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Now that Christmas is over, I am back to designing everyday, all occaission cards. today, I focussed on cards for the boys. My favourite is the basketball one, as it is a gift card holder...pull the tab and that panel pulls out where you can place a gift card. I also love the colour combo of the football card.
I hope you all had a blessed Christmas and I wish all the best for the New Year!
I liked this stamp set right away, but I put off buying it because I know I do not colour much and I thought I would neglect it. But I recently was able to get hostess bennies, so I picked this for free. Figured if I didn;t use it to its fullest potential, no harm no fowl, right?
WELL...I love it! I embossed it in brown on very vanilla card stock and sponged the edges. I took a red marker to the bow and berries. I LOVE it! I have sold quite a few of these, the others had a creamy caramel mat instead of red mat, but I thought I'd see what the red looked like and I like it.
Wow, look at that! Two days in a row!
I am in love with the Sweet Always paper and the giant Bella Blossom flower! This paper line is my favourite, followed very closely by the Hawaiin Papaya, which is odd, as I do not really like orange all that much.
This flower MUST be stamped 3 times, and then cut out and layered with pop dots. Well, OK, it's not the LAW or anything, but it really does look best that way! And add a bit of glitter just to the edges of the petals. I have made this flower in every colour imaginable...and it always looks great!
Thanks everyone for your emails asking if all is OK with me! I know, I have been totally negligent. I am happy to say it is because I have been really busy building my Stampin' Up business. It has been a very successful couple of months!This is one of my mini catalogue sample cards. I am very happy with it! The paper is Bella Rose, stamp set is A Happy Heart, which is available to order October 1st. I used Pretty in Pink and Pink Pirouette card stock. Much more girly than my usual stuff!
So, I'm not sure if I like the pearls on the holly...maybe it's too much. What do you think?
I LOVE the Ski Slope paper, though, especially with the Baja Blue ribbon.
The holly was stamped in Versamark and embossed.
Here is another card made with the Snow Swirled set. This set is currently on sale for 15% off and is one of the cards we will be making at Cindy's Christmas card workshop on Sunday the 21st.
I just LOVE all my new goodies from the SU mini catalogue, but Season of Friendship is my favourite! I love how the tree matches my Whimsey wheel and makes it look like it's windy. I also love Autumn and these fall colours!
I wheeled Whimsey and stamped leaves on glossy cardstock. I used some of my hodgepodge hardware and chocolate chip and more mustard ribbon.
Friday, I went to Ottawa to stamp and create with Trina. She took me out for lunch and we invited another friend, Linda, to join us. Later that afternoon, I got to visit with Linda before going home. It was a very fun day!
Friday, at work, there were these coloured streamers on my co-worker's desk. I saw the colours and was inspired! I very seldom use my Bold Brights, but these streamers work so well together! And that piece of Elegant Eggplant thrown into the mix? Brilliant!
So when I got home, I took out my Pixie Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore and Elegant Eggplant and created this card. Just goes to show, you can find inspiration anywhere, even at your crappy day job! LOL!
Oh, and BTW, I am now totally addicted to my Stamp-a-ma-jig, thank you very much Angela! God forbid I should stamp my sentiment without it, or else BAD things are likely to happen. Seriously, I went to add my sentiment here, and physically could not do it without the jig!
