Icky invasion

Sorry for the delay, we had a week off from school, and then my oldest got a horrible virus(way to spend a week off from school) and now my little one is suffering with it 10x worse (please pray for her) After a visit to the dr on Monday, she has no infections,thank God,and fever finally has broken but still has extreme congestion causing severe ear pain and a crazy cough. He said it could be flu related or just a very stubborn virus, but we just have to ride it out. Its just so horrible when you can't help them! So with a BAD case of the ickies and me trying to fend it off myself, there has been no time to stamp :( She is actually sleeping comfortably right now, yah!!, so I thought I'd post this card I did before the ickies invaded my house! If you have any questions on the details, just leave me a comment and I'll post them soon. I need to get some housework done before she wakes up! As a mom I can't afford to be down and out, so keep me in your prayers that I can fight the bug!


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KISSaturday w/ Letterpress Plates

No time to kreate, too many errands, today? OMGosh I forgot, in a pinch ... brings us here to another KISSable card. I know I'm not the only one who has been heard mumbling these words ;) So lets Keep It Simple Sweeties!!! Grab a large background stamp, OR a bold patterned DSP OR, as I have here, the NEW Letterpress Plates w/ your Big Shot and let it do the work for you! You can view the Stampin Up video below to see exactly how to use your letterpress plates.

* Inked up the Lots of Love plate with VersaMark and then went over the word 'LOVE' with Craft Real Red Ink TIP: If you don't have an ink spot for these small areas, your Sponge Dauber works great too! Yeah for Daubers - you know I can't be without them!!!! ;)
* Zip it through the Big Shot with Crumb Cake and you have a beautiful inked, debossed image.
* Distressed the edges using, you guessed it, a Sponge Dauber and Soft Suede ink and mounted it onto a Cherry Cobbler cardbase. Viola, 1-2-3! SO KISSable!!!!

I wanted to show you what just a few more minutes and a few more embellishments can do - and still worthy of a KISS card I think

* Got Tea? OK, I will admit this took a little time, but really, just a little... I snipped off my Crochet Trim Ribbon from the spool and in doing so, my elbow almost knocked over my tea cup. Totally meant to be... I took out my soggy tea bag, grabbed a paper towel and began to rub the tea bag on my ribbon for more of that aged look. SO cool!! TIP: No need to saturate your ribbon - rubbing the damp tea bag worked great! Grabbed my blow dryer for seconds and I was ready to place it on my card.

* Scrunch it! Run SNAIL across card front and do some crunchin' and bunchin' for the scrunchie look

* Add a Trinket!These little embellishments are just so cute!! Tied a Linen Thread bow through my Trinket Key and adhered with a Glue Dot

* Ahhhh, how sweet! Tie it all together with 'Key to My Heart' among the cute sentiments from You're a Gem, popped out with the Curly Label punch.

So, 1-2-3-4 ;) Not bad, right?! Hope you enjoyed another KISSaturday card. I love to hear your thoughts, if you'll take a moment to leave me some 'love', its so appreciated! Have a WONDERFUL weekend and thanks so much for poppin in for a little dose of me! Hope you have time to get inky! Happy Kreating!

Oh, don't forget to check out the video on how to use your Letterpress plates. How cute is the scrapbook page she does? I think I'm getting that scrappin' itch!



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KISSaturday Nature Walk & a NEW winner!

Good thing I can do a KISSaturday/Sunday card for you - I haven't seen my stamp room since Wednesday and with hubby's b-day today and a Superbowl Party tomorrow, a KISSable card is just what I needed since I wanted to get inky, but really have a lot to be doing! (I know you all can relate - we all need a KISSable card time and again :)
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Kadie in Arizona said...
Kim: What a yummy bunch of stuff you have to give away.....Count me in please. Have been following you for some time now and would have a really difficult time narrowing down any single thing. LOVE all that you have to post. TFS!

