Vellum Thank You

Today I'm sharing a card that was inspired from a couple of different people. The Frosted Embossing technique I used on the vellum came from one of Amanda Burditt's cards. She has a video showing you the technique on her blog, if you'd like to try it out for yourself. The floral design was inspired by I'm in Haven's cute card.

I used a thick vellum and found that I got a better frosted look by rubbing in a circular motion. I used my Simply Scored scoring tool to make the lined border.

I pulled out a couple of retired items, the stamp set "One of a Kind" for the flowers to use with my Boho Blossom punch and the retired Elegant Bouquet EB folder. A couple of Little Leaves sizzlits cut apart make up the green garland frame. I love trying new techniques, and this one was fun and simple. Ink used is Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral and black Stazon for sentiment.

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day :-)

So Very Grateful Baby Card

Today I'm sharing a baby card which was inspired by Lin Brandyberry's card. This is my first time using the So Very Grateful stamp set, which I thought was so cute when I first saw it.

The colors in the Sweet Sorbet DSP were perfect for this little girl baby card. I fussy cut the floral images and then cut apart one of the floral images so that I had the floral thing going along the topside of the white scalloped border. 

This is a fun stamp set to watercolor.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look!

Supplies:
Paper: Sweet Sorbet DSP, Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe
Ink: Black Stazon, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pool Party, Pistachio Pudding, Summer Starfruit
SS: So Very Grateful, Sweet Essentials
BS: Large Scallop Edgelit, Delicate Designs EB folder
Punches: Itty Bitty Shapes (scallop)
Accessories: Blender pen, Jewels-rhinestones

Hearts A Flutter Valentine

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This is my husband's favorite Valentine this year. He likes cards with green leaves in them...remember my Mosaic Christmas Ornament card from last year and his suggestion to add the green leaves? This time I thought I'd beat him to the punch and added green leaves to the hearts, which he really liked :-)

I used the rectangular Designer Frames embossing folder to frame the stamped heart from the Hearts A Flutter stamp set. This is another "my style" more traditional Valentine card.

See you next time!

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Old Olive, Basic Black, Real Red, Fresh Prints DSP (132996)

INK: Real Red, Basic Black

SS: Sweet Essentials (126457), Hearts A Flutter (129252)

Adorning Accent Valentine

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Today's Valentine is more along the traditional lines...which is more my personal taste for Valentine's. I have been trying to stretch myself to include styles and trends that aren't necessarily my favorite, but are fun nonetheless, which is how I came up with my last post's You & Me Valentine.

I love the soft lines of the Adorning Accent framelit and Adorning Accent edgelit together. I added the negative punched heart to allow the pretty Fresh Prints DSP to stand out against the white cardstock.

Hope that you're having a wonderful day!

Supplies:

CS: Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black,Fresh Prints paper Stack DSP (132996)

INK: Basic Black

SS: Sweet Essentials (126457) or use your favorite sentiment stamp set 

You & Me Chevron

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I'm sharing my first Valentine for 2014, which was made in December for my January card class, which now seems like a long time ago. I thought I'd better start posting my Valentine's on my blog before Valentine's Day has already come and gone. I'll start with the trendy one first.

I used the new Perfect Pennants stamp set from the Occasion catalog for the stamped "You & Me" sentiment and added a Chevron punched border strip to place the stamped heart on.

Thanks so much for looking!

Supplies:

CS: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black,Fresh Prints paper Stack DSP (132996)

INK: Basic Black

SS: Perfect Pennants (133230)

Perfect Pennants stamp set

Countless Sayings Stamp Set

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 I've been resistant in trying out the photopolymer stamp sets because of past experience with other brands. I didn't like the blotchy stamped images they produced, but after the Countless Sayings set came out I thought I'd give Stampin' Up's photopolymer's a try. I was pleasantly surprised at how well they inked up and stamped, and now I'm sold. This stamp set is what sold me...it's a fun stamp set and I love that it's not just for Valentine's or birthdays. With all the little words included you can come up with a lot of sayings. I guess that's why the name of the set is "Countless Sayings".

This card could easily be a Valentine card, although I made it for my granddaughter's birthday who just turned 13!!! I can't believe how quickly time has flown by. She is just as sweet today as she was when she was younger. She is a joy to all of us!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Countless Sayings - 135893

2014 Occasions Catalog is here

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2014 Occasions Catalog:  January 3 through June 1, 2014

• Occasions On-Line Catalog (PDF)
• Stampin' Supplies List

The Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalog is now live and you can SHOP NOW!  I've posted the on-line PDF catalog along with a link to the supply list used on the catalog samples. 

Although the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog has expired, you can still order certain holiday items. Here's the Holiday Carryover stamps and accessories which are still available for purchase. 

Have a wonderful day!!

Epic Day Mini Pocket Page Book

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Here's a simple little mini-pocket page album I made as a baby shower gift. It measures about 3x3 inches square all closed up. 

I used the Epic Day This and That kit to decorate the pages and the little pull-out journal tags. 

