A few more Swaps

This card was made by Margaret
Stamps: Rue des Fleurs
Inks: Stazon
Paper: Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Everyday Enchantment
Other: Big Shot, Stripes Embossing & Designer Frames Embossing folders, Ink & Blender Pen, Modern Label & Wide Oval Punch Taffeta Ribbon

This card was made by  Marsha
Stamps: My Friend
Ink: Stazon
Paper: Calypso Coral CS, Everyday Enchantment DSP
Other: Big Shot & Adorning Accents Edgelits, Blossom & Boho Blossom punches, Mini silver Brad

Apothecary Art

Somethings you might want to know:

1. Sale-a-bration starts tomorrow! For every $50 you spend you can choose some free product.
2. The catalog year at Stampin' UP! is changing the new catalog will begin on JUNE 1 not on July 1, what does that mean to you? If you love the  in colors that came out the summer of 2010(Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait and Poppy Parade) they will be gone in the catalog that begins June1, so now is the time to stock up.
3. There will only be two mini catalogs a year they will be larger in size and have more pages and each will last 5 month.
4. Decor Elements and the Simply Adorned will not be carried in the new catalog, those lines will be discontinued. 

So on to a card. . .

This card uses Framelits and Edgelits and two stamp sets from the Occasions Mini!

• The card base is Whisper White with the front edge cut with an Edgelit. I strip of Pink Pirouette was also cut to match and adhered to the inside of the card. 
• Using the Label Framelits I cut Marina Mist CS and with a nesting size cut a Pink Pirouette Label, the Marina Mist Label was run through the Big Shot with the Starburst Embossing Folder.
• I stamped the image from Apothecary Art with Versamark onto Whisper White CS and heat embossed it with Black Embossing powder. I then colored the flowers lightly with a Blender Pen and Marina Mist Ink. I then hand cut it out close the the line so that it would leave a small line of Pink Pirouette showing under it.
• The phrase is from Loving Thoughts and was stamped in Marina Mist.

I hope that you have a wonderful day.

Stampin' Llamas Occasionally Occasions Blog Hop

Welcome! If you lose your way along the hop please return to our home blog http://stampinllamas.blogspot.com/2012/01/stampin-llamas-occasionally-occasions.html

you may have hopped here from Kathe's - http://kathesadventure.blogspot.com/2012/01/occasions-blog-hop-adventure.html 

My first card is using the stamp set Heaven Blessed on pg 20 of the Occasions Mini I fell in love with the cute little boy and the cute animal images.

Here are the details

·                     The card base is Marina Mist layered with Old Olive and then a layer of DSP, the DSP is Letters to Santa (I think I like the non Christmas sides of these paper better then the Christmas side.

·                     I used the Framelits Dies (pg 6 Occasions Mini) Labels Collection to cut Watercolor Paper and Old Olive CS.

·                     I stamped the image with Stazon onto the Watercolor paper and the colored it with Ink and an Aqua Painter.

·                     My Easter Greeting is on the inside of the card.

The second card uses Baby Prints found on pg 38 of the Occasions Mini

·                     The card base is Whisper White and I used the Edgelits (pg 7)  for the bottom of the card and the Framelits for the image

·                     A strip of DSP Cheerful Treat was used behind the scallops on the bottom

·                     The tiny feet were inked with Wisteria Wonder ink and stamped on Whisper White CS the edges of the Framelit cut is sponged with Lucky Limeade.   Baby from Tiny Tags was stamped with Lucky Limeade and punched out with the Jewelry Tag punch, a Lucky Limeade and Wistera Wonder tag was also punched they were pinned through the CS with a pin from Vintage Trinkets.

·                     it was then layered onto a Framelit cut from DSP Paper Stacks 2011-2013 In color.

Third up was hard for me to pick but decided to show a card from the Upcoming Sale-a-bration Catalog I used a set the is free with a $50 order, it is found on pg 15 of that catalog

·                     The card base is Naturals White Sponged with Soft Suede the DSP is another Sale-a-bration Freebie found on pg 7 called Everyday Enchantment I used pieces from two different sheets, the edges are also sponged.

·                     The stamp set is called Elementary Elegance, I stamped the frame with Versamark and Embossed with Gold Embossing Powder in the middle I stamped Happy Birthday from the set using Poppy Parade. I hand cut it out and popped it up on the card with Dimensionals.

I hope that you were inspired by the cards we are showing remember the Mini runs until April 30th but Sale-a-bration is only Jan 24th- Mar 31st. Next stop on the hop is Linda - http://www.nutty4stampin.blogspot.com/2012/01/occasionally-occasions-llama-blog-hop.html
You are going to love her Packed for Birthday

Until next time Happy Stampin'