Washi Tape Wednesay: Flower Shop!

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004How can you go wrong making a card with the Gingham Garden Washi Tape and the Flower Shop stamp set?  I don’t think you can!  😀

I love this color combination!  It’s so bright and summery!  Do you have a favorite color combination?

Just when you think you have enough flower stamp sets Stampin’ Up! comes out with another cute set that either has a matching punch or matching framelits!  Sheesh!  How’s a girl suppose to stick to a budget?  Gotta love it though.  You can have too many products that coordinate together!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Best of Birthdays Fun

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001Are you in need of a fun birthday card?  Here’s a cute fun one for you!  I used the Best of Birthdays stamp set on this one.  The hardest part about making this card was coloring all of those skinning little candles!  😀

I look forward to the first of every month to see what the new “Best of” stamp set will be.  I just ordered the “Best of Halloween” stamp set that came out this month and I can’t wait to play with it!  There’s some fun images in it.

Have you ordered any of the “Best of” stamp sets yet?  I was just thinking about what my favorite “Best of” set might be but I’m not sure I can decide.  How about you?  What’s your favorite?  Do you need to see them all in one place?  You can check it out on my Stampin’ Up! website.

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Best of Brides and Babies Wedding Card

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004How’s this for the non-traditional wedding card.  I used this cute little stamp from “Best of Brides and Babies”.    The stamp actually says “Happy Anniversary” but since I was making a wedding card I just masked that portion off and then stamped the sentiment “happy together” from the new stamp set “A Dozen Thoughts”.  Pretty clever, huh?  😀

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Sketched Birthday

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002Yum!  Who wants cake?  Here’s an easy birthday card you can whip up at any time!  Use your markers to color the cake, use your Bitty Banner Framelit to die cut the sentiment, add some fun new ruffled ribbon and you’re done!  The Baked Brown Sugar Ruffled Ribbon sure adds a lot to the card doesn’t it?

We received this Sketched Birthday stamp set at Leadership Conference in January and I’ve only used it on one other card since then.  I think I was intimidated by having to color.  It’s not really my favorite technique but the coloring on this was easy.  If I can do it so can you!  Give it a try!  I know I’ll be using this stamp set again soon!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Birthday!

Bridal Shower Invitation

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005Saturday I’m going to a shower for my future daughter-in-law.  I’m not hosting but she did ask me to make the shower invitations.  That was pretty fun.  Today’s card is the one I came up with.  Pretty darn cute, isn’t it?

This was actually my first time playing with the dress form die.  I used Shimmer Paper for the dress and embossed it with the retired Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder.  I got pretty excited when I had my prototype done because the dress looks very similar to the dress she’ll be wearing at her wedding.  Her dress is short and lacy just like this one although her’s has a straight skirt on it.  Too fun!  Since Margot lives in California and most of her family and friends is here she’s only having the one shower so I actually made about 40 invitations.  I did have them all done before convention.  Now I just finished making thank you notes for her.  Lot’s of fun.

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Tessallated Hexagons

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006Whoa!  You didn’t think I knew such big words!  Well, I just learned this one yesterday during class.  We were making this cute card using the Six-Sided Sampler stamp set (one of my new favorites!) and the gal sitting next me mentioned that she was tessellating.  A few of us looked up with this very confused look on our faces….what the heck are you talking about?!  Apparently it means forming or arranging items in a pattern.  You learn something new every day!  Don’t you love it!  It’s such a cool word too!  😀

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

What’s your new word of the day?  😀

Elegant Chalk Talk Card

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011Here we go again with one of my favorite stamp sets!  I can’t seem to get enough of Chalk Talk!

I made this card for a swap I participated in last June.  While I was organizing my new colors of card stock I happened to have a sheet of Pear Pizzazz with a sheet of Island Indigo and fell in love with the color combination.  So, naturally, I had to make a card with it!  😀

Did you notice the little flower I made with the Simply Pressed Clay?  I left the clay white when I made the flower but then when it was dry I brushed a little of the Island Indigo ink on it with a sponge dauber.  This technique highlights it just a bit.  Have you played with the Simply Pressed Clay yet?  You should definitely give it a try!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Holiday Catalog Happiness!

