I’m getting kind of sad now that these “Best of” stamp sets are coming to an end.  I had a whole year + to play with them and I wait until the last minute.  Typical!  Anyway, this is a fun little Best of Birthdays card for you.  Bright and springy just like the weather (at least here in Colorado!)

I love this card because it has washi tape on it and I used Melon Mambo as one of the colors.  It’s got to be a great card, right?!  Doesn’t the little flower with the Candy Dot in the middle of it just finish the card off?  Too fun.  The flower is from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack.  The washi tape is from the Gingham Garden pack and the framelit is from the Chalk Talk Framelits.  I might have to make a few more of these for my stash! 🙂

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Well, I’m a little behind again on my posts but I guess you’re used to that by now.  Sheesh….I do try to stay on top of it!  Thanks for putting up with me!

It’s Simple Saturday and I have one last Best of Butterflies card for you.  I embossed the background with the Beautifully Baroque Embossing Folder. (I think this was the first time I ever used it!)  The sentiment is from Bring On The Cake and of course the butterfly is from Best of Butterflies.  Now don’t forget that Monday, the 31st is the absolute LAST day to purchase any of these fun “Best of” stamp sets.  You can check them all out here.  Don’t miss out!

Do you ever have trouble trying to figure out what color(s) to use on a card, especially one like this where you use just about any color and it would work?  Do you know what my secret is?  Ribbon.  Yes, ribbon.  I start with the ribbon.  Number one, it helps narrow down your color choices and number two….I love ribbon!  🙂  How’s that for a tip of the day!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

On Saturday my baby turned 21….No, I am not old!  Tonight we’re taking him and his girlfriend out to dinner at a nice steak house.  Yum!  Since we’re celebrating birthdays I thought I should post a birthday card today!

We made this card a few classes ago.  It’s pretty easy but it’s fun!  Just stamp Another Great Birthday and color in the letters.  Stamp a few triangles from the Geometrical stamp set, add some Kaleidoscope Designer Paper, a few Stampin’ Dimensionals and you have a fun birthday card!

These are cards are quick and easy (ok…it does take a minute or two to color in the letters…).  I made a bunch of extras for my card stash!

I need to think about going shopping since I haven’t actually got my son anything for his birthday yet.  The VISA gift card is looking pretty good!  🙂

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

I have to admit that I got all giddy when I completed this card.  It’s PINK and it’s beautiful!  What more do you want?  I did copy the basic layout for this card.  How could I not?  It’s gorgeous!  Thank you to the designer.

The flowers of course are from Best of Flowers.  Don’t forget….there’s only about a week left to order the “Best of” stamp sets.  Don’t miss out!  The sentiment is from A Dozen Thoughts.  Have you checked out this stamp set?  I love it.  There’s tons of sentiments and they’re all in different fonts.

The gorgeous embossing on the card is made with the Delicate Designs Embossing Folder and then die-cut with the Large Scallop Edgelit.  Coordination!  My favorite word!  I’m not sure, but this might actually be one of the first times I’ve used this embossing folder.  Yikes!  Ok, maybe I have….it’s just been awhile!

A beautiful card for what I’m hoping is a beautiful day.  It’s a bit chilly this morning but the sun is out so that a good sign!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Yikes!  Where did the week go?  I’ve been doing such a good job of keeping up with my posts and all of the sudden it’s Saturday!  How did that happen?

Well, it has been a busy week.  A friend from church passed away and I offered to make his wife (also a friend) thank you notes.  So, first I had to figure out what to make and then start making them.  I’ll show you what I came up with in a later post (even though I used a retired stamp set!).  Then there was church, choir and the funeral this week so everything else went on the back burner.

I’m back though and excited to share with you today.  I get to go to a baby shower this afternoon!  I haven’t been to a baby shower in ages!  The ones I’ve been invited to have all been out of town so this should be fun.  It’s for the DIL of one of my friends at church.

 I’m an avid reader and I love children’s books so that is the gift I usually give to babies.  My favorites are Dr. Seuss and Sandra Boyton.  Today I’m going with Dr. Seuss.  I bought the books and then found this adorable gift-topper on Etsy.  Have you checked out that website?  It’s fabulous!  Almost as addictive as Pinterest!  I just typed in “Dr. Seuss baby gifts” and this was one of the cute things that came up.  It’s little rolled up socks in a washcloth all decorated to look like a baby Cat in the Hat! TSC!  Too Stinkin’ Cute!

