Wedding Gift Box/Bag

This is the box I made to match the wedding card I made for my niece to put a gift card in. Her favorite color is green. This is really prettier IRL, the rhinstone brads add so much sparkle that you can't see in the picture. I'd seen these boxes all over people's blogs and SCS. I was a little intimidated to try making one. But, when I went to my stamp meeting Tara demo'd it for us. I was surprised by how easy it actually is to make it. They are so much fun to make too!

All materials Stampin Up; Stamps: Fancy Flexible Phrases; Papers: Fall Flowers DSP, Soft Sky CS, River Rock CS, Old Olive CS; Accessories: Tab Punch, Crop-A-Dile, Felt Fusion Flowers, Rhinestone Brads, Soft Sky Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch.

A Wedding Card

I made this for my niece, I feel too young to have a niece that is already married. She is my husband's brother's daughter, when I started dating my husband she was only 3. Know she's all grown up and married! Wow, time flys!!!

All material's Stampin' Up; Stamps: Fabulous Flowers, True Friend, Happy Harmony; Papers: Fall Flowers DSP, Soft Sky CS, Old Olive CS, River Rock CS; Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, Mat Pack, Piercing Tool, White Gel Pen, Soft Sky Ribbon, Pretties Half Back White Pearl, Scallop Edge Punch, Crop-A-Dile.

Always Bella Rosa

I played around with these gorgeous new Stampin' Up designer papers today. They are very nice and so easy to make a card with. The first layer is clear embossed with the heart from the Always set (kind of hard to tell in the picture).

All materials Stampin' Up; Stamps: Always; Papers: Pink Pirouette CS, Bella Rosa DSP; Inks: Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink; Accessories: Button Bouquet, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Scallop Edge Punch.

Tres Chic Teddy Bear

Another card I made with another one of my oldie but goodie sets. Favorite Teddy Bear is another one of my all time favorite Stampin' Up sets. It is such a versatile set!

All materials Stampin' Up (unless otherwise noted); Stamps: Favorite Teddy Bear, Tres Chic, Fancy Flexible Phrases, Very Punny; Papers: Close To Cocoa CS, So Saffron CS, Watercolor Paper, Whisper White CS, Regal Rose CS, Pretty In Pink CS, Wild Asparagus DSP By My Mind's Eye; Inks: Creamy Caramel, Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, Timber Brown Staz On, Chocolate Chip; Accessories: Circle Punches, Flirty Ribbon, Light Pink Gingham Ribbon, Ticket Corner Punch.

POODLE ON THE SPOT

So I went to my Stampin' Up club meeting yesterday! I was so excited to be part of a club again. It saddens me a little that I will no longer be a demo after this month but once I start teaching Preschool again I really will not have the extra time that it takes to be a demo. My kids keep me pretty busy too between Boy Scouts, baseball, dance and maybe softball or piano. Plus, I was getting really tired of being my own best customer. So I contacted Tara about joining her club when the new catty came out and luckily she had an opening right away! Yesterday I attended my first meeting, it was so much fun! Tara is such a fabulous demo and I'm really excited about being part of a club again! Can you tell I'm EXCITED??? It was great to attend a meeting and just play and not worry about doing any of the work. BTW, Tara's house is really cute too!

I got this retired On The Spot background stamp from Tara. I had my eye on it when it was current and never got around to ordering it. So when she gave us first dibs on her retired stamps I grabbed it right away! There is so much you can do with this background stamp. I just love anything spots, dots and stripes! Most of the papers in my stash have one or the other. I also pulled out an oldie but a goodie retired SU set: Parlez-Vous Francais. I ran the tip of my Apricot Appeal marker along the edges of the Very Vanilla ribbon to match the card. This card will go into my stash to give to my daughter Lily.

All materials Stampin' Up; Stamps: Parlez Vous Francais?, On The Spot. Warm Words; Papers: Apricot Appeal CS, Old Olive CS, Regal Rose CS, Whisper White CS; Inks: Staz On Jet Black, Pretty In Pink, Old Olive' Accessories: Brads, Very Vanilla Wide Ribbon, Apricot Appeal Marker

Go visit Tara's blog, it's so fun:

http://stamp-a-licious.blogspot.com/

KWERNER COLOR CHALLENGE # 17

Here is the card I did for the color challenge. It really bugs me that I can't get the colors to look like they do IRL! Even after I edited this photo. Maybe it's time for a new camera.....mine's pretty old. I love this old stamp set, even though it is retired I hold on to it.

All material's Stampin' Up (unless otherwise noted); Stamps: You Make Me Happy, Papers: Soft Shadow CS, Whisper White CS, Regal Rose CS, Inks: Rose Red; Accessories: Regal Rose 1/4" ribbon, Spiral Punch, Autumn Leaves Buttons.

Click on this link to check out Kristina's color challenge and blog:
http://www.kwernerdesign.com/blog/

Simple Boho

Just a quick, simple, super quick card I made with my new Boho Backgrounds and Kind Thoughts SU sets.