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005I’m finally home!  Boy, those last two days in the car were LONG!  It’s good to be back!  😀

It’s August 1st and the Holiday Catalog is here!  Woo Hoo!  Have you checked it out yet?

If you follow me on Facebook (and you should!) you saw this card at the beginning of July.  I had just received my order with my new toys from the Holiday Catalog and this is one of the cards I made.  So many fun new products!  Be sure to check it out!

I used the fun new Festive Flurry stamp set as well as the WONDERFUL new Expressions Thinlits Dies for the Big Shot! I can’t wait to start playing with my new toys again.  We got home late Tuesday afternoon and I spent Tuesday evening and yesterday catching up on e-mail and laundry.  Of course I had to go to the grocery store too seeing as we didn’t have any food in the house!

Be sure to check out the Holiday Catalog and let me know if you have any questions on it.  You’re going to love it!  😀

One Last Pinterest Card: Daydream Medallions

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008One last CASE from Pinterest.  I kind of ran out of time this month and didn’t get as many cards made that I had hoped.  It was a fun challenge though so I’ll definitely try it again sometime.

Didn’t this card turn out nice?  This was my first time using Soft Sky on a card since it came back into the color line-up.  If you come to my classes you just may see this one!  😉

The butterfly is die cut using the Butterfly Embosslit for the Big Shot and the little saying is from the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set.

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Convention Gifts

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007This is the little gift I gave to my team who came to convention.  Once I came up with the idea they were pretty easy to make.

I started with the small (half) wood mount cases that Stampin’ Up! sells.  (I can’t wait to re-organize and put all my old stamp sets in these new cases!)  I then decorated them with my new favorite designer paper, Gingham Garden and matching ribbon.  “Be the Difference” was the theme for this year’s convention so I scanned that in and printed it out.  I die cut the label with the Deco Label Framelits and made a matching border.  (See the Technique Tuesday post where I explained how to do this.)  I then made a matching little 3″ x 3″ card and covered a small composition notebook.  I found the little pens on Amazon.  Too fun!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Convention Swap Gift

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002My upline has a little gathering each year at convention for her team.  If people would like they can participate in a little gift swap.  Today’s post is what I brought.

Once again my idea started with the wood mount case (on the right).  I decorated it and put a balloon, a birthday blower, candles and confetti in it along with the little gift card holder.

I made the card and gift bag to match.  Don’t you love the big bow on the gift bag?  It’s a die that is in the new Holiday Catalog!  Woo Hoo!  The labels on the gift bag, card and gift card holder are all from my favorite Chalk Talk stamp set.  I even use my not-so-favorite color on these items which is Summer Starfruit….it matched the Birthday Bash Designer Paper!

Oh….we’re off to the cabin in Canada so my posts will be few and far between if I get them written before I go!  I’ll be back August 1st though!  Be sure to check back then

Have a great day and Happy Stamping!

 

Happy Birthday to me!

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007Yep, 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!

Simple Saturday: Six-Sided Sampler

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011I told you I liked the Six-Sided Sampler stamp set!  The hexagons are so FUN!

I did get this card from Pinterest.  Punch 5 hexagons, adhere them to your card stock (be sure to pop one of them up with a Stampin’ Dimensional) then add your sentiment and your Candy Dots!  That’s it!  Very fun and easy!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Chalk Talk Swap

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017Opening session tonight for Stampin’ Up!’s convention!  Woo Hoo!  We’ll be heading over to the convention center sometime today to pick up our bags, stamp sets and t-shirts!  😀

Here’s my other convention swap.  I told you I’m into black these days!  I tried this card in other colors but it just wasn’t as striking as it is in black.  Once again I used one of my favorite new sets.  This time it’s Chalk Talk.  Love the coordinating Framelits!  Oh, FYI….this is a Cindy original too.  No Pinterest on this card!

I just love the chevrons on this card going this way and that.  Too fun.  Sshhh….my son’s getting this card for his birthday next week!

Be sure to check out my Facebook Page for updates while I’m here at convention!  😀

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Convention Here I Come!

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007Today’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!