I’m going to wrap the gift in white paper with red ribbon to go with the little gift-topper.  My challenge was to come up with a card to match the rest of the gift.  Unfortunately, Stampin’ Up! doesn’t have any Dr. Seuss stamps so I got on my trusty computer and looked for clip art.  Ta Da!  Just what I was looking for.  I used one of my programs to add the words to the word bubble and printed it out!  Too fun!  I also googled Dr. Seuss quotes to find the quote for the inside of the card.  Gotta love the internet!  🙂

Once I had my Dr. Seuss theme all figured out I got to thinking that the card really didn’t have any stamping on it to show off to all of the people who will be at the shower.   Hmmm….how to get people interested in stamping?    I finally figured out that I’d put the Dr. Seuss card in the gift with the books and then put a regular baby card on top of the package.  Perfect!  Now, maybe someone will get interested and want to hold a workshop or come to a class.  I know….devious.   A girl’s gotta market herself, right?  😉

I decided  to revamp a card we made in our “Best of” class for the actual baby card.  It’s the one I posted on March 13th.  I just made it over with Coastal Cabana to make it more for a boy.  Yes, the baby will be a boy.

Time to get going….I need to actually wrap the gift and make some more of those thank you notes.

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Yep….Spring is just around the corner…can we make it a couple more days?

Does this card just shout Spring?!!!  I love the color combination!  It’s so bright and….springy!  🙂  Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight and of course, my favorite, Melon Mambo!

The Best of Butterflies has so many butterflies to welcome in Spring!  Just the stamp set to use on a not-so-spring-like day.

I do have a confession to make….I had trouble with this card.  I know you’re wondering why…it’s just a bunch of butterflies stamped randomly on a piece of paper.  Well, that’s the problem…I can’t do random.  I really have a hard time randomly stamping a bunch of things on a piece of paper so it look good.  I need to get over it.  That’s the whole point of random….just do it!  But despite all of my problems with random, the card turned out pretty good.  Bright and cheerful!

I hope you have a bright and cheerful day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  I hope you weren’t expecting to see anything green from me today.  It didn’t even cross my mind to come up with a green project for you.  Spring is just a few days away (Woo Hoo!) so how about some flowers?

We made this fun card last month at class.  Don’t you just love the patterns in the Fresh Prints Designer Paper Pack?  The color combination of Coastal Cabana, Real Red and Crumb Cake is so fun.  Definitely not a combination I would have come up with on my own.  That’s what I like about Stampin’ Up! and about copying ideas from other stampers….they help me expand my horizons….try things I wouldn’t have tried on my own.

I used both the Flower Shop stamp set and the Petite Petals stamp set for my flowers.  Of course I had to use the coordinating Pansy and Petite Petals punches to punch them out!  Coordination!  Woo Hoo!  You know how much I love that word!  The “hello” is from the Four You stamp set.

There’s definitely not a shortage of products used on this card!  The more the merrier!  🙂

Well, I’m off to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned.  Not my favorite thing to do but there are worse things in the world!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Hello!  We sure made some cute cards this week at class using some of the “Best of” stamp sets.  Today’s card was made using the Best of Brides & Babies stamp set.  This is not a Cindy Original.  I saw this card online and fell in love.  Isn’t it adorable!  I love everything about it!

The line of teddy bears is the stamp from the Best of Brides & Babies.  The scalloped heart is from the Hearts A Flutter stamp set and the sweet baby banner is from the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set.  TSC!  Too Stinkin’ Cute!

Both hearts are die cut with the Hearts A Flutter Framelits and the little banner is die cut with the Bitty Banners Framelits.  I just love how the Crisp Cantaloupe Ruffled Ribbon adds so much to the card.  It really brings it all together.  Did you notice the embossed scallop underneath the bears?  That’s embossed with the Needlepoint Border Embossing Folder.

You could make this card in any of the new In-colors and it would be ADORABLE!  I may have to give it a try….

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!