HSS 103

Hi stampers!  I can't believe it's Tuesday already!  Where did the weekend go???  Oh yeah, I was sickly so it passed me by why I was napping.  Oh well.  At least my WONDERFUL hubby got my new room painted...even if he DID share his cold with me:)  Maybe one day I'll get all my stuff moved in there, ha!

So, it's that time of week to hop on over to Hand Stamped Sentiments and check out the challenge!  This week is gift items!

Now, I know that I've done a similar project and as far as gifts go this is kind of puny BUT I just love the pillowbox die and I'm always in need of small and cute gifts for my co-workers and hubby!  HE LOVES chocolate and these are the perfect little boxes for tiny candy bars!  So, I whipped these little gems up for Valentine's Day!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  PS I Love You
Paper:  Whisper white, crumb cake, pool party, lucky limeade
Ink:  Crumb cake, calypso coral
Accessories:  Pillow box die, full heart punch, fashionable hearts sizzlit, large pearls, everyday enchantment ribbon & brad pack (SAB)

I stamped a few cute little cupids in crumb cake and then added some organdy ribbon.  I then embellished it with the hearts!  Super quick and super easy!  I hope everyone enjoys them!

Now head on over to HSS and link up your own gift item!

Happy stamping!

Mailable Monday - Sweet Cake

Hi stampers!  Mmmmmm, cake!  My birthday is next month and I'm already trying to decide what kind of cake I want my mom to make me.  It's usually between a strawberry jello poke cake and her no-bake cheesecake.  It's such a hard decision that I usually ask for both, LOL!

I tried really hard to resist the sweet cake set and sweet shop DSP in the occasions mini but I finally caved.  At least it doesn't have any calories like REAL cake, right?  :-)

This set it totally cute and kind of mod or retro.  And I really bought it because I loved the font on the sentiments, lol!    And I couldn't pass up the fun patterns and bright colors in the coordinating DSP.  And this DSP is special because a couple of the patterns are embossed so they really stand out! I just love how SU makes it so easy to put together projects with so many coordinating products!

This is my first card with this set and I love it!  I was going for a bright and kind of monochromatic look here and again, trying to use more white space:

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Sweet cake
Paper:  Whisper white, calypso coral, poppy parade, sweet cake DSP
Ink:  Calypso coral, poppy parade
Accessories:  Two-way glue pen, dazzling diamonds, fashionable hearts embosslit

Isn't it fun?  And bright?  Haha!  But I love it.  It's very sparkly in real life and I love the dimension the hearts on the DSP add.  I can't wait to send this to someone!  Cake without the calories;-)

Happy stamping!

Super Saturday

Hi stampers!  It's super Saturday here because I've got a BIG day of errands and cleaning planned!  I already had a to do list consisting of cleaning the house (mainly cleaning out closets), tackling the mountain of laundry, going to the mall (we all know THAT'S an important one, right) AND hopefully moving (at least some of) my office to the bigger room next door if my hubby gets done painting it!  I've been waiting to do that since the late summer!  Then I went and over-scheduled myself by making an appointment at the vet for the doggy who needs her shots!  I HOPE at least some point that today becomes stamping Saturday too....anyway.....

I'm back with another special challenge from Create With Connie & Mary Occasions 2012 Edition!  Along with all the awesome projects...mine included, you also get to play along in special challenges on Saturdays!  I know I'm always up for a fun challenge!  This weekend it's a color challenge using four of my very favorite colors:

This is another card I've had started on my desk for a while now.  I had the letters from letter it stamped and cut out for a while just waiting for me to use them.  I stamped the letters in calypso coral and then the phrases in poppy parade.  I really love the letter it set with the words from fabulous phrases stamped on them!  This is a card loosely inspired by one of the samples in the catalog and a case I made of that card.  I thought a simple design would work well with such bright and bold colors!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Letter it, fabulous phrases, best friends forever, distressed dots
Paper:  Very vanilla, pool party (textured), lucky limeade, poppy parade
Ink:  Calypso coral, poppy parade, pool party, lucky limeade, versamark
Accessories:  Itty bitty punch pack, labels collection framelits, clear embossing powder, basic pearls, everyday enchantment ribbon & brad pack

I also cut out one of the labels using the framelits labels collection from TEXTURED card stock which I then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  Textured card stock is something I forget about but it's the perfect detail to take a card from ho-hum to wow!  And THEN embossing on textured cardstock just looks fabulous!  I purposefully did NOT use my embossing buddy as I wanted a shabby look of stray embossing powder.  Next, the base of my card has the leaves from best friends forever stamped on it and I also rubbed my inkpad directly on the card and it's edges.  A brad from the SAB ribbon and brad pack and some poppy parade flowers finish the card up. 

This card is very simple yet has lots of fun little details that make it pop.  Head on over to Create with Connie & Mary, sign up for the Occasions 2012 edition and play along with us!

Happy stamping!
 
Edited to add that Super Saturday turned into Sickly Saturday!  Boo!  After the vet and lunch I came home with a sore throat so tired that I napped for two hours then got nothing else done hence me posting this today:-)  I'm pretty sure my hubby gave me whatever he's had.  How nice of him, right?  Anyway, while I don't feel great today I can at least function:-)

Grandma's Attic

Hi stampers!  Well, you just may be seeing a LOT of the new attic boutique DSP from the occasions mini....WHY you ask?  Well, because I accidentally bought two packs on my big SAB order.  Ugh!  I do that way too often.  And I thought I double checked it too....oh well.  Good thing it's pretty!  Just look:

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Apothecary art
Paper:  Watercolor, poppy parade, soft suede, daffodil delight, attic boutique DSP
Ink:  staz-on, pear pizzazz, poppy parade, daffodil delight
Accessories:  Labels collection framelits, ribbon lace border punch, large pearls, pool party ruffled ribbons, dazzling details

This one is pretty straight forward. The one detail you probably can't see well is that I dotted each of the flowers with dazzling diamonds in the center.  I wasn't crazy about it but liked it better after I did the dazzling diamonds, added some pearls and some ribbon.  That kept it out of the reject pile:-)  It's kind of loud and bright but this one is growing on me!  And now for a funny story....

