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My most favorite designer series paper from the current SU catalog is Gingham Garden . It is soooo easy to work with. I just love it!  For this card, I decided to make a small gift box that would match the card.  I used the Deco Label Framelits to create the lid.  Ladies from my stamp club made this back in August.  Here's a close up of the box tilted so that you can see the top of it.   And here's the card all by it self with a Gingham wheeled envelope.  Didn't it turn out cute? RECIPE: STAMPS: Flower Shop, Mixed Bunch, Secret Garden and Label Love. INK: Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz and Daffodil Delight PAPER: Strawberry  Slush (love it!), Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight and Whisper White ACCESSORIES: Gingham Garden DSP (love it!), Artisan Label punch, Pansy punch, Blossom punch, 2 1/2" circle punch, Boho Blossoms punch, Secret Garden Framelits, Sweet Buttons Embosslits, Strawberry Slush Ruffled Ribbon, Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding, B...

Here's a monochromatic creation using the Halloween Bash stamp set with the Witches Brew DSP.  I love how clean yet spooky it looks. : )  I added little Basic Pearls which were colored with a black Sharpie marker to the main image.   RECIPE: STAMPS: Halloween Bash INK: Black Stazon PAPER: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Basic Black Textured, and Basic Gray ACCESSORIES: Witches Brew DSP, Decorative Label and Large Oval punches, Argyle embossing folder, Tastefully Trim Bigz Die and Basic Pearls. Happy, Wicked Wednesday! 

Today, I played along with two challenges.  I used the sketch for Mojo Monday #312 with the Dynamic Duos #71's color combination of Crumb Cake and Basic Black.  Here are the challenges:   And here's what I came up with: RECIPE: STAMPS: Regarding Dahlias INK:  Basic Black, Crumb Cake and Whisper White craft PAPER: Basic Black Textured, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake DSP ACCESSORIES: Delicate Doilies Sizzlits, 1 3/4" circle punch and Black Rhinestones. Happy Monday!

This morning I made a gift set for someone...can't say who it is in case they look at my blog this weekend. : ) This person LOVES dogs.  So, I borrowed a retired SU stamp set from a friend and pulled out retired paper and got to work.  Here's what I made:  I used my aqua painter and reinkers to paint the cute dog. Painting was fun since I haven't done it in a while.   I made 3 in blue and 3 in pink. : )  All colors are retired except for the base color: Baked Brown Sugar.  I left the inside blank so that she could use it for just about any occasion.  Here they are together.  I even stamped and painted the envelopes. : ) And here they are ready to be delivered.   So much fun!  Hope she likes them! Who remembers Mauve Mist and Blue Bayou??  Have a great weekend!

I'm sure you have heard by now that Shelli Gardner, the CEO of Stampin' UP! was injured while horseback riding.  It sounded like a very painful experience. You can visit her blog HERE to hear the story and see her progress. Thank goodness Shelli is a very positive person, who has lots of family and friends to help her out.  Stampin' UP! employees asked us to send her a hand made get well card. Here's the card I made for her:  Does it look familiar?  Well it should.  It's a case of the second card in THIS   post from my earlier creations in SAB 2013.  If you would like to send her a hand made card, here's the address: Stampin' UP! attn: get well Shelli 12907 South 3600 West Riverton, UT 84065 There are so many sad things going on all around us each and every day. I give thanks for the many blessings I have each morning I wake up to a "normal" day.  Sending healing prayers to Shelli, the flood victims, the Washington Navy Yard victims.

Here's another card that I'm sharing that we made on Saturday morning.  It seems that I tend to make lots and lots of birthday cards- which is great, but I need to make more sympathy cards.  Knowing this, I cut enough pieces to make a few extra cards for myself.  Glad I did that. Sending hand made sympathy cards are best to give during those horrible/difficult times. We stamped the Flower image twice onto a pre-cut Chalk Talk framelit and then sponged the clouds using Coastal Cabana ink, a sponge dauber and a scallop circle shaped piece of vellum.  There is another flower image and clouds on the inside of the card as well. To finish off the flower image, we added some Sliver Sparkle Dazzling Details to the pedals of the flowers. Serene Silhouettes is one of my favorite "go to" stamp set from last years catalog. So many different occasions can be made with this one stamp set. RECIPE: STAMPS: Serene Silhouettes, Loving Thoughts and Papillon Potpourri INK: Smok...

Today, I am sharing one of the cards we will be making at my Make and Take Class on Saturday morning.  In honor of  Stampin' UP!s Butterfly Bundle special. Acutally, ALL of the cards we will be making on Saturday has a cute butterfly or two or three on it!  Butterflies just add that final touch to a beautiful card! So here's my first share/sneak peak: Isn't "she" pretty?  I just love the Beautifully Baroque embossing folder.  It's textures are so elegant.  And how about this fact: This is the first card I have made with the Chalk Talk stamp set and matching Framelits! Shocking, isn't it?  I tend to "save"(or is it hoard?) my most special papers, ribbons, accessories and even stamp sets for last/later use.  Do you know what I mean????  I like to challenge myself with other goodies I have first and save the best for last.  I know, I'm strange. I took this picture just a few minutes ago on my kitchen table. Not sure if the colors are...

Boy is it HOT out here in Minnesota!  My daughter had a soccer game today at noon and I thought I was going to melt away. UG!  They won 3-1, so at least she can be happy about that.  After we got home and cooled off, I headed down to my stamping room. Today, I decided to play along with the Friday Mashup Challenge 126 which is to create a set of 3 x 3 cards using Washi Tape. Here's what I made: RECIPE: STAMPS: That's the Ticket, Halloween Bash and Gorgeous Grunge INK: Stazon Black and Pumpkin Pie PAPER: Basic Black, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla ACCESSORIES: Ticket Builder punch, Witches Brew Washi Tape, 1/8" taffeta Ribbon in Basic Black and Pumpkin Pie. Very easy and fun to make! Hope you are staying cool!  Happy Stamping!

Today, I played along with two challenges...my first time doing this!  I played along with Freshly Made Sketches and the Paper Players blog.  It definitely was a challenge!  Very fun to work those creative muscles!  Here are the sketches:                                           I took the picture of my card late in the day today, so the lighting is not the best, but I really wanted to get a post on my blog as I think it feels neglected! :) I made this card for a very dear person who is my neighbor at our cabin in Canada. Her name is Margaret and she is truly an awesome person.  Over the Labor Day weekend, she bought all the neighbor girls an Italian Porcelain night light and handed them out to all of us at our annual pot luck get together for our birthdays....