Fabulous Florets Friend Card

Good Morning!! Yaaah, I have yet another card to share!! I dug into my new supplies and used the Fabulous Florets stamp set from the Summer Mini. This beautiful stamp set also made  the new Idea Book & Catalogue, which we were all very pleased to see.

My card share today was created with Melon Mambo, Pacific Point and White cardstocks. I used Pacific Point ink to stamp a random design on my white cardstock, then filled in the white background with one of the Itty Bitty backgrounds stamps (this set is now retired but forever lives upon my stamping desk!!! Its always one that I reach for, perfect for filling in those white spaces when needed!)

The flowers and leaves were stamped with versamark and embossed with Melon Mambo and Wild Wasabi embossing powders, cut out and popped up with a dimensional.

The Melon Mambo cardstock was dry embossed with the Tulip border.....another staple in my stamping room it seems!! Just love this embossing folder. The "friends" sentiment is from the Just Believe stamp set.

Thanks so much for dropping by, hope your Wednesday is a good one!! Middle of the week....yaaah!!

Deb :)

Friend to Friend

Good Morning to you!!

Wow, are we ever in a deep freeze again, here in Sunny Alberta. The only thing that doesn't make me stir crazy is that the sun shines brightly, and for longer hours now. Its still light at 6pm, and that in itself is definitely uplifting to the spirits!!

Today I have a Friendship card to share, using a very soft combination of blues and yellows. Can you tell I'm thinking Spring??  :)

 I decided to let texture play a big part in this card, with very little stamping.  The image is SU!'s Flower for All Seasons, coloured with markers (this set is a SAB selection this year!) along with Teeny Tiny Wishes for the sentiment, punched out with the Word Window punch.  Half back pearls and Taffetta white ribbon are my embellies.

Well, thanks so much for dropping by, I hope your part of the world is MUCH warmer than ours! We will certainly appreciate Spring when it finallys arrives, I can tell you that!!!

Deb :)

To You, From Me, Longtime Friend!

Hello there!

Today I have another "Longtime Friend" image to share. As I mentioned in a previous post, I just love colouring  this image.  I know this is very similar to the last friend image/card that I posted, but I wanted to share it anyways.

The colours are mostly the same, I've used the Hostess Level One paperpack (retired), along with Not Quite Navy and Whisper White cardstocks. I also used the circle and scalloped circle punches for the sentiment, nesties for the image and half back pearls for the corner.

Thanks for dropping by and Happy Friday!!

Deb :)

Longtime Friend

Hello there!
Today I have one more card to share!! I was busy colouring over the weekend, in between my migraines! I was finally able to put this image to a card.

I sure miss this old SU! set, Longtime Friend, its such a fun image to colour.  The details of the card are fairly simple, Kraft, White and Hostess Level 1 paperpack (retired), along with eyelets, twine and oval punches. The "friend" is from an old SAB set and fit perfectly within the oval. 

As I mentioned before, I'm trying to build up my stash of "mailable" cards and hope this one fits the bill, the eyelets are fairly flat and there's no ribbon to catch under the mailing machine. (keeping fingers crossed that its mailable anyways!! )

Thank you for dropping by again, I hope your day is a good one!
Deb :)

Friends Never Fade

Hi there!

Today's card share was created with the SU! stamp set Friends Never Fade, along with the Greenhouse Gala Designer Paper.  The gorgeous Butterfly is the SU! embossed die, which cuts and embosses at the same time, its so pretty!!

If you look closely at the card, you will see a hidden message......just pull on the butterfly and scalloped circle and out comes a message, which is hidden behind the red cardstock mat!! You could stamp anything from Happy Birthday to a simple Hello on there. We did a card very similar to this at our Christmas Stamp a Stack a few years ago.  Just a little something different to add to the card front.  

Flowerbug  has a wonderful sample here, her photos show the message displayed.  She's used the Two Tags Die, which I don't have (yet!!) and created a bookmark, so cute!!!

I have a busy Monday, I'm going to start a bit of Christmas shopping this week,  how about you? Do you shop early, do you leave it til December or are you one of those most organized people who are finished already??   

Have a great Monday and hope you get some time to stamp and create!! :)

Deb

Recipe:

Stamp Set; Friends Never Fade

Cardstock: Real Red, Chocolate, White, Bermuda Bay, Greenhouse Gala dsp.

Accessories:  Word Window Punch, Butterfly die, Scalloped Circle Paper.

