I received this thank you card quite some time ago from a friend and just realized that I had not posted it. I just love it. The colours, the simple elegance.

The same friend sent me this card recently to let me know whe was thinking of me. Again, simple and elegant. I cased her layout for the card I posted a while back using the Kind & Caring Thoughts stamp set.

Marjorie

Flower Pot Card - Kind & Caring Thoughts

I saw this card on Patty's Bennett's blog and just knew I had to try her version of the popular flower pot card. I received the Kind and Caring Thoughts stamp set last week and have put it to good use since.

I chose not to use a greeting on the card - I made a package of six cards that can be used as general note cards. On the inside a adhered a piece of whisper white (and stamped a part of the floral image in the bottom corner) so that a note can be written.

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Kind & Caring Thoughts (Level III Hostess Set)

Card Stock: Whisper White, Dusty Durango, Chocolate Chip

Ink: Dusty Durango; Old Olive & Dusty Durango Markers

Ribbon: Dusty Durango Polka Dot

Thanks for stopping by

Marjorie

I am loving this stamp. Only $10.95. I saw THIS card and changed it to a standard card size rather than 5 1/2 x 5 1/2. I would have liked to incorporate the ribbon but there was no room. I do like it just as it is. You can't really see it in the photo, but I drew over the snowflake with my stardust gel pen. Recipe
Stamp: Dasher
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate
Other: SU Scallop Border Punch


I made the next card for the upcoming anniversary of my brother in law and his wife. I had seen a card on Patty Bennett's blog HERE (one of the swaps she received at convention) and used it as my inspiration. I really like how it turned out.


Recipe
Stamp: Non SU
Card Stock: Cameo Coral, Whisper White, Old Olive, Pink Pirouette (retired)
Ink: Cameo Coral (Craft)
Other: Top Note Die for the Big Shot, Simple Flower Embosslit, Little Leaves Sizzlit, Clear Embossing Powder, Brass Brads, Stardust Gel Pen


My brother in law's birthday is coming up very soon so I pulled out the trusty Lovely as a Tree stamp set. I think it is the most used set I own. I saw THIS card and made a few changes to use supplies I had on hand.

Recipe
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, It's Your Birthday, Sanded
Card Stock: Kraft, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Other: Antique Brass Brads


Yesterday, Judy and I made the following two cards. I am determined to use up as much as I can of my retired DSP (and I do have a lot) and when I found THIS card and THIS card I knew it would be a good start. I plan to make multiples of both cards to have on hand, but I will also make some gift packs as well.

Recipe

Stamps: Oval All

Card Stock: Whisper White, Riding Hood Red (retired), Pink Pirouette (retired), Bella Rosa DSP

Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Markers - pretty in pink, rose red, old olive

Other: White Taffeta Ribbon, Stardust Gel Pen, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch


This card also uses retired DSP. Don't you love the little flower pot made with the Tab Punch? The original card had a background layer that had been stamped and embossed. I chose to use DSP.

Recipe:

Stamps: Sweet Stems (not in current catalogue, but is still available from the dormant list)

Card Stock: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Delicate Dots DSP (retired)

Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Markers - Chocolate Chip, So Saffron and Certainly Celery

Other: Certainly Celery Ribbon (retired), Stardust Gel Pen

Have a great day

Marjorie

Second Post Today

I forgot to post the birthday card I made for my sister in law. Again using the new InColours and the Kind and Caring Thoughts Stamp Set. Colours used are Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry. Don't you just love the polka dot ribbon!


Marjorie

I'm Back

I have been away from stamping and blogging for a while but now I am back and will try to post at least once a week.
My parent's wedding anniversary was last Sunday and I wanted to make a simple, clean card for them. I used the SU Cheers to You stamp set for the images. The greeting is a nonSU stamp.

Recipe:

Card Stock - Whisper White

Ink: Baja Breeze (retired); Black Staz On; Versamark

Ribbon: Baja Breeze from Ribbon Originals (retired)

Other: Crystal Effects, Stardust Glitter Pen; Clear Embossing Powder

I made a box of 6 cards for my sister in law using the new InColours. Don't you just love them. This is the card. I CASE'd it from Nancy Riley's card HERE. Instead of using Pumpkin Pie ink and cardstock, I used Dusty Durango.

