Cards

I Love Flamingos!

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014Why am I so enamored with flamingos?  I have no I idea….maybe because they’re PINK?  Whatever the reason they sure make a cute card!  🙂

Yes, I used the Flamingo Lingo stamp set again!  I hope you’re not bored with this stamp set yet because I’m not done with it!

This flamingo is stamped in Strawberry Slush so I was able to use the really cute Thick Baker’s Twine on the card.  I love the new Zig Zag Embossing Folder.  It reminds me of a straw hat or woven basket and it works perfectly with pink flamingos!

I’ve started packing for convention and what’s not already in the suitcase is organized and ready to be put in.  I’m still doing a bit of laundry but all is well.  Only two more day until Salt Lake City!  Woo Hoo!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Easy Sea Street!

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025I am so glad I have the Sea Street stamp set.  It’s adorable!  I think I first fell in love with the little crab, then the octopus.  Of course the little lobster is pretty darn cute too.

Have you checked out the adorable COORDINATING (yep…there’s my favorite word again!) Maritime Designer Paper?  I LOVE it!  Back in May I had a post that showed two cards made with the just the designer paper….no stamping!  This paper is that cute!

I made this card back before the new catalog actually was out so the ribbon on this card is retired.  We used the new Real Red 1/4″ Cotton Ribbon on the card in classes this week.  It’s just as cute.

I’m looking forward to July when I get back from vacation.  Then I’m going to invest in all of the new ribbons and designer papers.  I like to have all my options available when I’m designing a card!  🙂

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

 

Another Fabulous Flamingo!

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012Woo Hoo! I’m a winner!  Yesterday I told you all about Paper Pumpkin….such an awesome kit!  Anyway, Stampin’ Up! is holding a Paper Pumpkin boot camp for it’s demonstrators so we can learn more about the program and how to market it and such.  I’m participating.  After we complete each week’s training and challenges we fill out a survey and then names are randomly chosen for winners.  Well guess what?  I was a winner from week 1!  Woo Hoo!  Such a treat!

Back to today’s card….another flamingo!  I told you I got carried away with this stamp set!  What I forgot to tell you the other day about the Flamingo Lingo stamp set is that it is this year’s Ronald McDonald House stamp set for Stampin’ Up!.  That means that for every one of these stamp sets that Stampin’ Up! sells $3 will go to Ronald McDonald House Charities.  How cool is that?  So when I purchased this stamp set not only did I get a stamp set that I absolutely love but Stampin’ Up! also donated to Ronald McDonald House Charities!  Woo Hoo!  I love Stampin’ Up!!

If you love Stampin’ Up! too and would like to be a part of it and my team of SASsy Stampers don’t forget that June 30th is the last day to take advantage of $50 Starter Kit!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

My Absolute Favorite!

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FlamingoLingo.0614Here it is! My absolute favorite stamp set in the new Stampin’ Up! catalog….Flamingo Lingo! Isn’t it adorable? I have this thing about flamingos. Not sure why, but I do.  When I first got that new catalog in my hands and was flipping through it this is the stamp set that I knew I just had to have!

I finally played with it last weekend and made tons of cards with it.  Ok…that’s a slight exaggeration but I did make a lot!  Here’s one of them.  It’s actually the first one I made.

 

010Don’t you love the scallop design on the card?  That’s made with the new Striped Scallop Thinlit Die for the Big Shot.  Too fun!  The thing to remember when using Thinlit dies is to place a sheet of wax paper between your die and your card stock.  This makes it so your card stock doesn’t stick in the die.

Don’t you just want to go on a tropical vacation when you see this stamp set?  I sure do!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

 

Who Wants Ice Cream?

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034A hot summer day is the perfect time for ice cream or at least an ice cream cone card!  Pretty darn cute, no?

This card is pretty easy…maybe not quite simple enough for Simple Saturday but pretty close.  I used that fun stamp set “What’s Your Type?”.  Yep, another one of those stamp sets that you seen in the catalog and are pretty sure you don’t need…until you see all of the cute projects made with it!  Don’t be so quick to judge though….it’s actually a pretty versatile stamp set!  🙂

You may not believe this, but I didn’t get the idea for this card from Pinterest…..it’s actually my own design!  I know….hard to be believe!  It’s a triangle and a half circle with some smaller circles from the Cupcake Builder Punch thrown on for sprinkles.  The adorable saying is from the Remembering Your Birthday stamp set.  Don’t forget the fabulous Decorative Dots Embossing Folder!   A perfect card for summer!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

A Day Late and a Dollar Short…..

