Simple Birthday card

Good morning Stampers!

I followed through with what I said I was going to do! It feels good to be able to post again, AND do some stamping. I needed a birthday card today, so I reached for the Wow Flowers sets and the '08-'09 SU! In colors.

Something cute and simple. I still need to order the 1" punch that works great with this stamp set. I wish I could have shown you how good, but it will have to wait until I place my next order. The colors I used are: Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Tangerine Tango. Can you believe I stayed away from the Pink Piroutte and the Bella Rosa papers?!

Okay, back to the books!

I am thinking Wednesday will be my next post.

Thanks for looking!

Fresh Cuts - Thank You

Good Morning Stampers!



For this Simple Sunday, I used the Bella Rosa Papers by SU! I know yesterday's post used the same pattern from the Bella Rosa, but I really like it. It is soft and feminine and allows you to stamp images on it that aren't distracted by the background paper.

The bow is very simple to make. I think this version might be called a Tailored Bow. I used a pink satin for this particular look. I wrapped the pink satin around the card, then made a large circle and secured the ends. I "smooshed" it in the middle and wrapped a smaller piece of satin ribbon around it and secured the ends. Bada boom, bada bing. You are finished. Very simple!

What I used:
SU! stamp: Freshcuts set
SU! ink: Riding Hood Red
SU! Cardstock: White, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red.
SU! DSP: Bella Rosa
Other: Pink satin ribbon

Enjoy your day! Thanks for stopping by!

Anniversary Card

Good morning Stampers,

I have been working on this card for a couple of days. My Stamping MoJo left me for a few days and you could say this is a warm up card. I have been trying to potty train my son and I think some of that frustration has interrupted the Stamping MoJo.

I think this card could be for any occasion. I needed an anniversary card, but looking at the verse it could be a birthday, best wishes on a new adventure, job, relationship, etc. The inside sentiment can define what you want the card to be.

I CASE'd this from the Take Ten Summer 08 issue.



All Supplies used are Stampin' Up! unless noted.
Stamps: Heard from the Heart, Doodle This
Inks: Riding Hood Red Classic, Chocolate Chip Marker
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Bashful Blue, White
Other: Bella Rose Designer Series Paper, Large
star punch, small star punch, Dazzling Diamonds glitter

Thanks for stopping by!

Lovely as a Tree

Good morning Stampers!

Today's card comes from the Stampin' Success magazine I receive from Stampin' Up! I do not own the stamp set that was featured, but I had the colors that it featured.
I made this card using Lovely as a Tree with the featured color scheme. I think it makes a great manly card. Easily CASE'd. I want to point out that I cut Chocolate Strips for the top half of the card. A tone-on-tone texture.


Here are the details:

Stamp set: Lovely as a Tree
Ink: Versamark
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze (In Color), So Saffron
Other: Silver Brads, Mat Stack - eyelet template, White EP, Heat Embossing tool

Let me know what you think of the Sidebar

Let me know what you think. On the left side bar I have added two new items. They both are photographs of the projects I have done. One is a vertical bar that has still photos, the other is a slide show - it is just below the still photos.
Which one do you prefer? I have not decided yet, and what it might come down to is the amount of space I am allowed to upload photos for the blog. But until that decision is made...I would like to hear from you.

And of course, another picture from vacation.

My son decided to jump into our bed and pretend he was sleeping. He is amazing..he can grin while sleeping :)
He kept asking to have his picutre taken. So I clicked away!

Simple Sunday - Wow Flowers (not Flower Power)

Good morning Stampers!

I'm baaack! We are back from our vacation! It was very relaxing and we had GREAT weather.

I will show you one picture that I took. Oh believe me..there are more and I will share them. But the picture from vacation is at the end of this post.

Feels GREAT to be stamping again!

I can honestly say that this is a D2 original!
During my vacation I had a chance to look at
a couple of scrapbook magazines. You see my August Stampin' Success did not come before I left - and believe me I was really hoping that it would have..AND my 2008-2009 Idea Book & Catalog did not show up either! A girl can wish...

I opened up the scrapbook magazine and saw the pattern (the red image stamped repeatedly) and then the color scheme - it was a red, yellow and blue. For that I substituted - Red Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze and Pacific Point. These are the 2008-2009 In Colors. The two I did not use was the Tangerine Tango and Pirouette Pink.

Stamps: Flower Power, Wow Flowers, Heard from the Heart - both coming in the upcoming catalog available August 11th. Both of these sets already come die cut..no cutting stamps before mounting them!

Inks: Pacific Point, Basic Black

Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Pacific Point

Accessories: Scallop punch, Silver Brads, Scallop Border punch - making its debut in the upcoming catalog!

Now, just one picture from vacation:
Oh..there will be more!

Still working - but I have some sneak peak pics

Good afternoon Stampers,


Well, today I don't feel like shooting my foot off with a double barrel shotgun. It is still painful to walk, but it is a little easier today.

Today I am slow in getting Simple Sunday up and running. But for now I can tell you I did finally place my sneak peak order from SU!, and probably won't see it for another week, so I thought I would show you some of the sneak peaks courtesy of my upline Jan. Then you won't have to wait!

Here are the six new In Colors side by side. Yummy!

Here they are still in their packaging!

The In Colors matched with their cardstock.

I really like how they all coordinate with each other!

Great side-by-side view of the In colors - ink pads, cardstock and the Bella Rosa DSP!

Beautiful how they all coordinate!

You can see these at my Open House in August!

You can see two Hostess sets (top left corner - Christmas circles and below it with the butterfly, leaves and flower.)

The other sets (bottom left and top right and sock monkey will be in the upcoming Idea Book & Catalog).

So you see that "thing" in the bottom right corner in blue packaging??!! Oh Yes! It is a scallop border punch! This will be easier to create the scallop border than using the small corner punch. I can tell you the price is just right - $15.95. That is the same price as the large punches SU! sells in the catalog.

Thanks for looking. Check back for Simple Sunday.

In Color Sneak Peak

Good morning Stampers,

I am sorry to say I don't have a card post for you yet today. If you could see my stamp room and desk you would be appalled. The Stamp Fairy and Stamp Assistant have not shown up yet, so it looks like I have to dive in. I also had footwork done yesterday and now my foot feels like it has a shard of glass sticking into the bottom of it. Painful to walk, but we are celebrating my MIL's birthday here tonight, so I want to tidy things up a bit.

Although there is no card to post, I hope to redeem myself with the samples of the NEW In colors that are coming out in the new 2008 - 2009 Idea Book and Catalog (release date of August 11th). Thank you Jan (upline for sending them and teammate for sending them to her). I have been asked how the colors compare with the retiring In Colors and also how they compare with the current SU! colors. So enjoy the Sneak Peak!
I will have the new In Colors at my Open House August 16th.









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