Treat yourself to some brand new Stampin’ Up! products – that’s what you should do! The new Occasions Mini Catalog started – lots more great stuff and the cutest hostess stamp set.  I need to place an order to get it though – we couldn’t pre-order that one.  I do have my preorders and  I’m starting to play but what I’m working on right now I can’t share because it’s for Leadership.  So here is a card for you today that has nothing new on it – bad, I know.  But it was all I had ready to put on my blog.  I do have a card with new product made but not photographed so I’ll do that and share it with you tomorrow.  Until then enjoy this card –

It’s Very Vanilla Textured Card stock – 6×3 – and fits in the long open-ended envelope.  The stamp set is Creative Elements and I used Early Espresso ink for stamping.  There is a piece of Very Vanilla Velvet Ribbon at each end.  I wish I had used this ribbon more – it is actually very nice for putting flat on a card or scrapbook page.  The center is a piece of Bashful Blue Designer paper (it is an old print but you can use one of the current ones – the vintage wallpaper would be pretty).  The butterfly is stamped and cut out.  The quote is stamped on a rectangle which was then inked on the edges.  “Treat yourself like you own best company.”  We really should you know.

Have a nice day – it is cold here!  I’m ready for spring – I don’t like to be cold.  We spent last week in Florida and it was in the mid 70s – we were at the beach right after Christmas, watching the sunset on New Years Eve sitting by the pool and when we got back home it was cold.