Friday Thank You

Thanks to all who stopped by this week.  Here's a quick card using the Love Bandit Set.  I like the owl.  He's got a slightly dazed look about him.  Designer paper is from the Sweet Pea pack in the Occasions Mini Catalog.  Enjoy your weekend.

Stamps: Love Bandit, Fundamental Phrases
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Rose Red
Paper: Old Olive, Confetti White, Chocolate Chip, Designer Series Paper Sweet Pea
Accessories: Punches Modern Label, Word Window, Ticket Corner, dimensionals

Another Valentine Treat

This Valentine Treat uses Stampin' Up!'s new Heart Treat Cups.  They fit inside the Full Heart punch space.  The stamp set goes with them, it's called Sweetheart.  They hold a nice size treat of candy.  Scallop Square Clear Bigz Die forms the backing.  Hope you enjoy!

Stamps: Sweetheart, Happy Moments (Sale-a-bration set!)
Ink: Rose Red, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose, Whisper White
Accessories: Heart Treat Cups, Satin Ribbon in Pretty in Pink, Sending Love Appoxy Brads in Real Red, Full Heart and Horizontal Slot punches, Stampin' Up! Bigz Clear Die Scallop Square, Big Shot Machine, Dimensionals

Simple Valentine

Here's a really simple Valentine/Love You card.  Color scheme is Pretty In Pink, Rose Red and Very Vanilla.  The flourished die is from the Stampin' Up! Lots of Tags Sizzlit Dies.  I really like that it fits around that wide oval punch so well.  The small heart is punched with the new design punch from Stampin' Up! as well.  The Designer Series Paper is from the Specialty Paper Sending Love.  It's got some great glittered texture on it, which may not come through in the picture.  The stamp is from the Well Scripted set from the Occasions Mini Catalog.  Happy Wednesday.

Stamps:  French Filigree, Well Scripted
Ink: Pretty In Pink, Rose Red
Paper:  Pretty In Pink, Specialty Designer Series Paper Sending Love, Rose Red, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Stampin' Up! Sizzlits Dies Lots of Tags, Wide Oval Punch, Small Heart Punch, Big Shot machine, Dimensionals

Just another Manic Monday

With a "Thank You" attached!  Many thanks to the ladies who made this weekend's Mystery Hostess Workshop so much fun.  Here's a thank you card in plum, saffron, pink and moss.  I used the Vintage Vogue set again.  Got my color scheme from the Color Coach.  An interesting pairing.
Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Fresh Cuts, Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel
Ink: Perfect Plum (classic ink pad and jumbo wheel cartridge), So Saffron, Mellow Moss
Paper: Whisper White, Mellow Moss, Perfect Plum, So Saffron
Accessories: Wide Oval, Scallop Circle, Large Oval, Scallop Trim Border Punch (Sale-a-bration!), Mellow Moss Taffeta Ribbon, Pretty in Pink Corduroy Buttons, Pretty in Pink Brads, Jumbo Wheel Handle

Mystery Hostess Projects

These are the projects I designed for my Sale-a-bration Mystery Hostess Workshop this weekend.  I'll show close ups, too, so you can see them.  We're playing with lots of new stuff.

"With all my Heart" Treat holder.  This uses the Stampin' Up! Bigz Die "Two Tags" to make the outside holder.  Cut two tags, use sticky strip to attache them together at the bottom fold, and you have a holder.  I got the idea from the Demonstrator portion of the Stampin' Up! website.  The stamp is from With All My Heart (clear mount version).  Who knew the small heart punches out with the small heart from the Heart to Heart punch?  Cool!  Here's what else I used:
Stamps: With All My Heart (clear mount)
Ink: Real Red
Paper: Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla, Specialty Designer Series Paper Sending Love
Accessories: Punches Heart to Heart and Full Heart, 5/8-inch Satin Ribbon Pretty in Pink, Stampin' Up Embosslits Die Scalloped Heart of Hearts, Stampin' Up! Bigz Die Two Tags, Big Shot Machine, dimensionals.

Happy Moments 3x3 card:
This card uses the Sale-a-bration Stamp Set Happy Moments.  It's a cute card to go with a gift.
Stamps: Happy Moments (Sale-a-bration set)
Ink: Basic Brown pad, Markers (Realy Red, Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede)
Paper: Soft Suede, Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Blender Pens, Sending Love Epoxy Brads in Real Red, 3/4-inch Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon in Real Red, dimensionals.