Fifth Avenue Floral

Good Morning! Today's card share uses my favourite floral stamp, Fifth Avenue Floral. I really love the line drawn images in this set, there's so much room for creativitiy!! I embossed the largest flower with white embossing powder onto Shimmery White cardstock.  Then I spritzed with water and dropped a selection of reinkers into the pools of water, allowing them to travel where they wanted and fill in the spaces. It was alot of fun, especially if you are the type of person who enjoys dabbling in the artsy side of stamping!! I did a whole page of these flowers, all different colours! Was a great way to spend an afternoon :-)

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Fifth Avenue Floral, Sketch It (long retired but I still love the sentiments in this set!)
Cardstock: Orchid Opulence (soon to retired!), Certainly Celery, Shimmer White, Whisper White
Ink: Orchid, and various other purple hued colours, Basic Black
Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Versamark, Floral embossing folder, chalks to colour the folder, sewing machine, Leaf Sizzlit, Dazzling Diamonds, half back pearls

Thanks for dropping by and hope your Wednesday is fabulous!!
Deb

Good Morning! I've had a busy few weeks recently and not alot of time in my stamp room.  My DH had last week off and this week is my DD's spring break so needless to say my focus has been elsewhere :)  I really need to find my stamping MoJo, its just not there lately. I think I create best when I have a little more "quiet time".  :)

This card was made with the Cottage Wall dsp, I really love the colour combo in this dsp. But, I can hear you now, "what dsp don't you like Deb?" :) 

The base is Razzleberry, and I've used Whisper White and Orchid Opulence to mat the main image.  The stamp sets used are both retired, Branch Out & Love Ya Bunches.  Accessories are: Razzleberry Polka Dot grosgrain (can you believe I only have about 6 inches left of this beautiful ribbon?!), Razzleberry coloured buttons from my stash, Old Olive Wide Striped Grosgrain and Flower Soft. My Wonderful Friend Melody and I found some of this last year at a craft show and couldn't believe how well it matched the Cottage Wall Dsp.  Its just gorgeous!!

Today we are meeting my dear Aunt for lunch in the city.  She's in her 70's now and actually keeps busier than I do! She's most impressive with her Book Club meetings, exercise class, (she's even done Hula dancing!!), and regular coffee with the "girls" on Mondays at the cafe near her condo. She still drives herself everywhere and regulary goes out to see her sister (who's 10 years older) every Sunday, a 1/2 hour drive from her home. My Aunt is the Queen of "no left turns" and I've learned well from her!! If there's a route that doesn't involve a left turn onto a busy street (without traffic control lights)  well she knows it. I'm the same, I just stress sitting there waiting to turn out onto a busy street (like 149th Street, for anyone from Edmonton).  So, we are off to the city for lunch, and will hopefully avoid all left turns that don't have traffic control! :)

Thanks for dropping by and have a wonderful Thursday!!
Deb

Embraced with Stitching

Hi there. Today's card share is similar to yesterday's card.  This time I used the Kraft cardstock as a base along with Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White & Black. The designer paper is retired and the stamped frame is something I purchased several years ago.  I thought I'd try stitching on this card with my sewing machine, and I really like how it turned out.  I left the zig zag fairly large & airy, as is the style of the flower in the frame and dsp.  The paper flower was created with the 5 petal punch & scalloped punch, the leaves are the Sizzlit leaf die from SU!. The corner adornment is a Fiskar's corner punch, another oldy but goody!

Thanks for dropping by, have a great day!
Deb

Fabulous Friend

Good Day.  I'm really feeling under the weather with a migraine today.  Don't know what's worse though ~ the migraine or the side effects of the meds that I take for it. blah!

So, I thought I'd spend the morning in my stamp room, hoping beautiful inks, cardstock & stamps would pick me up a bit! :-)

This card was inspired by the latest Papercrafts magazine.  My take on the colour challenge was Taken With Teal, Old Olive or Certainly Celery, So Saffron & Kraft. I did try to use the Kraft as my base card but it really made the whole card look washed out. I'll try to find the colour palette and add to this post.

The designer paper is retired, the frame is an old old stamp that I purchased when I first started stamping about 4 years ago, I'm not sure who even makes it. :-)  I used brads and ribbon from my stash, along with So Saffron grosgrain, the Eyelet border punch and nestabilities for my frame.

