Cards of Christmas past

HELLO my stamping friends!! While it's been just a wee bit difficult to move during the holidays, unpack, get organized, do Christmas shopping and decorating and oh yeah, all the other ordinaries of my day with my 2 little girls and hubby, I am getting there ;) I haven't really had the chance to stamp though(gasp!) - but I am getting my new oasis all situated so that I can get going real soon!!
My stampin friends couldn't believe I was organized enough to have them over for a little card making and lots of munchies, (I had to see my girls before the holiday!!)but we had a great time and we reminisced over some of my holiday kreations from last year. I've missed playing with my Pals at the PPA, and realized many of my favs were PPA submissions from last year :) Check out the current 'Winter White' challenge - I hope you have a chance to have fun kreating. Hope you enjoy my parade of past Christmas cheer ! If you'd like to view more holiday inspiration, click below this post on the label CHRISTMAS.










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Welcome Home :)

The list of blessings to be thankful for this Thanksgiving are long...
... Those of you that follow know that we have had quite the saga in our real estate transactions! The banks have never been more careful over every i dotted and t crossed - so after 5 long months of legal mumbo jumbo, it is FINALLY happening. We are set to close this afternoon on our purchased home!! So I have been packing up the last minute 'this n thats' and I haven't had a chance to stamp this week :( I have a definite unpacking priority though ;) But I thought it appropriate to share this CASE'd card I had done(I have no idea where I originally saw this,possibly SCS but all my favorites were whipped out :( So if anyone knows the kreator, please let me know!)
Clean and simple and just adorable.
* My door was kreated on a standard cardbase of Whisper White
* Door 'panels' where distressed with Crumb Cake
* An Olive Green wreath from Northern Hearts Hostess Lev 1 set in the Holiday Mini, was snipped out with my Paper Snips
* Of course a little bling must be added to my wreath, and what a purdy wreath with some bedazzling Basic Pearls - just makes it so sweet!
* A doorknob with a 5/16" brad from the Jumbo Brads collection
* And finally using the NEW Seam Binding(Holiday Mini)in Cherry Cobbler for a bow on wreath. This week my Pals are playing with ribbon and fabric for this weeks PPA challenge - go check it out and have fun playin!

Gotta run, off to sign papers and pick up keys to our new house! YIPEEE!!!! I mentally preparing myself now for the sore muscles I will probably have for the next week! LOL But I'll be back as soon as I can with new kreations. It won't be too long, I can't wait to set up my new craft room (even with sore muscles! ;)

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Holiday Lineup

I decided to play with The Paper Players this week with their oh so fun Snowman theme challenge #23. And I thought there was another challenge out there All That Glitters, but maybe I just dreamt that one?! But anywho, I decided to combine it with my snowmen, dream or no dream! I was lucky enough to have just borrowed the Holiday Lineup set from my SIL (thanks Lizzie) and decided to put it to use with those cute snowmen. If you follow my blog, you know that I enjoy line images to color, so I couldn't wait to play with this set. Having so much fun with the snowmen, I decided to use each image, so make sure to scroll down to see :)

* Standard Whisper White cardbase

* Snowmen, from Holiday Lineup, inked in Basic Gray and stamped onto Whisper White.

* Colored in my images with various SU Markers TIP: Kreate darker hues of the same color by coloring over the same area multiple times. If you like matchy matchy, no need to stress over finding coordinating colors - use the same color, just make it darker!!

* Lightly penciled in a frame around the image. Followed my line with Crystal Effects and added White Chucky Glitter to 'frame' my cute little snowmen.

* A little more sparkle was added to the hat pom pom with Dazzling Diamonds.

* Finished it off with a Baja Breeze sentiment from Many Merry Messages.


And here are Santas Elves and Reindeer using the same design













Simple colored in images with lots of white space and a 'frame' with pizazz ;)
Thanks so much for stopping by for a little dose of me! So what did you think of my Holiday Lineup? I'd love to know what ya think, so please leave me a comment and let me know, K? Any questions, I am always just a click away!

