New In Color butterflies

These little butterflies are cut with our Butterfly Die (the smallest of the 4 butterflies on the die). They are held together with one of our Glitter Brads. I gave these to the members of my Downline so they would have a ready sample of our new In-colors to show customers. The first one is Pool Party, as seen in the bottom picture. Then going clockwise, the other colors are Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder, and Island Indigo - awesome new colors! I think they look really cute all spread out in a circle, but they close up and take up next to no space at all to store. Hope you enjoyed the butterflies. Thanks for stopping by,and happy stamping!

Brenda

Happy Birthday America!

Today's card is a quick and easy one. I just cut strips of Real Red cardstock and glued them to a rectangle of white cardstock. The stars (from Courage and Sacrifice) were stamped in Night of Navy. It doesn't show up in the picture, but the Night of Navy background piece has been run through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice embossing folder. It looks really nice in person! Happy Birthday America. Hope you are enjoying this day with family and friends. Say a special thank you today for the men and women who are serving so that we may enjoy our freedom. Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping.

Brenda

Owl Punch Meets Just Eat Cake

Thanks for stopping by today. I made this card for a friend of mine who fell and broke her shoulder. She loves anything with an Owl on it. I used the new Just Eat Cake Designer Paper for the background, and the other side of this particular sheet is the polka dots that is the owl's vest! The cardstock colors are Garden Green and Early Espresso. Happy Stamping!
Brenda

Scrapbooking: Travel Pages

These were the pages that we did in Scrapbooking Class in June. They use the now retired Photo corner punch. I love the little map on these pages. it is from the stamp set, "Travel Log", which is in the current Summer Mini Catalog. This was the set that was given to us at Leadership this year in Nashville. (Another good reason to join Stampin Up! And now is the perfect time to do so, with the $99 joining special!) Another good reason to join Stampin Up is the access we have to Stampin Connection, which has over 100,000 samples of cards, scrapbook pages, and 3-D items. This is where my daughter found the little punch art car, which was posted by Debbie Henderson. (Thank you Debbie for sharing!) I also owe a big thank you to my daughter, who designed these pages for me.

Thanks for stopping by. Happy Stamping

Brenda

Retiring Wheel: Retro Remix

Good morning! This is a card that we made in my 1 - 3 - $5 class last month. It uses the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and the Retro Remix Wheel, inked with Melon Mambo ink. Again today, the butterflies are from the Butterfly Sizzlet die. A trick I found to keep the scallops even is to punch a 11" strip of cardstock, and fold it in half, matching the scallops. Then cut it in two, thus the two pieces will be the same on either side of our stamped (wheeled, in this case) strip of paper. The rhinestones again adds just the right touch of bling!

Remember that June 30th is the last day to order from the 2010 - 2011 Idea book and catalog!

Happy stamping!

Brenda

Doiley Triple Layer Punch

Hello! Thanks for stopping by today. I love the pastel colors in this card. And it uses one of our new punches, The Doiley Triple Layer Punch. It is the blue lacy one under the pink flower in the left-hand corner of the card. The butterfly is a sizzlet die. Love the simplicity of this card! The rhinestones and the pearls make great accents.

Happy Stamping!

Brenda

Easter Blossoms Card

We made this card as one of the three in my "1 - 3 - $5" class this month. (1 hour, 3 cards for $5.00)

The card base is Pretty in Pink, with an overlay of cardstock Vellum. On the white cardstock, under the Vellum, we stamped the little girl with Rose Red and the spray of flowers is stamped in Pretty in Pink. the Happy Birthday sentiment is stamped on top of the vellum with Rose Red. Again, as in yesterday, I love the springy feel of this card. Can you tell that I am soooooooo ready for spring??? I know we haven't had as much snow here in my party of WV as many of you have had elsewhere, but I am so tired of being cold. think it may take till June to thaw out! lol Just let me say that the top 5 things I have been grateful for each of these warm days we have had is: Sunny warm weather, sunny warm weather, sunny warm weather ..... You get the idea!

Happy stanmping, and thanks for stopping by.

Brenda