Thoughtful!

Love, LoVE, LOVE the new Flourish everything!!! The stamp set, die cuts and DSP are GORGEOUS!!

Are you as excited about them as I?! 😊

This card I knew was going to need a pop of color with the new Floral Boutique DSP! The navy and white patterns are so fun to play with, and after a little thought I decided on red as my color to contrast with the Night of Navy. (Pink was an option I considered, as was yellow, but settled on bold). 😊

The Birthday Blooms flower is a new acquisition for me! I'm so glad it stayed in the catalog for 2016!! I was excited to use it with this Designer paper!

The flower was colored in using SU markers in the following colors:

Real Red, Blushing Bride, Pink Pirouette, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizazz, Old Olive and a favorite of mine, but recently retired, Mossy Meadow.

               Birthday Blooms stamp set #140658

                 Floral Phrases stamp set #141767

                   Flourish Thinlits dies #141478

                   
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Baby Bear!

What a fun, adorable, three-step-stamp!! You'll love this set, complete with great sentiments! And just imagine all the colors you can stamp your bear in! 😊

I used Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Early Espresso to create this little guy. Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry made his bow. 

I felt the circle background needed a little more interest, so started cutting up the curly cue to add the loops behind the circle! It added just what I was looking for. 😊

Hope you have a blast designing your little bear! 

Baby Bear stamp set #141859

Cupcake cutouts dies #141474 (used for loops and pennant)

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Helping Me Grow!

Ladies, this stamp set is gorgeous! Think of all the colors you can use for these flowers!! I just love it!! I'm so glad they included it in the new catalog from the Occasions because I'm not done wanting to create with it! ☺️

This card was taught to my lovely group of ladies in Card Club and its using some DSP that's now retired as well as one of my favorite colors, Mossy Meadow. Sigh. It distresses me when a beautiful in-color leaves us!! Wish we could keep them all!! ☺️

So....enjoy the layout and design and gather your own favorite colors and just have fun creating with "Helping Me Grow!" It's photopolymer and easy to use! Don't forget the largest acrylic block when you order....it's a large stamp!

Helping Me Grow #140764

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Turtle Cay!

It's finally Summer, and I wish for crystal clear water and white sandy beaches! :-) How about you?!
That, of course, was my inspiration for this card.


Beachy stamp sets will always call my name! THANK GOODNESS that "From Land to See" is still with us another year! :-) It's such a great set and pairs well with several retired sets that you might have!


What's an underwater scene without sea grass or coral? I had to get a bit creative with this one, so I turned the jellyfish in this set upside down and made his tentacles into sea grass! Easy Peasy! :-)


Crumb Cake was used for all levels of this card! Whisper White was used only to frame the turtle scene. FUN to make with Pool Party and Bermuda Bay for the water!


Ready to hit the beach now? :-)

From Land to Sea #139361

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Bloom!

So, how are you enjoying the new catalog?! :-) Have you ordered any new sets yet?! I am not-so-patiently awaiting my order, lol, and I'm dying to try out my new three step stamping sets that are coming!! Whoo Hoo!!


Speaking of three-step stamping.......How about "Picture Perfect?"  Have you had the pleasure of working with this fantastic photopolymer set?! I just LOVE the flowers and starfish and plan to create with the hummingbird soon. SO glad they brought this set from the Occasions into the new catalog. It's just lovely!


The colors I pulled together to create these flowers is the NEW in-color Peekaboo Peach, recently retired in-color Tangelo Twist, and Cajun Craze. The leaves were done with Pear Pizazz, Old Olive and Always Artichoke.


The background stamp "Hardwood" is a mixture of Tip Top Taupe and Crumb Cake.


Now, it's your turn to play with color and see what you come up with! :-) Don't forget your white embossing powder!

Hardwood #133035

Picture Perfect #140520

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It's HERE!! 2016 Stampin'Up! Catalog!!

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Fun! Fun! Fun!

New Colors!

New Products!

New Papers!

New Punches!

New Die Cuts!

The Hostess Sets are wondeful! 

Here's a new card with the adorable elephant from "Love You Lots".

Hostess stamp sets are available for you to buy with a qualifying order!

You'll love this one!

You've Got Me!

What a lovely three-step-stamping rose! So many colors you can go with to create this flower!

I'm crazy about so many of the stamp sets in the new Occasions catalog....and then there's Sale-A-Bration!! Whoo Hoo!! Free products with every $50 purchase! I love Freebies!! :-)

I used the new Picture Perfect stamp set from the Occasions catalog and some of the SAB free paper from the Paper Stack.

Here's a couple cards using the rose stamp, with different colors and textures, to inspire your creativity! Make it detailed and multi-layered or simple and quiet.....someone will enjoy receiving it in the mail! :-)

Happy Happenings stamp set

Picture Perfect stamp set (photopolymer)

Supplies Used:

Something to Say stamp set #134180

Picture Perfect stamp set #140520

Corner punch

Scallop punch

2" Circle punch

2 1/2" Circle punch

Embossing folder

1 1/2" Circle punch

Basic Black stitched satin ribbon

Wink of Stella glitter brush

Basic Black, Calypso Coral and Very Vanilla cardstock

Basic Black, Pink Pirouette, Calypso Coral, Watermelon Wonder, Pear Pizazz, Old Olive & Mossy Meadow ink

Used Timeless Textures stamp set and Picture Perfect stamp set!

