Late Valentine card

I don't know where time goes. I have so many Valentines cards that I wanted to share with you but just did not get them posted. Hopefully you don't mind a few card ideas for cards of love. They actually don't have to be Valentines cards they could just be cards of encouragement. The first card uses the hey love stamp set. I think the images in this set are so cute and I love the fun greetings. I also love to color and so this is an even better set. I stamped a few of the images and colored them not really knowing what I was going to do with them. So decided why not put them all on one card and using my stitched shapes cut each in a different shape. I think the card is fun and playful and perfect for a male card.

For the next card I used a few scraps that I had on my desk. So many times I cut something out, stamp something or paint something but it does not get used. I always save those and think maybe someday I will use them.  Well today is that day. I love when I can use a few scraps and make a card that looks cute. Does anyone else do this?

I hope you had a wonderful Valentines day and that you enjoy these cards. I had so much fun making them. It is so much fun to make things that you can give to people to bring joy into their lives. Have a great day!

Sale a bration second release

Hi Everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful Valentines day. Today Stampin' Up is offering a second release for saleabration. They have added a few more items that are adorable! You can check out the website to see the new catalog and you may order them today. Let me know if you have any questions. Have a great day.

Need a baby card?

Today I have made a cute and adorable little baby card. It can be given as a boy or girl card. This card I added the cute greeting "mama's boy" and so if you wanted to make it for a girl you could use another greeting from the stamp set. It was so easy to make and I love the way it turned out. Sometimes I feel like simple cards are just right.

How sweet is that little onesie? I just love how cute it came out, colored with the Stampin' blends and then I added the cute little heart from the stitched label framelits. I wanted the onesie to be the focus on this card and so I layered it with the stitched shapes framelits, and the scallop punch. For the background I used a piece of whisper white and randomly stamped the little accessories from the set with the pool party ink and then used the eyelet framelit to finish off the bottom edge. I mounted it all on the pool party cardstock that I had embossed with the sparkle embossing folder. Finished it all off mounted on a piece of thick whisper white cardstock.

I would love to know what stamp sets you like to use for baby cards? Enjoy!

Hey Love

It is that time of year to start making a few Valentines.  If you are like me you like to share your love with those important people in your life. And since I am so blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life I have made some quick and easy Valentines with Stampin' Up note cards. It is so easy to make a card with them because they have taken all the work of making the card and finding an envelope for you. Stampin' Up note cards come prescored and with matching envelopes. I just combined them with the Hey Love little critters, a few scraps of my neutral designer series paper and a few punches and cute little card are done.

I tried to get a picture of all the cards together, however I was not very successful.  I have included a close up of each of the cards for you.

This set makes a nice set of cards. I used all the images from the set and they all coordinate so well. I colored them with the Stampin' blends.This set is great for males, females, young and old. Hopefully this will give you some quick and easy ideas for Valentines for you to create.  Let me know what kind of Valentines you like to make.

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!

You are so fabulous

Don't you just love the new stitched all around bundle! I had so much fun playing with this set and this is just the beginning. I created a gift for my stamp club hostess using this set. It was the first time that I had inked the set up and used the dies.  And now I can't wait to use it again! The greetings in the set are so beautiful. I love the fonts and they go so well with the framelits. I used one of our pizza boxes for the small 3 x 3 cards that I placed inside. I used Mossy meadow cardstock as well as the designer series paper for the outside of the box, heat embossed the sentiment and sponged a piece of the white polka dot ribbon with mossy meadow ink.

 I kept the cards very simple. After stamping I used the framelit to cut out and then punched a small coordinating color of cardstock to mat behind. I decorated the envelopes with another stamp from the set.

This really is a quick and easy project to put together. Hopefully my hostess liked the gift! I always like to spoil my hostesses because I really do appreciate them opening their homes up to have our stamp club. I also do appreciate all of my club members! I hope that they know that it is because of them that they make my job as a demonstrator so fun!

10 FREE INK PADS!

What a great time to sign up to be a demonstrator!  A set of ink pads for FREE with your kit. You can pick any family color that you would like. That is a $67.50 savings!  Wow!! Contact me if you have any questions or would like to join my team!

Tickled Pink

Hi Everyone! "Tickled pink for you" is such a sweet greeting to put on a card for a baby girl card. I was so excited when I saw the greeting in my fabulous flamingo stamp set! I had made a fancy, glittery baby girl card for a friend of my son and his wife and I knew this went perfect with it. Who doesn't love everything pink with a beautiful baby girl! For the first card I used the apron builder framelits to create a little bib.

 For my next card I used the new Sweet Baby stamp set and had fun with my watercolor pencils and blender pen to give this little girl a pink outfit and finish her with a cute pink bow.  I am having so much fun with this set. And then when I saw the white polka dot ribbon, I just couldn't not add that as well.

 Have you noticed in the new catalog some of the fun ideas that they have included?  I found on page 48 their suggestion is to soften the color of the cardstock to brush your whisper white ink across to create muted, subtle look. I knew I wanted to try that and so I thought this was a great time. I love the look that it gave to the melon mambo color. Softened the cardstock to create a nice background to my little baby card.

Check out the other suggestions in the new catalog, find one you would like to try and let me know how it goes.  I would love to hear about the new creations that you have found in the new Stampin' Up catalog. Have a wonderful  and safe 4th of July!

Sweet Baby

Finally, I have had some free time to create with my new goodies from the Stampin' Up new catalog! Sometimes I find that it is overwhelming when I get all kinds of new things and don't know where to begin. However, I fell in love with the new Sweet Baby set right away. The images as well as the font used for the greetings are so adorable and I always love an excuse to do some coloring. I started by stamping the images with my staz on black ink pad on shimmer paper so that I could do use my watercolor pencils and then I stamped the images on white cardstock with my memento pad so that I could do some coloring with my stampin blends. (I am so excited for the new colors to be released soon- I will let you know as soon as I find out) I find it so relaxing to color and so I took my images and sat outside enjoying the beautiful California weather and began to color. I like to cut out all my images at once and then create my card.

Aren't these images so adorable! I CASE(d) the card in the catalog for my first card, page 89. When I first saw this bundle I did not notice the cute lace trim in the framelits. I will be using that for many cards in the future!  It is so pretty! The new 6 x 6 designer series paper is also a must have!  Who can resist polka dots and stripes!  I used the neutral pack for this card because I wanted it to match the jumper for the baby. Since I have not used my watercolor pencils in a while, I decided to pull them out with my blender pen for a soft baby look.

I hope you enjoy this card! If you or anyone you know is having a baby soon let me know. I would love to send them a card. Just leave me a message and I will get back to you. If you would like to order the sweet baby bundle to receive your 10% discount let me know.  Have a beautiful day and I will share more sweet babies soon!