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Challenges:
The Paper Players - Snowman theme
Simon Says Challenge - All White except image
Craft Your Days Away - All White
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Glitter

A little Rock n Roll and a Color Challenge

And a challenge it was!! Todays PPA Color Challenge is Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight and Basic Gray. All wonderful colors in their own right, but combined, hmmmm what to do? Poppy Parade and Daffodil Delight reminded me of some of the most vibrant fall colors this year. So I grabbed my Lovely as a Tree set to kreate a subtle scene

* Standard cardbase of Textured Gray cardstock

* Inked up my trees in Basic Gray and stamped onto Whisper White. With my Poppy Parade and Daffodil Delight Markers I accented each tree with a few leaves. Kinda reminds me of a black and white photo with colored accents.

* A little too stark? A few flecks from my Color Spritzer helped to soften the look

* Ready to rock n roll? I took the leaf image inked in Daffodil Delight and lightly rolled the stamp around in Poppy Parade, kreating a two tone leaf image. TIP: Make sure to always use your light color first then into a dark color, so you don't ruin your ink pads!!

* Using my Paper Snips for precise cutting, I snipped out my leaves.

* With the same rock n roll technique I added my sentiment from Sincere Salutations

* A scrunchie Gray Taffeta Ribbon, see my scrunchie technique HERE, and Antique Brad finish it off.

PHEW, this one wasn't easy! But thats a challenge right?!
How'd I do? Not my personal fave, but I think I can live with it ;) and maybe it will inspire you in some way?!
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JOY

Tis the season and I just love making Christmas cards. This will be one of the options for an upcoming SAS - easily reproducible (no extra postage required either!) for that long list of friends and family that we want to dazzle with our handmade paper skills. Using the Big Shot really cuts down on the time it takes to kreate cards. Yet it looks like we could have spent hours with all the details :)

* Cherry Cobbler standard cardbase
* Whisper White ran through the Big Shot with the Petals a Plenty embossing folder
* Added to this already beautiful texture just a little shimmer -
Using a Dauber, I inked it up in the cap of my Frost White Shimmer Paint and lightly ran the dauber across the raised petals. Beautiful frosted look
* Ran some Cherry Cobbler through the Big Shot with my Serif Essentials Bigz letters
* Inked up the ornament from Tags Til Christmas in Cherry Cobbler and punched out with SU's coordinating Ornament Punch.
* A little bling with some Basic Rhinestones added to the ornament and a little bow tied in retired silver cording.
* Each element added to the base with a Dimensional for the little extra wow factor.

Clean, simple and festive! Do you like it?? Sometimes its hard to fully embrace simple LOL But I think this one works ;)I'd love to know what ya think, so please leave me a comment and let me know, K?
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A PPA Sketch and Good Cheer

Its time for a sketch challenge at the PPA and I decided to play with The Paper Players and their Recipe Challenge: dsp, something punched, and a sentiment. As soon as I saw this sketch, I knew I had a different 'type' of card in mind. It's not your usual open and shut card, but a little message tucked into a 'pocket'. Loved the idea in my head, but not quite sure I love my design yet ;) Its growin on me LOL







* Started with a 4-1/4 x 11 piece of Bravo Burgundy cardstock. Folded it in half. Using my Dauber and Expresso Ink, I distressed the edges of the card

* Next, score and fold a 'flap' at 1". Gave my flap a decorative edge with the Eyelet Border Punch. And some Crochet Ribbon Trim for that vintage look AND I couldn't pass up some Basic Pearl pretties. Purdy lil flap

* Add an insert to your pocket - I used a piece of Very Vanilla 3-3/4 x 5-1/4 and a piece of Deck the Halls DSP to dress up what peeks out of the 'pocket' TIP: Place your insert between the pocket and then adhere top two corners of pocket together with a glue dot/dimensional. You want to make sure you have enough room to slide in and out your insert.

