Good Bye Floral Frames. I'm gonna miss you.

This cute little guy's mane was made with the Floral Frames Collection Framelits.  I'm so sad Stampin' Up! is retiring these.  I really loved them.  If you want a set, better act quick.  I made this for a Kid's Card, card swap a couple of years ago.

Beautiful Ride

Beautiful Ride is a very versatile stamp set.  Everything from moving to a new place, to getting married, to just being in love.  This stamp set has it all.  I couldn't resist the funky paint job on the car.  I used the retiring Stampin' Markers to color in the car.  Don't forget the retiring In Colors when you are planning your order.  The In Color merchandise usually sells out really fast.  If you haven't picked up yours, you might want to do so as soon as possible.

Products used:

Beautiful Ride Stamp Set

Lost Lagoon Cardstock (5 1/2 x 4 1/4)

Shimmery White Cardstock (5 x 3 3/4)

Lost Lagoon Marker

Mossy Meadow Marker

Hello Honey Marker

Tangelo Twist Marker

Early Espresso Marker

Lost Lagoon Ink

Tip Top Toupe Ink

Soft Suede Ink

Basic Black Ink

For Your Country

It's that time of year again.  Stampin' Up! is retiring a lot of stamps and other product from their line to make way for the new goodies coming in the new catalog.  I will miss this stamp set a lot.  I really haven't used it much, but I am very sad to see it go.

I started with a piece of Old Olive cardstock (5 1/2 x 4 1/4) and stamped around the edges with Always Artichoke ink using the Times Textures Stamp Set.  I used a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock (5 x 3 3/4).  I used the boots, dog tags, and helmet to make the background using the stamp off method.  The Always Artichoke is such a dark color I did 3 stamp offs before stamping on the cardstock.  I used Always Artichoke with no stamp off for the focal image and the sentiment.

If you are interested in this stamp set, go to my online store and purchase it before it sells out.  When a product hits the retirement list, it is as supplies last.  Don't forget to stock up on cardstock.  I have heard they are increasing the price in the new catalog.

Items used:

For Your Country Stamp Set

Times Textures Stamp Set

Old Olive Cardstock

Very Vanilla Cardstock

Always Artichoke Ink

Sheltering Tree Thinking of You

After all the snow we have had recently, I am in the mood for spring.  Hopefully the pink dogwoods will be in bloom around here.  Hope you enjoy the card.

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Thinking of You

In the mood to create a masculine card today.  I really like the Moon Lake Stamp Set. 

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Thinking of you

I started out coloring this beautiful image from Butterfly Basics with my Blendabilities.  Then the dreaded announcement came that Stampin' Up! was suspending the sale of these markers due to a quality issue from the manufacturer.  I had already colored the flower and now I had to decide what to do about the stem and leaves.  I pulled out my ink pad and my blender pen and proceeded to color it the way I did before Blendabilities were introduced.  The background paper is one of the designs from the Irresistibly Yours Specialty DSP.  I have one more design left to show you.

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Love Who You Are

Three tone card using Soft Sky, Marina Mist, and Night of Navy.  This is another one of the designs that comes in the Irresistibly Yours Specialty DSP.  I sure hope they offer something similar to this in the next annual catalog.  I just love it.  I used the sponge daubers to create this background and to do the different colors on the stamped image.  

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Happy Birthday

Using sponge daubers and ink pads, the stars have come out.  Yet another pattern in the Irresistibly Yours Specialty DSP.  I used the 1 1/4" punch to punch the balloons.  I really like the color combination of Rose Red, Perfect Plum, and Island Indigo for this card.

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Everything Will Be Okay

I am just loving this Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper you can get for free.  You can get a package for free when you spend $50.00, before shipping and taxes, during our big Sale-A-Bration event.  You have until March 31st to place your order.  Keep checking back to see cards made with the other designs in this paper pack. 

For this card, I sponged Crisp Cantaloupe on the resist paper and layered it on Whisper White.  I used Crisp Cantaloupe ink to stamp my sentiment from our stamp set, Really Good Greetings.  Stampin' UP! has a wonderful thick bakers twine in our 2013-2015 in colors.  I used my Big Shot and my Chalk Talk Framelits to cut out the sentiment and popped it up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

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Earn It For Free During Sale-A-Bration

This card showcases 2 products that can only be earned.  The first is a hostess only stamp set called Bloom with Hope from the big annual catalog.  This is a beautiful stamp set that comes with 11 stamps. I have used the branch with leaves and added some blossoms from the Boho Blossom Punch.  The flowered background paper is an exclusive Specialty DSP available only during Sale-A-Bration called Irresistibly Yours.  You can use your favorite ink colors to color the paper and a white embossed image resists the color to form a beautiful paper.  I sponged Blushing Bride on the resist paper for this card.  To earn the Hostess set, you need to have an order of $150.00 or more before shipping and taxes.  When you reach this level you will be able to select $25.00 of free merchandise.  To get orders of this size, you can make one large order for yourself or get together with friends and host an event.  If you are interested in hosting an event, contact me and we will work out a plan.  Until March 31st, Sale-A-Bration is going on.  What this means to you is, not only will those sales earn you free merchandise from the catalogs, but it will also earn you free items from a special booklet with Sale-A-Bration items.  For every $50.00, before shipping and taxes, you spend, you earn one item from Sale-A-Bration.  Another wonderful thing about Sale-A-Bration is that if you have sales of $250.00, you earn an extra $25.00 in hostess dollars to spend.  This is a great time to host an event.  You can get together with friends and make a project.  When your friends order products during your event, you can earn free merchandise and they can too. 

