My niece graduated from being homeschooled and earning her GED. I only had one stamp that said, "Happy Graduation." I did not want to use it. I decided to use my defining alphabet set to spell out the word "grad." I decided on stars too because she is a star that can go out and make a difference in our world. She was also the star of the day. I just guessed for colors. I hope that she liked how it turned out.

These are the supplies that I used to create this card.

Cardstock: concord crush, pretty in pink, basic gray, and very vanilla; Stamp set: defining alphabet; Classic ink: basic gray; Tools: scallop trim border, small star punch (retired), XL star punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, 2 3/8" XL scallop circle punch, crop-o-dile, and 1/16" hole punch; Accessories: soft subtles brad (retired) and 5/8" very vanilla grosgrain ribbon.

This picture is not the best. The colors are much more vibrant than what this shows. You get the idea though.

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Bella Bleu Set

It has been a while since I have posted anything new. It is not because I have not been working on any stamping projects, but because of work and getting home and being tired. Pretty lame excuse, I know, but the truth.

My mom had a birthday towards the end of June. I wanted to use my baskets and blooms die for the very first time, of which, I think it turned out really cute. I think it is easy to use and put together. I put some jelly belly's into a cello bag, tied it with a ribbon, and put it inside of the basket. I bought some clipboards at a local craft store that you could totally design yourself. I was really wanting to buy one of those long pads of paper to attach to it, but of course, I could not find any paper to match at the time. Lastly, I made a card that would match the basket and clipboard.

These are the items I used to create this set. Almost everything is Stampin' Up! The clipboard used is not.

Cardstock: not quite navy, kraft (crumb cake), very vanilla, and bella bleu DSP

Classic Ink: not quite navy and crumb cake

Stamp sets: itty bitty bits, tiny tags, teeny tiny wishes, and sincere salutations

Tools: big shot, baskets and blooms die, build a brads, 2 3/8" scallop circle XL, corner rounder, crop-o-dile, top note die, and the eyelet border punch

Accessories: 1/4" very vanilla grosgrain ribbon, 3/8" kraft taffeta ribbon, and bitty buttons

I hope I have inspired you to create something too. It is fun, relaxing, and a stress reliever to do this. Please leave me a comment.

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Father's Day Card

Hello blogger world. I finally have something new to post today. Father's Day is coming upon us very quickly. Even though I can't make a card for my own father because he is no longer on this earth with us, I still have a husband to make one for. I would make one for my son-in-law too, but he is away on a training course for the air force right now. I may have to think something up differently for him.

Below is the end result of what I came up with. My husband would probably love to go to the beach right now. It would be great if we could. It is not doable for us right now though. I thought I would use a stamp set that could be used for a manly card. It is in the summer mini catalog.

Here is the recipe for this card.
Stamp sets: tropical party, and teeny tiny wishes
Cardstock: basic black, sage shadow, naturals white, and nouveau chic dsp
Ink: sage shadow, basic gray, going gray, so saffron, and versamark
Tools: big shot, ovals bigz die, modern label punch, and word window punch
Accessories: 5/8" black grosgrain ribbon

I think this card turned out manly and sophisticated. I am sure my husband will be pleased with the results. He isn't hard to please, which that makes it easy for me.

If you have a minute please take the time to leave a comment telling me what you think. Thanks so much for stopping by................
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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.

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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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