Friends Never Fade

Hi Everyone!

I finally had some time to pop into my stamping space and try out some of my new products. I love this new set Friends Never Fade and the new designer paper pack Greenhouse Gala. I never thought I was much of a flower person before , but this set is awesome! Oooh! and did you see the rhinestones? Yes we sell those now too!

There are so many wonderful new products in the new 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalogue. Don't have yours yet? Contact me today!

Awash With Challenges

Hi Everyone!

Hope you're all having a great Friday. For today's card I combined a couple of challenges; the Saturday Sketch Challenge from Stamping 411 and the color challenge from Just Add Ink . Sometimes I just need a little inspirational push, so I look to challenges to get me rolling!

Because I tend to be a bit of a paper hoarder, I still have a good amount of Kiwi Kiss in my stash; however I am out of Barely Banana so I switched it for So Saffron. Chocolate Chip is a fav of mine, so that's always on hand! I knew I wanted to play with my Awash With Flowers Sneak Peek set some more, so this was a perfect opportunity.

I started with the largest flower image and stamped it using Chocolate Chip Classic Ink. Now, if you've seen this set, you know that the image is like a side view of a flower, so to get a full flower image I used the Stamp-a-ma-jig. I love this tool for so many reasons! I stamped the image onto the card stock where I wanted it to be, but not centered so that I could have room to stamp the other half of the flower. I then stamped the image onto the imaging sheet of the Stamp-a-ma-jig, rotated it, and lined it up with the with stamped image, then stamped the image onto the card stock and voila! a full flower. Not bad, eh? I used the filler stamp in More Mustard to "color in" my flower, and again I used the Stamp-a-ma-jig.

I'm sure you've seen those cute frosted brads. Well I decided to make my own and use it for the center of my flower. I started with one of our Jumbo Brads (5/16") in Chocolate Chip. I stuck it in the top of a near by kleenex box to hold it, then put Crystal Effects on the top of it, sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds over it and let it dry. That's all there is to it! You could do this with any of your brads and bring a little bling to your projects!

The greeting I used on the front is from the Sale-a-bration set Whimsical Words. This set is no longer available, so I hope you got yours while they were out. I stamped it in Chocolate Chip ink as well. I wanted to add just a little something more on the image so I found my Color Spritzer Tool and spritzed some Chocolate Chip ink around on the edges. I had forgotten how fun this tool can,be! You simply slide in the brush tip end of your Stampin' Write marker into the holder, secure it and then squeeze the bulb end and quite literally watch the color fly!

To finish the card front, I ran it through the Big Shot using the Finial Press Embossing Folder and then punched the edges using our new Scalloped Trim Corner punch. As you can see from the sketch, I was supposed to add ribbon but I didn't think it would fit, so instead I slipped a simple piece of the Kiwi Kiss under the image front before I mounted it on the Chocolate Chip card stock. On the edge I added a little button in Old Olive from the Playground collection.

And that is today's card creation. I hope you like it. As always, feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Until then...

Happy Stampin'

Happy Tuesday Stampers!

And a lovely Tuesday it is! The sun is shining and the snow is melting, albeit slowly. Today's card is using another bunch of Spring-y colors - Certainly Celery, Regal Rose, Apricot Appeal and Lovely Lilac.
I used Naturals Ivory card stock for the base and cut it to 6"x 7" (scored at 3.5") so that I have a long narrow card (for a change). Next I used another piece of Naturals Ivory card stock to stamp the flowers on. The stamp set I choose was With All My Heart from the Occasions Mini (available on wood or clear mount). I inked the largest flower in Regal Rose and stamped it randomly. I did the same with the next size flower in Apricot Appeal and then the smallest flower in Lovely Lilac. I then cut the card stock into 3 equal squares and mounted them onto 3 pieces of Regal Rose card stock that measured just 1/8" larger than the Naturals Ivory card stock. I put these aside for a moment. I selected a piece of Certainly Celery designer paper as my back ground. I cut it to 53/4 x 31/2" so as to leave a border around it and mounted it onto the card front. Then I adhered the 3 stamped and mounted pieces side by side to the front of the card. If you look closely you can tell where I cut the stamped pieces between some of the flowers - make sure when you're putting your pieces on the front, you put them in order so the flowers will match up.
To finish it off, I wrapped a length of Regal Rose 5/8" Grosgrain ribbon around the front of the card and tied it with a bow. The greeting I selected is also from the With All my Heart stamp set. I inked it with our Classic Black ink and stamped it onto a piece of the Naturals Ivory card stock again. I punched it out with our large Oval Punch. Next I punched out a scalloped oval in Certainly Celery card stock with our Scalloped Oval Punch. I mounted the greeting onto the scalloped oval using our Snail Adhesive and then mounted it to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals.
And there you have it! A quick and easy card with lots of Spring colors to get you in the mood for better weather! I hope you enjoy today's card, and as always feel free to leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Until then....

Happy Stampin'

It's a Snowy Sunday - Good day for Stamping!

Hi Everyone!

Sorry for such a long hiatus from my blogging, but my other job was getting in the way! LOL!

Here's a really quick and easy card to make. I CASED this one from an issue of Stampin' Success, a monthly magazine for Stampin' Up Demos only that has lots of great projects in it and sneak peaks of what's coming up. This is just one of the perks of being a Stampin' Up Demonstrator - have you ever considered it?

The base of the card is made from textured Chocolate Chip card stock. I inked up our Medallion stamp in Chocolate Chip classic in and stamped it just off to the left of the card so most, but not all of the Medallion is on the front. The greeting is one of Vintage Labels stamps from the Sale-a-Bration set. (there's still time to get yours free!) I inked it with Crushed Curry ink and stamped it onto Whisper White card stock and punched it out using the Scallop Circle punch. The "For You" is also from the Vintage Labels set, and was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink into the center of the Label. I used a piece of Chocolate Chip stitched felt ribbon (retired) and silver brads to attach the ribbon to the front of the card and then popped up the greeting label with Stampin' Dimensionals. I continued with the Medallion image inside the card as well. I lined the inside with a piece of Whisper White card stock that I scalloped the bottom edge using the Scallop Border punch and then stamped a portion of the Medallion image off the bottom right side. I chose to use the Crushed Curry ink again to carry through from the front of the card. The sentiment I chose is from the Heard from the Heart set. If you have this set then you know that I didn't ink the entire sentiment. It actually reads, "wishing you happiness today & always." but I didn't want it all so I colored the parts I did want with a Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write marker and then stamped it onto the card. And there you have it, a quick and easy card in under 10 minutes!

Hope you enjoy the card today and give it a try yourself! As always, feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Until then...

Happy Stampin'