I can't see the name of this DSP without thinking of my granny.  She used to tell me the story of how once when she was a bad girl (she sassed her mom....we seem to have that in common, lol) her mom locked her in the attic!  I guess it was really dark and scary...I imagine it would be....the attic in HER house was creepy and I only was in there during the day and with people, ha!  And it had a teeeny tiny door...always thought that was odd.  Anyway, whatever it was that got her in trouble she said she made sure to never do again:-)  It's probably not all that funny to you all but it makes me giggle just thinking of her telling the story, she'd always laugh about it.  And I'm sure glad WE didn't have an attic growing up because I'm sure I deserved to be locked in it now and again, lol!

Happy stamping!

Something different...finally

Hi stampers!  Sorry for the lack of posting lately...I just haven't stamped much lately.  Well, until tonight....I got my Sale-A-Bration order today!!!  Don't forget you can click on the shop 24/7 link over there and place your own order!  For every $50 you spend (before tax and shipping) you get to pick a FREE sale-a-bration item!  There are so many fun things and no limit!!!  We won't talk about how much free stuff I got;-)

I got three cards done tonight and hopefully more to come this week/weekend!  I am planning a big cleaning day on Saturday (which will probably run into Sunday) around here.  I still need to take the tree down (ugh) and need to go through the closets around here AND hopefully get working on moving into my new and bigger office.  Hubby said he'd paint it for me!  I've only had paint since August, lol!

Anyway, you'll be happy to see a card today that doesn't use the SAB DSP...shocking, I know;-)

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  PS I Love You
Paper:  Whisper white, poppy parade, daffodil delight, brights DSP stack, hostess DSP (retired)
Ink:  Poppy parade
Accessories:  Old olive satin ribbon, blossom triple layer punch, circle & scallop circle punches, small heart punch, adorning accents edgelits, adorning accents embossing folders, basic pearls, calypso coral baker's twine

I CASED this card from our demonstrator magazine.  I changed up the DSP to use what I had and needed to pull some retired DSP out.  I love the little medallion, I think it's just so cute!  I also like how the magazine had the embossed hearts "reversed" where they were actually de-bossed.  Just turn the paper over and viola:-)

So, there you have it.  I CAN make something in other colors:-)

Happy stamping and don't forget about SAB!!!!

Edited to add:  I know my background is wonky...the little banner says create.  I'll try to tweak it if I get a chance!  I can't seem to figure out exactly where things are going to end up when I create one:-)

HSS 102

Hi stampers and happy Tuesday!  I don't know about you all but I could use a vacation!  I'm really not a winter person and I'm sick of the dreary and cold weather already!  And it hasn't even been that snowy or cold here this year!  I'd love to be on the beach in Florida or Mexico right now!  So I guess I'll have to settle for this week's Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge.

Doesn't the photo just make you feel the sand between your toes????  I love the colors of the picture and it just makes me feel warm:-)  Here's my card that was inspired by the beach:

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Shore thing (retired), fabulous phrases
Paper:  Whisper white, island indigo, pool party, daffodil delight, crumb cake
Ink:  Soft suede, island indigo, pool party, daffodil delight, crumb cake, calypso coral
Accessories:  Pool party ruffled ribbon, hodgepodge hardware (retired)

Sometimes a card just calls for a retired set or accessory and that was the case here!  Oh how I'd like to be in that beach chair, kicked back with a fruity drink in my hand and my shades on:-)  It's kind of funny...or sad...I bought this set after it was retired to scrap a beach vacation we took and guess how many times I've used it....yup, this was the first one, lol!  I'm sure some of you can relate, right???? 

Now head on over the HSS and see what the design team came up with and then go to the beach with us:-)

Happy stamping!

A special sketch!

Hi stampers!  I have a very special sketch for you today!  Why so special?  Well, because it's from the Create With Connie & Mary Occasions Mini 2012 Edition!  I'm a guest designer for them this go-round and each Saturday they have a special sketch for members only!  How fun!  You can play along and enter if you head over there right now and sign up!  Not only do you get special sketches and challenges but over 30 fabulous and exclusive projects....including MINE.  And I worked long and hard on that puppy and it turned out so cute! Go on, you KNOW you want to see it:-)

Anyway, this week's challenge was this sketch:

And this is my card:

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Fresh vintage (SAB), You're a gem
Paper:  Very vanilla, calypso coral, peach parfait (smooth & textured), pool party, everyday enchantment (SAB)
Ink:  Versamark, pool party, peach parfait, calypso coral
Accessories:  Clear embossing powder, basic pearls & rhinestones, itty bitty punch pack, dotted scallop border punch, adorning accents edgelits & embossing folders

I know, I know....I used the Everyday Enchantment DSP again BUT at least I focused on a different pattern this time, hehe!  To make the butterfly a bit special I used textured DSP and embossed over that.  I really love the look of heat embossing over textured card stock and I love the way my butterfly turned out! I also added the little flowers for just a POP of calypso coral.

Hope you had a great weekend!  And if you're a Create with Connie & Mary subscriber, make sure to play along in the sketch this week!  And if you're not then head on over and sign up!

Happy stamping!