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Loved these little owls as soon as I saw them. They are cut from one of the sheets in the "Nursery Nest" Designer Paper. That is the most awesome paper!!! And I don't even have a baby to use it for scrapbooking. Nice pastel papers. Love the rick rack sheets, and the birds are really cute too.

The stripes will make nice masculine cards. i designed this card for one of my stamp groups. One of the ladies, as I have mentioned before, really loves owls. So Jean, this one is for you! I stamped the little hello stamp on white cardstock with Marina Mist and then ran it through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice die. (This is the one that one of my customers calls the Viva folder--because it reminds her of the texture of a paper towel! I think that is so funny.) I cut a quare of 4 owls from a sheet of the designer paper and just made borders for the square. I used a little of the Early Espresso bakers twine for a "Limb" for the owls to sit on. The striped paper is also from the Nursery Nest DSP. very little stamping today, but a fun card none-the-less. Happy Stamping! Brenda

Daisies a work in Progress

Good morning! Today's card is a Work In Progress. I cased the basic idea for this card from Stampin Connection. I loved the quilted effect that you get when you use the Square Lattice Die on the whole card. I need something to put in the center, some sort of greeting, but am too brain dead today to figure out what! I love the look of the center of the daisy. It is made by punching the Scalloped Circle die, and then putting the paper back in the punch and punching again, this time with the pointy parts punching in the rounded parts of the previous punch out. It requires a strip of post it note to be able to hold on to the punch while you repunch it. The daisy petals are one of the punch outs from the Blossom Petals Builder Punch. When I get the center figured out, I will repost the finished card. Enjoy your day!

Brenda

Fabulous Florets

Good Morning! Thanks for stopping by. I used the new set, Fabulous Florets, for my card today. I made the frame for the flower using a 3 1/4" square of Marina Mist Cardstock and the Decorative label punch. I punch it horizontally and then vertically to get the "Framed" look. (OK, so it is a square, and there is no discernable horizontal or vertical--just arbitrarily call one horizontal and the other vertical!) I stamped the flower and the Hello salutation on the white cardstock and then ran it through the Big Shot with the new Stripes Embossing Folder. I then stamped the flower and the stem on another piece of white cardstock, cut them out, and mounted them on top of the frame. Thought the 3-D effect was nice. I added some glitz with Dazzling Diamonds on the flower. Enjoy your day. Brenda

Cherish Friendship

Today's card uses the new set "Cherish Friendship", and I think this is an appropriate card for today because it is Convention Week! And that is one of the very best things about Stampin Up--the friendships we make both with our customers and with our fellow demonstrators. i so hate it that I am not at convention this week! I miss seeing all the freinds that I have made through the years at Leaderships and Conventions! Anyway, that is why I chose this set of stamps for today.

The chair is from "Cherish Friendship" and I watercolored the chair and used markers to color in the basket and the flowers. The "hangy downy" things are from the set My Friend. (Again an appropriate stamp set choice for Convention week! lol) I inked the stamp with Versa Mark and then immediately inked it again with Island Indigo, and then added Irredescent Ice embossing powder and heat set it. The brownish smudge above the chair is all me--got my finger in the ink, as usual, and thus I have left my signature fingerprint that seems to be mandatory on each card I make! Grrr. I love the use of the Scalloped Border Corner Punch. I used two of our new in-colors for this card also --Calypso Coral and Island Indigo. Thanks for stopping by. Happy Stamping. Brenda

New Embossing Folders

Hello! I am so excited about today's card! It uses two of our new embossing folders. The background is made using the Stripes Textured Embossing Folder. I embossed the white and then embossed the piece of Pool Party cardstock for the bottom of the card. (1 /2" x 4 1/4"). The center of the card is done with the oval one of the Designer Frames Textured Embossing folders. The image was stamped on Whisper White cardstock and colored in with markers (Pool Party and Pink Pirouette) Added a bit of Dazzling Diamonds to the icing and to the cake plate for a bit of sparkle. I then punched the image out with the Extra Large oval punch and isn't it cool how that just fits right inside the textured oval???
Stampin Up thinks of everything! I added the large pearls and the new Pool Party 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon to finish the card. I love, love LOVE that ribbon. (It was the only one that I ordered on my first order, as i wanted to see how I like it! Awesome! Now I need to order the rest of them. So easy to work with, and a really good size - not too bulky!)

Thanks for stopping by. Happy stamping!
Brenda

Flower Fest

Good morning! I am sharing another of my 1 -3 - $5 class cards with you today. This one uses 2 stamp sets: Flower Fest and Thoughts and Prayers. I also used three punches: Decorative Label, Fancy Flower, and Extra Large Oval. I punched the decorative label punch twice, and placed them at right angles, just to get a little different look. The ribbon is 1/8" Night of Navy (which I just now realized is discontinued), but it would also have looked nice with THE 1/4" Night of Navy ribbon. The background cardstock is Cherry Cobbler, and the second layer is a piece of Designer paper from the Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stacks. (pg. 186 in the 2011-2012 Catalog). And of course I just had to add the Rhinestones for bling! Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

Brenda

1 - 3 - $5 Class Sample

This is a card that we are making in today's 1 - 3 - $5.00 Class. (We make 3 cards in one hour for $5.00) We are using the stamp set, Just Believe, for this card. This is still one of my favorite stamp sets. I saw a similar card on Stampin Connection, and changed the accessories. I used our new baker's twine, in Espresso, and added one of the Antique Brads. the colors of cardstock are Marina Mist, So Saffron, and Whisper White. The inks are Chocolate Chip and Marina Mist. Quick and Easy! Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping. Brenda