WaHoo Kadie, please email me your address and I will get the goodies out to you asap!! :)















Lets get onto to our KISSaturday card - Keep It Simple
* Head for Texture! - whenever I'm looking to simplify, I go for my Big Shot and an Embossing Folder. Now don't fret if you don't have a Big Shot (but seriously, why not?! I KNOW you'd love it!!!!), you could eliminate this step and still have a purdy card. I just think that one easy step with the Big Shot just steps it up a notch with minimal effort and time!
* Zip that Whisper White card through with the new Framed Tulips Embossing Folder,in the Occasions Mini, isn't it great?
* KISS with lots of White Space - Ink up your image, from Nature Walk, with SU Markers to get a variety of color on your rubber, here using Rich Razzleberry and Pear Pizazz (I did use Riding Hood Red on the flowers as well to fulfill the PPA color challenge, but you can barely see the difference in these small blossoms), give a huff of breath to remoisten ink on stamp and stamp. Keeping with lots of white space, I added a simple Rich Razzleberry sentiment from Sincere Salutations.
* Pear Pizzazz seam binding bow wrapped with a green Circle Rhinestone Ice Brad kreates the perfect embellishment to finish off your KISSaturday card, 1-2-3!

And because it was so quick to kreate, I decided to show you how it would look without the Framed Tulip Embossed look - still purdy, right?!












Which do you prefer?? I'd love you to share your thoughts!

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A Simple Valentine for the PPA

Inspired by this Lady in Red? Join the Pals Paper Arts with the PPA76 Challenge. Think red, think Valentines, think elegant, think simple... just be inspired to have fun and kreate! As you can see by my interpretation, I was thinking a simple Valentine. There aren't always hours+ available to make a card LOL! So, though not always the easiest to kreate simple, I am trying to get better.
* Started with a standard Crumb Cake cardbase
* Too 'flat'? Add flecks of Soft Suede ink using your Color Spritzer for some visual interest :) I just love a good fleck
* Grab your Sponge Dauber (I always have one handy!!)- soften/distress the edges with Soft Suede ink
* Punch out a Cherry Cobbler strip using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border
* As if that isn't pretty enough on its own, I just had to add some hugs and kisses details with some Linen Thread. Love it!!
* Inked up the heart in Basic Brown from the hostess lev 1 set Punch Potpourri and using Blender Pens colored in the flowers. TIP: Kreate a pool of ink in the lid of your SU pad by squeezing pad together before opening OR using your SU marker scribble a tad on any plastic case for a little pool of ink - then dip your Blender Pen and color
* Love coordinating punches - popped out the heart with the Full Heart Punch. Grab that dauber again and distress the edges. Basic Pearls are the perfect accent for each flowers center
* Layered this heart onto a Cherry Cobbler Scalloped Heart to Heart that was run through with the Big Shot
* Got Bling? Now you have it instantly with no mess with the NEW Red Glimmer Paper in the Occasions Mini. How cool is that?! Ran the Scalloped Heart to Heart thru the Big Shot and popped out a blingin' heart
* I played on again off again with the Victoria Crochet Trim, but in the end it won with some delicate Basic Pearls
* Had to highlight my 'XOXO' with the perfect sentiment Hugs&Kisses from the All Holiday set. Inked first in VersaMark and then into Cherry Cobbler, stamped and sprinkled with Clear Embossing Powder and heat set with my Heat Tool.
* Layered each heart on Dimensionals for that little extra 'pop'

Thanks for stopping in for that little dose of me. I hope you liked my take on this challenge and I hope it inspires you to get your fingers inky and than drop by Mr Linky. HeHe!!!! ;) I'd love to know what ya think, if you'd take a moment to share. I love it when you do!
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Sympathy with Elements of Style

