon and a sentiment along with embossing the background with my favorite Decorative Dots Embossing Folder.  I’m 003SO glad that this folder will be in the new catalog!

This full size card will be perfect for my group at church to make.   Simple, yet elegant!  🙂

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

 

Sneak Peek: Work of Art

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012I thought I’d give you a little sneak peek at one of the fabulous new stamp sets from the new 2014-2015 Catalog.  Woo Hoo!  It’s 3 x 3 Thursday so I just whipped up this cute little card for you using the new Work of Art stamp set.  The Stampin’ Up! presenters used this stamp set quite a bit during their presentation at Monday night’s Catalog Premiere.

I used 3 of the eleven stamps on this little card.  I can’t wait to find the time to play some more and use the rest of them!  🙂  There’s some cute images that you’re going to want to check out when you have the chance.

I had to get up early this morning to find out what I could order on my new catalog pre-order!  It was worth it though.  I can’t wait to receive all of my new toys next week.  They’ll definitely keep me busy!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Love & Sympathy: 3 x 3 Thursay!

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3x3 Love and Sympathy.0414 It’s 3 x 3 Thursday again and today I have a beauty for you!  I’ve always loved this Love & Sympathy stamp set.  This flower just called to me.  This is actually the second one of these sets that I had to get.  I must have loaned the first one out to someone and never got it back.  I couldn’t do without the set so I had to get set number two.  Lucky for me this stamp set isn’t on the retired set.  I’d be rather sad if it was.  This set has some beautiful phrases for sympathy cards.  It’s definitely a set that will stay in my stash even when it does end up on the retired list.

Melon Mambo may be my favorite PINK, but Strawberry Slush, which I used on this little card, comes in a close second.  And of course, everything goes better with Pear Pizzazz!  🙂

These little 3 x 3 cards are fun and easy to make.  It’s funny, but when I make them I always have them open bottom to top instead of right to left.  Not sure why….

Yesterday I received my Project Life products that I got to order early as a demonstrator.  Woo Hoo!.  They’re pretty cute.  I just too a quick glance at them but I plan on digging in and creating with them in the next day or two.  I’ll be sure to share.  I think the hardest part of using this great new product will be deciding on what photos to use.  Do I start with photos on my computer or do I dig into all of those boxes in the basement!  I’m almost thinking of starting with the old pictures in boxes only because they’re already printed out.  Hmmm….

If you haven’t heard about Project Life here’s a quick description from Stampin’ Up!: 

Get ready for a scrapbooking revolution with Project Life! It helps busy people (so basically all of us) document life using photos and journaling in a quick, simple, and fabulous way. We’ve partnered with Becky Higgins, creator of Project Life, to offer a complete line of elite products. 

Becky explains, “It’s called Project LIFE because it’s about YOUR LIFE. Whatever your life is. Whatever your stage of life. Whatever your family circumstances. Whatever your lifestyle. Project Life is designed to help anyone and everyone get their pictures into a book.”  In a nutshell, it’s all about spending more time making memories and less time scrapbooking them.

Project Life is basically “pocket scrapbooking”.  You just slip your photos and embellishments into the pockets of your page.   It looks so fun and easy.  I had to smile when I was just reading about Project Life on the demonstrator website.  It mentioned that one of the selling points is “coordination, coordination, coordination”!  Ha!  You know that’s one of my favorite words!  🙂

Be sure to let me know if you have any questions on Project Life.  I think we’re going to LOVE it!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

3″ x 3″ Thursday: Label Love Card

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010It’s 3″ x 3″ Thursday and I have another adorable card for you!  🙂

I just love the gingham paper from the Gingham Garden Designer Paper Pack (it IS Melon Mambo!)!!!

The background of the label is from the Label Love stamp set and punched out with the COORDINATING Artisan Label Punch.  The “thank you” is from the Label Something stamp set and punched out with the 7/8″ Scallop Circle Punch.  I just love how Stampin’ Up! creates all of these products that work so well together.  It sure makes my life easier!  🙂

These little 3″ x 3″ cards are perfect to enclose with gifts.  They’re just the right size.  Unfortunately, they’re a little hard to mail….

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

 

New Feature! 3 x 3 Thursday

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001Are you ready for something new?  I’m starting 3 x 3 Thursday!  I always make a little 3 x 3 thank you note to put in my customer’s orders.  Some of them are pretty darn cute so I figure it’s time to start sharing all of this cuteness with you!

This is one of the most recent ones I made.  Adorable, yes?  🙂

I used the very cute Starburst Sayings stamp set and die cut the little starbursts with yes, wait for it….the COORDINATING Starburst Framelits!  You know how much I LOVE coordination!  🙂

I also use the fun Retro Fresh Designer Paper and the equally fun Brights Candy Dots on the card.  It’s scary how much fun is on one little 3 x 3 card!

Let me know if you have any great ideas for 3 x 3 cards.  I’m always looking for new ideas!  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!