Have a wonderful week and enjoy shopping HERE!! 

You're My Gold!!

My husband is the most amazing man on this planet!! He's almost too good to be true! He's a terrific Dad to our three children (some of whom are teenage girls and testing our patience, lol), thoughtful, caring, supportive, always willing to lend a hand no matter how last minute, dedicated to his family, honest......he helps around the house with laundry, cleaning and grocery shopping.....SEE?!! Just amazing!! I'm blessed and honored to be his wife.....and so this stamp set seemed the perfect expression because he is the gold in my life.....precious and priceless!!

This is such a versatile stamp set.....and fun to play with!! I know you'll enjoy 'Over the Rainbow.' 

I'd love to see what you do with it! 

                                            

Flutter Gift Baggie!

Do you love to give special gifts?!

Well, just give this one a try! 

Stampin'Ups dotted Tag-a-bags are delightful and you can decorate them any way you wish....for any occasion! Throw some candy, a big cookie, or throw some shredded paper in them with a pretty piece of jewelry! The sky's the limit!

Have fun creating!! :-)

Supplies used:

Sketched Dot Tag a Bag   138316

Perfect Pennants stamp set   133230

Banners Framelits dies   132173

Floral Frames Framelits   127012

Butterflies Thinlits dies   137360

Lovely Lace embossing folder   133737

Happy Heart embossing folder  123364

Fun Frames embossing folder   133727

Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette and Whisper White card stock

Pink Pirouette and Crumb Cake ink

Crumb Cake striped grosgrain ribbon   134553

Dimensionals 104430

Best Thoughts!

So, this is an absolute must-have Hostess stamp set!!! You can get it FOR FREE if you host a party of $150 or more! If you do like I do.....I have a lot of my own parties!! Lol. My husband would probably tell you they are too many! ;-)

So many ways to use this set, and I am showing you one of them!

The flower was embossed with white embossing powder, and then I just used a water brush to color in a bit of color to make it pop further off the Crumb Cake cardstock!! So much fun to watch it develop! 

Your turn!! Let's see what you do with your set!!

Supplies Used:

Hostess "Best Thoughts" stamp set   138700

Beautiful Wings embosslits - Retired   

Stamp'in Pierce Mat   126199

Paper Piercing Pack Essentials  126187

Piercer   126189

Basic Pearls   119247

Embossing Folder "Large Polka Dot"   133739

Gel Pen  105021

Crumb Cake and Pear Pizazz ink

Dimensionals   104430

White embossing powder   109132

Heat Tool   129053

Versamark   102283

Fine tip Glue Pen  138309

Corner Punch   135346

Decorative Label punch   120907

Aqua Painters   103954

Pear Pizazz Cotton ribbon   134562.      

Retired DSP         Retired edge punch

Silent Night gift bag!

I hate to mention it, but Christmas is right around the corner!! I get heart palpitations just thinking about how close it is and all that I need to do prior! :-) Am I the only one who is just....not....ready??  

Well, if it wasn't for my Card Club, I'm not sure I would have come up with anything 'crafty' yet for the Holidays! I'm blessed by my group of ladies that call me to be crafty every now and then. :-)

A Gift bag seemed the right way to deliver the first Holiday project! Night of Navy, some silver accents, gorgeous snowy trees and of course......snow and a sleigh.....and you have Christmas!! :-)

This is an easy project when you have the Gift Bag punch! Create 3 sizes with this wonderful little gadget......Small, Medium and Large. This project features the small size. I know you will love all that you can do with it! So......hurry up and get crafty! :-)

WEEKLY DEALS are here!

Another week of great deals with Stampin'Up! Get your goodies while they are on special!

Oldies but Goodies!!

I have a real hard time getting rid of a lot of my stamp sets!! I have an equally hard time resisting buying really cute stamp sets.....even if they are retired!! This dragon set is one of those!

I  could  not  resist!! :-)

Hope you enjoy this little guy as much as I did coloring him and figuring out a way to 'present' him!

Halloween Night!

Another great catalog.....and another great Holiday catalog!!!

With Halloween fast approaching, I thought I better whip up a card with some of the new stamps and embossing folders featured in the Holiday catalog!! The wonderful ladies in my Card Club cursed my name over this card. Lol. It was all about cutting and placing the moon! :-)

To achieve the white trees on the black card stock, you just ink up your embossing folder with Kraft white (the raised trees side) and roll through your Big Shot with your black piece of card stock. Easy, but can be a bit messy. ;-) This is now my all-time favorite embossing folder!!!!

Hope you are inspired to enjoy your embossing folders other than the typical way!

Here's the supplies I used! 

   

Great products!! The spider web doilies are fantastic......and they are white on the backside!!! Are you thinking what I'm thinking? 

Have fun shopping!!

  

Surf's Up!

My oh my, do I love this turtle!!!

He's SO darn cute and he completely sold me on this new stamp set!

Another win for Stampin' Up! with "From Land to Sea!"

The background I created by cutting out some pointy 'rays' out of paper and using it as a mask while I daubered color onto the background. Then I spritzed a bit of water across it to give dimension to the water and then after it was dry, I stamped the coral in a few different colors.

Mr cute sea turtle was cut out and colored using a blender pen and inks. :-) Super easy!

Hope you have as much fun with your turtle!!