I don't have a stash of sympathy cards on hand, I guess I just don't like to have that forethought. So when hubby asked for one I got to work with the current color challenge at the PPA: Baja Breeze, Perfect Plum and Pear Pizazz.
* Started with a quick zip through the Big Shot with a Baja Breeze cardbase and the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder.
* Using a Sponge Dauber and Soft Suede ink, I lightly distressed the edges as well as the embossed/raised texture
* Zipped the Scallop Oval Frame through the Big Shot with Whisper White for my image and Perfect Plum for the 'frame'
* Stamped out the flowers from Elements of Style in Basic Brown and softened the edges with my Soft Suede inked Dauber and continued to soften the stark white areas around the flowers.
* Using my Perfect Plum Pastel Chalk I colored in some of my flowers and highlighted some areas using my Blender Pen and Perfect Plum ink. Continued to use my Blender Pen w/ Baja Breeze for some of the smaller flowers and Pear Pizazz for the leaves.
* Flecks of Soft Suede ink, achieved with very fun Color Spritzer, was the final 'softening' step.
* Basic Pearls adorn a few flower centers
* Matted the focal image with a Perfect Plum frame. And a Baja Breeze bird, from Elements of Style, was snipped out to hoover on a dimensional over some blooms
* The sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes was inked in Pear Pizazz and popped out with the Word Window punch. A piece of Pear Pizazz was punched out with the Word Window, then cut in half and matted behind the sentiment.

Thanks again for stopping in for that little dose of me. Hope you liked my take on the PPA Color Challenge. Here's hoping you have time to get inky :) Any questions, I am always just a click away!

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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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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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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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Be Inspired

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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

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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 :)

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Beautiful Butterfly CASE

First I have to say HI! to all my Convention going Pals!! I know you are all having a blast, can't wait to hear all about it!!

This card was CASED by DoStamper, Dawn Olchfeske. I loved the design, but to make it my 'own', I wanted to tweek a few elements!

* Very Vanilla cardbase
* Very Vanilla butterfly kreated with the Big Shot and Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die

My tweeks:
* Distressed the edges of my butterfly using a sponge dauber inked in Soft Suede ink
* GOLD EMBOSSED image and sentiment - the floral spray, as well as the sentiment, from Elements of Style, were inked in VersaMark and then sprinkled with Gold Embossing Powder. Then with my Heat Tool, heated for a beautiful shiny raised image. SO pretty and you'll have to trust me as it was very hard to capture the look of the embossing. TRY IT :) You'll like it! ;)
* Colored in the images with Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery and Old Olive inks using a fine tipped q-tip
* With my Color Spritzer, added some Soft Suede and Pretty in Pink speckles for a more aged look.

Without having to reinvent the wheel, a few little tweeks and I've added my own touch! Hope you like my tweeks ;)
Thank you to my faithful followers, I can't believe how quickly summer is going by! I'm glad to have taken this breather from blogging and really enjoy these lazy, crazy days. Unfortunately I know they are quickly running out - ugh, only about 6more weeks :( But that means back to more time for kreating and sharing with you :) Thanks for stopping by for a little dose of me ;)

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Beautiful Vellum Butterflies

Thank you so much for all your sweet comments about my daughters recital. I'm going to do my best to show you her dance, I just need to figure out the techie stuff- yikes!!!

After tinkering with a card that I just couldn't seem to get right tonight, I pushed it aside to run with an idea. I had a bunch of vellum cardstock butterflies sitting on my desk and I had to 'redeem' myself from a failed card attempt ;). This came together so quickly and I hope you like it. Man, hours on this other card that I think will soon see the trash, and this took like 15minutes!! Anywho...

* Standard cardbase of Crumb Cake, formerly Kraft
* 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 piece of vellum run through the Big Shot and the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder - in itself is gorgeous, don't ya think?
* Dainty and beautiful vellum butterflies come from the Beautiful Wings Embosslit
* Two Glue Dots in the top corners hold the embossed vellum piece onto the Crumb Cake base
* A little Vanilla Smooch and this card has the perfect subtle shimmer (you'll have to trust me on this one ;)
* Delicate White Organza Ribbon tied in a pretty bow is the perfect soft embellishment for this card
* 'Birthday Wishes' was inked in White Stazon. I just love the delicate font in the sentiments from Watercolor Trio, in the Summer Mini.
* Vellum butterflies flutter across this card and land on a glue dot to stay put.

