MDS Lovely As a Tree

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Today's card was created using My Digital Studio after I was inspired by a layout in a paper catalog I received. I thought the Lovely As a Tree digital stamp would work out well for this sympathy card.

 I lightly water colored Soft Suede over parts of the digital stamp to create shadowing. I also used the Simply Scored tool and paper piercing to give the card a handmade touch.

Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting!

Supplies:

CS: Very Vanilla, Marina Mist

INK: Digital Soft Suede and Early Espresso

SS: Digital Lovely as a Tree

ACCESSORIES: Simply Scored Tool (122334), Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (126187)

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Mixed Bunch Thank You

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This Mixed Bunch stamp set has a variety of floral images that fit the Blossom punch, from playful to this elegant pattern. I combined the new Coastal Cabana and the tried and true Early Espresso inks to create a simple but elegant card. The sentiment is from the Best of Greetings stamp set. It can also be found in the retired stamp set Thank You Kindly.

A bit of paper-piercing and a touch of bling adds a couple of extras to this card.

Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Early Espresso

INK: Coastal Cabana, Early Espresso

SS: Mixed Bunch (125537), Best of Greetings (133485) 

PUNCHES: 3/4" Circle (119873)

ACCESSORIES: Rhinestone Jewels (119246), Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (126187)

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A Card for My Son

Today I'm sharing a card I made for my son's birthday, wrapping up my week of masculine cards. I don't usually make him elaborate cards, since he is a guy, but this was for his 21st birthday. He's been playing classical guitar since he was 6 and his guitar has taken us on a lot of adventures together.

Since turning 21 marks a milestone, I've been reminiscing on the past and thought I'd create a guitar to celebrate all the fun memories he and his guitar have made over the years.

This card was a lot of fun to make, not your standard stamp, punch and assemble. I enjoyed having a bit of a challenge this time around.

Thanks so much for letting me share!

Last of the Six-Sided Fun

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Well, here's the last of the Six-Sided Sampler cards for now. The set also includes some really cute girly patterns and sentiments, so will have to try those out in the near future. I went with stripes for this card and yes, of course sequins.

These cards were fun to make. Coming up with 3 cards while staying with the same stamp sets and color scheme made it fun.

See you next time!

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Soft Suede, MIdnight Muse, Coastal Cabana

INK: Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Coastal Cabana, Basic Black

SS: Tape It (130715), Six-Sided Sampler (130956), Teeny Tiny Wishes 

PUNCHES: Hexagon (130919)

ACCESSORIES: Sequins, Paper Piercer

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A Diagonal Father's Day

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I have been enjoying playing around with two of the stamp sets from this year's catalog...Six-Sided Sampler and Tape It. Their geometric shapes make great masculine cards. I stuck with these two stamp sets and the same color scheme for all of my masculine cards. Since that part was already figured out, I was able to spend my time playing around with designing...the fun part!

 I've never used the color Summer Starfruit before I made these cards (I didn't think that I liked it, but I guess I do in certain cases?), but I think it worked well in this color scheme.

Thanks for taking time to stop by and visit!

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Soft Suede, MIdnight Muse, Coastal Cabana

INK: Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Coastal Cabana, Basic Black

SS: Tape It (130715), Six-Sided Sampler (130956), Teeny Tiny Wishes

BIG SHOT:Chevron EB Folder (127749)
PUNCHES: Hexagon (130919), Itty Bitty Shapes (118309), 1/2" circle (119869)

ACCESSORIES: Sequins, Stamp-a-majig

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A Week of Masculine Cards

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This week I'll be sharing some masculine themed cards since Father's Day is right around the corner. Today's card uses the Six-Sided Sampler, Tape It, and Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp sets. The color scheme is Soft Suede, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Coastal Cabana and Whisper White.

Yes, I'm stuck on the sequins thing right now, but I like the colored bling and the fact that since this card is very geometric, the little circled sequins fit right in with all the other shapes. I used the sentiment Happy Father's Day, but Happy Birthday could easily be swapped in to make this a masculine birthday card.

I hope that you're having a great day!

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Soft Suede, MIdnight Muse, Coastal Cabana

INK: Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Coastal Cabana, Basic Black

SS: Tape It (130715), Six-Sided Sampler (130956), Teeny Tiny Wishes

BIG SHOT:Chevron EB Folder (127749)
PUNCHES: Hexagon (130919), Itty Bitty Shapes (118309), 1/2" circle (119869)

ACCESSORIES: Sequins, Stamp-a-majig

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Strawberry Crush Butterfly Thank You

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I'm switching gears today and sharing a more detailed thank you card using the Strawberry Slush ink and card stock. There are great colors in this year's new in-colors, with Strawberry Slush being one of my favorites. It's a cross between pink and red....very pretty! I used lots of fun embellishments on this one. I began with the Delicate Doilies Sizzlit and textured it using the Square Lattice EB folder. The stamped butterfly is from the stamp set Papillon Potpourri which coordinates with the Elegant Butterfly punch and the sentiment is from the Best of Greetings. The greenery is the Little Leaves Sizzlit which I cut apart and adhered together so that it branched out at one end.

