Just Because

All I keep telling you, blog fans, is, "I'm sorry." I still can't believe how fast a week goes by. I really do want to post something new at least once a week. Once I keep that going I will try for more than once. First things first though.

I have been wanting to make a 3-D flower. I used the extra large fancy flower punch for the one you see below. I punched out about 5 of them. I punched a hole in the middle and then scrunched them up. To make it stand out more I added chocolate chip classic ink to the outside edge of the flowers.
The recipe for this card.

Stamp set: well scripted; Cardstock: tempting turquoise and pink flamingo dsp; Ink: chocolate chip classic; Tools: eyelet border punch and extra large fancy flower punch; Accessories: 1/4" chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon and a sending love chocolate chip brad.

I have someone special in mind to give this to. Thanks so much for stopping by to look. I hope you will also take the time to leave me a comment.

Now it is your turn to go-n-stamp!!

I'm Sorry and Praying For You Class

On Tuesday, I am having a class where we will be making some cards that say, "I'm sorry and Praying for You." I decided "I'm Sorry" can be for apologizing or for sympathy, whichever one is needed at the time. If you are a praying person, of which I am, there are times the Lord lays someone on your heart. That would be a perfect time to send a "Praying for You" card.

I always try to make my cards different from each other. I know a lot of demonstrators tend to use the same colors or same designer series paper. I like to give a variety of colors. To be honest, my main customers love the color blue. I do try to always have a blue card for them.

I used the tropical party stamp set and the island oasis dsp to make the first card. These items can be ordered from the summer mini catalog. The stamp set (tropical party) is such a fun set to work with. I hope it will make it to the new catalog that will be coming out in July.

I love the nouveau chic dsp. I think it must have something to do with the colors used in it. I am trying to use up as much of my paper as possible that will be retiring soon.

I had to cheat a little bit and see how other people have used the stamp set "Three Little Words." Once I see other's ideas it was easy for me to come up with my own for this one. The dsp is pink flamingo.

Last of all, but certainly not the least is my blue card. I did use retired dsp on this one, everything else is current though. I used the stamp sets "Thoughts and Prayers" and "Itty Bitty Bits."

Please leave a comment telling me what you think of them. I always love to hear what you think.

I hope you are inspired by my cards to create some yourself. I always like to say, "If you can color, you CAN stamp."

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Mother's Day Cards

I hope that you all had a wonderful Mother's Day. It isn't by mistake that I am just now posting these Mother's Day cards. I had to wait to make sure that the loved ones I sent them to did not see them before they got them.

The first card you see I made for my daughter's first Mother's Day. I wanted it to be special. I knew she loves the beach and even would like to go there. I thought that this fun and new stamp set would make a cute and unique mother's day card. I know it is not what you would think of for a mother's day card, but I also know that the recipient will love it. She isn't hard to please.

These are a list of supplies that I used to make this card. (Stampin' Up! only, of course :-) )

Cardstock: whisper white, so saffron, old olive, and island oasis dsp (summer mini catalog);
Stamp sets: tropical party (summer mini catalog) and all holidays; Ink: tempting turquoise, old olive, pumpkin pie, rose red, and always artichoke; Tools: ticket corner punch; Accessories: clear rhinestone brads, turquoise and yellow rhinestone brads, dazzling diamonds, and crystal effects

Now for my second card. I made this one for my mom. She loves flowers and always has since I can remember. There have been a lot of different ways of making flowers shown recently from other Stampin' Up! demonstrators. This one looked very simple to make, which is why I chose this one. Dawn Olchefske came up with the idea and you can watch a demonstration video of how it is done by going to her blog here. This technique is done by using re-inkers, the butterfly punch, shimmer paper, and a misting bottle. Remember if you do not have some of the supplies needed to make them you can always purchase them through me or come over and I will show you how.

These are the Stampin' Up! supplies I used to make this card.

Cardstock: perfect plum, so saffron, shimmer paper, whisper white, and old olive; Stamp set: well scripted (occasion mini catalog, no longer available); Ink: perfect plum and so saffron; Tools: big shot, sizzlits die little leaves and lots of tags, wide oval punch, butterfly punch, 1/16" hole punch, texturz plates backgrounds 1 flourish; Accessories: silver brads, clear rhinestone brad

Below is a close-up of the flowers. I put it into a clear envelope. I knew if I tried to put it into a regular envelope it would have smashed the flowers. I hand delivered it to my mom.
I hope you like them, are inspired to create a card yourself, and leave me a comment. I would love to hear your thought on them.