I hope you like my 'redemption' card! I couldn't leave my space frustrated with a failed card ;) I have a feeling many of you know what I'm talking about! Let me know what ya think - I love to read your thoughts :)

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Cocktail Anyone?

This was one of the cards we recently did at one of my classes - we were having a 'retirement' party, luau style, and having fun with the new Tropical Party set in the Summer Mini. I've seen a few of these out in blogland, but don't know who to credit for the original idea, but I was inspired by the coconut from the Tropical Party set!

* First I kreated a template for my 'cracked' coconut - much like the shape of simple tulip
* Traced that onto a standard cardbase of Creamy Caramel and snipped out.
* Using Close to Cocoa ink, I swiped the pad across one side of the Square Lattice Embossing Folder - I am really diggin' this folder :) Don't worry, simply run under water to completely clean your folder after you are finished
* Placed the cardfront onto the inked folder and rolled through the Big Shot - adds great texture and more 'definition' with the added ink
* Every tropical drink needs an umbrella, right? Kreate with a square piece of DSP (3-1/2x3-1/2)and accordian fold. Once in accordian, fold in half, stick together with a glue dot and then fan open. SO cute!! Add a toothpick with a glue dot to the back of a fold. Add the umbrella with a glue dot to the coconut. (could also cut a straw and adhere it too!)


* Added a piece of Whisper White to the inside of the card and traced the template approx 1/2" above the jagged coconut edges. Sentiment, from Heard from the Heart, stamped in Choc Chip and then adhered white piece over umbrella toothpick for a more 'finished look
* Snipped out some 'grass' and a floral from the Tropical Party set and punched out a Passion Pink 5 Petal flower - layered them with a Circle Fire Rhinestone and placed on a dimensional on the front of the card.

ahhhhh, anyone else wanting to kick up your feet oceanside with one of these ?! I'm totally ready for a luau :) I know SHE is :) I am just having so much fun with this set. hehe


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Happy Fathers Day

I'm out of town for the weekend, but I wanted to make sure I wished all you dad's out there a very Happy Fathers Day!! Kick back, relax and enjoy yourselves!! Wait, isn't that what you always do?! LOL Oh stop, I'm just joshin' with ya!! Have a GREAT day!!



For those of you last minute Nellie's still in your stamping space, the card shown here is a quicky!! :) The main image from All Holiday was Clear Embossed over Choc Chip craft ink and then 'weathered' bit by crinkling and crushing and then distressing the edges for that rough look. Assemble the rest of your card and you should be done in about 15minutes!! Or click HERE for a few Fathers Day cards or HERE for a few more 'Masculine' type cards for inspiration. Sorry there are only a few, masculine cards are not my forte, but they may still inspire :)

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Supplies:
Stamps: All Holiday
Paper: Choc Chip, Very Vanilla, To The Nines DSP
Ink: Choc Chip Craft
Accessories: Jumbo Eyelets, Clear Embossing Powder, Big Shot, Square Lattice Embossing Folder

ALOHA!

Its another PPA challenge and SUMMER is the theme. With summer comes many a party and get togethers. I decided to kreate a summery 'tropical' fun card - luau style :)

* Standard card base of Whisper White is sponged and masked with Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy and Close to Cocoa. The sand was also 'flecked' using the Color Spritzer and Choc Chip Marker.
* Palm trees in the distance were kreated from the Tropical Party set and inked with Choc Chip and Garden Green markers.