I love the wide scallop edge on the Large Scallop Edgelit and coordinating Delicate Designs EB folder. Everything worked together so nicely on this card. I love it when that happens.

Thanks for letting me share!

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Old Olive, Strawberry Slush

INK: Strawberry Slush

SS: Papilllon Potpourri (123759), Best of Greetings (133485)

BIG SHOT:Delicate Doilies Sizzlit (126999), Large Scallop Edgelit (127019), Delicate Designs EB Folder (127023), Little Leaves Sizzlit (114511), Square Lattice EB Folder (119976)
PUNCHES: Elegant Butterfly (127526)

ACCESSORIES: Rhinestone Jewels (119246), Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (126187)

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Two CAS Thank You's

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Today I'm sharing a couple of cards with you. On the first one I used a clear acrylic stamp block to create the bold geometric colored background. I rubbed the block onto my ink pads, then gave the block a quick mist of water before stamping onto my Whisper White CS. The inks I used were Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, and Tangerine Tango. Make sure that you clean the block in between colors if you try this out for yourself.

I stamped my sentiment in Basic Black using the retired stamp set "Thank You Kindly", but the new stamp set Sweet Essentials (which just happens to be on sale for 25% off until June 30, see my promo page for more information) would work great for the sentiment. I added a sequin to each of the blocks for a bit of blingy fun.

Card One Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise

INK: Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Basic Black

SS: Thank You Kindly (retired) or try Sweet Essentials (126457)

BIG SHOT:Apothecary Accents framelit (127003)
PUNCHES: Scallop Edge Border (119882), Boho Blossoms (119858), Itty Bitty Shapes (118309)

ACCESSORIES: Rhinestone Jewels (119246), Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (126187), Acrylic block "C" (118486), water bottle mister

My second card share today is just a very, very simple card featuring a DSP banner adhered to the Crumb Cake card front, which is embossed using the Stripes EB folder. I was daring and ran a bottle cap through the Big Shot to flatten it out. It worked great and created the cute little circular frame for the stamped and punched sentiment from the A Fitting Occasion stamp set.

The bottle cap was adhered to a Daffodil Delight Scallop Circle and a Midnight Muse Itty Bitty punched circle was placed in the center of the stamped circle, with a rhinestone bling.

Card Two Supplies:

CS: Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Polka Dot Parade (126902)

INK: Midnight Muse

SS: A Fitting Occasion (127049)

BIG SHOT: to smash bottle cap
PUNCHES: 1-3/4" Scallop Circle(119854),1" Circle (119868), Itty Bitty Shapes (118309)

ACCESSORIES: Rhinestone Jewels (119246), bottle cap

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Time For a New Post...

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...and to share some cards with you over the next several weeks. I'm eagerly waiting for my new Stampin' Up! goodies to arrive. I ordered 6 new stamp sets, all different styles, which will be a lot of fun to create new  cards and paper crafts with.

Today's card share was inspired by a card Katie Skiff created. I got to use several of the new In-Colors for the punched circles. I pulled out the retired stamp set "Thank You Kindly" for the sentiment, but the new stamp set Sweet Essentials (which just happens to be on sale for 25% off until June 30, see my promo page for more information) would work great for the sentiment banner.

So glad that you stopped by!

Supplies:

CS: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana, Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush,Crisp Cantaloupe

INK: Early Espresso

SS: Thank you Kindly (retired), substitute Sweet Essentials (126457)

BIG SHOT:Chevron EB folder (127749), Bitty Banners framelit (129267)
PUNCHES: 1-1/4" Circle (119861), 1" Circle (119868), Corner (119871)

ACCESSORIES: Large Rhinestone Jewels (125577)

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SCS Featured Stamper Challenge

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Here's a quick card I made for an upcoming birthday. To get the mojo going, I played along with this week's Featured Stamper Challenge at SCS. This week's Featured Stamper is Colleen Dietrich.

This was my first time using my pinwheel sizzlit. What a fun and easy embellishment it makes. My daughter, Adriel, had been noticing a sequins trend on cards, so I added some fun sequins to this already cheery card. They added the perfect pizzazz.

Supply Summary: Whisper White CS, Pear Pizzazz CS, Tangerine Tango CS, Summer Smooches DSP, Wire (for pinwheel handle), sequins, From My Heart SS, Scallop Edge punch, Square Lattice EB folder

Thanks for stopping by and looking!

Mosaic Madness Share

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Just a quick share here with a card I made recently using one of the new catalog stamp sets called Mosaic Madness. It's a fun set with a coordinating punch and DSP. The punch looks like it will make a great Christmas ornament. I'm making some Christmas card plans now using this punch.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope that you have a wonderful day!

Spring Catalog CASE

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My team member, Laura, held a class last month and this is one of the cute, cute cards we made. She case'd the Spring catalog card, but created it in Gumball Green and used the Fancy Fan embossing folder. I love her change-ups...I think her card is cuter :-)

All of the flowers and stems were stamped and then die-cut with the coordinating Secret Garden Bundle.