This is the box.
Recipe:

Stamp Set: Kind & Caring Thoughts (Level 3 Hostess Set)

Card Stock: Whisper White, Dusty Durango, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo

Ink: Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Dusty Durango

Other: Polka Dot Ribbon - Crushed Curry; Clear Card Box (Gina K); Whisper White Envelopes

Thanks for stopping by

Marjorie

Brides, Grads and Fathers

Our nephew is getting married in August and I have been invited to a shower for his bride. This is the card I have made for her. I used colours close to what were in the wedding invitation and the shower invitation. All supplies except the little 'gemstones' and ribbon are Stampin Up.Recipe:
CS - Shimmery White, Lavendar Lace
Ink - Lavendar Lace
Stamp Sets - Polka Dot Punches (retired SAB 2009), Wonderful Words II (retired)
Other - Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Big Shot, SU Heart Punch

Our niece is graduating from grade 8 and is a bit of a 'fashionista' so I thought she would like this card. I love this dress! Thanks again to Patty Bennett for the template

Recipe
CS - Whisper White, Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, Raspberry Tart DSP
Stamp Set - Congrats (retired SAB 2009)
Ink - Regal Rose
Ribbon - Rose Red
Other - Eyelet Border Punch, StarDust Stickles, Rhinestone Brad

My husband enjoys going to the casino and playing the slot machines so I made this card for him for Father's Day. I am sure he will enjoy it.

Recipe
CS - Basic Black, Whisper White, Jackpot DSP
Ink - Basic Black, Real Red, Old Olive
Stamp Set - Happy Everything, Fathers Day is non SU
Other - Eyelet Border Punch

Thanks for stopping by

Marjorie

Altered Lunch Tins

This afternoon my friend Judy and I got together - as we try to do each week - to do some stamping and papercrafts. This afternoon's project was an altered lunch tin.

This is Judy's tin - very classy I think. A couple of weeks ago we had done a One Sheet Wonder using the Fifth Avenue Floral Stamp set. Judy had not used her 8 1/2 x 11 sheet yet and decided that she would use that for the upper half of her lunch tin. She used Urban Oasis DSP for the bottom section. I love it. The flowers were made using the Simple Flower Embosslit (exclusive to Stampin' Up) and the leaves using the Little Leaves sizzlit (also exclusive to Stampin' Up). Rhinestone Brads in the centres of the flower and a bit of the gorgeous grosgrain was all that was needed.

Recipe:

Card Stock - Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Old Olive, Urban Oasis DSP

Ribbon - Old Olive 5/8" grosgrain

Other - Rhinestone Brads, Simple Flower Embosslit, Little Leaves Sizzlit

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I had decided to use Raspberry Tart DSP and I chose one of the bolder designs from the pack. This gave me license to really embellish my tin. I teamed it up with Rose Red cardstock, felt flowers from Flower Fusion and Flower Fusion II and leaves cut with the simple leaves sizzlit. Although a lot busier than the clean lines of Judy's tin, I love this one too! I cut the letters using a cuttlebug alphabet die set.

Recipe:

Card Stock - Rose Red, Cameo Coral, Whisper White, Old Olive, Raspberry Tart DSP

Ribbon - Old Olive 5/8" Grosgrain, Rose Red 1/4" Grosgrain, Old Olive 1/4" polytwill (retired)

Other - Rhinestone Brads, Felt Fusion, Felt Fusion II, Little Leaves Sizzlit, Simple Flowers Embosslit

Thanks for stopping by

Marjorie

Echoes of Kindness (Raspberry Tart)

I have been trying to use up my Raspberry Tart DSP and while browsing on Splitcoaststampers I found this card using Urban Garden DSP so I thought I could use the layout, but use the Raspberry Tart. Then I was looking at older posts on Diana Gibbs' blog and saw this card that seems to be CASED from the one on Splitcoast.

I decided that this was the layout I liked and although I did CASE both cards, I made a few little changes to make it my own. Instead of using the half pearls or brads, I used dewdrops and then I placed the ribbon near the bottom. All supplies Stampin Up except where noted.
Recipe:
Stamp Set - Echoes of Kindness (level 3 hostess); Oval All
Paper - Kiwi Kiss; Watercolour; Regal Rose; Whisper White; Raspberry Tart DSP
Ink - Regal Rose; Kiwi Kiss; Regal Rose Marker; Signo White Gel Pen
Ribbon - Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla Satin
Other - Robin's Nest DewDrops; Dimensionals; Sponge Dauber; Scallop Oval punch; Mini Glue Dot

The Happiest and Saddest of Times

My brother-in-law's son is getting married in August so I decided that I should get busy making his wedding card. I sometimes tend to leave things to the last minute but figured I should not do that for this occasion.