* Finishing off the front... inked up the Santa image (love this image!) from Good Cheer in Bravo Burgundy and stamped onto Very Vanilla.

* Attempted the cracked glass technique with 4 layers of clear embossing powder and it didn't quite crack so good - any suggestions what I did wrong (maybe I can't use embossing powder???), but I went with it.

* Do stress the distressing when going for that antique or vintage feel. Distressed what I could over some cracks and along the edges with my Dauber and Expresso Ink. Matted it onto a piece of Crumb Cake and, yup, distress those edges!!

* Grabbed my Paper Snips and cut out some holly leaves from a scrap of dsp for the final element of this sketch.

Thanks so much for stopping by for a little dose of me! Hope you enjoyed my card for todays challenge. I'd love to know what ya think, so please leave me a comment and let me know, K? Any questions, I am always just a click away!

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Pun Fun and my little secret to scrunchin'

An oldie, but goodie. Pun Fun is such a cute and versatile set, yet I so often overlook it. I recently had a reason to play with it and combined it with lots of new elements and I love how it turned out. Many of you know the fabulously talented Ann Schach and she just welcomed not 1, but 2 pups into her home. This card was intended for lil Muffy before I knew of her brother. Anywho...



* I started with an Old Olive 5-1/4 x 5-1/4 square base

* Don't let Jolly Holidays DSP trick you, you can definitely make this fun paper last beyond the festive season. Layered my base with the large polka dots. Lets not leave out the other side of the paper!- a little flip of the corner reveals the striped side and adds just a little fun

* Added some Rose Red 'scallops' (click here to view this great trick using the Fancy Flower Punch from Mary Fish)

* Hid the seam with my scrunchie Rose Red ribbon (sorry retired) and embellished with a large, fun Very Vanilla Big Designer Button, from the Holiday Mini. Tip: Using a few scrap threads from my scrunched up ribbon, I threaded them through the button for a perfect match

RUFFLED RIBBON:
Fray the edge of your ribbon and find a thread fiber that goes the length of the ribbon (not the 'fray') and gently pull and tug fiber which will kreate your ruffle. Keep pulling and scrunchin'. Ruffles can be tighter or loser depending on how much you scrunch. Give it a try, have fun scrunchin'
This can be done with Satin Ribbon as well. View it here


* With my Aquapainter, I colored in my little hippo, from Pun Fun. Stamped in Basic Black onto Shimmer White and colored in with Pink Pirouette and Pretty in Pink. Tip: When watercoloring without Watercolor Paper, I chose to use Shimmer White vs Whisper White. Seems to 'hold' the water better without the paper warping or piling from too much water saturation.

* Mounted the little hippo on Old Olive and then Rose Red with a little detailing from the Scallop Edge Border Punch

* Inked up my balloons in Basic Black, from Crazy for Cupcakes, on some scraps of Shimmer White and colored them in with my Aquapainter using Rose Red and Pretty in Pink for one and Certainly Celery and Old Olive for the other. Then simply snipped them out with Paper Snips and applied layers of dimensionals to the back to give them different depths. Tied some silver cording bows and adhered to the base of each balloon with a glue dot. The little details... cute ;)

* A few Basic Rhinestones bedazzle in the corners and I'm happy to send this one off

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Bring on the Bling

Bring on the Bling with the PPA!! Todays challenge was clean and simple and to accesorize with some bling, a lil pizazz. I chose Snow Swirled, still current but older set and a new hostess set, Peaceful Season, in the Holiday Mini, some new accesories and a very simple design. Matted my swirled tree image with a simple embossed/scored 'frame', jazzed it up with Silver Embossing Powder and a few Basic Pearls to add a tad more pizazz and I think it turned out to be a very pretty card. Hope you like it too!! Leave me a comment and let me know :) Love it when ya do

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Todays Challenges
PPA - Bring on the Bling
The Little Red Wagon - Something Old, Something New

No Ordinary Envie

More fun from my last class to show you. Continued vintage style since we were using the fabulous Deck the Halls DSP in the Holiday Mini. This is a pretty way to turn an ordinary envelope into a little gift, maybe add some 3x3 cards w/ envies, some holiday cash ;) or check or maybe even a few gift tags. Let me share how...

