Easter flowers, Just Add Ink #498, Ornate Style

Inspired today by the Just Add Ink challenge #498. 

I just added E for Easter and E for embossing.  I really like this stamp set but wasn't over the moon about this stamp until I embossed it. What a difference from the black outline. 
I used White embossing powder and colored in using Seaside Spray, Mango Melody Rococo Rose and Soft Seafoam.   For the little specks I used a gold metallic gel pen. 

This set is one that will go live on the 1st of Apr for customers. The dies are gorgeous and very different from anything SU has had before. It's called Ornate Garden. 

I decided it was worthy of framing so I used the Rectangle stitched dies and made the frame.  The 2 little green rhinestones are from the Noble Peacock rhinestone pack, there are 5 colors in that pack, all gorgeous.
I hope you enjoy, I'm happy to answer comments, but it has to be done in the comment section as Blogger doesn't give me emails.  Happy easter.

Lovely Day Teapot, Freebies from SAB

Usually I like to use challenges as a jumping off point to get my card going. But I just got my new Occasions and SAB shipment and I had an idea  running around in my head right away.
This is far and away my favorite tea set from SU!  The pot and the cup are just lovely and the sentiments are really nice and such a pretty font.

Colors first:  Whisper white, Pear Pizzazz, Mossy Meadow and Blushing Bride.
I stamped my teapot in black on the Floral Romance DSP.   The stamp set is for sale in the occasions, however, the die set is in the SAB, it takes a $100 order to choose this option, but really,  aren't you going to spend that much anyway and it makes for a much less expensive bundle.

I stamped, cut and colored in the flowers with blends, and cut the leaf from Mossy Meadow.  Added some random dotting around the pot and done.

Thanks for stopping by and checking what I've been up to.

Tea Together Cling Stamp Set

$22.00

Tea Time Framelits Dies

$0.00

Rose Trellis Thinlits Dies

$28.00

Floral Romance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

$14.00

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Just for you card, #fms335

I'm showcasing a couple of retiring stamp sets with this card. They will be gone by the end of this month.  Flirty Flowers and Teeny Tiny Wishes.  Wow, the sentiment set has been in the catalog for a long, long time. So, if you are interested in either one, you might want to place that order.  The Cherry Cobbler twine is retired, however I wouldn't be surprised to see it pop up at Holiday time.

I used Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green and Whisper White.   I'm also using the Challenge sketch from Freshly Made Sketches for this week.  Head over here to see what everyone else has done.

One of my favorite tools is embossing folders, this one is called Layered leaves and is current.  And the leaves are from the Flourish Thinlit dies, also staying in the new catalog.  I did emboss this flower. I have a very old jar of Cherry Cobbler embossing powder that I used.

Flirty Flowers Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$19.00

Flourish Thinlits Dies

$29.00

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

$35.00

Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies

$27.00

Layered Leaves Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$9.00

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Stampin Up, Best Wishes, GDP126

I think this embossing folder is my new best friend.  I was thrilled to see that it will be showing up in the new Annual catalog, it won't be bundled so if you love it you might want to get the bundle free for placing an order of $100 from the annual or occasions catalogs.

I'm playing with the GDP challenge today.  I'm afraid I'm really late too.  The Challenge starts on monday and here it is friday and I'm just getting it posted, although it's been done for a few days, my computer had to spend some time in the hosp.  I hate when that happens, but my baby is getting old. Almost 8 yrs old, and her battery was going dead.

Anyway, here it is finally.  My first time using this stamp set, it's so pretty. I also used one of my favorite colors, Perfect plum along with it's darker shade Elegant Eggplant, and Lemon Lime Twist for pop with the leaves done in Tranquil Tide.

Be sure to check out the awesome cards done by the team, and maybe even try out one of the challenges, they are so wonderful for pushing one to do better.

Lots Of Lavender Photopolymer Stamp Set

$0.00

Petal Palette Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$35.00

Blossoming Basket Clear-Mount Bundle

$0.00

Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Perfect Plum Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Perfect Plum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$9.00

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Stampin Up and PPA 171

It's that time of the week again, Pals Paper Arts time.  We have a color challenge and gorgeous colors they are. Very Vanilla, Baked Brown Sugar and Calypso Coral.

I thought it was high time I used some of that Core' Dinations paper I have. This one is one of the color in the new Incolors pack for this and next year.

Pretty simple, Calypso Coral base, then VV, then emboss the Baked Brown Sugar Core'Dinations cardstock and sand off until you get the look you want. I used the Chevron folder on mine.

I used the new Deco Labels collection framelits for my hole in the brown, then stamped my sentiment, from Delightful Dozen.   Added a piece of VV seam binding and that's it.

