AUGUST THANK YOU CARDS USING WORK OF ART IN A NEW WAY

HEY BLOGGIES,

Yesterday Tammy and I got together and created some fun flower cards with WORK OF ART stamp set.  This set does NOT have any flowers in it, but we used it in such a way that we created flowers.

 Aren't these cards so fun and colorful??  I used the new incolors Lost Lagoon and Blackberry Bliss as well as Mossy Meadow.  I also used Strawberry Slush and Melon Mambo on the pink card.

 The WORK OF ART stamp set has a round circle  and I first used that for the middle of the flower.  Then Tammy remembered this stamen stamp in a retired set and we added that in two different colors to the middle.  We did petals that were stamped off twice, stamped off once and then full strength.  I also added a bit of champagne shimmer paint from the clearance rack.

I had trouble with this strawberry slush flower.  It seemed like all the petals were the same shade instead of being several different shades from stamping off.  That is why I added one more fussy cut layer and adhered that on top of the flower.

This one is my favorite.  I LOVE this LOST LAGOON color.And the shimmer paint shows up with a lot of fun shimmer in person.

For all orders of $25 or more this month, each customer will get one of these thank you cards as well as a choice of one of my retired gently used stamp sets.

Thanks for stopping by.

FRINGE SCISSORS FLOWER FOR CARD

HEY BLOGGIES,

I had a card class last night and we made LOTS OF FLOWERS.  I call it CARD CANDY - making things to have on hand and then when you need a card - BAM - you put one of those card candies on it and you are good to go!!

Here is a card I made with a fringe scissors flower - looks like an astor to me - that we made at card class and I whipped up the card in a few minutes this morning.

Enjoy!!

 I love purple and pink together and this DSP was the perfect base for me to develop my card around those two colors,

 Up close view of the flower we made at card class with our fringe scissors.  I just added a bitty punch flower in the center to complete it.

I matched the scallop edge punch with my scallop embossing folder and then added a thin paper strip ribbon on the side.  I know the sketch dhows the stripe behind the main element, but I took creative license and put the scallop only on one side.  It was just visually better for my card I think.



This card is for SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY.  Here is the sketch we are using this week:

Won't you stop over at SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY and see what other team members have created for you?  We would LOVE for you to participate also.

Thanks for stopping by!!

ANOTHER PRETTY FLOWER CARD

HEY BLOGGIES,

Oh, the leaves are all popping out on our beautiful elms and oaks here in The Woodlands, TX.  It is so beautiful to see all these spring green colors.  Green has always been my favorite color, especially in the spring,.

I have another springtime flower card for those of you still cold, wet or snowy.  I cased it from a card swap I did at Leadership in Houston.  This was Katy McG's card idea - thanks Katy I loved it and just had to case it!!

   I loved the design of the card how the upper left corner and lower right corner compliment each other.  I also like the colors - simple but so pretty.

I like the pennant banner from Perfect Pennants with the petite petals flower punched out and applied on it, as well as the washi tape behind it. And of course the saying is something we can ALL use a reminder about, yes?

Hope you enjoyed this card.  Please stop back by soon.

Perfect Pennants stamp set
Petite Petalks stamp set
Banner framelits
washi tape
Secret Garden stamp set

SALE A BRATION GOOD AS GOLD KIT AND SWEET SORBET ACCESSORIES PACK

HEY BLOGGIES,

Today I have a card made with the FREE Good as Gold Card Kit and the FREE Sweet Sorbet Accessories Pack.  I used the items in a different way to create my own version of card.

I used the Sketch from Sketch Frenzy Friday by Kim.  Here is my card.

I used Coastal Cabana card stock for the base and cut one of the card kit cards as my designer paper for the top.  I added Crisp Cantaloupe card stock cut by the FRINGE SCISSORS below the designer paper.

 I used the tags that are included in the Good as Gold Kit for my banners and attached them to the Coastal Cabana twine.  I used washi tape in coastal cabana to attach the twine to the card.

 These cork flowers are in the accessory pack.  I colored them crisp cantaloupe and coastal cabana as you can see.  I also put a piece of washi tape at the bottom of the card.