* Took a Small Open Ended Envelope (107286) and sealed it. Fold it in half and then unfold. Using my paper trimmer, I cut away about 1/8" along the long side. Now you will have 2 'pockets' along the top to place your goods in. HINT: a few 3x3's without a lot of embellishments will fit perfectly on one side, envies on the other.

* Now it is time to decorate your envie. To stay vintagey, I had to alter the very stark white envelope: dauber and distressing. Inked up the dauber with Soft Suede and distressed around all edges. See, not so stark.

* Layered a piece of Deck the Halls DSP to the front and back. Distressed the edges again

* This NEW Decorative Label punch is awesome! Popped that out in Cherry Cobbler and distressed the edges with Soft Suede ink.

* Using the Tags Til Christmas set, in the Holiday Mini, I inked up the 'square' shaped sentiment in Old Olive.

* Dare to be different - I chose to pop out that 'square' sentiment with my Large Oval punch instead of matching it up with a square punch. That stark white needed some daubbing again and a little something extra. Enter, Color Spritzer. Perfect spritz of Soft Suede adds more to the vintage feel.

* Popped the Large Oval sentiment up onto a dimensional and onto my Decorative Cherry Chobbler Label. An Itty Bitty Shapes Old Olive flower was punched out and bedazzled with a little Basic Pearl jewel.

* The little punched ensemble was placed on dimensionals and placed in the center.

* Victoria Crochet Trim is 'threaded' beneath the label and wrapped around the back to be tied for a pretty little closure.

The inside:
* With my Color Spritzer still hooked up to Soft Suede Marker, I decided to spritz away on the interior.

* Direct to stamp technique, so cool! - with my Old Olive and Cherry Chobbler Markers, I isolated the words and directly 'colored' on the rubber, huffed the stamp to remoisten and stamped to the inside. Words come from the Tags Til Christmas set too.

* The holly leaf from Good Cheer was stamped in Old Olive and then colored in my berries with Cherry Cobbler.


Tags from the Tags Til Christmas set were kreated and later tucked into the little pockets of the envie. A little gift idea perhaps?! Here are a few of my sample tags.


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Northern Flurry Greetings

Simple and schnazzy ;) I was asked to kreate simple, which I think I accomplished but I had to add a little 'umphf' ;), but even with some umphf, I still think it will qualify as simple. You tell me?!
* Started with a base of Shimmer White Cardstock
* Ran through the Big Shot with the Northern Flurry Embossing folder from the Holiday Mini
* With my always faithful Daubers ready to rumble, I inked one with VersaMark and swept it across the embossed snowflake images and sprinkled Heat and Stick powder. With my Heat Tool, heated the powder until melted to kreate a sticky surface
* Then layered some gorgeous White Chunky Essentials Glitter. Wishing you could see how pretty this is in person! TIP: After I apply chunky glitter, I turn the card face down and press on the backside to get any excess off or to 'secure' the 'crystals' to the sticky surface
* Finished, yup, finished off the card with the sentiment from the Hostess Lev 2 set Peaceful Season. Stamped in Encore Silver ink, hurry this may still be available on the Clearance Rack for ONLINE orders, and heat set with Clear Embossing Powder.