I saw this layout on someone's blog the other day (unfortunately I can't remember whose). I liked the simplicity of the card, and I needed to use some of those jumbo grommets I had been hoarding from the mini catalogue. Although I have not matched the colour exactly to the colours on the invitation, I have come pretty darn close!

The stamp set, ribbon and grommet are all from the Occasions Mini catalogue that expires at the end of June. Recipe:
Stamp Set - Very Versatile
Card Stock - Shimmery White, Lavender Lace
Ink - Lavender Lace
Other - Designer Hardware (Jumbo Grommet), 5/8" Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Wide Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch

Although I generally have a few cards on hand, they are usually more suitable for birthdays, get well or thinking of you. I had nothing in my stash that would be suitable for a sympathy card. I made this card and will make a few more similar to it to have on hand just in case. I saw this birthday card on the blog Diane's Designs and decided to CASE it to make a sympathy card.

Recipe:
Stamp Set - Thoughts and Prayers
Card Stock - Kraft, Always Artichoke, Manchester DSP
Ink - Always Artichoke
Other - Ribbon - Kraft Taffeta, Wide Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by

Marjorie

Thoughts and Prayers

Just a quick post today. I made this get well card for my mother who was admitted to hospital on Thursday night. Her treatment is going well and hopefully she will be home soon. I saw Silke Ledlow's card using the Thoughts and Prayers stamp set and just knew that I would have to CASE it. You can see her card here. I loved how she used the tiny pearls in the centres of the flowers.

Instead of using the strip of Baja Breeze cardstock and button, I decided to use the 1/4 inch white grosgrain ribbon and a Kiwi Kiss button. I used one of the sentiments from the Thoughts & Prayers set, but used my marker to select only the Get Well Soon part of the phrase - I even used my Stamp a ma jig!


Recipe (all SU unless otherwise stated)
Stamp Set: Thoughts and Prayers
Card Stock: Whisper White, Old Olive, Cameo Coral
Inks: Old Olive and Cameo Coral Markers
Other: 1/4 inch White Grosgrain Ribbon; Button Bouquet (Kiwi Kiss), Pearls (Michael's); Scallop Border Punch, dimensionals, Big Shot, Stamp a ma jig, Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Marjorie

I have been wanting to try the 'shaving cream' technique for quite some time. I had some time today so this was it. I pulled out the shaving cream, my reinkers and got busy!

What fun! I loved it. I was amazed at the swirls I ended up with on my plain white cardstock. I could not wait to make a card - fortunately it does not take too long to dry.

Stamp Set: Winds of Grace, Father's Day stamp is nonSU

Cardstock: Whisper White, Not Quite Navy

Ink: Soft Sky (retired), Bayou Blue (retired), Baja Breeze

Other: Silver Brads, dimensionals

This is the birthday card I made for my sister. I had wanted to use Liquid Applique for the 'icing' but could not find it. I used stardust stickles instead and am pleased with the result.

Stamp Set: Crazy for Cupcakes, Bitty Birthday

Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Berry Bliss DSP (retired)

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Basic Black

Ribbon: nonSU

Punches: Wide Oval, Scalloped Oval, Word Window

Mini Note Cards & Tote

I had almost forgotten that I had these little die cut note cards. After seeing Dawn's project on UStamp to make mini note cards I decided to get these out and make a few little cards to have on hand.

The current InColours will be retiring soon (June 30) but I decided I should perhaps use some of the older already retired InColours.

