Just for You Post-it Note Holders

While I'm away at the CHA (Craft & Hobby Association) Super Show in Illinois I wanted to share the Post-it note holders that I made for a few friends I would be meeting up with while at the show.  I found the video directions for making this Post-it Note pen holder on Dawn's Stamping Thoughts. 

Supplies: Flight of the Butterfly, Just Believe, Sunny Garden DSP, Circle punch, Scallop Circle punch, Ribbon, Scallop border punch, Scor Tape, Glue Dot, Post-it Notes, Pen.

Each Post-it Note holder was wrapped up with a Ghirardelli chocolate.

2 Sketches 4 You - Under the Weather

Hello!  The other day while visiting Stacey's blog I followed a link she had posted and came across a new sketch challenge (new to me at least) for 2 Sketches 4 You.  I'm always looking for a good sketch that I can use so I decided to jump in and give it a try. 

Supplies: Rain or Shine -My Favorite Things, Sweet Pea DSP-SU, Ribbon, Scallop border punch, Button, Copics.  Colors: Basic Black, Pink Pirouette.

Three more days until CHA!  WooHoo!

Curtain Call - Curly Cute

Good morning!  I hope everyone had a good weekend, today I have a card that I created for Stacey's Curtain Call Color Challenge Act 40.  This was a fun card to create using the stamp sets Aviary and Curly Cute for the Thank You sentiment and I really liked these bold colors from Stacey's challenge. 

Supplies: Aviary, Curly Cute, Perfect Polka Dot Impressions Folder, Circle punch, Ribbon, Dimensionals. 

Have a great day!

SSSC79 - Just Believe

It's time for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge, you can find the sketch and link to play along on Karen's blog The Sweetest Thing.  The card I have for the sketch uses the stamp set Just Believe, this stamp set is so pretty and comes with so many great images in the set.  I turned the sketch vertical so that I could stamp the stemmed images length wise but I could see using this sketch again and again in either direction.

Supplies: Just Believe, Beautiful Wings Embosslit die, Ribbon, Oval Nestie, Scallop Trim border punch, Corner punch, Pearls, Dimensionals.  Colors: Early Espresso, Rich Razzleberry, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette.

To play along create a card using Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch, then go to Karen’s blog The Sweetest Thing and link your card so we can all see your creation!

Be sure to visit each of the Sweet Sunday Stampers below for more samples using this week’s sketch! 

Joanne Basile: ...just a little something

Karen Motz: Paper Playhouse

Laura Fredrickson: Scrapnextras

Sarah-Jane Kale': Janeybell

Vicki Burdick: It's a Stamp Thing

Nancy Riley: iStamp 

Jen Tapler: Jen Tapler Designs

TESC122 - Notably Ornate

Well it's a rainy day here at our house, my son's baseball game was cancelled and the family is laying low so I thought I would create a card.  The last two weeks I've been running my kids around to some summer activities, tennis camp, preschool summer camps in the morning and basically playing taxi driver to all three of them.  This week I'm happy that for the most part the camps have come to an end and I can start thinking about next weekends getaway trip I'm taking.  My friend Vicki and I are headed to Illinois for the CHA {Craft & Hobby Associtation} Super Show and were both very excited about going!  I'll be taking lot of pictures so that I can share them when I get back.  I'm looking forward to meeting so many people I've only know through the Internet and seeing all the fun products.

The card I have for today uses the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #122 and the stamp set Notably Ornate.  This sketch gave me the chance to ink up the new Notably Ornate stamp set and play, I really like how the large image fits nicely into the Top Note die and I love the new Antique Brads.

Supplies: Notably Ornate, Love Letter DSP, Top Note Die, Circle punch, Scallop Circle punch, Ribbon, Eyelet border punch, Antique Brad, Dimensionals.  Colors: Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red.

Thanks for stopping by!

SSSC78 - For The Birds

Happy Sunday!  It's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch.  I absolutely love the sketch Karen has for all of us today, the off set square with the flowers or embellishments is fantastic!  I've created two cards for the sketch both using birds, the card above uses the fun new stamp set Aviary which is one of my favorites from the Stampin' Up Idea Book & Catalog.  The card below has very little stamping on it and uses the Two-Step Bird punch and Flower Fusion Sizzlet die.

