Wonderful You Butterfly

Today I wanted to share this pretty card I recently made using leftover designer paper and Melon Mambo card stock.  The embossing on the whisper white adds a bit of texture and the pearls fit perfectly in the center of the butterfly.  I really like this Butterfly die from SU!, I've used it a lot.  Have a great evening :)

Thinking of You

Good Morning! Hope you are enjoying this warmer weather we are experiencing! Its kind of strange to go from -27 to +5 C in a matter of days!! 

For my card share today I have a Thinking of You card, one I made to tuck away in my stash. Its masculine in its own right, yet has a flower on it, and a bit of bling.  Not sure if I'd give it to a guy though.....the bling probably dictates that, hey?? :)

The details are pretty simple:  Basic Grey and Marina Mist cardstocks, along with the retired dsp Walk in the Park. I hoarded this paper from last year, I absolutely love it but figured it wasn't doing any good sitting in the bin, so I cut into it and made a few cards. :)

The leaves were punched from the newest SU! punch that coordinates with the Build a Blossom, what a great punch, I love it!! The flowers are from the SU! Flowerfolds die and embossed with the small dot embossing folder, and in the center is a medium sized Grey corduroy brad.  The sentiment is from the SAB set So Happy for You.

Glad you could drop by and check in, I hope your day is going well!

Deb :)

Candle with Designer Paper & Rosette from Table Setting Die

Good Evening! Well, the countdown is surely on now, Christmas is just days away and I'm hoping to have everything ready by Thursday. We are having a party on Christmas Eve and I'm baking everyone a gingerbread house to decorate!! Its really going to be alot of fun, I can hardly wait. The Gingerbread houses aren't huge, but I do have 10 to make, so wish me luck. And I'm keeping my fingers crossed for no gingerbread breakage!! :)

Today's share is a decorated candle holder, a little something I made for a Christmas gift. Its a beautiful vanilla scented candle, complete with its own richly covered box. You can see in the picture below, its a fair sized candle.

 I added a bit of designer paper around the candle, along with some chocolate chip satin ribbon, a felt snowflake, a pearl pin from the Pretties kit and, yes again, another beautiful rose from  the Table Setting die. I just love this die, so many possibilities!! I'm hoping to have time to make placecards for our gingerbread party along with napkin rings and rosettes for our turkey dinner, time will be the only thing in my way :)

Thank you so much for dropping by and have a wonderful Tuesday!!

Deb :)

Merry Moments Collection (last two!)

Good Morning! Today I have the last two of the Christmas cards I created using the Merry Moments designer paper, soon to be retired!! I used pieces and scraps that were on my desk to create all of the cards, using some of the pieces "as is", just a trim here and there to fit on the card. 

Thanks so much for dropping by, and hurray!! its mid week already, countdown to the weekend!! :)

Recipe:
Stamp Sets: non SU! and Teeny Tiny Wishes
Cardstock: Real Red, Garden Green, Very Vanilla,  Merry Memoments dsp
Ink: Basic Black, Real Red, various markers to match the dsp
Accessories: Red Glitter (snowman's pompom, nesties, Word Window punch, Vanilla Slider from Vanilla Hodgepodge kit, Red and Vanilla SU! satin ribbon

Merry Moments continued!!

Hi there! Today I have a few more Christmas cards created with the Merrry Moments dsp. I still have a few more small pieces of this designer paper left, but not much. It was fun to sit down with the goal of making as many Christmas cards as I could with what was on hand.  The bonus to all of this is not only did I use my paper up (so now I can buy more!!) but I am getting a head start on my Christmas/Holiday cards!! So, come December first I (hopefully) won't be stressing about getting my cards finished, (hopefully) they will be stamped and ready to send.....right?? (hopefully....!)
The details for these are pretty similar to the last post, although here I've incorporated metal tags, as well as a snowflake border and snowflake punch.

Thanks for dropping by and hope you have a great day!!

Deb

Using up that Designer Paper cause I need more!!

Good Morning! Yesterday morning I went into my stamp room to clean it up, what a mess it was!!  As usual, I was putting away a few pieces of dsp and thought, you know if I want to buy more of this stuff I really have to start using up what I own.....so, my cleaning session quickly became a card making session!!!   I loved this dsp when I first saw it in the catalogue but wasn't that inspired with it once I received it. I just didn't like the vanilla and red designs, I tend to gravitate more to red and crisp white.  However, after working with the green palette in this collection, I decided I really liked it!!  Garden Green, Old Olive and Vanilla are really quite beautiful together. I loved the grey ribbon touch on the card above, that was my DD's idea and I have to say I really like the greens with the grey and vanilla, subtle and so pretty.

