Scrapping Homecoming

Going right along with the spring theme from our blog hop Sunday, I have some pretty scrapbook pages of pictures actually taken last fall, haha... I already shared the page of how he asked her to the dance, so here is the page of them exchanging flowers...

 And of their dance pictures and dinner.

Supplies:

Stamps: Love What You Do, Skinny Mini Alphabet (retired)

Ink: Fresh Fig (retired)

Paper: Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink, Floral Romance DP (retired)

The supplies are the same for both, other than the base card stock. I got to be the photographer again which was fun, and handy! And I'm happy I got the whole thing scrapped and in his book!
I met my scrapping goal in February and I hope to exceed it in March! 

Country Floral!

I got a few new things to play with this past week, and finally had a chance to give it a try! The embossing folder I'm featuring today was actually a Sale-A-Bration item I didn't even like when I first saw it, but then I saw what people were doing with it and I really wanted it after all! I wasn't able to earn it before March ended, and with the new catalog some of the carrying over embossing folders weren't (and aren't) available for purchase, but this one is now so here it is!

This first card is the one we made at my class this week. Super sweet, and so easy to make! You just add ink (literally tap the ink pad) to the embossing folder (on the side that says the brand name) and run it thru the Big Shot! (yes, I know, Stampin' Up! isn't carrying the Big Shot anymore, but soon they'll have a new machine out to use. In the meantime, if you have a Big Shot, you can absolutely use it!) Anyway, in this case, I used Petal Pink ink on Petal Pink card stock and I love the result!! So pretty! I added a bit of the new lace ribbon, and a quick thank you and it's done!

Supplies:
Stamps: Love What You Do
Ink: Petal Pink, Early Espresso
Paper: Petal Pink card stock
Accessories: Lace Trim, Big Shot, Country Floral embossing folder, Dimensionals

This next one is exactly the same, but I dyed the ribbon using my Dark Night of Navy Stampin' Blend! The yellow and the flowers just needed some blue to go with it, haha. And good to know- the Blend marker didn't bleed thru the ribbon, and it dried instantly too! I love this in yellow too, it just has an extra step.

Supplies:
Stamps: Love What You Do
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Dark Night of Navy Stampin' Blends
Paper: Daffodil Delight card stock
Accessories: Lace Trim, Big Shot, Country Floral embossing folder, Dimensionals

And this final card is the reason I fell in love with this folder. Run it thru the Big Shot on white card stock, then color the flowers and leaves with Stampin' Blends and you've got yourself a field of wildflowers! SO fun!! It obviously takes more time to make this card, but I love the result!

Supplies:
Stamps: Love What You Do
Ink: Night of Navy
Stampin' Blends: Light Cherry Cobbler, Light Night of Navy, Light Old Olive, Light Pumpkin Pie, Dark Daffodil Delight
Paper: Whisper White card stock
Accessories: Lace Trim, Big Shot, Country Floral embossing folder, Dimensionals

Which one is YOUR favorite? Expect to see this one a lot more! I can't wait to play with more colors!

Beautiful Day

Happy Monday! That's right- I still have things to share with you!

Today's card might look familiar. I actually designed it for a class clear back at the beginning of March. I wanted to use a Sale-A-Bration stamp with this sweet Buffalo Check in a card class. But I wasn't able to schedule a class til June. I debated using the retired stamp set and then decided to show how you can create the same card, just swap out what you don't have with something you do have! See?

Supplies:

Stamps: Love What You Do, Buffalo Check
Ink: Rococo Rose

Paper: Very Vanilla & Early Espresso card stock

Accessories: Linen Thread, Big Shot, Circle Dies, Dimensionals

I like that I swapped the words and image from the original card. The updated card also uses a brand new In Color, Rococo Rose! I like this one a lot!

#simplestamping

This fall, with the 30th Anniversary of Stampin' Up! they issued a challenge to demonstrators, to encourage more "simple" stamping. Showing off the fact that we can still make something pretty without owning everything in the catalog (as fun as that would absolutely be, haha!). Well, my style has always been closer to simple stamping than it has to the more complicated, layered projects. I love them, I just struggle to make it work together well. I've had to learn to incorporate all the accessories and embellishments and beautiful papers on my cards, haha. Also, if you've been a long-time reader, you'll know that our monthly blog hop used to focus on a simple card and a stepped up version, so simple is usually pretty easy for me.

I haven't stamped much in the last several weeks, like early December, so I thought starting off very simple would be a good jumping-back-in point. Also, I need to mail out at least four cards...so I picked an easy stamp set, a variety of colors to vary the card (the In Colors that retire THIS summer!!) and went for a super mailable, easy design! What do you think? I did use multiple stamp sets for the greetings so that these cards fit who I needed to send them to, but it really is just stamps, ink and paper!