Easy Peasy card - under 15 minutes to kreate! Seriously it took more time trying to capture a good angle for this photo LOL (not easy to photograph white and shimmer). I do hope you like it! I'd love to know your thoughts if ya take a moment to leave me a comment! Thanks so much for stopping in for a visit

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Deck the Halls duo

So my class the other night... after lovin their oooooo so spooky treats... we jumped right into Christmas mode. I love doing vintage, so of course I had to have the new Deck the Halls DSP in the Holiday Mini AND had to have the Big Designer Buttons AND had to have the new fabulous Designer Fabric in Deck the Halls AND... well, I just about want it all, but I'm being good (sorta)! Anywho, let me show you one of the projects we kreated...

* Ran a piece of Crumb Cake and the holly pattern, from Deck the Halls dsp, through the Big Shot with the Matchbox Bigz XL Die. Assembled: quick and cute

* Cut a piece of the Always Artichoke Deck the Halls Designer Fabric and frayed the edges. Simply pull fibers away to kreate this soft vintagey look.

* Using a Cherry Cobbler Big Designer Button, I threaded my fabric through 2 diagonal holes. Knotted and snipped.

* Stamped my Teeny Tiny Wishes sentiment in Cherry Cobbler onto Crumb Cake, distressed the edges with a Dauber and Soft Suede ink and further distressed the edges with my finger nail.

If that isn't so cute?! A little 3x3 card to match makes for thee perfect ensemble.
* 3x3 Crumb Cake cardbase distressed with Soft Suede ink and spritzed using the Color Spritzer with Soft Suede ink for a little more of a vintage feel

* The scrap piece of fabric from the little box came in handy for this little card. Ruffled up makes a cute embellishment, doesn't it?

* Inked up my Christmas Classic tree with a Always Artichoke and Choc Chip Marker and stamped onto Whisper White. A bit o bling bedazzles for the topper

* Punched out with the new Extra Large Decorative Label punch and matted with Cherry Cobbler.

Hope you liked the Deck the Halls duo, both projects decked out in dsp and fabric
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Oooo Spooky...

Yah right! This is about as spooky as I get for Halloween :) And these little minitures (all of 5 inches high), I have to say, are rather spooky in a very cute way ;) You can see some other Too Cute to Spook goodies HERE with another Frankie, spiders and mummy oh my.

I kreated these fun snack size Hershey pull treat favors for the ladies in my class tonight - I hope to get a little 'gasp' out of a few of them- hehe! For those of you new to pull treats - kreate a 'cover' for your treat and then by pulling on the ribbon at the top of the 'cover', your treat will appear (see 'Casper' in photo). Cute right? Click HERE for a Pull Treat tutorial (altered directions for different types of candy are given at the bottom of tutorial) Beside the tutorial, I won't go into detail with these gems cause you can spook em up anyway ya want! Of course if you'd like complete details, let me know!
Click the word Halloween next to Labels at the bottom of this post if you want to see other Halloween kreations from the past.

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Peace

Where have I been?...Lets see, we continue with our housing saga, but packing has resumed (only thinking positive now), we got through the first week of school and sports, AND the first bout of germs with both kids catching colds and then a stomach bug... so yes, I decided to climb through the boxes to my rather messy stamping oasis and have some me time :) One day I will look back at all this and have a good laugh - heck I'm laughing now (when I'm not wanting to burst into tears LOL) Keeping me on my toes and teaching me lots of patience! Life is good! ;) And so is taking the time to stamp with the PPA!! Todays challenge is a sketch challenge. I've been itching to ink up this set, and peace was all I could think about when I 'got away'.

* Inked up the Lev 2 Hostess set, Peaceful Season, from the Holiday Mini, in Cherry Cobbler and stamped onto Very Vanilla. Rounded the edges using a 1" Circle Punch. Isn't Cherry Cobbler such a rich an elegant color for the holidays? I'm lovin' it!

* Ruffled up my Very Vanilla Satin ribbon. How? Quite simple really - fray the edge of your ribbon and find a thread fiber that goes the length of the ribbon (not the 'fray') and gently pull and tug fiber which will kreate your ruffle. Ok, easier to do than explain. Give it a try, you'll get it!!