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Sheltering Tree

I absolutely love this beautiful stamp set, Sheltering Tree.  There are so many possibilities with this set.  I kept it simple using Soft Suede for the tree trunk and Wild Wasabi and Pear Pizzaz for the tree foliage and grass.  

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Big Day

Big Day is another wonderful set you can earn by spending $50.00 (before shipping and taxes) during Sale-A-Bration this year.  

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Lotus Blossom

Sale-A-Bration time at Stampin' Up! is a great time to order, host a party, or become a new demonstrator.  We have a wonderful brochure full of fun new products you can't buy, but you can earn.  For every $50.00 (before tax and shipping) you spend with Stampin' Up! you can earn one of these beautiful products.  I must admit, so far, the Lotus Blossom Stamp Set is my favorite.  It comes as a set of 7 stamps.  The flower is a three step stamping process that produces a beautiful flower with three tones.  The stem is a two stamp process.  The set comes with two sentiment stamps that can be used together or separately.  If you host a party during Sale-A-Bration, you can earn an extra $25.00 when you have a party order of $250.00 (before shipping and tax).  This is in addition to the normal hostess benefits you would normally earn.  If you decide you would like to become a demonstrator during Sale-A-Bration, your starter kit is $99.00 (plus tax) and you get to pick $125.00 in merchandise.  As an added bonus for signing up during Sale-A-Bration, there are two options you can choose from for more goodies.  You can pick one of the new project kits from the new Occasions Catalog, or any two Sale-A-Bration products. 

This card was made with the new Lotus Blossom Stamp Set.  I started with a piece of Whisper White Cardstock (3 1/4 x 5 1/4).  I stamped the first flower stamp in Rose Red.  I stamped the second flower stamp with Rose Red stamped off first and then onto the cardstock.  The third flower stamp was stamped with Pink Pirouette.  The first stem stamp was stamped with Pear Pizzazz.  The second stem stamp was stamped with Wild Wasabi.   I stamped the sentiment with Wild Wasabi.  I then mounted it on a piece of Wild Wasabi cardstock (4 x 5 1/4).  This was then mounted to a Whisper White card base (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored down the middle).  For an added touch I added some Rhinestone Basic Jewels above the flowers.

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Puppies and Kittens

Thought I would try something different with my swap cards this month.  I found the directions for this center step card over on Pinterest.  Much easier than I thought they would be.  I really hope the recipients are s happy with them as I am.

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Guy Get Well

Let's face it, who among us doesn't have trouble when it comes to masculine cards?  I know I do.  Gorgeous Grunge seems to be a perfect guy stamp.  This one just seemed to come together easy.  I was surprised at how easy it was.  It is an easel card.  I just love the dimension these cards have.   

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Fabulous Florets #2 - Thinking of You

This is my second card featuring the stamp sets Fabulous Florets and Gifts of Kindness.  The background is stamped with the two matching flowers in Crumb Cake on Very Vanilla cardstock.  The focal image is inked in Garden Green.  I used a baby wipe to remove ink from the bud and colored it with a Rose Red marker.

Materials used:
Fabulous Florets
W 23.95 128574
C 17.95  123027
Gifts of Kindness
W 25.95  130441
C 18.95  130444
Crumb Cake
Ink 5.95 126975
Cardstock 6.95 120953
Very Vanilla
Cardstock 8.50 101650
1/2 " Seam Binding Ribbon 6.95 120999
Garden Green
Ink 5.95 126969
Rose Red
Regals Marker Collection 28.95 131262

Very Vanilla Card Base  5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4
Crumb Cake Layer  5 1/4 x 4
Very Vanilla Stamped Layer 5 x 3 3/4
Crumb Cake Layer  4 1/2 x 2 1/2
Image Very Vanilla Layer 4 1/4 x 2 1/4

Valentine Matchbox Treat - York Peppermint Patty

Woo Hoo!  Made a Valentine Treat for my Hubby.

Start with a piece of cardstock (I used Cherry Cobbler) that is 2 inches wide and 5 3/4 inches long.  Score at 1/2 inch, 3 inches, and 3 1/2 inches.

Stamp your sentiment on a piece of cardstock that is 1 3/4 inches wide and 2 inches long.

I punched a small heart out of Silver Glimmer Paper

Fold on the score marks and adhere the sentiment and the heart to the front flap.

Staple in the York Peppermint Patty. (Finally used that Tim Holtz tiny attacher mini stapler.)

Tuck the front flap in.

