7/31/10

"Crazy for Cupcakes"

Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight,
and Melon Mambo, Whisper White
DSP is retired: Kaleidoscope
Stamp Sets: "Crazy for Cupcakes", sentiment on front is from
"Birthday Bliss", Inside greeting from "On Your Birthday" from
Ribbon: Tempting Turquoise
Glitter: Stickles Diamonds
"Kraft Punch Potpourri"

This was such a fun and easy card to make. Using the punches added to the ease of making it.
I really like it better photographed outside. Don't you?

All supplies are Stampin' Up
Stamp Set: Hostess Bonus Level 1, Punch Potpourri
Paper: Kraft, Dafodil Delight, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla
Inks: Early Espresso
Punches: Bird, Butterfly, Heart, and Boho Blossoms
Embossing folder: Vintage Wallpaper
Some brads and buttons for extra bling and here it is....
"Crumb Cake Apple Blossoms"

After typing all the ingredients for this card I want to make a cobbler!!!!

Stamp Set: Hostess Level 2, Apple Blossoms
Paper: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, and Very Vanilla
Ribbon: Kraft Taffeta
Embossing Folder: Vintage Wallpaper
Spellbinders Die: Fleur De Lis
and one small pearl in the center of the flower

"Happy Days with Apple Blossoms"

Stamp Set: Hostess Level 2, Apple Blossoms
Paper: Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, and Very Vanilla
Inks: Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler
Ribbon: Always Artichoke 1/4 inch grosgrain

7/11/10



I've posted my favorite card last( my design) , therefor making it first on my blog for today. Don't you love how you have to think in reverse. As if thinking forward isn't hard enough......!!!

I started this card with a Bashful Blue card, layered Early Espresso ( I'm liking it more than Chocolate Chip, who would have thought it??), I added an embossed Whisper White layer, then the DSP, guess......no.... not Greenhouse Gala.... again....!!!
I added a punched border in Bashful Blue.

The main sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso then trimmed and mounted on Whisper White, then Bashful Blue. I stamped the image again on Bashful Blue and cut out the flower. Added some glitter, popped it all up a little, added the polka dot ribbon and wha-la!!
I think I'll take a few days off from Friends Never Fade and DSP Greenhouse Gala.
What do you think????





I just love this card, lots of work, but it turned out great. I CASED it from Amy Sheffer, it was listed on SCS as urbangardenthanks.

Real Red. Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzaz, Baja Breeze, and Whisper White. DSP is Greenhouse Gala, and I added some red bling in the middle. I used my 1 1/4 inch square punch to do the 4 center colors. Lots of fun and I like how it turned out.
I CASED this card from Sandy MacIver, she's my hero. I really like her style. Real Red and Pear Pizzazz CS, Scalloped Border punch in Whisper White, sentiment incased in an antique brass Hodgepodge Hardware. Main image was colored with SU markers and stamped on Whisper White, it was cut out with the rectangle spellbinders.
The DSP is again, my favorite Greenhouse Gala.




I enjoyed making this card, isn't it interesting how some cards just come together easily, and then others you agonize over. This is my design, same set "Friends Never Fade". Base cardstock is Pear Pizzazz, next mat is Baja Breeze, I stamped the bottom design with versamark, and also stamped the main design with versamark, then embossed with clear embossing powder. The paper is DSP Greenhouse Gala. The sentiment and the main stamped image are popped up. The ribbon was in my stash, and the felt flower and brad is from SU.
I liked how this card turned out.

Bashful Blue card base, Early Espresso embossed with the new embossing folder "Vintage Wallpaper", Bashful Blue and Whisper White cardstock. I stamped the sentiment with Early Espresso, I then stamped the flower in the same set with Bashful blue, sprayed it with Vanila Shimmer Smooch( kiss, kiss, kiss...love this stuff. It makes your snowflakes just beautiful) and cut it out. Popped it up with dimensionals.
Added ribbon and rick rack. And a little flower to the middle of the flower.
Not my favorite but it will do.


After posting this I realized I have used several stamps to make this card. The colors were chosen for the Curtain Call, Act 33. I just love this combo, Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, and Night of Navy. The DSP is SU's Certainly Celery. The memories sentiment is from "Define your Life" it was stamped in Night of Navy, I then colored the stamp from "Of the Earth" with my SU markers, huffed on it and stamped over the sentiment. The Sharing in your Sorrow sentiment is from the set "Thought and Prayers" and the branch on the inside is also from this set. The butterfly and inside sentiment is from "Ann-ticipations"
It is my favorite Sympathy verse.

The inside was cut with the "Top Note Die" from SU,
I use it quite often when the card is dark.
This card is a MOJO Monday Sketch, # 142. The colors are Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, and Pumpkin Pie. The DSP is my new all time favorite "Greenhouse Gala"
I've been on a "Friends Never Fade" binge, I am really loving the new releases from Stampin' Up. I was anxious about the new color change. It's been the biggest one since I've been a demonstrator. But now that I have all the new colors and have purged my files and stamp pads, I am really loving the change. Looking back into previous catalogs, I realize it was definately needed. !! I think it's the best release yet. I'm hoping to get a Stamping Up blog going so ya'll can link to SU from here.

OK for the card above I used the new Crumb Cake (Kraft) and Night of Navy. The DSP is from BD Designs which is no longer in business :((