Fast and Fabulous 10 min card, Red

I have a pretty red and white card for you today.

So simply and so cute. White and any other color always makes for a cute card, and no overthinking it.  I know, there are layers, but it doesn't take long at all and it gives the card that pop of color.
So, start by cutting your Cardstock in half. You'll end up with 2- 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" cards.  Fold one of them in half, cut a piece of red 5 1/4"x4. Usually I cut a piece of my CS in half then take one half and cut in half again, giving me 2 quarter pieces. One of those I cut down just a bit for my second layer.
Then cut a piece of white another 1/4" smaller.

Colors:
Whisper White
Real Red
Supplies:
Wacky Wishes stamp set (Hostess set)
Big L fun flowers sizzix die set (Flower)
Designer Series Paper pad
Pearl
Stitched Ribbon
Thanks for stopping by and looking.

Mojo Monday 282

It's circle or square week.  And I had a lot of fun with this sketch. Here is my take on it/

And here is the sketch.

My colors this week are:
Whisper White
Night of Navy
Summer Starfruit
Gumball Green
Supplies:
Elements of Style stamp set
Four Seasons stamp set ( hostess set)
Victoria Crochet trim
2 3/8" scallop round punch
2 1/2" Round punch
1" round punch
Print Poetry Designer Series Paper pad.  This one is the smaller size pad, just right for cards.
White card is layered with Night of Navy 1/4" smaller then the 5 1/4" card.  White is layered over the Night of Navy. I stamped the large floral in Summer Starfruit for the background. Cut a 1 1/2" piece of DSP, and made the end using the 1" square punch and layered it over a piece of Night of Navy.
For the main focus I stamped the graphic using Night of Navy, cut out using the scallop round punch and then stamped again with Gumball green punching out the center with the 1" round punch.
Thanks for stopping by, love to know what you think of it.

Paper Players Sketch challenge 134

I decided to branch out a bit. I found The Paper Players and they look like a fun group. So, here is the sketch for this round.

A simple sketch that allows for a lot of different ideas, love that. So, here is my take on it.

Colors are :
Whisper White
Baja Breeze
Perfect Plum
I got carried away with rhinestones for this one, I have found myself loving rhinestones!  They are pretty cheap for the amount of bang. 
Supplies:
Wood embossing folder
Curly Label Punch
Adorning Accents Edgelit die
Apothecary Framelits die
Subtles DSP paper pad
Subtles pack of brads
Perfect Plum Ribbon, (retired) 
It's Your Birthday (retired) for the sentiment. 
All items are in the main catty except the Wood embossing folder, you can find that in the spring catty.
I have really been enjoying trying out different shapes together for sentiments, you just never know what you might find that looks great.

If you would like to shop, you can find my store and all the current catalogs here. 

Thanks for looking.

Pals Paper Arts Challenge 153

It's time for a Pal's sketch challenge, always a fun thing to do.

I used:
Midnight Muse
Real Red
Whisper White
Bashful Blue
Supplies:
Blooming with Kindness (sentiment)
Comfort Care ( patterned paper)
Delicate Doilies stamp set
Satin Stitched Ribbon
Perfect polka dots embossing folder
Circle and scallop circle punches
Button I had in my stash
Whisper White bakers twine

Thanks for stopping by. Love to know what you think of it.

10 min Fast and Fabulous card with twist

Very simple and elegant I think. 
Whisper White card, Basic Black layer 1/4" smaller, then Whisper White 1/4" smaller again. Stamp Field Flowers stem and flower, tie ribbon bow around top 2 layers and attach.
The ribbon is the two tone black in the Spring catalog. I used rhinestones for some bling.

Thanks for stopping by!

Mojo Monday 281

Another mojo monday has rolled around.   I found the sketch to be a bit challenging this week.  Here it is.

I used Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery, Sahara Sand, Island Indigo.
Thanks for stopping by. 
I will have a 10 min fast and fabulous card for you Wed.

PAL's Feb 13 Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us for the February Pals Blog Hop! Today the Stampin' Pretty Pals are excited to introduce you to the Stampin' Up! products we LOVE. We hope you find new ideas for using the products you already have - or find new items to add to your wishlist.
 You should have just left stop number 17 on the Pals Hop -

Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps

. If so, you are in the right spot.  If you get off track, the full blog lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.
 For my part I have a neat little gift type item that is fun and easy to make.

Mine is dressed up for Valentines day, but you can do so many things, just think of it as a big card. Inside is a Jr legal tablet.