Materials Used:

Yippee-Skippee Stamp Set
W 18.95 131341
C 14.95 131344
Cherry Cobbler
Ink 5.95 126966
Cardstock 6.95 119685
Whisper White
Cardstock 8.50 100730
Glimmer Paper
Silver 4.95 124005
Small Heart Punch
5.95 117193

Flower Shop Valentine Card

My first Valentine's Day card for 2014.

 I stamped one of the flowers in Strawberry Slush four times.

 I punched them out using the Pansy Punch.

 I stamped one of the flourishes from Flowering Flourishes in Pistachio Pudding on a piece of Whisper White measureing 3 3/4 x 5.

 I layered the Whisper White on a piece of Strawberry Slush measuring 4 x 5 1/4.  My card base is Whisper White measuring 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, scored at 4 1/4.

 I adhered three of the flowers over the flowers on the flourish.

 The fourth flower is adhered on the inside of the card

I stamped the Love You sentiment from Itty Bitty Banners.

Materials used:

Flower Shop Bundle (Stamp set and punch) Save 15% when you buy the bundle.

W 33.95 132727

C 28.75 132726

Itty Bitty Banners

W 15.95 132022

C 11.95 126257

Flowering Flourishes

W 24.95 131998

C 17.95 126367

Strawberry Slush

Ink 5.95 131178

Cardstock 6.95 131295

Pistachio Pudding

Ink 5.95 131177

Whisper White

Cardstock 8.50 100730

Fabulous Florets #1

This is the first card in my new series spotlighting one stamp set each week.  This week, however, I will be spotlighting two stamp sets.  I have chosen Fabulous Florets and Gifts of Kindness.  The ingredients for this card are:

Card Base:
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 piece of Soft Sky scored at 4 1/4
Border Strip:
2 x 5 1/2 piece of Marina Mist
1 1/2 piece of Whisper White
Focal Image:
Base 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 piece of Marina Mist
Layer 2 1/2 x 4 piece of Pear Pizzazz
Image Layer 2 1/4 x 3 3/4 piece of Whisper White
Flowers:
Scrap of Soft Sky

Fabulous Florets  W 23.95  128574   C 17.95  123027
Gifts of Kindness W 25.95  130441  C 18.95  130444
Marina Mist Ink 5.95  126962
Marina Mist Cardstock 6.95  119682
Soft Sky Cardstock  6.95  131203
Pear Pizzazz Ink  5.95  131180
Pear Pizzazz Cardstock  6.95  131201
Whisper White Cardstock  8.50  100730
Scallop Edge Border Punch  15.95  119880

Book-A-Thon Goodies

I participated in a Book-A-Thon with Stampin' Up! recently.  We were given a prize package for booking a large number of events.  I want to give some of the goodies out to my customers.  I will be offering prizes for those who submit orders between now and December 31st.  Want to know what you can get for free?  Here goes.

Holiday Stocking Die

The first person to order a Big Shot from me gets this die.  You have a few days left to order a Big Shot and get it in time for Christmas. (Stampin' Up! has December 17th as the deadline for Christmas shipping, but you should order early.)  Remember, I need you to allow me to contact you in order to be able to contact you and send this out to you.  If you mark no contact, I will not have your information.

Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder

The first person to place a $50.00 order (before taxes and shipping) will received this embossing folder.  You will need a Big Shot or other Die Cut/Embossing machine to use this folder.  I have heard that some crafty individuals have been able to use other methods, but I have never tried any other method. Remember, I need you to allow me to contact you in order to be able to contact you and send this out to you.  If you mark no contact, I will not have your information.

Cloudy Day Embossing Folder

The second person to place a $50.00 order (before taxes and shipping) will received this embossing folder.  You will need a Big Shot or other Die Cut/Embossing machine to use this folder.  I have heard that some crafty individuals have been able to use other methods, but I have never tried any other method. Remember, I need you to allow me to contact you in order to be able to contact you and send this out to you.  If you mark no contact, I will not have your information.

Happy Whale Clearlit

The third person to place a $50.00 order (before taxes and shipping) will received this Sizzix Clearlit Die.  You will need a Big Shot or other Die Cut/Embossing machine to use this de. Remember, I need you to allow me to contact you in order to be able to contact you and send this out to you.  If you mark no contact, I will not have your information.

Blossom Petals Builder Punch

The fourth person to place a $50.00 order (before taxes and shipping) will receive this paper Remember, I need you to allow me to contact you in order to be able to contact you and send this out to you.  If you mark no contact, I will not have your information.

Vine Street Embossing Folder

The fifth person to place a $50.00 order (before taxes and shipping) will received this embossing folder.  You will need a Big Shot or other Die Cut/Embossing machine to use this folder.  I have heard that some crafty individuals have been able to use other methods, but I have never tried any other method. Remember, I need you to allow me to contact you in order to be able to contact you and send this out to you.  If you mark no contact, I will not have your information.

My fine print details are:

One (1) free gift per person.

United States only.

You must allow demonstrator contact.

Please contact me if you have any questions.