Watercolor Winter Card Kit

Good Morning Stampers! These four cards are showcased in an upcoming class of mine, but you can play along at home, too!

I just love this card kit! Everything you need to make twenty cards (five each of these four designs!) with matching envelopes comes in this kit for $24.95! The only things you need to add are some ink in Coastal Cabana, Old Olive, and Cherry Cobbler, and Bermuda Bay, and some adhesive! The word banners are stamped with Watercolor Winter Too Stamp Set.(I also added in the woodgrain background in the Merry & Bright card.) They are hard to see, but the kit also comes with sequins, all these cute diecuts, and some thread to wrap around the cards. You can buy this card kit here. 

A Work of Art

Am I tooting my own horn? No way---but I did feel like an artist while I was making these two cards. Why? The Work of Art Stamp Set, of course! This set has been sitting in my drawer because I was intimidated by it. Wow...was I ever being silly! I don't think you can screw up a card with this set! It's so SIMPLE and QUICK!  The paint swipe is an image in the set. I love it! The flowers are from the Petite Petals Stamp set, the little watercolor flower worked perfectly with this brushstroke! I punched out the flowers with the matching petite petal punch.Here are a couple of close ups for you:

Ingredients:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pool Party
Inkpads: Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Black Stazon
Stamp Sets: Work of Art, Petite Petals, Four You (greetings)
Accessories: Petite Petal Punch, Pearl Basic Jewels
If you want to order any of these supplies, you can just click here

After playing with this set for awhile, I got crafty and used a few more images from the Work of Art Set on the inside of this card:

Can YOU see the possibilities? Yum! I want to thank Pinterest posts from Renee Barnes and Susan Horr for inspiring my cards today.

LetterPress Winter Thank Yous!

Hello Everybody! Welcome to my first well...not-so-much-first-as-turning-over-a-new-leaf blogpost!

Today I'm showing you some cute 3 1/2 x 5 thank you notes that I made to go into my orders this month! I got the idea from Tracy Elsom, off Pinterest. What struck me was the sweet simplicity of this note card, coupled with the pop of WOW you get from the white embossing powder.

Ingredients:
Stamp Set: LetterPress Winter from the Holiday Mini
Cardstock: Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss, and Coastal Cabana
Ink: Whisper White Craft Pad
Accessories: Silver Satin Ribbon, White Embossing Powder

Here are some close-ups of the two cards:

The Blackberry Bliss is a beautiful deep purple, but my pic doesn't do it justice! The simplest way to stamp this frame with the greeting neatly centered? Mount BOTH stamps to the block at once, and stamp it ONE TIME!! Yippee!! I love it when I can save a step! I hope the wonderful gals who receive one of these like them.

2013 Christmas Card Crankout Class #1

Here is a sneak peek at my first Card Crankout of the season for 2013!
If you'd like to join me, I'd love to have you!
If you have any questions/comments, I'd love to hear them!

Back to the Blogging!

Hello Everyone!
I know I've been a little "MIA!" Well...let's be real, I've been a LOT "Missing in Action" but I have been stamping like a crazy woman, and have lots to show you over the next few weeks! I'm making my blog more of a priority starting TODAY!! My first card that I'd like to show you showcases my new LOVE...Coastal Cabana...
What is Coastal Cabana? Well...it's one of the "IN Colors" for 2013-2015 for Stampin' Up!
This card also features the Emboss Resist Technique.

Stamp Sets: En Francais, Oh, Hello and Thoughts and Prayers
Cardstock: Whisper White, Coastal Cabana
Ink: Primrose Petals, Gumball Green, Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Versamark
Accessories: White Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Coastal Cabana Ruffled Ribbon, Clear Emboss Powder, Stampin' Sponges, Heat Tool
This card was made for someone I greatly admire...who lost her dad a week ago.I hope she likes it!

Buy Three Get One Free!

Who doesn't love Designer Series Paper?
I admit it, I am a paper hoarder.
My favorite three from the new catalog are: Et Cetera, Epic Day This and That, and I Am Me!
Why? (Because they are shabby chic!)
Stampin' Up is having a "Buy 3, Get 1 Free!" Sale, on DSP.
If you buy six packs, you get 2 free, and so on. No limit!
Stock up today!

Don't have a catalog yet?
Contact me, and I will make sure you receive one!

Color Refresh!

Stampin' Up just announced their newest Color Refresh!
Goodbye to ten colors, HELLO 10 different ones!
I'm especially broken up over Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery and More Mustard, but I LOVE that Blushing Bride is coming back, and Pool Party and Wisteria Wonder are STAYING! They are also adding one NEW color, Smoky Slate! Several of the new colors have been past "In Colors" so you may already be ahead of the game!

To ease the pain of this news, Stampin' Up! is offering FREE SHIPPING today through the 8th, on all orders. All of the retiring colors are available ONLY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, so restock on the colors you love, ASAP! You can shop HERE