I also stamped the outside of the envelopes and made a cute little tote that holds 4 cards and their envelopes perfectly

Stamps - Fresh Cuts, Merci

Card Stock, Ink and Double Stitched Ribbon - Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Groovy Guava, Purely Pomegranate (All retired), Fresh Cut Notes

Thanks for stopping by

Marjorie

Manhattan Flower, Fifth Avenue Floral and More

Our niece's birthday is on Tuesday and I wanted to make a box of cards for her. I had been anxiously waiting for my Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions embossing foler to arrive and it finally did late on Friday afternoon. I could hardly wait to get started with Patty Bennett's Brayered Roses technique. You can see her video here. I remembered that I have not been too successfull with my brayer in the past so I decided to sponge the colour on. I am very happy with the results. This is one of the six cards in the gift box. I also stamped the large image from Fifth Avenue Floral on the envelope.
This is the boxed set. I put all six cards in a clear acetate box and then attached the Happy Birthday greeting and the flowers so that they covered the images on the card below. Recipe:
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Bitty Birthday, Oval All, Rose Leaf stamp is nonSU
Card Stock: Whisper White, Shimmery White, Cameo Coral
Ink: Regal Rose, Summer Sun, Old Olive, Cameo Coral
Punches: Wide Oval, Scalloped Oval
Other: Sponge Daubers, Dimensionals

This is her birthday card. I used Patty Bennett's template. I CASE'd Caroline Lebel's dress card (see her post of May 9). I love the addition of the little purse! I decorated the envelope with a strips of Pink Pirouette CS, Raspberry Tart DSP and Rose Red ribbon.

Recipe:
Card Stock: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette (textured), Raspberry Tart DSP
Other: Rhinestone Brad, Rose Red Ribbon, Eyelet Border Punch, Round Tab punch, Small and Large Oval punches

I signed up for the Spring UStamp hosted by Heather Summers and Dawn Raspas. One of the projects was a one sheet wonder using the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set. The flower images were randomly stamped on a sheet of Whisper White and then it was cut into sections to incorporate into a set of cards. The project instructions included 5 cards and a lovely box. I decided to do six cards and not do the box. I think this will make a great set of cards for my sister.

Recipe:

Stamps: Firth Avenue Floral, Fresh Cuts (for you), Very Versatile (Thank You)

Card Stock - Whisper White, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Urban Oasis DSP
Ink: Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze

Other: Basic Gray Ribbon, Hodgepodge Hardware, Scallop Oval punch, Eyelet Border punch, Word Window punch

And of course everyone is doing a flower pot card. Here is my version of the one I saw on Stephanie Luman's blog. These are so fun to do!

Recipe:

Card Stock: Really Rust, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip, nonSU for the yellow

Other: Wild Wasabi Double Stitched ribbon, 3/4 inch circle punch, scallop circle punch, leaf die from the Birds & Blooms sizzlits pack, dimensionals.

Have a great day!

Marjorie

Fifth Avenue Floral

I saw this card in the March Stampin Success magazine. I love how Kiwi Kiss and Baja Breeze work so well with the Sahara Sand cardstock.

Stamp Set - Fifth Avenue Floral
Card Stock - Sahara Sand, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze
DSP - Urban Oasis
Ink - Basic Gray (original used Basic Black), Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze
Other - Kiwi Kiss/Vanilla Satin Ribbon (original uses Baja Breeze from the Valet Originals)
Dazzling Diamonds, Two Way Glue Pen (original uses a Flower Designer Brad)
Dimensionals

Two posts in one day.

I wanted to make a box of cards to give to a friend for her birthday. There was a layout on UStamp - Spring that I liked but I did not have the stamp set (Soft Summer). I looked through my stamps, found Embrace Life and decided that it would do very well. It also gave me a chance to use up some of my retired DSP - Ginger Blossom. I made a set of six cards - all identical except for the sentiment at the bottom. I used six different greetings that cover most occasions. The flower is popped up with a dimensional.

The card is designed in such a way that the focal image panel tucks in behind the scalloped oval which is attached with a dimensional. There is a blank space underneath for my friend to write a note.

After wrapping up the cards I realized that I had taken this photo before putting dazzling diamonds glitter on the stamens of the flower. It really makes a difference.

Card Stock - Ruby Red, Groovy Guava (retired), Whisper White, Shimmery White, Ginger Blossom DSP (retired)

Stamp Set - Embrace Life

Ink - Basic Gray, Old Olive, Ruby Red

Other - Kiwi Kiss/Vanilla Satin Ribbon, dimensionals, dazzling diamonds, scallop oval punch, large oval punch

This is the birthday card I made to go with the cards above. In some ways to me it looks unfinished, but when I tried to add more it looked over done. Overall I am pleased with how it turned out.