SU has been adding items to the clearance rack if you are interested. I hear there are some awesome buys right now.  If you would like to go look or purchase or both, go right HERE

Kingman, AZ, RT 66, Old cars and such

Now how cool is this?!  I fell in love with it last night.  Hubby and I ate dinner in Old Downtown Kingman, and noticed up the block on Beale street they were having a car show.  I mean it's RT 66 here and that is fairly common.  It was a beautiful night, had been hot during the day, but with the sun going down it was cooling, so we wondered around a bit.

This really caught my eye. I have no idea what kind of car this is, but both the car and Teardrop trailer have been customized.  Like to see what's in that back end?

Isn't that too neat?  What do you think? Tailgate parties, BBQ with the family? Not sure what they use it for, but it's pretty cool.

Thanks for stopping by.

PAL's Paper Arts Challenge 157

I was lucky enough when I decided I wanted to join Stampin Up as a demo, to land in Mary's group called the PAL's.  It just makes everything easier and more fun.
One of the things the PAL's do is a challenge every other week. One is a color challenge and one is a sketch challenge.
This week it's a sketch challenge.  And here is my entry.

I used Very Vanilla, Black and Pool Party.  Pool Party is a current In Color, that will be staying around in the next catalog.   I often use Very Vanilla with Black to soften the look some.
The hearts and the little stamped tag are from Hearts A Flutter Bundle(129252) in the Spring Catalog.
Sentiment is in the main catalog in the Word Play set (120651). It's an interesting sentiment set.
I also used the Adorning Accents embossing folder for the strip of little embossed hearts.(125601)
I used Very Vanilla Seam binding for my ribbon. (120999). I think Seam binding give such a nice soft look.
Here is the sketch:

We are getting very close to the end of the catalog year at SU, so if there are things you love in it that you want to be sure to get, you might want to do that fairly soon. Ordering from the new catalog starts May 31st.
If you would like to shop now, go here.

Shhhhh, sneaking a peek at my swap card

So, next week I will be headed for Salt Lake City and SU's main office for a mini convention. I'm so excited, one of the things we do is swap cards, and I've been working on some for that purpose.
Don't tell the PAL's on me, gotta keep them a secret until it's time.

My card features the new Best Of Flowers, March's 25th anniversary set. For a really nice price you get a set of the best flower stamps SU has done over the years, plus one or two brand new stamps.
I used
Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Melon Mambo and Soft Suede
Supplies:
I used one of the Delicate Designs embossing folders at the bottom of my Crumb Cake piece, then used the Large Scallop Edgelit die.
That created a little shelf at the middle and I stamped my flowers, three times across and used a little piece of Melon Mambo as accent. Next I stamped the sentiment ( Petite Pairs) in the upper corner. All done.
Thanks for stopping by.

Fast and Fabulous 10 min card for this week

This may look like it took awhile, but it made up very quickly.
Run the red paper through the wood embossing folder, place the blue strip ( did use the distress tool on it)
Stamp and die cut, that's it.
Thanks for stopping by, hope I've given you ideas.

Notecards, Black and White and elegant

I just love black and white, so when I needed a gift I made up a set of elegant looking black and white cards, each, witha small pop of another color.   And it's really pretty simple to make. I used Baja Breeze for the card and ribbon, layered that with white after running it through the Big Shot using the Fancy Fan embossing folder. Cut a piece of paper from the Neutrals Designer Series paper pad and used half of a doily.
The hearts were cut out using the Hearts A Flutter die set (Stamps and die set bundle in the Spring Catty).
Then put them through machine using the Perfect polka dots folder.

Thanks for stopping by.

Mojo Monday 270

Welcome to my version of Mojo Monday. I went off sketch today, but you know how that goes, don't you? I started off to use this stamp set and from there I just seemed to loose control and it made itself.
It's a darling sketch, and got me started in the right direction.

Colors:
Very  Vanilla
Crumb Cake
Always Artichoke
Soft Suede
Old Olive
Supplies
Best of Everything Stamp set
Delicate Designs Embossing folder
Designer Series Paper Stack in Brights
Apothecary Accents Framelits dies

Have a great day.

