A Big Batch of Cute Cards!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  :)

Today, I have a whole group of lovely cards to share.  Enjoy!

 Isn't this just the cutest diecut?  Using the BigShot, punch out this cute Happy Birthday sentiment...easy as pie (or cake?) and it looks so professional!

 This one would be so cute for a neighbor gift of cookies or you could even make it into a bookmark!

 Another version of one of my favorite stamp sets.  This plane actually 'spins' in the air...using a brad in the center!

 Here's a super cute bookmark or tag!

 A nice Spring Thank You Note!

Here is the beautiful Heart die.  This would be so perfect for Birthday or Mother's Day...just leave off the Be Mine sentiment!

I hope you've enjoyed these cards.  Be sure to click through to my website if you're interested in purchasing any of the products used.  

Happy Stamping!  :)

New Catalog...Saleabration!...and Valentines Day!

It's finally here!  The gorgeous new Spring Catalog is out and Sale-a-bration has started!  For every $50 you order, you get a free product from the Sale-a-Bration brochure.  So excited!  This catalog is absolutely fabulous.

I was in a swap (already!) and this is one of the cards I made using the new Bloomin' Heart Thinlits Die...isn't it gorgeous?  You do need a couple of fun extra products to really make this die work well.  One is the Precision Base Plate, which makes these intricate dies cut really well (even so, you should run it back and forth a few times).  The other is the brand new Big Shot Die Brush.  This tool is amazing!  Don't be afraid to rough it up a little as you run it back and forth over your die.  It will get all of the little paper chads out.  So easy!

I used the beautiful Whisper White Organza Ribbon and the scrumptious Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper with some pretty Rose Red paper.

I hope you're enjoying this beautiful winter weather.  We had a snowfall the other day!  It was fun because it is unusual for us and everything was cancelled, so we just got to go out and enjoy a free day!

Hoping for Spring

Here is my wish for Spring to come, LOL.  I have had it with the rain.  I'm ready to see the sun.  This morning, I looked up and saw some orange coming through the window.  I thought there was something wrong.  (it was raining, of course).  It turned out to be the sun coming up, peaking through the clouds, LOL.  It's gone now, but I made this card to remind me that it will be back!  :)

I borrowed this design from Heather Heroldt.  I used the Mixed Bunch stamp set for the flowers and punched them out with the new Blossom Punch.  The leaves are made of Lucky Limeade, punched using the 5-Petal Flower Punch.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes, using the Word Window Punch and Modern Label Punch, popped up on dimensionals.  I used Poppy Parade and Peach Parfait Ink, stamped off once for the lighter shaded flower.  I love this Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper and Brads...so pretty and bright.  Well, our daffodils are blooming, so I know Spring is on it's way, I just wish it would hurry up!  :)

Here I switched the colors around a bit, using Poppy Parade for the main flower, then stamping off once for the one underneath.  The top flower on both cards is popped up on dimensionals.

I hope you're all having a great week.  We're all back to school and work here after a lovely relaxing Spring Break.  We actually got two days of sun during our break and put them to good use, too!  I feel refreshed and ready to go again. 

Everyday Enchantment

Here's a card I made using the free (with purchase during Sale-a-Bration) Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper (DSP).  I love the colors of Spring!

I used the swirly Elegant Lines Embossing Folder on the Poppy Parade paper and gathered the Pool Party Seam Binding ribbon by pulling a thread at one end to give it a softer look.  I sponged the edges of the paper with Soft Suede to give a shabby chic look.  I used Stampin' Markers to color the image, also from a stamp set that can be earned for free during Sale-a-Bration, the Fresh Vintage set. 

New Occasions Mini Catalog comes out today!

The new Occasions Mini Catalog comes out today!

                                                    Click to view the new Mini Catalog!

There are lots of beautiful new products to choose from, including new Framelit dies in two sets of shapes, as well as a set of three Embossing Folders to match two new Edgelit Dies.  These make gorgeous cards.  Here's a sample of a card that uses both the new Edgelit die and Embossing Folder.

I love the new "Twitterpated" DSP used on this card, too.  You can also see one of the new Framelit shapes on this card.  It matches the new Apothecary Art stamp set.  The bigger pearls are new, too!

Sale on the Stampin' Up Clearance Rack!

Stampin' Up is having a Clearance Rack sale!  Click on my Online Store button at the top of my blog and then go to the Clearance Rack at the left of the page...wow!


Here are a few of the goodies I noticed at first glance:

   


Stop on by and check out these and more at super prices.  :)

So, today I wanted to share a card I made at a Stamp Camp using Glossy Paper.  I just love how brilliant the colors show up on this shiny paper.  The sun is simply a punched circle and the flowers are stamped twice, then cut out and popped up on dimensionals.  The background is sponged in blue.

This card uses a fun technique called two-step stamping, where you stamp the background of the image first, in this case solid pink, then again with another stamp showing more detail using a darker pink.  Fun!

Springtime Blossoms!

Here is a card I really enjoyed making at my upline's Stamp Camp.  I just think those little flowers are so cute!  They are punched from Daffodil Delight using the new Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch. The centers are from Tangerine Tango, punched using the 1/2" Circle Punch.  A little layer of Wild Wasabi serves as the grass (I sponged a little ink to make it look more grassy).  I used the Aqua Pen to color the stems and leaves, as well as the cute bird bath stamp from the new Touch of Kindness set in the new Summer Mini Catalog.  The Whisper White background was embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and backed with a layer of Bashful Blue cardstock.

Spring is on it's way!

Here is a card that I made for the special people who helped my mom during her illness.  I just love this Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and Butterfly Punch.  I used my Versamark to add the detail on the plain background paper.  The Eyelet Border Punch adds a pretty lacey effect on my Whisper White paper.  I used some of my favorite retired cardstock on this card...Apricot Appeal and Ballet Blue with Regal Rose grosgrain ribbon.  I just love the "Springy" feel of this card!  Now if only the sun would come out...  :)

Here is a card I made for a swap, using one of my very favorite DSPs, Sunny Garden.  I used Daffodil Delight for the background and Peach Parfait for the mat.  The flower is stamped in Poppy Parade and Pear Pizzazz with the Cottage Garden stamp set and the sentiment comes from the Short & Sweet set.  I added a Poppy Parade ribbon.  I can't wait for Spring!