Thanks for dropping by and I hope your Tuesday is great!!
Deb
Recipe:
Stamp Sets:  Very Merry, SAB set So Many Scallops,  Hostess Set Snow Buddies,  Holiday Collection
Cardstock: Garden Green, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Merry Moments
Ink: Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green,  various markers to colour the snowman.
Accessories: Red and a Very Vanilla Brad, Grey Ribbon (organza), striped wide Old Olive, Jumbo Eyelet, Various circle punches, Swiss dots embossing folder, Snowflake embossing folder, Linen thread

Happy First Day of Summer!!

Good Morning! and Happy Summer Solstice!!! It actually feels like summer lately, something I'm so thankful for.  We haven't had the nicest, warmest spring so I'm truly enjoying this rash of heat and beautiful sunshine this past while.  

In honour of Summer Solstice (not really, it just kind of worked out this way, but hey we'll go with it, right? :) I've created a card using the Island Floral dsp and the Island Floral die for the Big Shot. I love this whole combination, but then I love anything that uses the Big Shot.  My favourite stamping toy ever!  Even my husband thinks its kind of neat and he really doesn't take much interest in my stamping or supplies.  He's a detailed, black and white kind of guy and I'm a creative, not follow the directions and back track later kind of gal so we're perfect for each other!! Although I think he's surprising himself with his creative detail in photography, so I guess we all learn as we go. I don't think I'll ever have his gift for detail though, (its too boring!! haha!)
Thanks for dropping by and have a great Monday!!

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Short & Sweet
Cardstock: Island Oasis, Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Accessories: Island Floral Die, brad from my stash, circle punches, scalloped punch, Tempting Turquoise grosgrain, Word Window Punch, Swiss Dots embossing folder

Another Beary Picinic Card!

Hi there! I just wanted to share the second card I made using this darling image.  The details are the same as yesterday's post, only difference being ribbon in the corner, instead of a flower, and the MS punch was used along the border of the image.

In order to make the ribbon more interesting, I took my SU! two way glue pen and ran it along the edges of the ribbon and sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds on it. The ribbon looks so gorgeous in real life, feel free to click on the picture to see it closer.  What a great way to jazz up some ribbon.  My inspiration for this was some cheapo dollar store ribbon that had dazzling little sparkles all over the edges and I had thought to myself, hmmmm, why not try that with some of my ribbon? So I did and it looks really nice.

Thanks for dropping by and enjoy that sunshine, its another great day out there!!!
Deb

Beary Cute Picnic

Good Afternoon! Today's post is a card I made for someone sweet! Isn't this little girl just darling, having an afternoon picnic with her teddybear? I really love colouring images like this.  My DD always loved her Teddy Bears and Stuffed Animals much more than Dolls.  Quite often she could be found having "tea" with her stuffies, and her favourite Bear Brownie looked quite like the one in the image. Actually, the little girl looks exactly like my DD, braided hair and all!!

Recipe: 
Stamp Set:  Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!), image, non SU!
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Whisper White, retired DSP from last SU! mini,
Ink: Black StazOn, Soft Suede
Accessories:  Watercolour crayons, markers, aqua painter, paint brushes, Daisy Die, Big shot, half back pearls from my stash, and Build a Brad, 1/2 inch circle punch.

Thanks for dropping by!!
Deb

Butterfly Thank Yous

Good Morning!! I have a Butterfly Card to share today. This card uses the same scrap Ginger Blossom (retired)dsp as yesterday's along with Very Vanilla & Ruby Red cardstocks.  I used Oval All for the sentiment, punched out with my oval punches, scalloped the edges of the designer paper border, ran a Butterfly die through the Big Shot and embossed it, then sanded the embossed area.  I also used the Swirl die from SU! for a little added interest.   The button in the center really does match the Groovy Guava in the dsp, somehow it looks more orange in this picture, but trust me, it really does coordinate!! :)

I hope you have a great weekend, its still pretty gloomy here but rain is good right?? The flowers, grass & trees will love it!!