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Still Here.

Hello. I wanted to let everyone know that I am still here and doing well. I have not posted in a while, I know. I will be posting some new things very soon though. I have a Mother's Day card to post, but it would be seen by the recipient. I want to wait until she has it to post it.

I am sorry I have not been posting as much as I would like. I am working and still adjusting to that, as well as, going through things here on the home front. Life has been very eventful.

My goal is to at least post one thing a week. I am going to try and keep that.

Thanks for stopping by.

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Tuesday's Birthday Card Class

Welcome to my blog everyone. Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peak at my paper creations. I hope you like what you see and will visit often.

Here are the 4 different cards we will be making at my upcoming birthday card class. When everyone is finished with the class they will be taking home 8 cards total. They will have 2 cards of each of the 4 different designs.

I am always amazed. It seems like the one that is my least favorite, ends up being one that my family likes. We sure do have different tastes, probably a very good thing too.

For this first card you see I used night of navy, brocade blue, basic gray, and naturals white cardstock. The stamp sets I used were fifth avenue floral and well scripted. Tools I used were the big shot, sizzlits lots of tags, ticket corner punch, eyelet border punch, and the wide oval punch. The only accessory is brocade blue 5/8" grosgrain ribbon.

For the 2nd card below, I used cameo coral, chocolate chip, real red, whisper white, and pink flamingo dsp. The stamp sets I used were out of the box and voila. For tools I used the big shot, bigz die two tags, white gel pen, scallop border punch, scallop circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, and the 1/16" hole punch. For accessories I used a real red brad from the bold brights and 5/8" chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon.

For the 3rd card I used taken with teal, pumpkin pie, whisper white, and sweet pea dsp. The stamp sets I used were fun & fast notes and sincere salutations. For tools I used the large oval punch and the scallop oval punch.

I wanted this to be a simple card. This is my least favorite, but my husband said he likes the color. Seeing this card in person looks much better than it does on here.

Lastly, which in reality, this was the very first card I had made. I wanted a card that could be used for anyone despite their gender. Stars work well in this case.

For cardstock I used apricot appeal, basic black, sage shadow, basic gray, and nouveau chic. For tools I used the color spritzer tool, large and small star punches, the modern label punch, and the word window punch. For accessories I used basic black brads and 1/4" sage shadow grosgrain ribbon. I do not know what it is, but I love the nouveau chic dsp. I will miss some of the colors they are phasing out. Yes, it will be nice having new colors too.

Thanks again for taking the time to look at my little neck of the woods. Please take the time to leave me a comment. I love to hear what you think.

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Simple Cards

These are the rest of the cards that I had said I would post in the last post I made. Using designer series paper can make a card so simple to make. If you have not purchased any before, feel free to use the order now button, give me a call, or email me. The very nice thing about Stampin' Up! is that almost every designer series paper pack we sell is double sided. If you go to a local craft store you will find you can't find double sided paper very easily. I have tried before myself.






I hope these have inspired you to pull out your designer series paper and make a stack of cards. Tell me what you think if you stop by here. I love to hear from you. Thanks so much for looking.

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Thank You Cards

Hello blogging friends. It has been a while since I have posted. I hopefully can make up for it by the amount of cards I am posting right now.

I was asked to make thank you cards for someone special. I was honored to even be asked. They could have asked someone else if they had wanted, but for some reason they chose me. Yeah!!

I am not going to go into details of how these were made. I was asked to keep them simple. I have tried to do that. The way I started off was to pick out designer series paper I liked and then the cardstock that matched it. I cut the card base and then the designer series paper however I wanted it to fit onto the card base. I did this for all of the cards before I even started gluing or adding embellishments. Once that was done, I went ahead and glued the designer series paper to the cardstock along with ribbon. After that I have added the embellishments. It has went very quickly. For me, that is saying something. I take a long time to make cards. Hmm......maybe I am finally getting faster at it.

I hope that you enjoy looking at them. I will be posting some more, maybe tomorrow. I have some more to finish up.

I used a lot of retired designer series paper to make these cards. Some of you may have some of it on hand too. Everything used is Stampin' Up! products.

Please tell me which is your favorite card. The cards look much better in person than on here. I may have to figure out another way of taking pictures. These will do for now though.

I hope you are inspired to make your own cards now. They are very easy and fast!! Have a great day!

Now go-n-stamp!!