Reason to Smile

Jul 13, 2012 | Birthday, Cards | 1 comment

Here is a quick card featuring the Reason to Smile stamp set that is available this month only.  When you order $50 of product you can get the set for just $5!  What a deal!

To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here to go to my website online store.

 

Moving Forward with Create with Connie & Mary

Jul 12, 2012 | Baby, Cards | 8 comments

It’s a new challenge at Create with Connie & Mary.  This weeks challenge CCMC210 is going to last for two weeks.  Some of the design team will be at the Stampin’ Up! Convention next week – so you have two weeks to play along.  And this week is a color challenge. I came up with this fun card with a brand new stamp set – the set is called Moving Forward – and it is the cute new Ronald McDonald House stamp set.  You can find it in the very back of the catalog.

I decided that I wanted to separate the images and the words so I could use them by themselves.  But since I got this set as a clear mount I figured out it was super easy to keep them separated and use them together – I just cut between the image and the words and when I want to use them together I can just mount them on the clear block together – because I cut them apart – they will fit perfectly back together when I put them on the block to stamp.

Oh before I forget here are the colors we are using – in case you didn’t already figure it out –

This card is a 4-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ So Saffron card base.  Then I added a Pool Party panel on the front that was punched with the scallop border punch and then I pierced it.  The front is Old Olive with the Whisper White and the stamped image – stamp in Old Olive, add Cherry Cobbler accents and color the sail So Saffron.  I used the little swirly image in Pool Party to randomly stamp around the bottom of the boat for waves.  And I sponged all the way around the white square.

Here is a close up of the Baker’s Twine – that has a tag and a heart button tied to the card front.

And the inside –

I’d love to see what you create with these colors.  Make something and then visit Create with Connie & Mary and submit your entry.  Each challenge is open for a week.  And then a new challenge will be issued.  Except this one will be TWO WEEKS long.

Here are a few more details about my card.

Stampin’ Up! Supplies:

  • Card stock:  So Saffron, Pool Party, Old Olive, Whisper White
  • Ink: Old Olive, Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler, Stampin’ Write Markers – So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler
  • Stamp sets: Moving Forward, A Word For You, Tiny Tags
  • Accessories:  Scallop Border Punch, Jewelry Tag punch, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Bitty Button, Paper piercer & Mat, Stampin’ Sponge.

To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.

Ribbon Shares

Jul 10, 2012 | In Colors, SU Ribbon | 1 comment

I did two ribbon shares in June and thought I would share how cute the packages turned out.  This is the In-Color Ribbon with a sample of the matching Dahlia’s.  I cut a piece of cardboard – from the back of the designer paper packs.  Stamped each end, wrapped the ribbon, added the dahlia’s and then put the whole thing in a clear envelope.

And here is the other one – the new 1/4″ stitched ribbon.  I punched card stock in the same color as the ribbon with the Round Tab punch.  I put all 10 colors in a tall cello bag.  I cut Basic Gray card stock with the Apothecary Framelit – folded it in half over the top of the bag and stapled it.  I punched a Daffodil Delight Blossom Punch, snipped the petals, added a piece of Designer Paper punched with the Boho Blossom Punch and put them together with a silver brad and added it to the top.

Thanks for stopping by today!

With You is My Favorite Place to Be

Jul 9, 2012 | Cards | 0 comments

With you is my favorite place to be.  Isn’t that just a nice thing to say?  Stamping with my friends is one of my favorite places to be.  And here is a sweet little card that you can give to someone to tell them the same thing.

This card is 4-1/4″ square – so it fits in the medium envelope with just some extra space on the side.  Sometimes I like making a square card instead of it always being a rectangle.  And the other nice thing about this one is I can cut my Designer paper into 4×4 inch pieces and not waste one single bit.  I also did paper piecing on the wagon – if you really wanted to be frugal you could take that part out of the center of the square where everything is covered up.  I didn’t actually do that – but you could.  This paper is the new Patio Party Designer paper – I think that’s what its called – let me go check – yep – that’s what its called.  I like this pattern with all the little butterflies and it fits nicely with this stamp image from For the Birds.  I used Stampin’ Write Markers to color the image – except for the wagon that has the paper on it.  And I used a piece of Whisper White 1/4″ stitched grosgrain ribbon – I like this new ribbon lots better than the old one – it is much softer and easier to work with.

Oh – I got an email from Stampin’ Up! a little while ago – it said Congratualtions on earning the Getaway trip!  Yeah!  And included this little badge that I can put on my blog and in my emails and such.  Now I’m waiting on an email to tell me what to do to register so we can actually go.  I hope it comes soon – I’m anxious to get all the details and make it a for sure thing.

In the meantime I’m working on getting ready for convention.  I did take a few hours of “me” time today though.  I walked this morning, then came home and filled my bird feeders and picked blueberries in the back yard.  Later I dropped Ryan and band camp and then when and got a pedicure and manicure – so I’ll have pretty toes and fingers for convention.  I stopped to get lunch too – but got it to go and ate it at home.  Now back to working on swaps.  I’ve finished 50 punch art swaps, 12 full card swaps for my team, almost done with 30 general swaps.  I have a wow project designed for our team retreat and I’m waiting on some orders to get here so I can finish getting those ready.  I have plans to make some little gifty things for some of my friends I’ll see at Convention.  And if there is time more general swaps to make.  So back to the craft room – talk to you later!