Stampin Up, Breathtaking Bouquet

I am really behind! I have several cards made up from new product and haven't taken time to post them.   
This one is a gorgeous background stamp, there is a lot you can do with it. You can simply choose a color and let it sit in the background of your card, or you can dress it up anyway you like, and even cut around the flowers in the center for a main event.

I choose to emboss in white on thick whisper white CS, if you notice all the flower elements are in the center and the leaves mostly on the edges, which really helps when doing this.
More and more often I'm just using my Aqua Painter and my ink pads, picking up some color and transfering  it to the lid where I squeeze a bit of water out of the Aqua painter and then I and add color or water to get the look I want.
Colors are Coastal Cabana and Gorgeous Grape. 

Watercoloring is pretty hot right now, and it really is fun, just do what looks good to you.
Thanks for stopping by.

Stampin Up and Paper Players Challenge #259

It's sunday afternoon, hope you all had a great weekend.  It's all the same to me as I'm retired, except for those 3 days a week I go into town and Curves.
This wreath is a new take this season on the Wonderous Wreath called  Peaceful Wreath, and it uses the same set of Framelits.
Here I have stamped it in Versamark Ink and embossed in Silver. I colored in the Holly and berries using markers.  Unlike last years set, there is only one Wreath stamp in this set, however, hmmmm wonder if they could be combined?

The banner is made using Merry Moments from the annual catalog for this year. Yaaa, a Holiday section is back in the annual catalog again.
Here is the sketch for Paper Players 259:

Have a great week, and remember, Christmas is coming! Will your cards be ready??????

Peaceful Wreath Photopolymer Stamp Set

$16.00

Wonderful Wreath Framelits Dies

$25.00

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$6.50

Merry Moments Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder

$5.00

Versamark Pad

$7.50

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Stampin Up, Screen card

I don't always post the cards I make for class projects, but this was one we did last week. It's a very easy card fold.  I don't usually do card folds as they can get complicated and time consuming, but this one wasn't either of those.  You start with your base card at 5 1/2" x 11". Fold in half, then bring each side in to meet the middle.
The bottom is made using the Decorative label punch.
The mat (red layer) is 2 3/8" x 4 1/4"
Top layer is 2 1/4" x 4".

You can dress it up by using a border punch along the top edge if you like.  I kept mine simple using  news set in the Holiday catalog (available for purchase Sept 1, 2015).  I used the branch from Peaceful Wreaths and Reason for the Season for the pointsettia and sentiment.

Have fun with this, thanks for stopping by.

Reason For The Season Photopolymer Stamp Set

$21.00

Peaceful Wreath Photopolymer Stamp Set

$16.00

Decorative Label Punch

$18.00

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Stampin Up and Pals Paper Arts color challenge 247

Hello, it's that time of the week, we have a PPA color challenge.  This one was for sure a challenge with all those purples. Not that I don't like them, I love them, but 3 of them at the same time did present a challenge, but I think this worked! 
This stamps set for the washi tape look is called Tape it. It has several sizes and patterns in the set.  I almost tied a ribbon around the Whisper White piece, but decided against it. Not sure I shouldn't have tho, but that is an idea for you too.

Come, play with us, it's a lot of fun and really stretches your skills.
I hope your weather is as beautiful as mine is today. Here in Northern AZ it's 70's with a blue sky. It will be heating up soon, but for now, it's open windows and fresh air.  The kitties love that too.

Here is our colors for this week.

Tape It Clear Stamp Set

$18.95

Flamingo Lingo Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$16.95

Bitty Banners Big Shot Die Framelits

$14.95

Decorative Label Punch

$16.95

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PPA 242, Butterfly grunge fun

Welcome.  Today starts 2 weeks of Color Challenge at the Pals Paper Arts.  If you have never tried doing a challenge, please do. I might seem intimidating, but honestly it's not. I does push you to create, maybe in a way you hadn't thought of before.

The Butterfly is made from Gold Soiree DSP.  This pack has not gotten the use it normally would have this year. With 2 operations and lots of recovery time needed, I haven't been able to do nearly as much to post on my blog as I usually do.  Anyway, our year (StampinUp) is winding down. In June we  will have a new catalog and this paper will be gone. So, think about getting it soon if you like it.
It shows up much better on my butterfly in person, and is a really pretty card.

And here you thought grunge couldn't be pretty.  . The Butterfly Basics and the matching Butterfly Thinlits are in the Occasions catalog and are bundle priced if you want both, so you would be saving 15 percent by purchasing them together.  

Butterfly Basics Photopolymer Stamp Set

$23.95

Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set

$17.95

Gold Soiree Specialty Designer Series Paper

$12.95

Brushed Gold 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$7.95

Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments

$4.95

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Stampin Up, Quick and Simple Sat for Oct 4th.

