Strength & Hope butterfly with Sunny Garden dsp...

The Tangerine Tango scalloped strip really pops on this Strength & Hope card. I started with a So Saffron card, and added a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Sunny Garden dsp on top. The Tangerine Tango scallop was die cut on the Big Shot with the Tasteful Trim die. The 1/8" Whisper White taffeta ribbon is knotted around the top two layers. I stamped the butterfly first in Daffodil Delight and then Tangerine Tango. It's difficult to see in the photo, but the yellow stamped first adds warmth and color. The sentiment is from the retiring set, All Holidays. And I used Basic Pearls for embellishment. I CASE'd this card from Teneale Williams.

Three challenges in one card! Send Love & Care in a Mother's Day card...

One challenge is fun. Coming up with a card to fit two challenges stretches you. And using one card to fulfill three challenges ROCKS! For this Mother's Day card, I used the sketch from Stamping 411, the colors at Bloggers Challenge, and the theme from The Paper Players. You can see the details below.

I used the Summer Mini Catalog hostess set Love & Care for my card. I inked the stamps with Not Quite Navy, Rose Red and Certainly Celery markers (my blue, red and green for the color challenge) to ink up the stamps. I hated covering up some of the flowers with the sentiment because it's so pretty! The sentiment is from the All Holidays stamp set by Stampin' Up!.

It's a beautiful day here. I managed to finally stamp the remaining cards leftover from a stamp-a-stack yesterday and put away all of the supplies (a job in itself!). I'm going to walk to my daughter's bus stop to meet her. I hope you have a wonderful day/evening. If you have the time, try a challenge! They're fun!!!

Stamps: Love & Care, All Holidays;
Ink: Markers - Not Quite Navy, Certainly Celery, Rose Red;
Paper: Whisper White, Rose Red, Not Quite Navy, Certainly Celery;
Accessories: Regal brads, 5/8" Certainly Celery satin ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Big Shot, dimensionals, Mat Pack, paper piercer.

Petal Cone carrot favor for Easter...

Our punches make layering like this so easy! They're a nice way to add dimension and color to a project.



The "carrot" shape is from the Petal Cone die for the Big Shot. I cut off one of the top rounded flaps, and adhered a scalloped one in Garden Green (also cut with the Petal Cone die) after stamping the entire Tangerine Tango carrot with the Sanded background stamp. I used Sticky Strip to hold the carrot together.

Serene Spring bunny hops into action for A La Card Monkey Challenge #53 with its bling on

It's easy to see why I've hung onto this bunny set for several years - it's so freakin' cute! I mean, look at that face.

This card is for the latest A La Card Monkey challenge - #53. You can see the Easter theme/sketch below. The rhinestones on this tag shine so brightly!

I love challenges like this because they stretch your creativity. I can easily say I've never created a card like this. And I like it!

It was fun to lay down the Baja Breeze seam binding on Sticky Strip across the top of the Greenhouse Gala dsp. When I didn't like what I'd done, I pulled it up and re-stuck it.

I hope you and your family enjoy a warm and wonderful Easter. We'll be dying eggs, helping the Easter bunny with an egg hunt, and hosting some grandparents for brunch.

Stamps: Serene Spring (retired hostess set from approx. 2007), All Holidays;

Ink: Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue;

Paper: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, Greenhouse Gala dsp;

Accessories: Decorative Label Punch, Vintage Trinkets, Basic Rhinestones, white gel pen, sponge, medium oval punch, Baja Breeze seam binding, Sticky Strip, dimensionals, Scallop Trim Border Punch, aqua painter.

Pearl's Friends Never Fade glittery swap...

Pearl created her swap using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder, All Holidays (for the sentiment), and taffeta ribbon.


She also used a strip of Greenhouse Gala designer paper, and cut out a flower from Friends Never Fade that was stamped in Daffodil Delight. The flower was adhered with dimensionals, then glitter was added in the center.

All Holidays man card...

Pearl created this make & take for our American Ink group. It's always nice having a man card option - we all need those!


This uses the All Holidays sentiment and several layers. I think it's a nice touch to insert the jumbo eyelet in the 5/8" grosgrain ribbon.

All Holidays Sweet Pea card...

I'm digging the new flat punches. I used the Big Flower Punch with paper from the Sweet Pea dsp pack for this card. I punched a 1" Rose Red circle and added a white jumbo brad for the flower. It's adhered with dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the All Holidays stamp set. It's one of my favorite word stamps. It's stamped in Taken With Teal ink on the Sweet Pea paper, which is layered on Taken With Teal card stock with a Rose Red strip that's been punched with the Eyelet Border Punch.

This was one of the cards at my last stamp-a-stack event.

Branch Out...

I love the simple beauty of this Brocade Blue card.

It uses a 5-1/2" strip of White Organza ribbon under a Whisper White Top Note (cut with the Big Shot) that's been stamped with Branch Out and All Holidays.

The only ink pad colors are Real Red and Brocade Blue. Once I stamped the three images, I used a 2-way glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds glitter to glitz up the tree.

A card I saw here inspired my version.

Branch Out will be retiring in early January 2010, so if you like the stamp set (also has a tire swing, bird house, boots and "fluff" stamp that can be used for leaves or snow) email me and I'll order it for you!

Wanted: In motion...

By stamping an item like an animal or a vehicle several times without reinking it, you can create motion, which is the technique shown on this card.

The horse stamp from the Wanted set was stamped in Close To Cocoa on Very Vanilla card stock, and layered on Really Rust. There's a 2" strip of To The Nines (in the new catalog too) speciality paper at the bottom with a paisley design, and then a knot of Chocolate Chip taffeta ribbon.

I used the big photo corner with a 5/16" chocolate brad and adhered it with dimensionals. The paisley stamp was inked in Always Artichoke and cut out and adhered with dimensionals.

The "happy birthday" comes from the All Holidays stamp set.