For All You Do accordion purse...

How cute is this chipboard purse with accordion sides? Very!

In addition to the paper and Old Olive grosgrain, images from For All You Do were stamped and cut out and adhered to the front. I used a Sizzix die Stampin' Up! carries for my initial - T.

It's hard to see, but there's paper piercing going from the "T" to the butterfly.

I especially love the way the circle brad acts as the bag closure, along with some linen thread.

This was one of the make & takes we got to make in Hawaii during the incentive trip there.

For All You Do flowers...

This Rich Razzleberry card uses the Movers & Shapers die for the Big Shot, along with the new Punch Windows set of 4. You can see how the oval scallop from the die is a nice layer under the oval scallop hand punch.

I added a strip of Razzleberry Lemonade paper on the left, punched with the ticket corner, then added some polka-dotted ribbon.

The flowers were inked with In Colors Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry and Rich Razzleberry on Whisper White card stock and cut out. A couple of the flowers are adhered with dimensionals. The sentiment is from the Level 3 hostess set The More, The Merrier.

Kim stamped this Bermuda Bay beauty using the For All You Do stamp set. It uses a strip of Razzleberry Lemonade paper, as well as a white jumbo brad and Bermuda Bay polka-dotted ribbon.

Melon Mambo looks great with Bermuda Bay, don't you think?

Window Sheet fun...

I finally had time to crack open a pack of Clearly Thanks Window Sheets, and was happy with what was inside - two window sheets with four different designs. The cost: $5.95.

When you cut the sheet into quarters, you get a piece with two dandelions, a thank-you, polka dots, and foliage.

These cards all feature new In Colors. There's Bermuda Bay card stock and polka-dotted ribbon on the first card. I stamped the sentiment on Whisper White and used the Word Window punch to punch it out, then adhered it under the window sheet with mini glue dots. I stamped the butterfly from For All You Do in Bermuda Bay ink, stamped once on scrap paper, then kissed it to a polka-dotted stamp in that same set before stamping it on Whisper White card stock, cutting it out and adhering it on top with a dimensional.

The second card is Dusty Durango. The sentiment is from For All You Do, then punched out with the Curly Label punch and layered on Soft Suede card stock (the slightly larger shape is from the Movers & Shapers die for the Big Shot). The card features Dusty Durango ink and ribbon.

The Thank-You card features flowers punched from Razzleberry Lemonade designer paper with the Boho Blossoms punch. The middles of the flowers are simply 1/8" circles punched from Bermuda Bay card stock. I used mini glue dots to hold the window sheet to the card, and used dimensionals to hold the flowers onto the window sheet.

Finally, the polka dots. I adhered the window sheet on the left side with two mini glue dots and tied a knot of Melon Mambo ribbon.

The stamped images are from the new Level 3 hostess set The More, The Merrier.

I used the large oval to punch the sentiment out of Whisper White card stock, then layered it on a Rich Razzleberry oval scallop I punched out.

The birds were colored with the new In Colors using the pads and an aqua painter (though there are markers available for purchase!).

For All You Do...

When we were in Hawaii back in March, Stampin' Up! provided us with make & takes. But we didn't do them then.

Kim and I just grabbed the kit (pads, stamp set, sticky strip, a marker and brads in a gorgeous woven basket with a wide ribbon threaded through a wooden turtle) and resumed our outdoor activities.

During our group's stampin' retreat a couple of weeks ago, we finally sat down to stamp them. First is an accordion-style card using white textured card stock (which I never realized we sold!), then a card with cut-out flowers, and a beautiful love note and envelope.

At least one flower and butterfly were stamped off and then stamped onto the polka-dotted stamp in the For All You Do stamp set. I love that look!