Good  morning. Before we talk about my card today I have some news. Some of you have seen my posts about my problems with walking and even sitting.
Well, I have known for a few weeks now what the problem is. I have a very bad hip, it's bone on bone, and I am scheduled for surgery in a few days.

I am very fortunate to have a fantastic Dr here in our area who does a very high tech hip replacement using a special table and laser so that the cut is from the front and little to no muscle has to be cut.

While I happen to hate surgery and will avoid it at pretty much all costs, I have gotten to the point that I can't do much of anything.  So, I just want it over.  So, if you don't see much for a while, know I am recouping and not able to post. Hopefully it will not last very long, I do love making my cards and stuff and showing them off.

So, this may not look like quick and simple, but it really is. One stamp set along with a Designer series paper from the Holiday stack. I like these as they are cut to card size, quick and easy to use.

I colored in the image, however, it's darling just stamped in black. It looks like a sketch. But I love using my Blendabilities, they are so much fun, so I couldn't help myself.   If you do use them, be sure to use the Memento black, not the Stazon black as that can run with the Blendies.

I hope you enjoy.

Trim The Tree Designer Series Paper Stack

$6.95

Beauty Of The Season Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$16.95

Circles Collection Framelits Die

$26.95

Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Cherry Cobbler Assortment

$11.95

Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Daffodil Delight Assortment

$11.95

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$5.95

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Refill

$4.95

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Day 4 of the 10 days of Christmas

I'm a little late today, sorry about that. I had chest pains yesterday morning and have been in the hosp. They still don't know what happened, but I am just happy to be home.
This is my favorite card of all the ones I have done so far this year. And, it's so simple.
Colors used:  Perfect Plum, Very Vanilla
Other stuff:  Keepsake ornament stamp set and die cuts, Perfect Plum 1/4 inch ribbon, Very Vanilla Seam binding, Fancy Fan embossing folder, Corner rounder, Rhinestone basic jewels (pg 175 main catty).
Petite Pairs stamp set,  Clear embossing powder.

Instead of cutting cardstock landscape, cut down the center lengthwise,  fold plum cardstock to make care.
Use corner rounder on the bottom corners.  Cut Very Vinally slightly smaller, I left extra space on the bottom and attached right at the top of the plum.  Stamp sentiment, then run through the embossing folder, attach to card. 
To stamp the ornament, first load the stamp up with Versamark ink, then stamp onto the Perfect Plum pad, then stamp the paper. Quickly cover with clear embossing powder. Heat being careful to not over heat, when the embossing powder turns shiny, it's done.
Attach a piece of Perfect Plum ribbon, add Stampin Dimensionals  and attach to card. Stick a rhinestone to center. Tie a seam binding ribbon around top of ornament.
Hope you enjoyed and I sparked an idea for you. See you tomorrow.

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Mojo Monday 253

I love this weeks sketch and I had never done a skewed card before, so I just couldn't wait to try.

Isn't that a fun sketch? So now here is my take on it.

I needed a birthday card and decided to try a color I hadn't used yet, it's from the new Incolors for 2012-2014, Primrose Petals. Otherwise I used Whisper white, and the Designer series paper patterns stack in Neutrals and inked the edges in basic gray.
I used a 2 1/2" circle punch and one of the Floral Frames Framelits.  The stamp is from the Hostess set Priority Mail which has lots of assorted cute stamps all in various shapes. It's a great all around set. For the tag I just cut a piece of white, after cutting it the size I wanted measured the center on the back side and put a pencil dot then just cut from each corner to the dot and inked it to stand out a bit. I used and Easy Events birthday stamp, it comes with it's own graphic, but I used my sponge to pick up ink from the pad, the new pads are wonderful for this stuff, they are so juicy, and just inked the sentiment. I cute the eat cake with my postage punch and we are done.
I hope you enjoy it and it helps to give you ideas as well.
Have a wonderful week!
 

Stampin Up Tablet cover project

I have a little sweet project for you today. These make cute gifts and are so usable everyone likes them.

This holds a Jr Legal pad. I used Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist and Daffodil Delight for colors. The Designer series paper patterns stack in Subtles. Friendly Phrases, and French Script stamp sets, the Little Leaves Sizzlits die, Boho Blossoms punch, and the Decorative Lable punch.  Ribbon is Crumb Cake seam binding and I also used Crumb cake card stock and the scallop border punch for that little bit sticking out from under the pattern paper.  For the larger flowers centers I used pearls and some Dazzling Details in the center of the smaller flowers.
To start use a full sheet of cardstock, mark the middle and score 1/8" on each side of that mark. (I am finding that the off brand Jr legal pads are thinner so with the name brand you may need to score 1/4" on each side.
Stamp with the French Script, cut a piece of Crumb cake card stock the width you want, allow for 1/4" to be cut off using the border punch. Measure and cut your pattern paper so that it leaves just an 1/8" strip on one side and leaves the scallop sticking out however much you like.
Cut your leaves and flowers, the pattern paper had a different design on both sides so I used one both sides to get the effect, glue all that down then put your ribbon on your side edge piece letting it go over the top and down both ends a small amount to hold, glue that whole piece onto the side of the page.  Stamp your sentiment and punch out, also punch out using the Crumb cake.
Cut the bottom punched one in half and glue to the Marina Mist letting a little crumb cake show at both sides, then use Stampin Dimensionals to adhire so it pops up a bit.
Put glue on the top edge of the tablet and place inside. Done.
I hope you enjoy this, it really is easy and quick and can be done so many ways.
Have a wonderful weekend. 

