Sunday Stamps...Twins!

Happy Sunday Stampers! Happy Sunday to you! Ah...the first Sunday of June! Can't believe it! The new Stampin' Catalog officially starts tomorrow!  Can't wait!

We have a fun new Sunday Stamps color challenge for you starting today!  Remember, our challenge runs for two weeks!  This color challenge stumped me for awhile but after seeing the creations from my fellow Sunday Stamp designers, I was inspired!  I hope it will inspire you as well.

Here is how I how I used our colors for today's card:

I've been having so much fun using this brand new stamp set, Something for Baby and the coordinating framelits, Baby's First. Now, I personally don't know anyone who is having twins, but I thought the sentiment was perfect for my card. The base of my card is Bermuda Bay layered with Sahara Sand. 

Thanks for stopping by today! Until next time!

Fun Fold Swap!

Hello Stampers! Happy Wednesday! Hope your week is going well!  For the Catalog Premier event that Stampin' Up! hosted in Mesa, I hosted an organized swap with my fellow Arizona demos.  As I sat down to create my card, I came across the new challenge at the Friday Mashup and I knew I hit gold!

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a project with "Polka Dots".
2. Create a project with a "Fun Fold".
3. or Mash it Up! and create a "Fun Fold project with some Polka Dots"!

Ready to see what I created following the Friday Mashup challenge? You probably won't be surprised because I created another interlocking framelits card. I also decorated the inside of my card. I'm getting lots of ideas of different ways to use this fun fold! Hmm...with so many new stamp sets in the upcoming catalog, don't be surprised if I keep using this style of card again. 

I created 12 of these beauties! I love the way they came out! Can you guess what colors I used? Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry and Strawberry Slush, lol. 

Come back tomorrow when I share my creation for our May Blog Hop with Di's Country INKers. My second blog hop! 

Thanks for stopping by, until next time!

Freshly Made Sketches!

Hello Stampers! Happy Wednesday my friends, hope your week is going well.  Hopefully no one played a April Fools trick on you yesterday!

The Designers at Freshly Made Sketches have a new sketch starting today! When I visited their website this morning it motivated me to create as soon as I got home! Ever have that feeling where you just want to get home as quickly as possible to spend time doing what you love? Well that was me today. I'm glad I did, almost felt like I could stay up all night creating...but this nagging thing called "chores" was calling me, lol.

Anyhow, this is the sketch for the week. Hope you get a chance to check them out and play along!

With the upcoming new 2014-2015 Annual Stampin' Catalog coming soon, several stamp sets and accessories will of course be retiring! Which I thought, I better start taking inventory of my current stamp sets, tools and accessories. OH.MY.GOODNESS!! I have a lot of stuff! Lol. So I'm going to challenge myself to start using more of my stuff before I buy more! So...when I started creating my card for the blog challenge, I decided to create two cards following the same sketch, just switch things up a bit. 

I needed to make some masculine "Thank You" cards, so this is what I came up with:

I also decorated my envelopes, with DSP! Ever hold on to a piece of DSP because it's so pretty? Well, I tend to do that, but then I get stuck with retired DSP. Might as well use it and share the paper love, no?

Thanks for visiting my blog today! Hope you will come back and visit again. 

Flower Shop Swap

Hello Stampers!  I have another creation to share with you from the organized swap I participated in. For this card, I used the new Flower Shop stamp set and the coordinating Pansy punch. I love it when our Stampin' Up! products coordinate so well.

For this card I used one of the first techniques I learned when I first started stamping, "stamping off". I inked up the flower with the new In-Color Strawberry Slush, which once I paired it with Daffodil Delight and Basic Gray, it was a cool color combo. Anyhow, once you ink up your stamp, you "stamp off" getting different shades of the ink. Strawberry Slush is a new fave color of mine. The new Ruffle Stretch Trim is so much prettier in person! I love it.  It layered so perfect beneath the apothecary accents frame lit. You know how much I love to use our paper piercing templates! I punched out one of the flowers with the Pansy punch and used two dimensionals to pop it up. Using the Boho Blossoms punch, I punched out a small scallop circle using the Polka Dot Parade DSP in Daffodil Delight. I finished it off with a pearl basic jewel. The thinking of you sentiment is from Sassy Salutations.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Hope you have a super cool Saturday! Until next time.