Snow Swirled

I am so sorry, I left you all and have been gone for 3 weeks. We had a great time, attended a rally, saw lots of old and new friends and went lots of places and saw lots of neat stuff.
We had a spot right up front at one campground that was awesome. Every morning and late afternoon the deer would come out looking for food. There was usually at least 18 or 20 of them total, including a couple babies.
Now, back to Stampin Up and making cards and gifts. Snow Swirled caught my attention right off. I love this set, it's so usable. This is a pretty simple card:

 Colors:
Bashful Blue,
Marina Mist,
Whisper White.
Perfect Polka Dots Embossing folder
2 1/2 inch Circle punch
1 3/4 inch scallop punch
Marina Mist Dotted Swiss Ribbon
Decorative Label punch ( cut after first punch and punched again on the other side)
Snow Swirled Stamp Set
Use the snow flake stamps in the stamp set using Bashful Blue on the white paper, then run it through the big shot using the embossing folder.  Ink the edge all the way around using either Bashful blue or Marina Mist depending on the look you want.
Cut a piece of the ribbon just a little bit bigger then the size of the white card and apply using glue ( the Snail adhesive works great for this) and wrap the ends of the ribbon under the card. Glue to the Bashful blue card.
Stamp your snowflake using Marina Mist, I used the new foam ink pad and then wet embossed using Clear embossing powder. Cut out using the scallop punch.  Cut out the larger circle, ink edges, apply the scallop piece using Stampin Dimensionals, to the large circle. Stamp greeting and apply to corner.
Hope you enjoy this one, I love how it turned out and how simple it is. Have a great weekend.

Sept PAL's Blog Hop

Glad you could join us for some fun fall crafting with the Stampin' Pretty Pals! You've probably hopped over from, Sherrie at Stampin Sunshine,  I'm stop number 12 on the Pals Hop and I'm glad you hopped in! I'll help you "hop along" from blog to blog where you'll find great ideas for Stampin' Up! fall projects! Should you hop off course, simply click on any of the links in the Pals Hop Line-up below and you'll be back on track.

 I kept my card clean and simple, colors used are Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede, Perfect Plum and Wild Wasabi.
I used the Stripes embossing folder for the first Perfect Plum layer. Then I cut a 2 1/2" circle from Soft Suede and inked the edges in Pumpkin Pie. I punched out 7 large ovals and a green piece from the Sizzlits Little Leaves die. 

I used Crumb Cake Seam binding for the ribbon. I really love the seam binding, it's so soft easy to work with. 
Sentiment is from Petite Pairs, and I added some dots of Dazzling Details. 

Now hop along for more inspiring ideas from Dawn at Tiddbits from Dawn, stop number 13 on the Pals Fall Flair Blog Hop! Thanks for "hopping" by!

 

Nicole Watt at Impressions By Nicole

Beth Beard at My Little Craft Blog

Maxine Conrad at Stamp to the MAX

Claire Crotteau-Hutt at stamppaperscissors

Susan Lankford at Stamp and Scrap With Susan

Nicole Picadura at Scraps and Stamps

Bobbi at My Therapy

Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty

Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping

Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts

Sherrie Gross at Stampin Sunshine

Lynn at Cattaildesigns

Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn

Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp

Naki Rager at ..notes from Naki

Kerry Willard Bray at Stampgoodness

Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti

Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards

Kim Luithle at Kim's Stampin Stuff

Lori Martin at The Rejoicing Papercrafter

Diane Roberts at scoreatfourandaquarter

Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards

Kris Kilcoyne at Kween Bee Kreations

Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin' Affair!

Jennifer Takacs at Stamped in Full

Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping

Christmas is coming, Christmas is coming.

And I'm going to be ready. I've already gotten some of my Christmas stamps and punches. More on my list, but I have enough to get started. Today I started thinking. I wanted to make a tag, but I wanted it to be different. One of my favorite things to do is use something for a purpose it was not intended.
So, I started playing, and I ended up using a framelit from the Apothecary accents set. I cut my piece and just put the one end under the cutting blade and ran it through my Big Shot. I love the tag top I got from that! I started on my tag using Crumb Cake ink and the Joy stamp in Priority Mail a fun Hostess stamp set.
Then I got to playing with my ink and sponges, sponged on Bashful Blue and Primrose Petals ink.
I used some of the elements from Watercolor Winter from the Holiday Catty, a bit of holly and just bits of the pointsettia, and with the Bashful blue I stamped on a few snowflakes from Four Seasons stamp set.After I finished with all the inking, I used my embossing pad and inked up the whole tag with it, then used clear embossing power and heated. This is giving it some gloss and texture.
I put a piece of vellum across the tag and added on some Merry Minis, stamped then punched and placed on using Stampin Dimensionals. At the bottom I put some silver brads from the neutrals package.
Yes, this took a while, not something I'd do for all my packages, but if you are in the mood to play, they are fun to do and would be extra nice for those special gifts. When I worked at a Christian school we did a Secret Sister exchange and one of the most fun things about that was the beautiful wrappings we all did. I think we looked forward to that more then the gifts inside.
Hope you weekend is grand, get some stamping in.