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030OK…I’m not really a dollar short but I just had to finish the saying.  Once again I am a day late though.   I think it’s my theme for the week.  Hmmm…..

It’s Technique Tuesday on Wednesday!  Why not?!  You don’t really care.  You just want to see what adorable project I have for you today!  🙂

For today’s project I used the wonderful Wetlands stamp set.  This set is great for guy cards and sympathy cards.

We made this card at classes last week and I may use it for some of my swaps for convention.  I’m still contemplating that.

Don’t you love the Soft Sky background that the birds are stamped on?  Let me tell you how I did it.  It’s simple and fun!  Open up your Soft Sky ink pad.  Now take a piece of wide blue painter’s tape a little longer than the length of the ink pad.  Lay the tape, sticky side down, on the ink pad and lightly press down.  Remove the tape and place it on your card stock.  Lightly press the tape down and remove it.  Ta da!  You now have a beautiful background for your birds!

Isn’t that a fun technique?  Like I mentioned before, it’s simple and fun!  Give it a try on your own project then send me a picture of your project to cindy@stampbystampcreations.com.  I’d love to see it!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

 

What’s Your Type? Sailboat

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028Pretty darn cute, isn’t it?  I wish I could take credit for this little masterpiece but no, I CASEd it right off of Pinterest.  That’s what Pinterest is for, isn’t it?  🙂

This adorable little sailboat is made using the What’s Your Type? stamp set.   Take a half circle and a triangle and you have yourself a sailboat!  The waves were made using the chevron stamp from the Work of Art stamp set.  Stampin’ Up! has quite a few shape/design stamp sets in the new catalog that you can just do your own thing with.  It’s pretty fun.  The little “for you” is from Itty Bitty Banners and die cut with the Bitty Banners Framelits.  TSC.  Yep, this card is too stinkin’ cute!  Thanks to the original designer.

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Simple Sunday (?): Work of Art

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022OK….I know it’s suppose to be Simple Saturday but I had already posted for yesterday when I realized that this card would have been perfect.  Therefore…..Simple Sunday!

What can be more simple than stamping the same image four times in a row?  Yep, that’s how I got this fun ombre look for the card.  Don’t you love it?  A simple technique!  I added a few layers, popped up the little punched heart and added the sentiment.  All from the same fabulous stamp set Work of Art.  This is one of those stamp sets that had I just seen it in the catalog I would probably have passed it by.  Since I received it at the Catalog Premiere Event that I went to in April I figured I had better play with it.  Too fun!  I’ve made a lot of fun things with this stamp set and am glad I have it.  You will probably need it too!  😉020

The great thing about a simple card like this is that you can do it in ANY color.   I made this card for my New Catalog Open House and showed it in all of the new colors.  I do have to let you know that the little heart punch that I used on the card is retired but Stampin’ Up! came out with a new little heart punch in the Little Bitty Accents Punch Pack.

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

So Very Happy and Blendabilities

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023I love everything!  I love Blendabilities.   I love the Moonlight Designer Paper Stack.   I love the new 2014-2016 In-Colors!  Sheesh!  What don’t I love about all the new things in the Stampin’ Up! Catalog?

A few weeks ago I was just playing around with my new Blendabilities Markers and remembered that I had the So Very Happy stamp set that I received at Leadership back in January.  It’s another one of those stamp sets just made to color!

Once I colored my flower I had to figure out what to do with it and this is what I came up with!  🙂  Kind of cute.  I’m not sure I did such a fabulous job on the blending portion but I like the over all card.  You really can’t go wrong when you use the new Blackberry Bliss on your card!  Ha!

One of the nice things about the flower in this stamp set is that I didn’t have to cut it out….nope….I just grabbed Blossom Punch and punched that flower out!  Coordination!  Woo Hoo!

The sentiment is from one of my favorite word stamp sets A Dozen Thoughts.  It had a variety of sayings and they’re all in different fonts.  Too fun!

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!

By the Tide Masculine Card

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037A guy card!  Perfect for Father’s Day!  Guy cards are tough to design but the By the Tide stamp set is perfect for guys!