Last One:  I (heart) Hearts Valentine Card
Stampin' Up! will donate $2.00 from the purchase of this set to the Red Cross efforts to help Haiti.  It's a cute set.  Mine is clear mount.  I really like the way it saves space.  I'm still not converting everything I have because I like the way the wood blocks feel.  However, the Stampin' Up! acrylic blocks are really nicely weighted and are a good substitute.
Stamps: I (Heart) Hearts (clear mount), Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Rose Red, Regal Rose
Paper: Rose Red, Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Whisper White
Accessories: Corduroy Buttons Pretty In Pink, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Small Heart Punch, dimensionals

Enjoy the rest of your week!  Thanks for visiting.

More Butterflies.

This is an Easel card. I found the pattern for it on splitcoaststampers.com. It's a neat idea because the card stands up when you open it up. This is the outside cover. The size is a regular medium card size when finished (4-1/4 x 5-1/2 inches) I used the new single butterfly stamp from the Occasions Mini Catalog and the Well Scripted stamp set. Here is a picture of the inside of the card when it stands up, as well. The Scallop Trim Border Punch is the one that's available during Sale-a-bration! A very good deal.

Stamps: Well Scripted, Butterfly Accent
Ink: Orchid Opulence
Paper: Whisper White, Orchid Opulence, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Designer Series Paper Shades of Spring
Accessories: Taffeta Ribbon (Pretty in Pink), Stampin' Up! Embosslits Die Beautiful Wings, Stampin' Up! Sizzlits Die Lots of Tags, Corduroy Buttons (Pretty in Pink), Wide Oval Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch

Thank You Bandit

One of the other cute sets from the Occasions Mini is this cute "Love Bandit" set. It's really kind of fun. I like the raccoon the best, but the others are cute, too. Here we're all about the polkadots. The background is the new Textured Impressions folder .
The designer polka dot paper is from the new pack called Sweet Pea. Sentiment is from Simply Said. Have a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by.

Stamps: Love Bandit, Simply Said
Ink: Basic Black, Taken With Teal (marker), Real Red (marker)
Paper: Whisper White, Taken with Teal, Real Red, Designer Series Papers Sweet Pea
Accessories: Scallop Square, 1.25 in. Square, Large Oval, Scallop Oval and Wide Oval Punches, Real Red 3/4" Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon (flipped in reverse), dimensionals

One More Vintage Vogue

Here's another one with Vintage Vogue. I took the color scheme from the Designer Series Papers Nouveau Chic: Sage Shadow, Basic Grey and Apricot Appeal. The "Thank You" comes from the set Fresh Cuts. I thought the font went well with the Vintage look. Have a wonderful Wednesday.

Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Fresh Cuts, Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel
Ink: Apricot Appeal, Basic Grey, Sage Shadow
Paper: Apricot Appeal, Basic Grey, Sage Shadow, Very Vanilla, Nouveau Chic Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Silver Brads, and 5/16" Brads (silver), Dimensionals

More Vintage Vogue

The more I use this set, the more I like the flowers. They cut out or punch out easily and have a nice subtle edge to them. I also really like the new Beautiful Wings Embosslits die. The butterflies are really interesting. (Yes, Cindy W., butterflies...just for you!) The frame is the Sizzix Bigz Scallop Oval Frame die in Crushed Curry. The background paper is from Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series paper. As usual, I'm punch happy with the ovals and the Boho Blossom punches. Here's what I used:
Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Simply Said (yes, the sentiment was markered out of a bigger stamp!)
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo
Paper: Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Beautiful Wings Stampin' Up! Embosslits Die, Sizzix Bigz Scallop Oval Frame, Sizzix Big Shot machine, Small, Large and Scallop Oval punches, Boho Blossoms punch, Button Latte (whisper white button), mini glue dots, dimensionals

Happy New Year!

Happy 2010. It's a new decade and my camera difficulties are fixed. Here's a new card using some of the new Stampin' Up! products. I've had some time to play, so hope you all enjoy this card. I'm really enjoying the Sizzix Big Shot machine. Great fun. I used the new Textured Impressions Folder "Polka Dots" for the background. Makes dry embossing really easy. Stamps are two new ones from the Occasions Mini Catalog. The flowers are from the set "Vintage Vogue" which I ordered in the new "Clear Mount" version to try them out. I'm very satisfied with the image quality of the stamps as well as the sturdiness of the Stampin' Up! Acryllic Blocks. Enjoy!
Stamp Sets: Vintage Vogue (clear mount), Well Scripted
Paper: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Perfect Plum
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo
Accessories: 1.75" circle punch, 1" circle punch, Rich Razzleberry polka dot grosgrain ribbon, 5/8" brad (white), Textured Impressions Folder "Polka Dots", Sizzix Big Shot machine, sponges