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Smooches Birthday Cake

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Using up this fun Summer Smooches DSP to create a birthday cake embellishment. This is one of the birthday cards I'm creating to stockpile for upcoming May birthdays. The "Happy Birthday Wishes" from Petite Pairs fits perfectly on the Apothecary Accents framelit.

I hope that you have a great day!

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo, Summer Smooches DSP (125409)

INK: Island Indigo

SS: Petite Pairs (122497)

BIG SHOT:Apothecary Accents framelit (127003)
PUNCHES: Scallop Edge Border (119882), Boho Blossoms (119858), Itty Bitty Shapes (118309)

ACCESSORIES: Rhinestone Jewels (119246), Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (126187)

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Stampin' Up!'s Retired List is Here!

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Now through June 3, 2013 hundreds of stamps and accessories from the 2012-2013 catalogs are retiring, and this is  your chance to get them before they're gone. Many products are only available while supplies last, so be sure to get your orders in early! (And remember  that some items having amazing discounts!) 

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Bright, Bold Hybrid Birthday

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I case'd this card from SU's Bday Under Construction digital kit (which I love, BTW). I used My Digital Studio to create the More Mustard background and to create the "happy birthday" embellishment, cutting it out, adding a brad to one of the stars and dimensionalling it onto the front of card. Fast, easy, and cute!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Tea for Two Mother's Day

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May is a month of birthdays along with Mother's Day for us. I've been trying to get a head start on some of these upcoming cards now and because the new catalog is just around the corner, I want to try and make want these cards from the supplies I have on hand...kind of my last "wahoo" with the 2012-13 supplies.

I punched filter paper colored with Calypso Coral reinker and alcohol, to create the paper flower embellishment.

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Tea for Two DSP (129311), Filter Paper (129393)

INK: Calypso Coral reinker, Basic Black

SS: Teeny Tiny Wishes

BIG SHOT:Fancy Fan EB Folder (127751), Little Leaves sizzlit (114511), Itty Bitty Banners framelit (129267), Large Scallop edgelit (127019), Delicate Designs EB Folder (127023)
PUNCHES: Blossom (125603), Boho Blossoms (119858)

ACCESSORIES: Rhinestone Jewels (119246)

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A Smooches Spiral Pop-Up

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My card share today wasn't planned. I had made a quick stop at Splitcoaststampers and out of curiosity checked out Monday's Technique Challenge which was " I Like to Move it, Move it", adding movement to your project, with a list of ideas.

One was a Surprise Pop-Up which piqued my interest. From there I googled pop-up cards and found a Spiral Pop-Up tutorial on Julie Davison's blog. Since I had a bunch of scrap card parts lying around, I tried out the spiral idea for fun and little by little this birthday card emerged. It's always kind of fun when a card just happens.

I'm needing some May birthday cards, so this will be a very fun card to give away! I love how it looks like a normal card on the outside, but when you open it up, (wham!) it's a bouncy garden scene.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

CS: Certainly Celery, Lucky Limeade, Tangerine Tango, Summer Smooches DSP (125409), Filter Paper (129393)

INK: Early Espresso

SS: Bring on the Cake (121958)

BIG SHOT: Square Lattice EB Folder (119976), Finishing Touches edgelit (127010), Delicate Designs EB Folder (127023)
PUNCHES: Blossom (125603), Boho Blossoms (119858), Blossom Petals Builder (121808), Elegant Butterfly (127526) 2-1/2" circle (120906), 1-3/4 Circle (119860), Itty Bitty Shapes (118309), Scallop Edge border (119882), Bitty Butterfly (129406)
ACCESSORIES: Rhinestone Jewels (119246)

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Color Refresh, FREE Shipping and SAB Tags

Here's the "thank you" tags I made for last month's club ladies. I thought I'd better use some of my SAB goodeis:  Pretty Petites stamp set, curly label punch and Sycamore Street designer papers...they're all so cute together.

Color Refresh! 
We, at Stampin' Up love color and we know that you do too. Color is fundamental to who we are and what we offer. We are thrilled to share our updated line of colors, and hope you will be as excited as we are by the new possibilities!

It has been three years and we are excited to announce that the upcoming 2013-2014 annual catalog will include 10 new colors (most of which are returning In Colors from previous years)! We are welcoming back some of your favorites, moving some colors around, and introducing one brand-new color, so take a look!

Beginning today, all retiring/discontinued color products (i.e. ink, paper, ribbon, accessories, etc.) will be available only while supplies last. This means that some products will not be available through the upcoming retired list period. Our retiring color products are only available while supplies last so you can get your favorites and look forward to the exciting colors coming in the 2013-2014 annual catalog. And also announced today (see below), free shipping is going on April 6-8, 2013, which would be a great time for you to get your favorites before they are gone!

FREE SHIPPING ON EVERYTHING FOR THREE DAYS!

Stampin' Up! is offering FREE shipping on EVERYTHING April 6-8 (excluding expedited orders)! That's right. There are no minimums or limits and all order types qualify (customer, online). 

Free shipping starts Saturday, April 6, 2013; 12:00 AM (MT) and ends Monday, April 8, 2013; 11:50 PM (MT)