Summer Smooches Criss Cross pocket card for a birthday

This Summer Smooches Criss Cross card features Summer Smooches dsp and fabric, along with Mixed Bunch and the Blossom Punch (and 1/2" circle punch for the inside of the flower). My club members are making this card this month. The Criss Cross card uses a full 8-1/2" x 11" piece of Tempting Turquoise card stock to make the pocket for the insert.

Don't forget that the clock is ticking and our Retiring Stamps won't be around that much longer! Click here to read all about it.

Summer Smooches vase of button flowers

Frankie created this beautiful swap for our American Ink team gathering last week. It uses a sentiment from Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess set), some Summer Smooches dsp, along with a vase made from the Ornament Punch. I believe the leaves are from the Little Leaves Sizzlit die for the Big Shot, and those are Brights Buttons.

Summer Smooches matchbook

Sharlene made this Summer Smooches matchbook for her American Ink swap. It uses a Summer Smooches fabric brad, the scallop border punch, and the Bright Blossoms stamp set with a button. The fabric brads are only available this month (April), so if you'd like some, please email me at ericandterry@comcast.net. 

Have a Wonderful Week Bright Blossoms card

Have you purchased your Summer Smooches dsp, fabric brads and Bright Blossoms stamp set yet? I'm having alot of fun coming up with new designs. My club members are making this card this month. We used markers to ink up the two stamps before punching them out with the 1-3/4" circle punch. The sentiment is from the Sweetly Said stamp set, and the banner is from the Petal Cone die. You can see more Bright Blossoms samples below, along with item numbers and prices.

A Word For You with Bright Blossoms

I've had a busy start to my week. I had two stamp clubs yesterday, then a 10-card class this morning in Bremerton. The best part? The weather's been absolutely beautiful! I'm loving this sunshine. This card completes the Summer Smooches class projects I did last week. I'll have some more quick and easy cards coming up tomorrow. I used Summer Smooches dsp, the Bright Blossoms stamp set, and Daffodil Delight seam binding and card stock (with the scallop border punch). I used the little flower in the Itty Bitty Punch Pack with Tangerine Tango card stock for the flowers in the vase, and added rhinestones to make them sparkle. The sentiment is from A Word For You stamp set. I hope you have a wonderful evening!

Bright Blossoms birthday card with Island Indigo

This polka-dot embossed card uses Summer Smooches dsp and the Bright Blossoms stamp set, along with a greeting from Teeny, Tiny Wishes. I love the rhinestone on the flower!

Stamps: Bright Blossoms;

Ink: Island Indigo, Real Red;

Paper: Whisper White, Island Indigo, Summer Smooches dsp;

Accessories: Oval punch, scallop oval punch, 1-1/4" circle punch, rhinestone, dimensionals, 1-3/8" square punch, ruffled Island Indigo ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.

Bright Blossoms embossed label framelit with fabric brad

The Summer Smooches promotion is in full swing! The card above shows the fabric brad, designer paper, seam binding, and stamp set you can buy this month - and they'll all be in the new catalog coming out June 1! The stamp set is called Bright Blossoms. I used a label framelit, which I embossed, and punched a Word Window punch in the middle to thread the Daffodil Delight seam binding through so I could tie a knot. The sentiment is from the Short & Sweet stamp set.

Zoo Review giraffe with Summer Smooches for Monkey Challenge #103

This week it's all about Animals for A La Card Monkey Challenge #103. This card features four designs from the Summer Smooches designer paper (a new catalog item that's available on an April promotion), along with a Brights button, and a greeting from Happiest Birthday Wishes.

I debated about whether to emboss the main image or not, and obviously decided to do it with the square lattice embossing folder. So what do you think? I've included the sketch below:

Have a great weekend!

Summer Smooches card holder and petite purse die

At my Summer Smooches class last night, everyone made this card holder. I got the instructions in a free tutorial from fellow SU! demo Jill Hilliard. I used textured 12" x 12" Crumb Cake card stock for the pocket inside, and one piece of 8-1/2" x 11" Tangerine Tango card stock for the outside, along with two 1" x 5-1/2" strips of Summer Smooches dsp (orange pattern), and a 3" x 5-1/2" piece of the floral pattern from the same dsp pack. There's a new Summer Smooches fabric brad, along with some ruffled Lucky Limeade ribbon. I was able to cut through both Tangerine Tango layers at the top with the Adorning Accents edgelit, so they're identical. To finish, I stamped this floral image from Apothecary Art in Jet Black StazOn and used a blender pen and watercolor crayons to color the image, then used a label framelit to cut it out using the Big Shot. The sentiment is from Loving Thoughts, and is adhered with dimensionals.

I die-cut a variety of card stocks and patterns from the Summer Smooches pack for everyone to make a petite purse, using the new die that's on sale this month (and will be in the new June 1 catalog). This one is Tempting Turquoise with faux stitching (paper piercings connected with a white gel pen) and a patterned flap with an antique brad. It holds several pieces of chocolate. We also made four cards that I'll be posting over the weekend.

I know this is a long post, but I have one more thing to share. My hubby put up some 1" x 2" x 12' strips of wood today so I can get some of my retired stamp sets out of cabinets and in plain sight. There's a high ledge on the wall because that's the foundation wall at the back of the building. Previously, this wall held several display boards and 3d items.

There are only three shelves because he wanted to make sure I could reach the stamps! I'm 5'9" and can just reach the stamp sets on the top shelf. Here's a photo of the 90+ sets that are back in the limelight:

This cleared out one of my cabinet shelves... but I have more (cabinets, that is). Yikes! And I already have loads of stamp sets stacked on tables that are for sale. The ones shown here are the ones I want to hang onto for awhile yet. How do you know when you have a problem? heh heh heh