Thank you for dropping by and hope your Wednesday is Wonderful :-)
Deb

Garden Collage Bird

Good Morning!! Today's card share uses quite a bit of retired product, I'm afraid!! I love this Bella Birds dsp from last year's catty, its so soft and pretty! The ribbon is a wide chocolate chip satin ribbon adorned with a pearl brad that I stored in the stash about 4 years ago, "saving" it for a special card.  I've learned its not good to hoard supplies because I just plain old forget I even have these cute little bling brads and pearly baubles so I'm going to try and use what I have stashed away and enjoy it.....because I can and will buy more!!

The sketch is one from the Sweet Sunday Sketch, picture above.  See Karen's link on the side bar, she has a beautful blog and very inspiring sketches.

Thanks for dropping by!

Debbie

Supplies:

Chocolate Chip, Bordering Blue and Bella Birds dsp

Garden Collage (2005) stamp set

Inks to coordinate with dsp, Black StazOn

Pearl Brad, Half back Pearls, Nesties, Embossing Folder (Fleur di lis I beleive)

Fifth Avenue Floral

Hi there! Today's share is a layout/colour CASE from the latest Papercrafts Magazine.  I absolutely love the colour palette they've chosen, what a great combination, certainly not one I would have come up with myself!!  Orchid Opulence, Rich Razzleberry, More Mustard and White.  The stamps used were: the beautiful  Fifth Avenue Floral along with Teeny Tiny Wishes for the sentiment.  The accessories are the Scalloped Edge punch, Rich Razzleberry Ribbon, White Gel pen, Razzleberry marker (to colour flower and sentiment) Versamark, White embossing powder, Orchid Opulence Glitter, the Swirls and Scribble Embosslit die & half back Pearls.  I also used puff paint on the small dots along the scalloped edge but don't look too close as some of them dried with a "tip" on them and don't look very round. :-( 
Thanks for dropping by!!
Debbie

Flamingo For You :-)

Hi there! Today's card is one for my Thank You Card/Birthday Card stash.

I finally ordered the Movers & Shakers die, what a wonderful wonderful addition to my Big Shot!! This die will cut & score your cardstock into complete a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch card as well as cutting a shape into your card front! I just love it. It comes with the Curly Label die and cuts the label into the card just a tad larger than the actual punched Curly Label. You can then punch an image with the Curly Label punch and mat it inside the card, and it protrudes through the "window".

I wanted to also try cutting a few flowers out of felt, using the Big Shot, Wow, they cut with such ease! These flowers are from the Blossom Party die.

Thanks so much for dropping by & have a great day!

Deb

Sweet Bearies!!

Hi there! Today's share was stamped with the new Build a Bear Set called Beary Best Friends. Now, how cute is this little girlie bear???? I absolutely love her, she's so adorable. I really enjoyed colouring her in after stamping with StazOn on watercolour paper; it was easy to blend the inks and get the bit of shading I wanted. I also added some Dazzling Diamonds to the balloon and the brad in the center of the flowers, just for a bit of shimmer!

The supplies used for this card were: Razzleberry Cardstock, White & Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, Watercolour paper, aqua painter, inks to match Razzleberry paper as well as Creamy Caramel for bear, Basic Grey for her shoes. Flower is from the Stampin' Up! Blossom Party die using Razzleberry DSP and the Top Note die was used twice as a mat for the main image, once with White and once with Razzleberry DSP.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day! ~

Debbie

Asian Artistry meets Noveau Chic

Hi there! Today's card share uses the Hostess Level II set Asian Artistry. I really love this stamp set and just haven't had much time to use it. I also am completely smitten with this Nouveau Chic designer paper!! I recently made another Flip Flap Album with this series of dsp and it was so easy to work with.

This card has a base of Very Vanilla, and mats of Sage Shadow & Basic Grey. A piece of Nouveau Chic is used for the main background. I used nesties to cut out my image, which was stamped onto Very Vanilla c/stock & coloured with Sage Shadow & Basic Grey. As well the dragon fly was stamped on VV and punched out with a circle punch, then matted onto a circle punched from Sage Shadow. I was really happy with this card, and of course wanted to add brads or ribbon, but found it just didn't need any more embellishments other than the paper piercing around the edges.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope the rest of your day is wonderful!!