Thanks for dropping by!
Deb

Vintage Vogue finally breaks out of the package!!

Good Afternoon! Well, today was a gloomy day in Alberta, looks like we are in for more Duck Weather, but I have to admit that's probably not a terrible thing as our land is SO dry.  :)

Today's share uses very old Ginger Blossom Designer Paper and Ruby Red cardstock, which is soon to be retired.  I will miss alot of these retiring colours but am very excited about the Colour Renovation.  SU! has put alot of research into this Colour Renovation and I think they've done a great job reorganizing all the cardstocks into new families.  I can hardly wait for the new catty as well!!!  Ahem* , no I'm not addicted to any such craft, I just really enjoy collecting my supplies :)

This card is pretty simple in that I used leftover designer paper scraps, Ruby Red, Regal Rose & Very Vanilla cardstocks, nesties, the SAB set Whimsical Words (don't you just love this font!!) the SU! Swirl die, Big Shot and the oval punches.  I also used Peach Flower Soft to fill in the centres of the flowers, although I'm not sure how well you can see it in the photo.

And....this is the first time I've inked up my Vintage Vogue set!! Yup, I've owned it for about a month now but finally got around to using it! I really like the new Unmounted Stamps from SU! as well, they worked great!

Well, enough chitter chatter here, my buzzer is ringing to put the homemade buns in the oven (haha, Susie Homemaker today!!) and give the soup a stir.  I think we may go to the new Shrek Movie tonight, I'm soooo excited, I just love Puss 'N Boots!!

Have a great evening and thanks for dropping  by, I so appreciate it!! :)
Deb

Pinwheel Fun!

Hi there! Today's card share is the last of my workshop creations.  I absolutely love these pinwheel cards, they are very showy and SO easy to do.  Darlene McCallum has great instructions here: http://dreamingaboutrubberstamps.com/?p=2871  Great for masculine or feminine cards.

This card uses Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, 1 1/4 inch square punch and Crushed Curry polka dot grosgrain.  This Crushed Curry is so pretty with the Melon Mambo, so summery and warm. I also used the Lattice Embossing Folder. Anyone notice that I kind of like this folder?!! :)

Thanks for dropping by, tomorrow I'll post the pictures of my fabric roses, they've been so much fun to create!!
Deb

Motorcycle Madness!

Ha, no madness here really, just seemed like a zippy title!! :)

This card is another we did at our workshop last week. Just {heart} this gorgeous Lattice embossing folder.  We did a cool, quick technique my upline recently taught us at our last meeting.  Using Designer paper, run a piece (any size you like) through your Big Shot with any embossing folder of your choice.

Very carefully sand away the raised portion of the dsp and you will get a completely different look on your designer paper!!  The reason you must use Designer paper is that it has a white core; part of what I love about SU! solid cardstock is that its dyed completely through, so even when you cut a piece there are no "white" edges showing. However, designer paper is created by printing onto white cardstock, and so when you sand away, you sand to the colour beneath the dsp, which is white.

Also, on this particular card I clear embossed the whole image, giving it a glassy look.

Details:
Stamp Set: Motorcyle,  newest Mini,Happy Birthday from retired SAB
Cardstock: Dusty Durango, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Throughly Modern DSP
Ink: Soft Suede & Versamark
Accessories:  Jumbo Eyelet (oh let them NEVER retire these, I just love them!!), Dusty Durango polka dot grosgrain ribbon, Lattice Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Clear embossing powder

Have a great day!!
Deb

Nouveau Chic meets Bird Punch!

Good Morning!  I hope everyone had a great weekend! Our weather was fantastic ~ sunny and warm, a bit breezey, definitely flip flop and shorts weather!!

Today's card share is one we did at my latest workshop ~ don't you just love this bird punch??? I think its so versatile, as it suits both masculine and feminine cards.  Also, this Lattice Embossing Folder is the BEST one yet!! It creates the most wonderful texture, really working the cardstock when it embosses, making it very detailed.  Another folder that could be used on just about any type of occasion card.

Details:
Stamp Set: None!! The punches and designer paper do all the work for me!! I'll add a sentiment inside though.
Cardstock:  The soon to be retired Soft Sage, Very Vanilla, Basic Grey and Nouveau Chic dsp
Ink: none
Accessories:  Big Shot, Lattice Embossing folder, Circle die, Scalloped Border Punch, Two Step Bird Punch, dots embossing folder, silver brads, 2 way glue pen.