I saw this scalloped dress on Patty Bennett's blog. It is hard to see but there is dazzling diamonds glitter on the edge of each of the scallops. The Raspberry Tart DSP ends itself well to 'dressmaking'.

Card Stock - Kiwi Kiss Textured, Whisper White, Raspberry Tart DSP

Ink - Rose Red

Other - Kiwi Kiss/Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Eyelet Border punch. The pearl embellisments are non SU

Mother's Day Card

Believe it or not, I have a card to share today. This is pretty much a direct case of Andrea Walford's Fifth Avenue Floral card that you can see here. The only change I made was to use Vanilla Hodgepodge to frame the greeting. I decided that this would be such a great card for Mother's Day, so I made two of them. I loved it so much that both of our mothers are getting the same card! I also left it pretty much to the last minute because I was waiting for the delivery of the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set. As soon as Mr. UPS arrived at my door yesterday afternoon I rushed up to my stamping room and got busy!


I stamped the envelope and just to really tie in the floral theme on the inside of the card I stamped one of the flowers very faintly in the middle of the poem. I think it was just what the card needed. You can't see it very well in the photo above, but here is a close up.


Stamp Sets - Fifth Avenue Floral, Terrific Tulips (retired). The Happy Mother's Day greeting is from Stampendous.
CS - Baja Breeze - textured, Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Urban Garden DSP
Inks - Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Old Olive, Not Quite Navy
Other - Vanilla Hodgepodge, Designer Label punch, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds, Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Mini Glue Dots

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Marjorie

Since returning from Florida I have not been spending much productive time in my craft room. I can't seem to get myself organized.

I participated in Heather Summers' online classes - Simply Punches and Simply Punches 2 and when I was invited to a baby shower with a safari theme I just knew I had to use some of the ideas from those classes.



Can you guess what SU punches I used? I used a non-SU punch for the giraffe's antlers and the Cuttlebug 'At the Beach' cut and emboss set to make the palm trees.

I think it turned out great!

CS - Garden Green, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, More Mustard, Riding Hood Red, Going Grey, Summer Sun, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink - Basic Grey, Close to Cocoa, Black Stampin Write Marker, Signo Gel Pen





This card is for our great-nephew's 10th birthday. We had decided to get him a gift card from
his favourite place to buy games for his video game systems. I wanted a cute way to incorporate the gift card into his card. I modified the instructions in Andrea Walford's Crazy for Cupcakes class planner to make this card.

This card opens from the top and the gift card tucks right into the ribbon on the inside of the card.

I used the Cuttlebug 'Doodles' embossing folder to make the icing and then sponged it with close to cocoa ink and painted on some Shimmerz (non-SU) to highlight the swirls - I could have used dazzling diamonds but it is for a boy and I thought that might be a bit too much bling for him.

CS - Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Whisper White, Brushed Gold
Ink - Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa
Ribbon - Chocolate Chip Double Stitched

Thanks for stopping in. Hopefully my posts will become more regular before too long. Mother's Day is on the horizon so I need to get crafting!

Marjorie

I'm back home after spending over two months in Florida. Although there were a few days where it was unseasonably cold (for the Floridians) we found the weather to be perfect. A couple of days were pretty windy and made it a bit uncomfortable at the beach (the fine sand being blown about was very hard on the skin).

Before I left home I signed up for a swap hosted by Marie Kirkwood. The submissions were to use NEW stamps from the Stampin Up Idea Book & Catalogue that was released in January. There were 4 themes to choose from - Get Well, Birthday, Thank You and Sympathy. Participants were to make 11 card fronts (4 X 5.25) that were all the same. These were sent to the host (Marie) and she then sorted them and sent back 11 different card fronts to each participant. The swap out was in February and as I was away mine sat waiting for my return. What a lovely package awaited me.

These are the cards I received.

This is the one I sent in.

This is from Marie Kirkwood

Heather Neidig made this next card

This one came from Linda Willman

Barb Tripps

Myra Webb

Wanda Dodds

Cynthia McKellar
Heather Leech

Cindy Paradis

Erin Enns

Cindy Paradis
If you want to see all of the card fronts from this swap check out Marie Kirkwood's blog here and scroll down to the Wednesday, February 25 entry (New Catalogue Swap Cards).

Hopefully it won't be too long before I am back in a routine at home and in my craft room. I need to get stamping - I only did a few cards while I was away and I have missed it.

Marjorie