Here is another view of my complete card.  I hope you enjoyed it.  These kits are so awesome and with a few added details or changes, you can come up with so many different cards OR you can just make them as the kit suggests and you have 8 wonderful cards to use!!

Go to the Sketch Frenzy Friday site to see what the other design team members created and then create YOUR card and upload it to our site.

Thanks for stopping by.  Come on back again!!

COOL FALL MORNING AND A CREATION

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR, COOL FALL MORNING HERE AT MY DAUGHTER'S HOME IN UTAH.  THE SKY IS A BRILLANT CLEAR BLUE WITH THE SUN JUST PEAKING OVER THE MOUNTAINS.

 WELL IT WAS SO MUCH PRETTIER IN PERSON.  THE SUNLIGHT ON THE MOUNTAINS WERE GOLDEN.  THIS IS FROM THEIR BACKYARD OVERLOOKING THE GOLF COURSE.

 THIS IS THEIR BACKYARD WITH THE KOI FISH POND.

HERE IS MY BUDDY WHO IS KEEPING ME COMPANY WHILE THE KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL.  SEE HOW HE SMILES??!!  I NEVER KNEW ANYONE WITH A STANDARD POODLE BEFORE. HE IS A VERY NICE BOY AND EXTREMELY SMART.

I KNOW YOU WERE HOPING FOR A CRAFTING PHOTO, SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU A CUTE LARGE PURSE I MADE FOR MY KAYLEIGH.

 THIS IS MADE WITH AN UNKNOWN DESIGNER PAPER WITH SOME GLITTER SPARKLES ON IT.  I USED STAMPIN UP RIBBON FOR THE HANDLES.

 HERE IS A CLOSEUP OF THE PAPER ROSE ON THE FRONT.  I TAUGHT MY GRAND DAUGHTER HOW TO MAKE A PUNCHED PAPER FLOWER.

 BETTER CLOSEUP OF THE FLOWER ON THE FRONT, AS WELL AS THE VELCRO CLOSURE ABOVE IT.

HOPE YOU ENJOYED THESE PHOTOS OF THE PURSE I MADE WITH A 12  X 12 PIECE OF DESIGNER PAPER.  (THE TOP AND THE FLOWER WERE MADE WITH AN ADDITIONAL PIECE.)

IF I CAN HELP YOU WITH ANY IDEAS OR CREATIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.  AND IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A DEMONSTRATOR ALREADY, I WOULD LOVE TO BE YOURS.

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HAPPY FALL Y'ALL AND HAPPY CREATING.

NEW ITEMS FOR YOU TO ORDER and a card

AS A STAMPIN' UP! DEMONSTRATOR, I GET TO PRE-ORDER ITEMS A MONTH IN ADVANCE OR MORE FROM WHEN YOU GET TO SEE THEM.  THIS TIME YOU GET TO PRE-ORDER SOME ITEMS AS WELL AND USE THEM EARLIER THAN WHEN THEY APPEAR JUNE 1ST IN OUR NEW CATALOG!!  HOW AWESOME IS THAT??!!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE SUMMER SMOOCHES ITEMS YOU CAN ORDER ON APRIL 1ST

My grandson, Kyle, had his birthday this week and I made the cutest birthday card for him from the Button Buddies set.  Guess what - I forgot to take a photo of it before I gave it to him!!  ha ha  He is raising a Yorkshire pig again this year for FFA and so I used the pig stamp and put a button on it's nose.  I will see if I can get his mom to snap a photo and send it to me to post.  Sorry about that!!

Let me know what I can do to help you in your crafting this week, ok?

I also have a card for you today.  I was fooling around with many of my different punches and did a single layer card with a bunch of punches.  The stamped flower is from Button Buddies set.

 Some of the punches I used are the 1", 3/4" and 1/2" round punches, the scalloped circle punch, and the boho blossoms punch.  My tag was made from the two different sizes of the tag punch.  I also used the scallop ribbon punch for the three strips on the right side.

The in colors that will be gone on June 1st are here in my card.  I scrunched, fluffed, pinched, bent and flipped the petals of these flowers to see what each thing would do to my flowers.  What do you think?  I like the different colors with each layer.  Makes it fun to me!!

Inky finger y'all!!