Powder Pink is tricky to see in a picture, haha,

so here's a close up.

Supplies:
Stamps: Love What You Do, Part of My Story
Ink: Powder Pink, Memento Black
Paper: Whisper White

Supplies:
Stamps: Love What You Do
Ink: Berry Burst , Memento Black
Paper: Whisper White

Supplies:
Stamps: Love What You Do
Ink: Fresh Fig, Memento Black
Paper: Whisper White

Supplies:
Stamps: Love What You Do, PS You're The Best
Ink: Tranquil Tide, Memento Black
Paper: Whisper White

Supplies:
Stamps: Love What You Do, Wishing You Well
Ink: Lemon Lime Twist, Memento Black
Paper: Whisper White

These are really very simple cards. Do you like simple stamping or do you prefer to add a little bit of everything? Or maybe somewhere in the middle, like I usually do? haha....
Anyway, the best part of this story is that two of these cards went out yesterday and I should get two more out tomorrow too!

Buffalo Check & Flowers

I need to mail out a good stack of cards, so I may as well make some new ones! Also, I really want to play with my new Buffalo Check background more! haha.... This time I thought I'd pair it with my favorite flowers from the Love What You Do stamp set, and I couldn't pick a color, so I did two.

First I used Soft Suede.

Supplies:

Stamps: Love What You Do, Buffalo Check

Ink: Soft Suede, Crushed Curry

Paper: Soft Suede, Whisper White card stocks

Accessories: Burlap Ribbon, Dimensionals

 And then I did some Blackberry Bliss!

Supplies:
Stamps: Love What You Do, Buffalo Check
Ink: Blackberry Bliss
Paper: Very Vanilla & Blackberry Bliss card stock
Accessories: Burlap Ribbon, Dimensionals

I know exactly where both cards are going and I don't have a favorite! ha! Do you have a preference?

We Create Summer Blog Hop

At the first of every month, we have a fun little blog hop to inspire you. And it seems like every month is coming at me faster and faster! August already?? YIKES!!

Well, in my neck of the woods, it is HOT. It is way hot. And dry. Sooo dry. And since our theme this month is summer, I went with hot, summery colors! And flowers, because even without rain for weeks we have wildflowers growing in the field behind my house.

My card today uses the latest Fall to Layout. I happen to need at least four Thinking of You cards mailed out right now, so that's the greeting I picked. I love the look the Stampin' Blends give and I hadn't tried it on this flower yet. I thought it was time, plus, I really love this flower image!

Supplies:
Stamps: Love What You Do, Colorful Seasons
Ink: Memento Black, Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends, Stampin' Blends Color Lifter
Paper: Calypso Coral, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Calypso Coral Ombre Ribbon, Seasonal Layers Thinlit Dies, Big Shot

What does summer look like to you?
Hop on over to Cheryl's blog, and then hop all the way thru- we have some great players along here! I hope you feel motivated to create something beautiful too! And leave us your thoughts, everyone loves comments!

Brand New Color!

My class was lots of fun yesterday! Next time we'll be doing "Christmas in July" so let me know if you want to come!

I'm still working on filling my board (for a while, lol!) and this time I wanted to play with the new ink pad I got! I used the latest Fall to Layout sketch, and I kept this card quick and simple again, but there's that new color- Gorgeous Grape!

Supplies:
Stamps: Love What You Do
Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Lemon Lime Twist, Crumb Cake
Paper: Whisper White, Lemon Lime Twist

to fill up my board...

I have a stamp class tomorrow and since it's my first event with the new catalog, I really need to fill up my display board! So I stole a little time and here is my first creation!

This uses the only new-to-the-catalog set I own so far, haha, but I used different images from the set and a whole different color scheme! I also used the current Freshly Made Sketch. It made a cute, and quick card, which is exactly what I needed!

Supplies:
Stamps: Love What You Do
Ink: Stazon Black, Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizazz
Paper: Whisper White & Cherry Cobbler card stocks
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler stitched ribbon, Glue Dots

Off to keep prepping for my class!

Sneak Peek!

Today I have a little sneak peek for you! This cute stamp set is from the brand new catalog which starts June 1st. But, if you love it, you can order it early- starting tomorrow!! There are actually several products that will be available for a pre-order, and they all coordinate with this sweet stamp set!

For my card, I used the current Freshly Made Sketch, and the TGIF Challenges tic-tac-toe board. I picked the top row- pink, pearls and flowers! It was super quick to put together and I love how it turned out.

Supplies:
Stamps: Love What You Do
Ink: Memento Black, Powder Pink
Paper: Powder Pink, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Pearls

I am pretty sure I'll be using this card in my May class too!