* Embellished with one of the fun NEW Big Designer Buttons, from the Holiday Mini, in Cherry Cobbler and tied with a piece of Linen Thread.

* Take it to the Big Shot!! Emboss your background for a very quick and elegant look! Zipped through Very Vanilla cardbase and Petals a Plenty Embossing folder - so pretty!

* Me and my Daubers, love them - always a must it seems on any card! Applied Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint to the embossed petals. Tip: shake up paint, paint will be stuck in the cap, guess what?, perfect fit for your dauber! Easy to ink up, less messy!

* Next, inked up the Dauber with Champagne Mist and applied to my dove image. Stamped onto Very Vanilla and snipped out with Paper Snips - these are so great for small and precise cutting!

* Placed focal image on dimensionals on cardbase and gave the dove some extra dimension as well!

Thanks so much for stopping by for a little dose of me! Hope you enjoyed my card for todays challenge. It definitely brought some peace to my day. I'd love to know what ya think, so please leave me a comment and let me know, K? Ahhhh, felt good to be back, but now back to more packing.

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From the Heart...

Well hello out there, for those of you have stuck with me, thanks a bunch! It means so much to know that ya likes me stuffs ;) While this summer was filled with lots of fun things and fun family time, there was also A LOT of drama behind the scenes of the Lampone household. Our house sold and we were so excited to be able to purchase the future Lampone abode. This all started late June and what we thought was going to be a very easy transaction turned out to be a royal nightmare. But with a lot of prayer and a lot of trust, that what is meant to be, will be, I think we are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. No official closing date still, but we are very hopeful to hear something soon!!

So, after alot of summer activities, my oldest Kayla starting Kindergarten, my littlest Sami starting 2 days of preschool, starting to pack my house, my anniversary... oh no, my anniversary, in the midst of chaos, I needed my stamping oasis. The very cute NEW Greeting Card Kids was a must have on my list that was still unused (*GASP*), and I was late for a very important date ;) ...

* I inked up the adorable little girl w/ heart image in Basic Brown and stamped her on a 3" Circle, kreated with the Circle Scissors Plus tool, of Watercolor Paper.

* Ahhh, the wonders of clear mount... I took the 'school' image of the girl and boy and placed it next to my stamped image. With a pencil, I lightly traced the outer edge of the boy, so I could place him next to my girl and her heart. Following me?

* Next I inked up the boy in Basic Brown and removed his school books and lunch sack using a Blender Pen to completely remove all traces of ink from those areas and then I stamped him next to the girl, following my pencil marks as a guide to place him.

* Now I know the hand over his shoulder looks a tad out of place, but hubby didn't even notice ;) I added a few fingers to the other hand and just thought it so super cute that it looks like she is handing off the heart to her guy ;) Love that sheepish look on her face

* Colored in my images with my Aquapainter. Kreated a pool of ink in the lids of my SU pads by simply squeezing the center of the closed pad together and upon opening, the lid will have enough ink to dip your aquapainter in to begin coloring. The colors used were Pale Plum, Rich Razzleberry, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Pretty in Pink and a Blush Blossom Marker. And few hints of highlighting with my Signo White Gel Pen

* Added a few small Basic Pearls to bedazzle her dress. These kids are Caauuuute!!!

* Inked up additional images to snip out and use as a mask. With my masks in place, I took my Color Spritzer and went a little spritz crazy with a Soft Suede Marker. Then I distressed the edges with my Dauber and more Soft Suede ink to give it that vintagey feel.

* Following the MOJO155 sketch, I used Jolly Holiday DSP to kreate my background. To add a touch more vintage, a piece of Victoria Crochet Trim to hide the 'seam' between papers.

