Lilypad Lake

 Can you believe that January is half over already.  Before we know it, it will be summer. This stamp set and matching framelits make me think of summer. Growing up in Minnesota there was always a lake to walk around and enjoy. The true sign of summer were lilypads on the lakes along with the beautiful duck, geese and other birds that would be in the water.  It really reminded me of my younger days in Minnesota. It brought back so many wonderful memories.

The stamp set is lilypad lake and lakeside are the name of the framelits. If you order them together you receive 10% off, what a great opportunity to save. And if you order them now during saleabration you just need to order $6 more to receive a FREE item from the saleabration catalog. 

I had a watercolor panel that I had made a while ago and it was really dark and solid. Not the colors that I wanted for the project I was working on at the time. It was perfect for this card. I used the framelit to cut wavy lines for the water and then I put pool party card stock behind it for the look of water. (I kept the wavy lines to make another card, I will share that another day)  I used the memento black in so that I could color the bird and boat images with my stampin' blends. Using the matching dies to cut these images out made it so easy.

The greetings in this set so beautiful.  Any of them would be great for an uplifting card to send to a friend or relative who is having a hard time. I think it is really important to share our cards to encourage the people in our lives. It could make their day just a little bit special. If you know of someone who needs a little happiness in their day make them a card. It doesn't have to be fancy, just a little note so they know someone cares and thought of them today. Enjoy!

Sweet Baby Boy

This little set just melts my heart. The sweet baby stamp set along with the coordinating framelits (bouncing baby framelits)  you can make this cute little blanket to swaddle your baby.  If you order the set and framelits together you receive 10% off.  The dies not only cut the shape of the blanket they also make the score lines for you. I used the neutrals (night of navy) designer series paper to make the blanket. I also like that it is double sided and so you can see both designs when folded. The rest of the card is pretty easy to follow. I used night of navy for the layer on the white base and stamped the "its a boy" in night of navy in the background. For the greeting I stamped night of navy on white and used another cute die that comes in the set as well. It makes the cute ruffle on the bottom. I just couldn't resist even though it is a boy card. The heart that I used to close the blanket is from the stitched label framelits. I have found that this framelit set goes well with the sweet baby set as well.

Here is a close up of the baby and the blanket. I water colored the little baby and the cute little bear hat.

This is a close up of the cute eyelet ruffle. I think it adds so much to the greeting and the bottle to help balance out the card.  Enjoy!

Country Home

Do you find that there are some stamp sets that when you get them you realize just how much you enjoy them?  The country home stamp set was that way for me. I thought it was adorable in the catalog and so I ordered it, come to my surprise I now can't stop using it. I love the greetings, the fonts and the images.  They are great watercolored, colored with pencils as well as stampin blends and just stamped with no color at all.  My favorite card that I made with set is the one below.

I just can't get enough of this cute milk jug! I looked online for the colors for milk jugs and I saw so many different colors that I thought why not watercolor them all different. I love the rustic feel that this portrays. The greeting fits so well on the top and my card was finished in no time.  I have been working on my watercoloring. It is not as easy as it looks.  There are so many amazing watercoloring artists online, I could watch them all day.

I have also included a close up of the milk jug.  My watercoloring is a work in progress, but I do like the way that this turned out. I used the ink refills with the aquapainter for this. Using the neutral colors and then added some splatter to add to the rustic look. I am so glad that this stamp set was carried over from the holiday catalog. I really hope you enjoy this card!

Great videos

Stampin' Up! has created a few videos to introduce the new products that are available. I have included a few today and then I will share a few more another day.  You can always visit the Stampin' Up! website to see videos.  I love all the wonderful ideas that they share. Enjoy!

Happy New Year!

Welcome back to my blog.  I have really not done a very good job at keeping up with this blog, but it is a new year and I am determined to be more consistent.  Stampin' Up! always starts the new year off with a bang!  FREE product! What could be better than that? Also, they have released a new occasions catalog with lots of great new things to play with.  And if you have ever thought of becoming a demonstrator now is the time!  So much for free.  I would love to talk to you about becoming a demonstrator, even if you decide to become one just for the discount. Why not get your product at a reduced price.  Plus you also receive so many other benefits.

This adorable craft and carry tote can be yours for just signing up! Let me know if you have any questions.

If you do not have a demonstrator contact me and I would love to send you a copy of the occasions catalog as well as the saleabration catalog.  You will not want to miss out on these beautiful catalogs!