Pity party card

So, the Stampin Up convention is in full swing today in Salt Lake City. Those of us that were left behind, (sniff, sniff) decided to throw ourselves a pity party SU style of course.
Sadly, I was just  a few miles from SLC a couple weeks ago, and I have to say from all the photos and posts from attendees, SU throws quite the party.
So here is my card for the party, green is for envy of course. LOL.
I used Gumball green ink, Wild Wasabi print paper from the DSP paper pad Subtles, Whisper White and Always Avacado paper, Language of Friendship for the quote, Postage Due stamp set, and white seam binding.

Mojo Monday 250 and Stampin Up

Another week, another Mojo Monday card. This week was a great sketch, really stretched my skill level.  But I love it. Here is the sketch

Now, here is my take on it.

My card is 5 1/4" x 5 1/4",  I used whisper white for the base, then the dots embossing folder with Bashful Blue sponged on the dots after embossing. Paper is Bashful Blue, and Marina Mist, the heart is from the Hearts Collection Framelits, cut from Raspberry Ripple. Butterfly was stamped using the Papillon Potpourri, and cut out using the Elegant Butterfly punch in Raspberry Ripple. The yellow strip was taken from the DSP pad in Subtles colors.
And the strip with text is just a retangle with the corners rounded, the Thank You is from Perfectly Penned set, all of course from Stampin UP!
I really had a great time with this card, it was a challenge for me, both colors and sketch, I hope you like it.

Challenges at Digitals

Amanda has two challenges at Digitals with beautiful mini kits for each, and the large kit of the same name is on sale. My favorite is the Calendar challenge, I do 4x6, (you can make any size you like), and I make them for 2010, at the end of the year all I have to do is print and give them to my girls for Christmas, they reuse a pretty glass frame with metal corners I purchased at Walmart. They can't wait each year to see what photos I use on them, and it's gotten them to send me more photos during the year, that's a good thing for a Scrappin Granny.
Anyway, Song of Hope is the kit for this month for the Calendar challenge and the mini is darling.
The Scrap Therapy challenge is using Finalmente, both kits are on sale in the store.
Forum links: Calendar challenge HERE .
Scrap Therapy HERE .
Click on the preview to be taken to the store.
Hurry tho, you'll want to get the whole kit, buy it before Amanda realizes how low she has priced it. LOL
Now that we have gotten the important stuff out of the way, I have to say, it's been another heck of a day.
Several weeks ago my hubby suffered a heart attach and then had a quad by pass operation.
He was doing pretty well early on, then he caught some virus and has not been able to shake it. We seem to spend a lot of time in Dr's offices and today, we headed for the Hosp for a CT scan and he ended up admitted to the ER and we spent 3 hrs there. This kind of thing is happening a lot, I know he will eventually be all right, but it's sure a long haul.
Ok, everyone, check back in a day or two and I'll have a pretty for you for free.

New changes and a freebie

Well guys It's time I redid my blog and started using it. I've got friends hounding me and they are right, if I'm gonna take up space I should be updating it.

I'm no longer designing, and I've settled into CT work for one designer, Amanda Thorderson at Digitalscrapbookpages, or Digitals. I love her designs, she seems to design the way I like to scrap, so I've been working at doing better at layouts and having a lot of fun.

For today I have an august wallpaper that Amanda has agreed to allow me to share with you, using her Summer Cottage kit. I love this kit, the colors are awesome and there is just so many papers and elements you can find whatever you need.

This wallpaper does not have a calendar on it, that's because I made it for myself and I use a little free program called Reinlender that sits on my desktop and tells me what day of what month and year it is. I can also set up a to do list and put my appts, chats, and all in it, and can even set an alarm if I so choose. I don't miss so many chats now. .

If you would like a calendar, starting on the 1st, tomorrow, Amanda will have her Calendar challenge up in the Digitals forum and you'll be able to download a calendar and mini kit to do the challenge with, and also her main kit will be on sale, always at a great price.

So, here is todays freebie, a Wallpaper in two sizes made from Summer Cottage.