* Dangling from a piece of Linen Thread, I kreated my Heart punched 'tag' with the sentiment from the Simply Said set. TIP: Isolated the words by applying White Craft ink with a q-tip. Distressed the edges with Soft Suede to give the heart some dimension and finished with a little spritz from my Color Spritzer

Hubby seemed to like it ;)
and From the Heart, I Thank YOU for coming back to check in and get a little dose of me [although today ya got quite a dose, huh?!) I may continue to be sporadic until I am into my new home, but I think as I become more and more knee deep in boxes, I am going to need to retreat to my oasis (at least occasionally to keep me sane! - if I can keep track of all my supplies!! I have a plan though - last packed and first opened hehe- just don't tell hubby) Be back soon! Anxious to play with some challenges and to catch up with all my Pals!! Make sure to check out their amazing talent!!

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One of the great perks as an SU demonstrator is the new private forum for demonstrators only, called Stampin Connection. Its a great place to talk 'shop' and see amazingly talented SU demonstrators showing off their kreations and get great inspiration. That is where this card came from. The very talented 'punch lady', Ellen Kemper, kreated this bride all with punches. I was so lucky to have figured out each punch (or what worked for me) and even luckier that I had them all to play with to reKreate the bride and then make my own card!! WaHoo!! Thank you Ellen for sharing your amazing punch talent!!

* I started with a Crumb Cake cardbase
* Inked up my En Francais background stamp with Stazon White and stamped
* Added Basic Pearls to card base as well as her dress and flowers - love it!! Then mounted my bride with dimensionals.

The following punches were used to kreate the bride
* Butterfly (for the dress, embossed using the Big Shot and Finial Press folder)
* Scallop Oval
* Wide Oval (for the brim of hat, embossed with the Square Lattice folder)
* Large Oval
* 1-1/4 Circle
* Photo Corners
* Boho Blossoms
* Two step bird punch

Now see the amazing inspiration you can find on Stampin Connection, ONLY IF you are a demo???? You're enticed, lets chat :) Contact me, I want you to have that adorable tote :) Any questions, I am always a click away!!

REMINDER: TODAY, Aug 31st Summer Mini ends :( Make sure to get your favorites before they are gone!!

TOMORROW: Sept 1st Holiday Mini goes LIVE :)

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Happy Kreating

Not Even a Second Look...

...Until now! Let me explain. At a recent class I showed my ladies how quick and simple an embossing folder and the Big Shot can make life :) We recreated this card I posted HERE - I love how soft the vellum cardstock Elegant Bouquet embossed overlay looks against Crumb Cake and then I chose the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder with Crumb Cake cardbase again to kreate the cards pictured above.
* Run Crumb Cake through the Big Shot with Vintage Wallpaper
* Now, grab your Brayer!!! - Ink up your brayer and with gentle pressure glide over your embossed card - gorgeous right???? AND SO EASY!!! The card on the left is brayered with Early Expresso, the card on the right with Soft Suede. Enter title here - At this point one of my ladies said, 'I never even gave this folder a second look, until now'.
* Kept the details/elements simple to make for a quick kreation!
NEW Chantilly Crochet Trim tied in a bow, or go for the overlay look like my Pretty in Pink Satin ribbon peeking behind the delicate vintage trim finished off with a NEW Antique Brad. I couldn't resist a few NEW Basic Pearls as well.
* Sentiments punched out in Ovals, edges distressed using my Dauber and Early Expresso or Soft Suede ink, matted with a Pretty in Pink Scalloped Oval also distressed with my Dauber.

Easy Peasy, makes for a quick and purdy card! Hope you like it and it inspires you to give things a second look :)

Thanks so much for stopping in for a little dose of me :) I'm anxious to let you know whats been going on in my non stamping life :) and hopefully get back to stamping regularly real soon.

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REMINDER: Aug 31st Summer Mini ends :( Make sure to get your favorites before they are gone!!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Sept 1st Holiday Mini goes LIVE :)

You can purchase all products online with me or email me with your orders.

Happy Kreating