Thanks for dropping by and have a great day!
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

Butterfly Wishes

Good Day!!  Well, I think this is IT!! The last Parisienne Summer card.  :-)  (we'll just conveniently forget that I still have a 6 x 6 piece hanging around.....!)

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Garden Silhouettes, Short and Sweet
Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Parisienne Summer
Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke markers
Accessories: Oval nesties, butterfly die, paper piercer, Swiss Dot embossing folder, half back pearls from my stash.

Thanks for dropping by!
Deb

For My Friend

Good Morning! Today I'm posting a card I created for a good friend of mine.  I really liked the colours together.

We had a great time at dog obedience yesterday, Sophie did better than I expected although she really doesn't buy into the "sit stay" quite yet!! She's an exhuberant little gal and sitting still isn't really part of her nature!! Something we will be working on as "homework" this week :-)

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Elegant Cheer

Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Basic Grey, Vanilla, Pariesienne Summer

Accessories: Nesties, Swiss dot embossing folder, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, soft fabric ribbon from my stash, half back pearls, oval punch

Thanks for dropping by!

Deb

Getting Closer to the end of that paper pack!!

Hi there! Well, we're definitely getting closer to the end of that paper pack. I would never have guessed I'd be making so many cards from half a package of dsp!!

I love this paper, its so elegant and summery, I sure will miss it when its completed.

This card uses several different pinks (ribbon, cardstock, half pearls) along with the Pale Plum (which took on a pinkish hue) and really liked them combined with the Bravo Burgundy & So Saffron. 

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Heartfelt Thanks (retired),
Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy, Pale Plum, So Saffron, Vanilla
Ink: Pink and green reinkers mixed with shimmer paint & painted on the stamp, Basic Black
Accesories:  Pink half back pearls, MS border punch, circle punches, Scalloped Circle punch, Pink Pirouette grosgrain ribbon.

Thanks for dropping by and have a great day!!
Deb

Dots & Dashes ~ an oldie but a goodie!!

Hi there, I hope you're having a wonderful Friday!!  Its a beautiful day here in Alberta although I do hesitate to get excited that Spring could actually be on its way!! It does feel like it though.  The birds are chirping, the sun is shining and it smells wonderfully clean out there.  The snow is rapidly deteriorating as well; now we need a good rainfall to wash away the winter grime.

I thought we all needed a break from  the Parisienne Summer designer paper creations! That being said,  you can certainly expect a few more because just when I thought I had used the last scrap, I've found yet another 6 x 6 square!! I truly feel the need to complete this mission, so be sure to check back in the next few days, I'll have just a few more Parisienne cards to share!

Does anyone recognize this paper? I had to go waaay back into an old 2006 catalogue to even find the name of this Dots & Dashes dsp.  It is from the days of "one sided" designer papers, and wow! have things changed since then.  The paper seems very lightweight compared to the dsp's now.  The other interesting element, with this collection anyway, is that none of these papers look really great together.  To layer even two of them onto the same card is a bit much!!

I had alot of fun creating these fun cards, they're for my DD's stash of birthday/occasion cards for friends and teachers. 

Recipe:

Stamp Set:  Riveting, Sassy Stems, "Hello" from my stash

Cardstock: Dots & Dashes, 2006 SU!, Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore, Glorious Green, Only Orange, Pink Passion, White and Watercolour paper.

Accessories: Big Shot, Daisy Die,Nesties,  Scalloped edge punch, Scalloped Circle Punch, Circle Punches, Ribbon and brads from my stash, embossing folders. 

Thanks for dropping by and enjoy your weekend!!!

Deb

Touch of Nature Parisienne Style

Hi there! Today's card share was created with (yet again!!) the Parisienne Summer designer paper, BUT GUESS WHAT??  I'm almost finished the package!! I love this paper and enjoyed making a set of cards I plan on packaging up as a gift for a friend. :)

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Touch of Nature (retired), Teeny Tiny Wishes
Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy, So Saffron, Vanilla, Parisienne Summer dsp (retired)
Ink: Brown & Burgundy
Accessories:  Scallop circle punch (flower), Blossom Party SU! die,  Build a Brad, SU! Burgundy Button, Linen Thread.

Thanks for dropping by and have a wonderful day!
Deb