Supplies: Aviary, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Sunny Garden DSP, Floral Fusion Sizzlits die, Ribbon, Scallop border punch, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Two step bird punch, Button, Dimensionals.  Colors: Old Olive, Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight.

Supplies: Sincere Salutations, Sunny Garden DSP, Two Step Bird punch, Eyelet border punch, Ribbon, Floral Fusion Sizzlet die, Button, Circle punch, Dimensionals.

To play along create a card using Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch, then go to Karen’s blog The Sweetest Thing and link your card so we can all see your creation!

Be sure to visit each of the Sweet Sunday Stampers below for more samples using this week’s sketch! 

Joanne Basile: ...just a little something

Karen Motz: Paper Playhouse

Laura Fredrickson: Scrapnextras

Sarah-Jane Kale': Janeybell

Vicki Burdick: It's a Stamp Thing

Nancy Riley: iStamp 

Jen Tapler: Jen Tapler Designs

Enjoy your day and thank you for visiting!

SSSC77 - More Artistic Etchings

Good morning!  It's Sunday and time for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!  Karen has another fun sketch for all of us to play with this week.  My card for the sketch uses one of my favorite new sets from the Stampin' Up Catalog Artistic Etchings. The card base measurements on my card are 3 3/4"x7" so that it fits into a standard letter sized envelope.  I'm really having fun creating cards with a vintage style and can't wait to receive my Stampin' Up order tomorrow so I have more stamps and supplies to play with.

Supplies: Artistic Etchings, Tiny Tags, Vintage Vogue, Newsprint DSP, Ribbon, Small circle punch, Rhinestone Brad, Eyelet border punch, Medium Jewelry Tag punch, Pearls, Dimensionals.  Colors: Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, Basic Black.

To play along create a card using Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch, then go to Karen’s blog The Sweetest Thing and link your card so we can all see your creation!

Be sure to visit each of the Sweet Sunday Stampers below for more samples using this week’s sketch! 

Joanne Basile: ...just a little something

Karen Motz: Paper Playhouse

Laura Fredrickson: Scrapnextras

Sarah-Jane Kale': Janeybell

Vicki Burdick: It's a Stamp Thing

Nancy Riley: iStamp 

Jen Tapler: Jen Tapler Designs

Today my family is celebrating my Mom's 70th Birthday by throwing her a surprise birthday party, so I want to wish her a wonderful day!  Happy Birthday Mom!

Cup of Kindness

Good morning!  Today I have a thank you card that I created for a dear friend of mine (yes I know the stamps are not Stampin' Up).  All the supplies are Stampin' Up other than the stamps and buttons.  I used two Papertrey Ink stamp sets and combined them to create a teacup filled with flowers.

Supplies: Everyday Button Bits PTI, Tea for Two Additions PTI, Teacup die PTI, Buttons, Ribbon, Scallop Trim border punch, Maine Blueberry retired DSP, Dimensionals.  Colors: Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Bashful Blue.

Thank you for stopping by!

TESC119 - SFYTT Thank You Cards

Hello!  Today I have two sketch challenge cards to share, both using the same color combination from the new Stampin' Up Color Coach.  I don't know about you but I'm always looking for new color combinations for cards and scrapbook pages that's why I knew I had to have the Color Coach.  The Color Coach gives you a 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" sample of each of the colors that Stampin' Up carries, monochromatic colors that coordinate and two group color combinations (each including 3 colors) for every color.  The colors I used on today's cards from the Color Coach are Real Red, Early Espresso and Pumpkin Pie.

The card above was created using the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge and the stamp set For All You Do.

Supplies: For All You Do, Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder, Ribbon, Buttons, Circle punch, Scallop Circle punch, Piercer, Dimensionals.

The card below was created using Jen's Sketch For You to Try and uses the stamp set Embrace Life.

Supplies: Embrace Life, Sincere Salutations, Square Lattice Impressions Folder, Nestie, Brads, Aqua brush, Dimensionals.

To order your Color Coach or any Stampin' Up merchandise click here.

