Swaps

My Friend Stephanie made this interlocking heart card.

Stamps:Take it to Heart  & Loving Thoughts
Ink: Baja Breeze & Riding Hood Red
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Whisper White & Blushing Bride CS, Red Glimmer Paper, Twitterpatted DSP
Other: Big Shot & Hearts Framelits, Small Heart punch, Dimensionals.

Buffy made this card and it is her fault that I bought the stamp set :).

Stamps: Bordering on Romance & Petite Pairs
Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Melon Mambo & Crushed Concord
Paper: Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Crushed Concord, Melon Mambo & Whisper White CS, Cheerful Treat DSP
Other: Big Shot & Labels Framelits, Corner Rounder & Small Oval punches

More Swapping

This card came from my friend Patti.
Stamps: Outlined Occasions, Take it to Heart
Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler CS, Red Glimmer paper
Other: Big Shot and Elegant Lines Embossing folder, Heart to Heart, Postage Stamp. Scallop Square and Small Heart Punches, Cherry Cobbler Polka Dotted Ribbon, Chery Cobbler Dazzling Details.

Linda sent this CAS card.
Stamps: Elementary Elegance
Paper Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla CS, Everyday Enchantment DSP
Ink: Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Crumb Cake
Other: Big Shot and Framed Tulips Embossing folder, Curly Label Punch, Pearl Jewels

Swapping Again

This swap came from my friend Stephanie Osgood, she used the A la Carte stamp set Easter Dove.  It is on the last page of the Occasions mini.

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Whisper White and Blushing Bride CS, Twitterpated DSP

Other:Big Shot. Labels Framlites, Adorning Accents embossing folder, Stampin' Pastels, Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding, Frost Shimmer Paint spray.

Turtle & Co

Wow, we have been being sick at my house!  I got it first and can I say I don't remember ever being this ill ever.  The fevers of 102 really just wiped me out.  I am slowly getting back to normal, but my husband and both sons are still in the midst of it.

This is a fun get well card and $3 from every set sold goes to the Ronald McDonald House Charities so when you buy the set you really are helping others!

• Card base is Always Artichoke with a front of Pear Pizzazz(retiring soon so stock up).
• On the Pear Pizzazz front about 1" from the bottom I stamped the phrase using Always Artichoke. After stamping I ran it through the Big Shot in the Houndtooth Embossing folder, I think it gives the feel of a turtle shell.
• I stamped the turtle on Watercolor Paper with Stazon.  I colored the image with Ink and an Aqua Painter using the same two greens as the paper. I used Baja Breeze as the shadow to keep the turtle from just floating on the paper.
• I added small googly eyes over the stamped eyes as a fun detail. The image is layered on Always Artichoke.

I hope all of you are well and that no catches what we have here at my house!

Swapping Again

My friends and I are swapping again! the first card I received was from Robin Cosca.

Here is her supply list.

Stamps: Fresh Vintage (SAB), P.S. I Love You (Occasions Mini)

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Real Red, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette

Other: Heart to Heart, Large Tag, Extra Large Tag punches 

Cute As A Bug!

It has been fun pulling out retired sets and using them again, as a demonstrator it seems that we spend so much time planning for events(ans that requires current sets) that often sets that we loved sit unused.  I am lucky two of my neighbors as well as good friends have been customers of SU for almost as long as I have.  I borrowed sets from them as I was making cards to fill my order for our local store that is carrying my cards.  This Valentine uses the set Cute as a Bug.

• The card base is Real Red.
• I cut a piece of Regal Rose with the Label Framelit and then ran it through the Big Shot again with the Starburst embossing folder. I cut a piece of Glittery retired DSP with a smaller Framelit and with the next size smaller I cut a piece of Very Vanilla CS.
• With Stazon I stamped the Spider on the piece of Very Vanilla CS, underneath it I stamped "Be Mine" in Real Red.  
• I added a small black heart from the Fashionable Hearts Embosslit, then I added a small heart punched from the Silver Glitter paper, to make it pink I actually sponged Cherry Cobber on it.

Framelits and Embossing Folders add so much to a simple card.

Outlined Occasions- Love

This card uses a Sale a bration stamp set as well as retired DSP.

• The card base is Pretty in Pink with a front of Basic Black layered with retired DSP, The DSP is glittery.
• I stamped the LOVE with VersaMark on Whisper White and embossed it with Black. I then ran it through the Big Shot with the Heart Framelit, after it was cut out I stamped the be mine with Stazon. I filled in the outlined word and hearts with Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details.