All materials Stampin' Up (unless noted) : Stamps: Boho Backgrounds, Kind Thoughts; Papers: Au Chocolat, Soft Sky CS, Very Vanilla Cs; Inks: Chocolate Chip; Accessories: Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, Making Memories Jumbo Blossom

Girly Bronc Buster

I just love when a typically boyish stamp set can be used for a girl as well! On this card I used all the supplies I've been hoarding. My beloved Flirty Ribbon, Stlyled Silver Hardware and my Au Chocolat DSP. But, it was worth it for this card...since I'm giving it to Lily my daughter. I'm stamping a stack of cards this summer to give to my kids in the fall. Because once I start teacing preschool again there will be little time for me to stamp. I always like to have a little stack of cards I can give to my 2 angels. I love to sneak cards into their lunchboxes and backpacks!!

All supplies Stampin' Up: Stamps: Bronc Buster, Boho Backgrounds; Papers: Very Vanilla CS, Chocolate Chip CS, Pretty In Pink CS, Au Chocolat DSP, Pretty In Pink DSP; Inks: Chocolate Chip; Accessories: Flirty Ribbon, Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, Large and Small Star Punches.

Torn Rose

Isn't this rose neat? It's a torn rose....no stamps required. Julie has a great tutorial on her blog. Click on the link below to check it out. I got a little messy with the embossing....but I was not about to redo it after all the glueing I had to do on this card. I really need to remember to order the SU embossing buddy.

All materials Stampin' Up!: Stamps: Stitched, Warm Words; Paper: Soft Sky CS, Old Olive CS, Very Vanilla CS, Summer Picnic DSP; Inks: Chocolate Chip Accessories: Pretties Kit, White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun Tool
http://paperpleasing.typepad.com/my_weblog/

SOCK MONKEY CARD FOR MY SON ANDREW & KWERNER COLOR CHALLENGE # 16

This is the card I made for the Kwernerdesignblog color challenge, you can check out her link by clicking on the link below. I promise I used all the colors she provided for this challenge, it always looks so different when you take a picture than in real life. So anyway I'm giving this card to my son Andrew he's seven and loves monkeys.

All Materials Stampin' Up!: Stamps: Sock Monkey, Rough Edges Alphabet; Papers: Soft Sky DSP, Certainly Celery DSP, Summer Picnic DSP, Very Vanilla CS, Certainly Celery CS, Pumpkin Pie CS; Inks:Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink; Accessories: Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware
http://www.kwernerdesign.com/blog/

I LOVE SEASHELLS

Okay so I'd been wanting this SU Seaside set forever. I just never got around to ordering it because I really thought I wouldn't use it too much. So I recently did a CDO trade over at SCS and had someone else order it for me. I figured if I didn't use it at least I didn't actually spend my own money on it......I know silly. When it came in last night I immediately mounted it... I love this set so much!!!! I wish I would have ordered it a lot sooner. I don't have the Sanded SU background stamp so I just stamped my Chocolate Chip ink pad directly onto the kraft cardstock. I stamped the small seashell onto the twill tape with my Timber Brown Staz On ink pad. Click on the image to get a better up-close look of the twill tape. This set reminds me of why I got into stamping in the first place. I can't draw beautiful images like this but at least I can stamp a beautiful image someone else drew and make something creative out of it. I'll be using this set a lot...for sure! Thanks for looking and for all your sweet comments.

All Material Stampin' Up! (unless noted): Stamps: Seaside, Warm Words; Cardstock: Kraft, Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip; Inks: Chocolate Chip, Timber Brown Staz-on (on twill tape); Accessories: Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, Twill Tape, Twine (Just $1 at Dollar General!)

KWERNER DESIGN COLOR CHALLENGE #15

I made this card for KWERNER DESIGNS AKA STAROFMAY color challenge. Check out her blog http://www.kwernerdesign.com/blog/index.html

All Materials Stampin' Up: Cardstock: Close To Cocoa, Real Rust, Whisper White, Certainly Celery; Stamps: So Much, Paper: Au Chocolat, Accessories: Jumbo eyelets.

Pink Western Cowgirl Card

Okay, so I'd seen a lot of girly cards made with this set over at SCS. So, I had to make one of my own. I love when stamp sets can be used for both boy and girl since I have one of each.

All materials Stampin' Up!: Stamps: Wanted, Weathered; Paper: Very Vanilla, Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose, Accessories: Small Star Punch, Pink Brad

Fabulous In Pink And Green

Another SU "Boho Set" I love. I'm working on mailing out some cards to a lady so here is another simple card I came up with. I love that all the "Boho Sets" carried over into the new catalog. I hope to see new additions to this style in the new catty.

Stampin up stamp set: True Friend; Paper: Spring Fling DSP, Kraft CS, Very Vanilla CS; Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery, Accessories: Pretties, Wide Grosgrain Ribbon in Chocolate Chip, Spiral Punch, Crystal Stickles

True Blue Friend

I really love all the boho SU sets! I plan on pulling them down a lot more and using them.

All materials Stampin' Up! Stamps: True Friend; Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip; Inks: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue; Accessories: Blue Gingham Ribbon, Styled Silver Ribbon Slide, Ticket Corner Punch

With Sympathy For Anita

I made this card for a dear and long time friend of mine that recently lost her Father-In-Law. I used the bird from Stampin' Up! sets: Touch Of Nature.

All materials are Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Touch Of Nature, Weathered, Warmest Regards

Ink: So Saffron, Creamy Caramel, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, River Rock, More Mustard

Papers: So Saffron DS Prints, Old Olive Cardstock, Kraft Cardstock, Chocolate Chip Cardstock, Watercolor Paper

Accessories: Brads, River Rock Double Stitched Ribbon