Recent Class

Good morning!  This is a card we just did at my most recent card class.  I love the Real Red and Basic Black together for a great valentine day card.  I recently got the Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit and I can't believe I didn't get it a year ago.....I love it!! To it I adhered the recent promo Happy Valentine's Day stamp SU had and I punched it out using the large heart punch.  I also punched out a red glimmer paper heart and I really think it adds some nice sparkle to the card.  I am not sure how good to you can see the whisper white card stock but I sponged Real Red and Basic Black on there to give the card a little more "pop".  I wrapped some old grosgrain ribbon around it and the mounted it onto a piece of real red embossed with the Framed Tulips folder.  The gals got to stamp some heart images on the inside liner as well.  I got this general idea from Michelle Hall.

Valentine Card

Good afternoon from sunny Oregon!  It's beautiful here today.  So glad it is not raining right now.  I love this card - so simple yet elegant.  The colors used are Real Red and Whisper White.  The ribbon is the old retired grosgrain ribbon.  I have so much old styles of red ribbon that I have yet to purchase any of the new styles in red.  Hopefully I will soon - they are all so cute!  The sentiment is from the hostess set called Wacky Wishes and works for almost any greeting you need.  The cute stamp is from a retired set from last year's spring mini.  I don't often layer white on white but I really like it on this card.  The hearts were punched out with the scallop square punch.  I got the idea for this card from someone off SU's stampin connection - sorry I don't remember who! 

Have a wonderful weekend!

SAB is here!

Good morning!  It's finally here! Yes - it's Sale-a-bration time again and that means free stuff for you - yippee!  Who doesn't like free stuff?  Especially stamp stuff!  For every $50 in product you order - you get to pick out a free item from the new SAB flyer.  There are tons of great items in the flyer this year from stamp sets to an embossing folder to Designer Series Paper and more! Just email me if you are interested.

Here is a card I made using a few of the SAB products.  And yes - this card is just like my previous post - it's a great layout!  I used the Sycamore Street DSP, the Sycamore Street ribbon and button pack, the Pretty Petites stamp set, and the Petite Curly label punch.  Whew!  The colors I used are Tangerine Tango and Pacific Point.  You may notice a retired product on the card - I just couldn't resist putting the adorable party hat in the center of the punch.

New products

Good morning!  I hope you are all enjoying your 3 day weekend.  My kids are so excited to have a day off of school tomorrow.  Ummm didn't you two just have 2 weeks off for Xmas break?? Crazy how much school they have off around here.
This new card uses some new products SU is offering.  The stamp set is called Pretty Petites and they were punched out with the Petite Curly Label punch.  Both of these items are in the new Sale-a-brations catalog which goes live on Tuesday, Jan. 22nd. Yay!  Love this time of year!  So for every $50 you spend in product - you get to pick out a free item from the Sale-a-bration catalog.  How cool is that? The pool party ribbon is also from the SAB catalog from the Sycamore Street ribbon and button pack.  The DSP I used is from the new More Amore paper pack which is found in the new Spring Catalog.  The cute I love you stamp is from a promo SU has going on right now - the set is called My Little Valentine and is offered for just a few more days. There are 4 little valentine stamps in the set.  The colors on the card are Very Vanilla, Pool Party, and Primrose Petals.  I always try and add a little bling so there are two tiny rhinestones in the center of the small heart I punched out in Primrose Petals that I put in the center of one of the Pretty Petites stamps.  Enjoy!

Sympathy card

Hello everyone.  Nice and clear here today and a tad warmer than its been which is nice.  I'm still cold but just not as much :). 
I decided to make a sympathy card yesterday - it seems like my mother is always asking for some to keep on hand.  I used the new Honeycomb embossing folder which I LOVE!!  The DSP is from the upcoming Sale-a-bration DSP pack called Sycamore Street.  Isn't it pretty??  Love all the colors in this pack.  I used Rich Razzleberry and Summer Starfruit for this card.  The brad is a glimmer brad from the Brights collection.  The sentiment is from a retired set but it fit perfectly into one of the framelits in the Labels collection.  Hope you all have a great Thursday!

Valentine birthday

Good afternoon from chilly Oregon!  We've had a little bit of a cold streak here and I have been freezing.  Got the heat turned up and several layers on and still feel chilled.  At least I have been getting several card making projects done that were on my to-do list so that is good.  The first being my daughter's upcoming 12th birthday party invites and thank you's.  She is a Valentine baby so it's always fun to do something with hearts on it.  I decided to use up a bunch of retired DSP and heart eyelets so these cards worked out perfectly.  I borrowed the petite purse die from my friend Karen and I was surprised at how much I liked it.  It's certainly small but very versatile and super cute.  9 hershey kisses will fit inside there! I used the large flower on the Boho Blossoms punch along with another retired punch flower on the purse and thought it turned out cute.  Of course adding a little bling with the rhinestone is always a fun touch.  The friend heart is from my favorite I heart hearts set that retired last year (sad face!) and punched out with the still current heart punch.  I used the colors Real Red, and Pretty in Pink for these cards.  Hope you all keep warm out there!

More Summer Silhouettes

Good evening!  Was a busy weekend with my daughter's basketball team.  They have struggled a bit but came out strong this weekend and won their first 3 games in the tournament to put them in the Championship game - was soo exciting!  Unfortuntately they lost the last game but hey - 2nd place is the best they have ever done so it was a great finish.

I made these cards the other day - I CASE'd them from the catalog on page 141,  I have admired how clean and simple they were but I did decide to add the solid cardstock and I also used Dazzling Details on the tiny flower petals to give the card a little "pop" and I really like how they turned out. The colors used were Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise, and Summer Starfruit.  I made a whole bunch of them to keep on hand for gifts or last minute cards I need to send.  Thanks for looking!

New cards FINALLY!

Hello!  Yes - it has been 2 months since my last post...I have said this many times before but I really am going to try and be better and post more often.  I've been making cards like crazy these last few days so at least I actually have something to post!  The card above I CASE'd from the catalog and I LOVE LOVE how it turned out.  The stamp sets used were Summer Silhouettes and Perfect Punches.  The DSP is from the Summer Smooches pack.  The colors used were Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade, Tangerine Tango, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, and Island Indigo.  The great thing is you can use any combo of colors on this card and the DSP were just scrap pieces.  Always nice to find something to use them for - I don't like to have to throw the scraps away if I don't have to.  I made 20 of these cards last night.  I think they will be great to keep on hand or give away as a gift. 
Thanks for looking!