The longest time spent making this card was letting the Dazzling Details dry.

Hope you like the card, feel free to comment. 

P.S. I Love You- En Francais

Here is another of the Valentine cards I delivered to a local store.

• Card base is Crumb Cake, a front of Whisper White with a Cherry Cobbler layer that was ran through the Big Shot with the Starburst Embossing folder.
• On a piece of Whisper White I stamped the background stamp En Francais with Crumb Cake, I also sponged the edges with Crumb Cake.
• On a scrap of Naturals White I stamped the phrase from P. S. I Love You in Cherry Cobbler and punched it out with the postage Stamp punch. I sponged the edges with Crumb Cake and added it to the front of the card.
• I over stamped the stamp with the post mark from P. S. I Love You in Cherry Cobbler.
• I decided to add the post mark from French Foliage as well this is in Crumb Cake stamped on the back ground piece.

I have been using a lot of retired sets to make cards for the order I delivered to Stokes (a local store here in my town). I will show those in the coming days, it was fun to pull out old favorites and play with them.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

P.S. I Love You

SO I just delivered 6 dozen cards to a local store (Stokes) for resell. This is one of the cards I made.

• Card base is Naturals White with a front of Cherry Cobbler and another layer of Naturals white sponged with Crumb Cake.
• On the Naturals White layer I stamped the background writing from French Foliage in Pink Pirouette, love you kiss you.. from P.S. I Love You overlapping in Cherry Cobbler.
• I cut a piece of Cherry Cobbler CS with the Scalloped Rectangle Clearlits Die using my Big Shot.
• I stamped cupid from P.S. I Love You in VersaMark embossed it with my glittery Cherry Cobbler powder, I then  I cut it to fit inside the Cherry Cobbler rectangle added it to the front of my card.
• I inked the postmark From P.S. I Love You in Cherry Cobbler and stamped it off the edge of the cupid image. I inked up the postmark from French Foliage in Crumb Cake and stamped it going off  of the image as well.

I hope that you are having a wonderful day. Email me if you would like to place an order. $50 order= 1 free Sale a bration set.

Celebrate with Sale a bration!

So Sale a bration is going strong, here is a card using a Sale a bration stamp set "Outlined Occasions"

• The card base is Marina Mist with a front of Not Quite Navy and the top layer is a piece of paper my brother gave me a couple of years ago (He is a printer and from time to time he gives me ends of paper runs)
• I cut a piece of Silver Glitter paper with the Framelit Label die
• On a piece of Very Vanilla I stamped the word Celebrate with VersaMark and embossed it with Black. I colored the word with a Marina Mist marker and the confetti with Marina Mist and Not Quite Navy I went over the word and the confetti with Dazzling Details, I also added some of the smallest Rhinestones. This is popped up with Dimensionals.

So here is my confession of the day. . . I messed up on this card! I had cut the Very Vanilla with a nesting Framelit but when I went to stamp the corresponding words that go with Celebrate I did them crooked so I trimmed off the top and the bottom of the Framelit.  Card saved! 

Gnome Sweet Gnome

Stampin' UP! gave this set to me, I wasn't thrilled with the set but it was FREE.  When my granddaughter unpacked my order for me she was so excited with this one, she love, love, loved it!  It has grown on me and I see potential in it.

I made a Valentine with my granddaughter and her love of this set in mind.

• Card base is Real Red, the paper that is behind the image was cut with one of the Label Framelits, it was a piece that has been in my scrap box for about 8 years (please tell me you hang onto scraps for forever because you never know when you might need it)
• I stamped the Gnomes with Stazon onto Watercolor paper and then cut it with a nesting size Framelit, I colored the images with ink and a Blender pen.
• The hearts(Brushed Silver and Real Red) were cut with the new Fashionable Hearts Sizzlit. Two were layered between their hands and a lager one was added to a Vellum flag with Happy Valentine's Day from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamped in VersaMark and embossed with glittery Cherry Cobbler Embossing powder.

There you go. . . what do you think of it?

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.

Perfectly Penned Out West

• Card base is Crumb Cake with a front of DSP Mocha Morning. 
• Very Vanilla and Early Espresso CS were run through the Big Shot with Framelits Labels, The Very Vanilla was sponged with Soft Suede with Thank you from Perfectly Penned stamped with Soft Suede.
• The boot and hat from Out West was stamped in Soft Suede onto Crumb Cake and cut out and popped up with Dimensionals.