Happy Moments...

Here is another super quick card I made using the Happy Moments stamp set in the Sale-a-bration mini catalogue. I have found lately I have been running out of birthday cards and I really hate giving store bought (although I admit I have done that more than once already this year...bad me!) I also used Welcome Neighbor Designer Paper (also in the Sale-a-bration mini catalogue)to finish the card.

My next order is going in the Saturday (February 27th) so if there is anything you need please let me know before then.

Close as a Memory....

Here is a super quick and simple sympathy card I made with the Close as Memory Stamp set and Kraft, Night of Navy and Bashful Blue colours. I used the Popping Pastels technique (described below) which gives the card a really soft look. I finished the card off with a knot.

Popping Pastels technique:

1. Stamp image on confetti white cardstock with Versamark Watermark ink.

2. Pick up some pastels in your chosen colour with a small pom pom. I chose Bashful Blue and Mellow Moss for this card.

3. Dab the pastel over the versamark image. The colour will stick. Brush over the image lightly with a clean tissue to remove excess chalk.

If you rub instead of dab you will have more of a colour shadow around your image, which looks great too but I did not do it with this card.

Very Thankful...

Isn’t this turtle the cutest? If there is one thing lacking in my stamp collection it’s cute stamps and this turtle fills the void. He comes from the Very Thankful stamp set on page 209 (last page of the catalogue) This is Stampin Up’s Ronald McDonald House stamp set, for every stamp set purchased, $2 is donated to Ronald McDonald House Charity. This stamp set is also available Free as a Sale-a-bration item when you spend $65 (before shipping and tax)

I finished off this card with Designer Paper from the Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin Kit (have to use up that Christmas paper somehow!) and coloured the image with Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Going Gray, Close to Cocoa and Real Red Stampin Write Markers.

Baroque Motifs

Baroque Motifs is definitely a classic stamp set and great for making cards simple elegant cards. This card can be for lots of different occasion, that's why I left it blank so I could stamp on the inside when I need to use it. I used Mellow Moss, Very Vanilla and Rich Razzleberry colours and finished the card off with a half pearl from the Pretties Kit.

Thank you to all of you who bought card kits or candy kits. Altogether $105 was raised for Jump Rope for Heart! Great job!

Razzle Dazzle....

I was cutting some of the new Beautiful Wings butterfly dies out and was trying to figure out what to with them when I thought it would look great with the Razzle Dazzle stamp set and the Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Paper. I used to think of Crushed Curry as more of an autumn colour but paired with white, as well as butterflies gives it a really spring feel. I finished the card off using the Scallop Trim border punch, gold brad and white taffeta ribbon


Below is a picture of Jake, back to normal enjoying a rawhide Valentine his "Auntie" Cheryl gave him.

Another "For All You Do"....

Here is another card made with the "For All You Do" stamp set. I just keep reaching for this stamp set when making cards lately (and given how many stamp sets I have downstairs that says a lot!) I finished this card with Cottage Wall Designer Paper and a little bit of silver glitter for the centers of the flowers.

I think I am going to really miss Rich Razzleberry when it discontinues in July. I'm not even a purple person but this is a really unique colour and I am enjoying the different colour combinations it provides.

I have one space left in my Vintage Vogue class on March 27th. Check out my post on January 3 for all the details. This will be a fabulous class using my new favourite stamp set in the Occasion Mini. You won't be disappointed.

Greenhouse Garden

Here is a super quick and simple card I made with the Greenhouse Garden stamp set. I can never resist a pretty flower stamp set and although I tried to resist this one I just couldn't.

Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose are nice springy colours. It's hard to see in this scan but the flowers are also accented with Dazzling Diamonds glitter. The Happiness Always stamp is from the Whimisical Words stamp set in the Sale-a-bration mini.

For All You Do.....

For All You Do is definitely in my top 5 go to stamp sets right now. I just love the flowers and the butterfly in it! I love to cut, I know many people don't but this card would not be the same if the flowers and stems weren't cut out. This card is finished off with Tea Party Designer Paper, Rhinestone brads and Certainly Celery ribbon. The colours used on this card are Whisper White, Certainly Celery and Almost Amethyst.

This card is also an example of my club members homework assignment...which is due this weekend for many of you at our next club meeting. So if you haven't done your "homework" get to it or you have to sit beside me at the meeting!