My Hula Bear:
* I ran a piece of Creamy Caramel cardstock through the Big Shot and the very cute Bigz Bear die.
* Then Pink Passion and Gable Green were placed on the Beary Essentials clothes die, little skirt and shoes, and cranked through the Big Shot. With my Paper Snips, I kreated my grass skirt. Cute, right??
* Yo Yo Yellow, Taken with Teal, Gable Green and Pink Passion blossoms, from the Boho Blossom Punch, decorate the top of this adorable grass skirt (if I do say so myself!)
* The bandeau swimtop was kreated from Pink Passion with the wings from the Extra Large Bird Punch. Dazzling Diamonds makes her top super diva-ish :)
* Another Pink Passionn Boho Blossom is tucked behind her ear. She is ready to hula!
* A coconut cocktail, from the Tropical Party set, in paw and she is ready for the summer festivities!!

MAHALO!! So glad you stopped in to check out my kreation. If you have any questions, I am just a click away!!

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Simple Style

This was the simplest card I have made in a long time!! I hope you think it is worth the share :) I had to make a couple quick thank you's and I turned to the new Elements of Style,
in the Summer Mini, for the beautiful floral spray. My first one, which I didn't photo, I did this same way but using my Aquapainter decided to color in. Yup it was pretty, but I just liked the look and simplicity of it just the way it is. And boy was it ever easy to reproduce a couple of these :) Don't think this photo does the embossing justice, so you'll just have to kreate one yourself!!;) Here's how...

* Ran a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock through the Big Shot and Scallop Square Die
* Inked up my image from Elements of Style in VersaMark and sprinkled on some Gold Embossing Powder. Using my Heat Tool, melted the gold to a rich beautiful embossed image.
* My go to set for thank you sentiments, Thank You Kindly, also got inked in VersaMark with the same Gold Embossed as above.
* And why not add that pretty bird? Inked in VersaMark, stamped on scrap Very Vanilla and given the gold embossed treatment. For a precise cut I turn to my Paper Snips, cut out and then placed on a dimensional.

Thats IT!! Can you believe it? And if you are not partial to this simple look, at this point it is very easy to 'color' in with whatever you want, Blenders, Aquapainter, chalks, markers...

Have a class tonight, off to finish my preparations! If you live near the Bergen County NJ area and would like to join us, we'd love to have you!!

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C is for Cookie

'Sunny Day, keepin the clouds away...' I could impress you and sing the lyrics, remember I have 2 little ones ;) Although Sesame Street seems to have taken a bit of a back seat to Dora and anything 'princess' - the Sesame St characters still bring a smile. We have two b-days to celebrate, each little boy turning 1. So I just had to whip up an Elmo and Cookie Monster card, the original designer of these is a fellow SU demonstrator named Karla
Not only is this an adorable card, but they could embellish a scrapbook page as well :)
* Both were run through the Big Shot with the Scallop Circle Die. A Real Red Elmo and Pacific Point (returning color!!) Cookie. Fold your cardstock and place fold under a few scallops to leave your 'hinge' intact.
* Eyes popped out with a 1-1/4" Whisper White Circle
* Eye balls popped out with a misc non-SU circle punch (shhhhh)
* Elmos nose 1-1/4" Dusty Durango Circle popped up on a dimensional
* Mouths kreated with the Big Shot and Ovals Die. Cookie, I cut his oval approx in half. Elmo, after cutting out the oval, I placed it back over the die again and ran it through for a little 'crooked' smile.