I added some of the DSP to the top of the tablet.
It uses a full sheet of CS, I used Whisper White here, then as my tablet is about 1/4" thick, I found the center, and scored 1/8" on either side of it. I also cut 1/4" off the top edge and 1/8" off each side edge just so it looked a bit neater, but that is up to you.
Would make a cute gift for a friend, spouse, teacher, just change out the sentiment.
I love my new SU trimmer, it has both a cutting and scoring blade attached all the time. It's really easy to do a small amount of scoring.
I also am in love with these two sets. The sentiment is from You Are Loved Stamp set, and punched out using the Decorative Label punch.
The Hearts are from the Hearts A Flutter Stamp and die cut bundle in the Spring Catalog. I am so glad I bought that one, I've been having a great time with it.
I used the Neutrals Designer Series Paper pad. I truly love all the paper pads, they are so usable. They are good for any kind of card or project without worrying if they are out of season.
I also used Cherry Cobbler Seam binding
So my colors are,  Whisper White, Black/gray, Cherry Cobbler.
I hope you find this project useful.



The next stop is

Kerry Willard Bray at stampgoodness

  stop number 19  on the Pals Blog Hop!

Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards

Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty

Carmen Sublasky at The Creative Stamptuary

Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn

Leslie Davis at Stampers Paradise

Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards

Ann Schach at The Stampin' Schach

Amy Williams at Stampin' on the Range

Shannon Hokanson at Paper Works

Nancy Gleason at My Stampin Space

Diane Roberts at Score At Four and a Quarter

Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers

Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts

Patti MacLeith Papercrafts by Patti

Maxine Conrad at Stamp to the MAX!

Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...

Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps

Lynn Hoyt at cattaildesigns

Kerry Willard Bray at stampgoodness

Jennifer Takacs at Stamped in Full

Mojo Monday 280

It's monday so it's time for Mojo Monday. This challenge is a lot of fun, and I have to push myself to run into my craft room and make a card at 6am, but I just can't stand to be too far down on the list. LOL. That's just me, there is plenty of time, several days in fact, to play and post.

I see I have used Crumb cake two weeks in a row. Funny as I am just not a person who really likes the browns, but it's so useful.
Colors:
Very Vanilla
Crumb Cake
Midnight Muse
Gumball Green
Supplies:
Print Poetry DSP, this is the small stack of paper that is card sized. Spring Catty(129312)
Stacks of Wishes, Hostess set in the Spring catty
Perfect Polka Dots Embossing folder (117335)
Adorning Accents embossing Folder (one of a set of 3) (125601)
Scallop Trim Border punch (118402)
Gumball Green 3/8" stitched satin ribbon (126848)
Decorative Label Punch  (120907)
Boho Blossoms punch (119858)
Stampin Dimensionals (104430)
Rhinestone Basic jewels (119246

I put both the dots and border embossing folders on the Crumb cake layer at the same time. To hold the border folder on so it didn't slip I put a piece of tape on the folder at the edge of the paper.
I did ink up the punched out sentiment so it showed better against the background, I slightly off set the Midnight Muse layer.
Thanks for stopping by.

Pals Paper Arts Color challenge 152

This is a color challenge, we are allowed the 3 chosen colors and one neutral color. I choose Black as my neutral. Other colors are:  Real Red, Primrose Petals, Pool Party.

I have been waiting for a chance to use my new tiny Petite Curly label punch, I just love that shape and it's so cute with the larger version and the darling stamp set make for it.  This tiny Curly label punch is only available for free with a $50 order during SAB (Sale-a-Bration).  You can find all the catalogs HERE. 
Supplies for this card
Curly label punch  (119851)
Petite Curly label punch  Free with $50 order during SAB
Honeycomb embossing folder Spring Catty (129378)
Pretty Petites Stamp set   Free with $50 order during SAB
Field flowers stamp set (sentiment) Wood (122760)  Clear (122762)
Tag die cut (Hearts a flutter stamp and die bundle) spring catty  Wood(131098) Clear (131097)
Pool Party Ribbon (Free SAB item, comes with 3 colors ribbon and buttons.
Pearls  (119247)
Remember, you can get one free item or set of items out of the Sale-a-bration flyer for each $50 you spend on other supplies.
If you would like to shop now, GO HERE

Fast and Fabulous 10 min card, a day late.