I had seen a card using this stamp set and the Burlap Ribbon and thought “Hmm…I like that combination….what can I come up with?” and this card was it!  Ha!

The browns I used on the card are Baked Brown Sugar and Soft Suede.  Don’t they go well together?

The card is pretty easy.   The background is the Honeycomb Embossing Folder.  I used the 2 1/2″ Circle Punch and the Starburst Framelit for the background for the fish but I did have to cut out the fish by hand….no punch.  The gals in class yesterday were a little disappointed as they don’t like to cut things out!

I found that the best way to adhere the Burlap Ribbon is with a liquid glue like the Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue that Stampin’ Up! carries.

I like the way this card turned out.  It may even be one of my swaps for convention!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Itty Bitty Accent Punch Pack and the New In-Colors!

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009Here’s a cute card for a beautiful Monday morning!  We made this at my Catalog Premiere Open House last week.  It showcases three of the fun new 204-2016 In-Colors.  Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey and Mossy Meadow.  Aren’t the beautiful?

Have you noticed that I’ve been using a lot of Whisper White on my cards lately?  I have.  I used to not like a lot of white on my cards.  I thought it made them look too stark but now it seems to be my go-to background for a card.  It’s interesting how your tastes change over time.

I do have to admit that I used my retired 1 1/4″ Square Punch to punch out the squares for this card instead of using my paper cutter.  (Actually, it was still in my punch drawer and I forgot that it was retired!)  I then used the cute flower punch from the new Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack and punched a flower in the square.  Add a little rhinestone in the center of the flower and you have a cute focal point!

The striped satin ribbon in the new In-colors is gorgeous!  I know you’ll love it as much as I do.   I used the fun A Dozen Thoughts stamp set for the sentiment.

Just a few more hours before we can order from the new catalog!  (Noon, Mountain Time).  Woo Hoo!  I can’t wait!  I’ve started my list and I’m almost ready to go.  How about you?

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping.

Endless Birthday Wishes and Blendabilities

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012This new Endless Birthday Wishes photopolymer stamp set is TSC!  It’s Too Stinkin’ Cute!  You can check out all of the images in the stamp set here.   Adorable!  Order it while you can though….it’s only available while supplies last!

I stamped the cake and sentiments (they’re separate stamps) with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.  This is the ink you need to use with the Blendabilites Markers.  I used the Daffodil Delight Assortment, the Pumpkin Pie Assortment and the Coastal Cabana Assortment of the Blendabilities Markers.  The ribbon I used is the new Tangelo Twist 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon.  Gorgeous!

This is a fun and easy card.  We made it at my Catalog Premier Open House yesterday.  Everyone loved playing with the Blendabilites.  As I mentioned in my previous post about the Blendabilities Markers, they won’t be available for purchase until August or September due to production/manufacturing problems.  🙁  I’ll definitely keep you posted though!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

 

 

 

What’s Your Type? Graduation

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003I had one last graduation card to make this year.  My friend’s son graduated last week and I almost forgot to make him a card!  Yikes!

I did use my graduation card stand-by stamp set Bravo but this time I used it with the fun new What’s Your Type? stamp set.  This stamp set has all sorts of shapes that you can use for just about anything.  In the catalog they’ve made an entire alphabet from the shapes.  Too fun!

This was probably the last time I’ll be using the retiring Midnight Muse and Gumball Green colors.  It’s a shame they’re going.  They’re such gorgeous colors!  Maybe they’ll come someday….

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Blendabilities and Vivid Vases

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001I am having SO much fun playing with Stampin’ Up!’s new Blendabilities!  I had never used alcohol markers before and now I’m hooked!  They give your image such a vibrant look!  I’m in love! 🙂

The cool thing about these fantastic markers is that you don’t have to do the whole blending thing if you don’t want to.  You can just color with them like a marker or crayon and they still will give you a fabulous look.

I used the Coastal Cabana trio of Blendabilities on the vases.  It’s great that the darkest shade of this trio is basically Bermuda Bay!

I know you’re going to love these markers as much as I do but unfortunately you’re going to have to wait.  Stampin’ Up! won’t have enough of the markers for them to go on sale with everything else in the new catalog.  They don’t want to go into a whole long back order issue with them so they won’t be selling them until August or September.  I know you’re disappointed but just think how excited you can get later this summer!  Now you don’t have to decide between the markers and that new stamp set on June 2nd!  🙂

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!