Super cute right?? Lets hope the 1 years olds think so :) (I got this one in the bag - hehe!!)
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Its Magical

This adorable little fairy is a sneak peek at a new set, A Little Bit of Magic, in the much anticipated Summer Mini Catalog (sales period begins May 1). I'll be sharing more peeks over the next few weeks ;)
I couldn't wait to play with this set, it is perfect for those of you that like to 'color'. I decided to use the current SCS Color Challenge(CC266) using a few colors we'll be bidding Farewell to in July : Ruby Red, Blush Blossom and Cameo Coral - they worked perfectly for this image!! HINT: Don't fret about Blush Blossom, the marker will still be available for purchase. Thank goodness as it is a great match for skin tones! Phew!
* Started with a Cameo Coral card base with a beautifully delicate and sparkly Blush Blossom layer.
* Blush Blossom was run through the Big Shot and my 'swirly' Texturz Background plate and given a decorative edge with the Scallop Trim Border Punch. A bit of fairy 'dust'/Dazzling Diamonds highlights a few of the embossed swirls for the perfect magical touch. I used a sponge dauber and versamark ink and lightly brushed over the embossed swirls. Then sprinkled on Heat and Stick powder, heat with my heating tool until the powder melts and then sprinkled on my diamonds. Love it!!
* Ran a piece of Cameo Coral through the Big Shot with my Scallop Circles #2 die.
* Cut a Ruby Red circle out using my Circle Scissors Plus and matted my image on dimensionals
* This precious image was inked in Jet Black Stazon and using SU Markers and Blender Pen was colored in. Colors used: Ruby Red, Cameo Coral, Blush Blossom, Certainly Celery, Creamy Caramel.
* Wings and mushroom dazzle with some more diamonds. Click photo to enlarge for more detail. Can't have magic without pixie dust, right??

Sorry for the dark photo, it was the only way I could photograph the sparkle a bit.

I hope this little pixie put a smile on your face :) If she did, won't you please take a moment to leave me a comment, it would put a smile on my face :) Love to know your thoughts :)

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Supplies:
Stamps: A Little Bit of Magic (Coming Soon-Summer Mini 120033-CM)
Paper: Cameo Coral, Blush Blossom, Ruby Red, Whisper White
Ink: SU Markers: Cameo Coral, Blush Blossom, Ruby Red, Certainly Celery, Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Circle Scissor Plus, Big Shot, Scallop Circle #2, Background Texturz Plate - swirls, White Organza Ribbon, Scallop Trim Border, Heat and Stick Powder, Heat Tool, Dazzling Diamonds, Blender Pen




A copy of the Summer Mini may be arriving in your mail boxes shortly. If you don't have a demonstrator and would like a copy of this 31 page mini, drop me an email with your address and I'd be happy to pop one in the mail for you!!

Friends and a night to remember

Hello my friends :) I hope you enjoyed a very blessed Easter! It has been a few days since I've been in my little stampin oasis - gasp! But my other favorite place to be is outdoors; in my garden, playing with my kids, lounging in the sun :). The weather has been absolutely gorgeous here, which means lots of spring cleaning and prepping my garden for some lovely flowers. Not to mention keeping up with my little ones running around releasing a lot of pent up 'winter' energy LOL.
Anywho, onto this cute little gift idea. I kreated these little bookmarks for my last workshop. I loved how it turned out! Unfortunately the guests turned out slightly different... In the midst of a crazy storm the power went out, so we had to improvise a bit. My first workshop stamping in candle light! What a hoot, but I rolled with the punches :) And we all had a lot of laughs and a lot of fun, even if their Rich Razzleberry flowers turned into Close to Cocoa flowers (but they looked great anyway) A workshop I will never forget :)
This was how it was supposed to go...
* Very Vanilla was run through the Big Shot with the Two Tags die
* The vine from the Vintage Vogue set, available for a few more weeks in the Occasions Mini, was inked in Mellow Moss
* The flowers inked in Rich Razzleberry (inked off once for a lighter shade)
* 'F' was inked in Choc Chip Craft ink and heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder
* Applied Soft Suede ink to the edges with a Sponge Dauber
* Threaded a piece of Wide Striped Choc Chip ribbon through a Horizontal Slot punch and tied it with a Linen Thread bow.

I'm chuckling just thinking of what a crazy night it was! Ah well... hope you like the bookmark :) Have a great one!!

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