I am so sorry I'm a day late, yesterday just wizzed by and I have several cards for make for Birthdays and thank you's, plus I am trying to get my act together and go through all my roller drawers getting rid of anything I haven't used in years. That's a tough one for me, I moved it all 3 yrs ago without going through it. And I really hate parting with any of it.
Anyway, todays card is pretty simple. I think I'd actually like a larger flowers or just longer stem on this, but
I didn't have one to try. I do love this sentiment from the You are Loved stamp set, Big catalog, pg 24.
Wood (123777) Clear (123779). The whole set is just gorgeous.
Colors
Basic Gray
Raspberry Ripple
Whisper white
Other then the stamp set, I used a corner rounder and pearls on this.
Thank for Stopping by.

Mojo Monday 279

Welcome to another Mojo Monday card, this is number 279, wow!
Loved this weeks sketch, but it was still a difficult card to make, it's a guy card. I have 2 adult grandson's who have birthdays just a few days apart, so that was my personal challenge.

Here is what I came up with for this one. I do love browns and blues together and I think these colors worked well for a guy card. 
And I got a chance to use one of my new stamp sets from the Spring catty! Make a Wish is where the wonderful cake came from.
Colors:
Crumb Cake
Soft Suede
Midnight Muse

Supplies:
Print Poetry DSP, patterned paper. I love the new card sized paper pads, this one is in the Spring Catty. (129312)
Make a Wish stamp set, also from the Spring Catty. Wood (129219) Clear (129222)
Petite Pairs stamp set, Sentiment  Wood (122495) Clear (122497)
Scallop Trim border punch, (118402)
Labels Collect Framelits dies (125598)
Thanks for taking a look. 

Just playing

I have not one, but two cards for you today.  I needed to send thank you cards to my daughter and her MIL. They were so thoughtful after Christmas when they went shopping and found something they knew I would love. and I do. I am all about kitties, and they found a pottery store with an awesome hand made large mug with kitties all around.

Isn't it just too cute?
So, here is card one.

I used much of the same items on both, but they are a bit different as well.
Colors
Whisper white
Daffodil yellow
Basic black
Supplies
Neutrals Collection DSP (117157)
Best of Everything Stamp set  Wood (123534) Clear (123536)
Papillion Potpourri stamp set  Wood (123757) Clear (123759)
Fancy Fan embossing folder (127751)
Curly Label punch  (119851)
Rhinestones  (119246)

A quick little tip is to use the 1" square punch for the ends of the banners.

Card #2

I used the same basic idea, but stamped my sentiment from the Curls and Swirls Verses stamp set (hostess set) before running it through the embossing machine.
I also used the tiny butterflies from the Four Seasons (hostess set)  and a couple of the jeweled brads (retired)
I hope this gives you some ideas. Thanks for stopping by.

SU Best of Anniversary stamp sets

If you haven't heard Stampin up is celebrating their 25th anniversary this year. They have created 12 stamp sets you can buy at a reduced price, plus there are other benefits.
This is Feb's set.

It is priced at $14.95 for you. Click HERE  to go to the SU web site and read all about it.

Feb Wallpaper freebie

Amanda requested I make up a wallpaper for you all from her new kit, Vintage Romance. Since I love making wallpaper I was on board with that!  I hope you enjoy.
The kit can be purchased HERE .
It's a gorgeous kit. So please check it out.
And here is your preview, click HERE for your download.

 

It's wed, so it must be Fast and Fabulous 10 min card day

Simple, simple, simple. Simple can be so effective and gorgeous.
Colors
Island Indigo
Pool Party
Whisper white
Supplies:
Decorative label punch  (120907)
Pool Party Ribbon  Free in the SAB brocure along with 2 other colors and some buttons.
Scalloped edge punch  (119882)
You are Loved stamp set. Wood (123777)  Clear (123779)
I used my white stamp pad, it's my favorite. It can be used like this on dark paper or you can use it to wet emboss in any color. Stamp your heart graphic, cut a piece of white paper about 1 inch wide by the length of your card. Each punched side will take away 1/4 inch so you should end up with 1/2 inch. Layer your ribbon over it and glue the ends on the back. Stamp the Love graphic, punch out with the decorative label punch.
Use Stampin Dimentionals on the back side and adhire to the card.
That is it you are done! Unless of course you want to add some bling. Bling is always good, some pearls or reinstones in that upper left corner would be nice.
Hope you enjoy.

Mojo monday 278

Great sketch today.