SSSC76 - Vintage Butterfly

Happy 4th of July!!!  It's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge and you would think that because its the 4th of July I would have something red, white and blue but I don't.  I hope you're not getting sick of seeing Vintage style cards using this color combination, I guess I was just on a roll and went with it.  Karen's great sketch is a square but I opted to make my card standard size in order to have room for the stamped swirl and small butterflies as well as the spiral punched edge.  The main butterfly is layered (using the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die)with the bottom large butterfly in basic black, then the same sized butterfly cut out of the Newsprint designer paper with a smaller butterfly cut out in the center of it.  Then topped off with an embossed butterfly with punched out flower and rhinestone brad added to the center (see close up photo below).

Supplies: Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, Elements of Style, Newsprint DSP, Vintage Wallpaper Impressions Folder, Ribbons, Scallop Trim border punch, Spiral Border punch, Circle punches, Brads, Rhinestone brad, Boho Blossoms punch, Sponge, Dimensionals.  Colors: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight.

To play along create a card using Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch, then go to Karen’s blog The Sweetest Thing and link your card so we can all see your creation!

Be sure to visit each of the Sweet Sunday Stampers below for more samples using this week’s sketch! 

Joanne Basile: ...just a little something

Karen Motz: Paper Playhouse

Laura Fredrickson: Scrapnextras

Sarah-Jane Kale': Janeybell

Vicki Burdick: It's a Stamp Thing

Nancy Riley: iStamp 

Jen Tapler: Jen Tapler Designs

Have a fun and safe 4th of July!

Day 2 of Artistic Etchings Collection

Hello!  It's day two of sharing a few of the Vintage projects I've created using some of the products from the new Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog.  Today I have a round card and a pillow box treat hold that's fit for a Queen.  The tag on the round card was first stamped with the medallion from the Artistic Etchings stamp set then sponged with Daffodil Delight, then I took and used the Basic Black ink pad directly around the edges of the tag for more distressing.  I stamped the "Amour" and added my stamped and cut out Eiffel Tower with Dimensionals.  The Vintage Wallpaper Impressions Folder (love it) was sponged with the DD ink as well so the embossing would pop and the Tiny Tag was stamped distressed and tucked in just under the knot of the two ribbons.  This was so fun and easy to create!

Supplies: Artistic Etchings, Tiny Tags, Medium Jewelry tag punch, Newsprint DSP, Ribbons, Vintage Wallpaper Impressions Folder, Scallop Trim border punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Filigree Designer brad, Rhinestone brad, Nestabilities dies, Sponge, Dimensionals.  Colors: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight.

If you've had a chance to look over the new Stampin' Up! catalog you'll see on page 123 (you can view the catalog by clicking the link in my side bar) that they have these fun pinched flowers I guess you could call them.  Well I wanted to try and make some so I used this one on the top of my Queenie Pillow Box.  To make a pinched flower I used a piece of 1 1/8" x 11" Daffodil Delight card stock and punched the long edge of it with my Scallop border punch, then scored in between each scallop, folded and taped end to end.  I'm sure there is another way of putting these together (if there's a hard way I've usually got it covered) but I took Tacky Tape and taped a large punched out circle as a base underneath and taped the crown and punched circles to the top.

Supplies: Pillow Box Bigz Die, Artistic Etchings, Newsprint DSP, Tiny Tags, Jewelry Tag punch, Scallop border punch, Scallop Trim border punch, Circle punches, Ribbon, Tacky Tape, Dimensionals.

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Artistic Etchings Collection

Good morning and happy TGIF!  Today I'd like to share the first card in a collection of cards and projects I've created using some products from the new Stampin' Up! catalog.  I've been having fun creating projects in this collection that have a Vintage Feel to them which is something I'm not quite used to but I'm enjoying.  The color combination of Basic Black and my new favorite Daffodil Delight was inspired by a few cards in the last Stampin' Success (demo only magazine).

Supplies: Artistic Etchings, Define Your Life, Newsprint DSP, Rhinestone Brad, Circle punch, Ribbon, Staples, Dimensionals.  Colors: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight.

Thanks for stopping by and have a good day!