Debbie

Sympathy for the card stash

Hi there! first, I have to apologize for the crooked picture!! This is the best image of all the ones I took, and unfortunately, its a little off. Oh well..... :-)

I need a few Sympathy cards for my stash so I thought I'd use some of my Parisienne Summer dsp. for this card, along with Upsy Daisy, a stamp set I don't use often enough. This card uses Vanilla Cardstock, Bravo Burgundy, Parisienne Breeze dsp, and Basic Grey for the stamped image. I sponged the image lightly with Pink Pirouette. The accessories used are: Martha border punch, stash brads & Burgundy grosgrain ribbon. I also pulled out my two way glue stick and my PearlEx powder, adding subtle shine and texture to the daisies. I don't think you can see it in the picture, but it looks really nice. I'm not sure if this is a way you are supposed to use the PearlEx powder, but it worked for me, so I guess that's good!! I always forget I own this stuff and thought I'd give it a try. :-)

Thank you for stopping by,

Debbie

Walk in the Park with A Great Friend :-)

Hi there! I've got one more card to share today! I love this punch from Martha Stewart, although I think I mentioned that it sure doesn't punch like our SU! ones! I made this card for a good friend, I hope she likes it!!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day,

Debbie

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Great Friend

Cardstock: Basic Grey, V. Vanilla, Bashful Blue, Walk in the Park DSP

Ink: Pretty In Pink, White Craft

Accessories: Martha Border Punch, Nestabilities, Grey Taffeta Ribbon, 1/2 back pearls from Pretties Kit

Colour Throwdown & Sketch Challenge!

Good Morning! It seems to be a stamping kind of day as the weather really isn't very nice today, a little cloudy and certainly cooler than it should be for....the Season of Summer!! Yesterday marked the first day of Summer and I hope its going to be a great one! It can only get warmer from here, right?? :-) I'm sticking with that thought anyway!

Today's card is a submission for two sketches, K Werner's Colour Throwdown and Taylored Expression's Cupcake Challenge, both pictured above. I really love this colour combination, how beautiful & elegant.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you get a chance to play along with these challenges, they are both most inspiring!!

Debbie

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Great Friend, Occasions Mini '09

Cardstock: Really Rust, More Mustard, Basic Grey, Very Vanilla, Retired DSP (sorry, I cannot remember the name of this paper...)

Ink: Basic Grey

Accessories: Gold Brads, Nesties, Embossing Folder, SU! Scalloped Border Punch, Paper Piercing Tool

Fifth Avenue Floral Fun!

Hi there! Today I have a new technique to share with you! The best place to view this technique is Patty Bennett's blog, see side bar. When you you click on her blog, go to the top and click on Free Tutorials, Watercolour Roses.

I had alot of fun creating these flowers, although I think next time I'll try two different colours! I had limited stamping time yesterday and just went for the Summer Sun reinker when colouring in, and dabbed it here and there to get highlights and shading with the flower.

I'm happy with the results but look forward to making some roses today with a few more colours.

Thanks for stopping by!

Debbie

Kind & Caring :-)

Hi there!! I've created another card using the Kind & Caring Thoughts Hostess Level 2 set. As well, I've used the Bella Birds DSP, which is soon to be retired. When I first saw this designer paper I just wasn't sure how I felt about it, but wowsa, let me tell ya, I absolutely love it. Of course, and its retiring!!! I will so miss these In Colours this year, they were quite my favourites, so soft and pretty. Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you find some inspiration in some of my creations!!

Debbie

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Kind & Caring Thoughts, Only Ovals (Occasions Mini 09)

Cardstock: Choco Chip, W. White, Bella Birds, Bordering Blue

Ink: Bordering Blue, Pink Pirouette, Choco Chip

Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, Half Back Pearls, Oval Punches

Kind & Caring Thoughts Sneak Peak!!

Good Morning!! I've got a sneak peak to share with you today!! As you may know, SU! allows us Demos to preorder a Hostess Level 2 and a Level 3 set before the catalogue release date. This enables us to create samples for our customers & hostesses. Today I've created a card using the Kind & Caring Thoughts Level 2 Hostess Set from the new Idea Book & Catalogue. I really like this set, it has some beautiful flower stamps as well as quite a few sentiments. Its a super versatile set, I've made 3 cards with it already and hope to make more, I just love this set!!

Have a great day and thank you for stopping by!!
Debbie

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Kind & Caring Thoughts

Cardstock: Choco Chip, W. White, Sweet Always DSP

Ink: RegalRose, Choco Chip, Old Olive

Accessories: Brown Luxury Satin Ribbon (retired SU!), Pink Taffetta Ribbon, Copper brads from my stash, I think these are about 3 years old so I'm not quite sure who makes them!