I made my card 5 1/4 in square, I wanted a pattern paper, but right now I don't have any for Valentine type cards so I made my own. I love embossing folders!  I simply cut my size/shape, ran it through the Big Shot and used my brayer to roll on color.
Colors
Very Vanilla
Rose Red
Pink Pirouette
Crumb Cake
Supplies:
Word Play Sentiment stamp set  Wood (120308)  Clear (120651)
Sizzlits Large Delicate Doilies die  (126999)
Boho Blossoms punch  (119858)
1 1/4" scallop circle punch  (127811) Spring Catty
Lacy Brocade embossing folder. 127819)  Spring Catty
Tip, using the 1in square punch works great for the ends of the little tags. Or, you can purchase the Hearts a Flutter bundle from the Spring catty and there is a die cut for it.

Great stuff happening and a new card

Well, I have been gone for a month so I am playing catch up now. There are so many fun and money saving happenings going on at SU that it makes one dizzy.
First, we have a new spring catty out, some fantastic stuff in there.  And we also have SAB going on right now.  
Here is the info on SAB

It’s here! Sale-A-Bration 2013 has begun. How will you party during Stampin’ Up!’s premiere event? There are three ways—choose all that apply!
1. Host
Have your friends over for a party and earn fantastic Sale-A-Bration freebies with a qualifying order! For a minimum $150 US/$200 CAN party, you’ll get a FREE pack of Silver Glimmer Paper (silver paper for Stampin’ Up!’s silver anniversary!). Host a $400 US/$525 CAN party, and you’ll get the free Glimmer Paper PLUS a FREE product bundle—and that’s in addition to the normal hostess benefits (including $65 US/$90 CAN in FREE products of your choice)!
Contact your demonstrator today to schedule your Sale-A-Bration party. Don’t already have a demonstrator? Use our Demonstrator Locator to find one near you.
2. Shop
Shopaholics unite! For every $50/$60 CAN you spend, you’ll get a FREE Sale-A-Bration product—there are nearly 20 to choose from! Visit Stampin’ Up!’s Online Store to start shopping.
3. Join
Party all the time when you become a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. Plus, when you join during Sale-A-Bration, you’ll get 25% more products for FREE in your Starter Kit! Click the Join link above to take advantage of this limited-time offer.
Sale-A-Bration is one of the most exciting times of the year at Stampin’ Up! How will you Sale-A-Brate? Hi
Find the Celebration .pdf HERE .  You can download this to your computer and look to your hearts content.

To help you find lots of goodies you just have to have so you can get all those free items, the Spring catty is
HERE . I have given you the link for all the current cattys, you can look online or download.
When you are ready to place your order, if you click on the link on the right side it will take you to my ordering site. Have fun, I have my order on it's way, so early next week I should be able to make up some goodies using items from the Spring catty and the SAB brochure.

Now are we ready for a new card? It took some time, my mojo had been on holiday and it was a bit of time getting it to come back to me.

I am needing some thank you cards, I have a couple more to share with you another day. I tried out some colors that are different for me. I love blue, but for some reason haven't really played with Pacific Point. And it's certainly blue.
Very vanilla
Pacific Point
Certainly Celery
Calypso Coral
Supplies
Pretty Postage stamp set  (Wood) 123095 (Clear) 123097
Curly Label Punch 119851
Stripes embossing folder  123128
Pearl Basic Jewels   119247
Calypso Coral ribbon  122976

Have a great weekend.

Fast and Fabulous 10 min card for Jan 16th.

A pretty birthday card for today.
Colors are:
Crumb Cake
Always Artichoke
Primrose Petals
Supplies:
Elements of Style stamp set ( flower)
Blooming With Kindness (Sentiment)
Rhinestones.

Tip, to color rhinestones, just use your markers.

Thanks for stopping by. 

Fast and fabulous 10 min card, Wishes

Colors for this week:
Gumball Green
Whisper White
Soft Suede

Supplies:
Delicate Designs embossing folder
Satin Stitched Ribbon
Word Play stamp set

Please leave me a small comment if you are liking this series of cards. I am having fun with them, and I hope you are enjoying them too.

This weeks Fast and Fabulous 10 min card

Colors this time are:
Daffodil Delight
Soft Suede
Very Vanilla

Supplies:
Label collection Framelits
Blooming with Kindness stamps set
3/16" metallic brad

Tip, when adding the sentiment piece put Stampin Dimensionals beind it to lift.
Thanks for stopping by.