There's nothing quite more "epic" than having a baby, so I thought that the little quotes that's included in the kit worked well for a baby album.

It was a fun little book to create...thanks for letting me share it here with you.

Hello, Baby Boy

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Here's another baby boy card using the Epic Day DSP and the Bitty Banners framelits which I used to create the little DSP banners.

 I used the Sweet Essentials stamp set for the "hello, baby" sentiment. I like the size of the sentiments in this stamp set. They're a little larger which means they fill up a bit more card space. You can add an embellishment and the sentiment balances out the space left on the card.

So glad that you stopped by :-)

 Supplies:

CS: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Epic Day DSP (130814)

INK: Early Espresso

SS: Sweet Essentials (126457)

BIG SHOT: Honeycomb EB folder (129378), Bitty Banners (129267), Delicate Designs, EB folder (127023), Circles framelits (130911)

ACCESSORIES: rhinestones

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Six-Sided Baby Card

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Today I'm sharing a baby boy card using the Hexagon punch and Honeycomb embossing folder.

It's not your traditional baby card, but I've been wanting to use my Epic Day DSP for awhile so pulled it out for this card along with the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set. I dragged my Soft Suede inkpad over the raised embossed Crumb Cake front panel and sponged Soft Suede and Calypso Coral around the edges of it. I used the Hexagon punch for the DSP hexagons and glued them onto pieces of Crumb Cake CS which were larger than the DSP. I then carefully cut the Crumb Cake CS around the DSP hexagons leaving about an 1/8" CS allowance.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

CS: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Epic Day DSP (130814)

INK: Calypso Coral, Soft Suede

SS: Itty Bitty Banners (126257)

BIG SHOT: Honeycomb EB folder (129378), Bitty Banners (129267)

PUNCHES: Hexagon (130919)

ACCESSORIES: Sponge Daubers (102892), Sequins

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Pink Kitty Get Well Card

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This is a card I made for a little girl from our church who had surgery and am happy to say that she's doing very well. I case'd the card design and punch art cat from Debbie Henderson, changing out the colors to pinks and brown. You can visit her blog to get all the how-to's.

I hope that you're having a great day!

Clearance Rack Blitz

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It's that time once again... Everyone loves a good deal; and what better deal could there be than Stampin' Up! products at up to 80% off? Check out this amazing opportunity and place your order before it is too late; the products are only available while supplies last. This sale begins December 10.

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Give Thanks

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That was the theme of ourThanksgiving this year...Give Thanks! This has been a year of answered prayers and all I can do is "Give Thanks" to God who has heard our prayers and has graciously answered us. So what better way to celebrate our Thanksgiving this year than with the MDS Feast of Thanks ensemble?

Thanksgiving Menu Board placed in a frame

Napkin Rings

It comes with a bunch of fun elements that you can put together to create banners, leaves, name cards, napkin rings, coloring page placemats, menu boards, invitations, cute "I am thankful this year for..." cards to share at your Thanksgiving meal.

Placemat coloring page. All the kids colored placemats.

Placemat, napkin ring, thankful cards, name card 

Lots of different colored shaped leaves grouped together

I used the ideas MDS offered and just printed them up, cut them out and put them together. I'm all into simple and easy this year.

I loved having the banner "Give Thanks" up all month...it was a great reminder to remember all that I have to give thanks for this year. Don't you love the Fall fabric wreath? My friend, Karin, made that for me which coordinated perfectly with the colors in the Feast of Thanks download.

I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

How about a Freebie?

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I'm still here...just been very busy. I have a bunch of cute pictures and projects to share with you, but first I have to edit the pics, write the blog post, (blah, blah, blah). Upcoming blog posts and pictures are on my "to do" list, so they'll be posted in the near future. Until then, I thought I'd share this cute and free MDS bow and tag set that was posted on My Digital Studio's page. It's a project that was created with MDS and saved as a PDF, so all you have to do is click on the PDF link and print it out, even if you don't have MDS. If you need some instructions on how to create the bow, check out MY HOW-TO post. Hope you have fun!

CLICK HERE for project page.

Also, as a head's up...the Clearance Rack promotion begins December 10. Check out the Promo Page for this Week's Deals and the Whole Lot of Love Valentine promotion going on right now.

24-Hour Sale

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CYBER MONDAY SALE ITEMS

These items will be 30 percent off for 24 hours on Monday, December 2:

Envelope Liners Framelits Dies (item 132172)  - Reg. $26.95/ Sale $18.87

Expressions Thinlits Dies (item 132171)  - Reg. $24.95/ Sale $17.47
Holly Jolly Greetings Simply Sent (item 132159)  - Reg. $14.95/ Sale $10.47
Snowflake Season Simply Sent  (item 132176)  - Reg. $14.95/ Sale $10.47
Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels (item 129324)  - Reg. $4.95/ Sale $3.47
Extra-Large Gift Box (item 132147)  - Reg. $3.95/ Sale $2.77

Remember you only have one more day to take advantage of the holiday sale. Don't miss out!

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