Magical Day

The Magical Day Bundle in the Occasions Catalog is a must-have!  I can't stop making cards with this delightful set.  The Myths and Magic DSP is really special with it's iridescent raised glittered designs on one side and colorful all-occasion imagery on the other. Photos don't do it justice!  The Myths and Magic Washi tape and Glimmer Paper add even more sparkle to your magical creations.  I have had so much fun with this bundle!

My first card is cased from a card I saw on display at OnStage Stampin' Convention last November.  I'm not sure I even noticed this bundle until I saw this card and knew I wanted to make it!  The sparkly striped background is made with the Myths & Magic Washi tape.  The dragon, knight, and castle images are cut out from the paper.  The words are from the stamp set embossed in silver and cut apart.  Click on the photos for a better view of the sparkle.

The next card was cased from the Occasions catalog on p. 36.  One of the things I love about Stampin' Up is that I don't have to actually come up with card designs on my own.  I can find so many fabulous card ideas from the catalog and Pinterest.  The mermaid images on this card are also cut out from the designer paper.  The sentiment comes from the Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set.

I found the designs for the next two cards from the Stampin' Success magazine for demonstrators.  The dragon and knight images are stamped and colored with watercolor pencils, then die-cut with the framelits in the bundle.

The last few card designs came from Pinterest and/or OnStage display boards.  The images were all stamped and colored in with a mix of Stampin' Blends and Stampin' Write markers.  The dragon card with the brick background is my favorite!

Don't forget you can get a free gift each month by using the monthly host code found HERE when you place your next online order.

Party Pandas!

It's my favorite time of the Stampin' Up year--Sale-A-Bration!  From now until March 31, you can select a FREE item from the Sale-A-Bration catalog with every $50 purchase.  Learn more about Sale-A-Bration HERE.

The first free stamp set I chose was Party Pandas.  These little Pandas are so cute and you can find an abundance of ideas for this set on Pinterest.  These are a few of the cards I made, inspired by others.  I have so many other ideas pinned as well!

The red and black panda card is my favorite.  It uses two sale-a-bration items, Party Pandas (free with $50 order) and Celebrate You thinlits (free with a $100 order).  The striped paper is from the new Petal Passion DSP.  The balloon was punched out with the Balloon Bouquet punch.  This card also has the new Glitter & Clear Epoxy shapes on it.

The card above has a fairly simple design.  I used retired paper and ribbon because my black shimmer ribbon hadn't arrived yet.  I'll be using that next time.

The leafy piece in the card above and the Berry Burst ribbon came from the January Paper Pumpkin kit.  I love how the panda is peeking through the leaves.  I added some Dazzling Diamond Glitter to the balloon and a glitter enamel dot to the greeting strip.

This is one of the pre-cut 3 1/2 by 5 note cards.  This is the same DSP that is in the other card.  The green is Lemon Lime Twist.

I have really enjoyed playing with the Party Panda set and I have more cards I still want to make.  I hope you enjoy it too!

Please use the monthly hostess code when placing online orders: E6FSSNMQ.  If your order is over $50, you will receive a free ink pad plus get a free Sale-a-Bration item!

Happy Stamping!

Santa Claus is Coming to Town...

Although this card uses retired Stampin' Up products, it was too cute not to share!  I looked at a variety of Santa cards on Pinterest and combined ideas to come up with this one. :)

Supplies

Cardstock: Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black, Silver Glimmer Paper

Accessories: Buttons (ordered on Amazon), 2-inch circle punch (for collar pieces), additional retired SU punch (I forgot the name!)

Stamp sets: Oh What Fun, Cozy Christmas (retired), Snow Place (retired)

Cookie Cutter Christmas

The Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set is so versatile and so much fun to play with!  The coordinating punch makes it fast and easy to punch out  FIVE different images from the set--a reindeer, a gingerbread man, a teddy bear, a darling Eskimo, and a Santa.  We recently made three cards from this set at my Christmas Card marathon.

I cased all of these cards from Pinterest.  Some of the supplies used on the cards are retired such as the twine, the Pool Party ribbon, the snow flake images (from Snow Place set), and the DSP (Candy Cane Christmas) on the Santa and reindeer card.

Here is another cute card we made at one of my classes using the gingerbread image.  The tray is made with the Scalloped Tag Topper punch, my score lines are 1/8" apart.

The only image left to show is the sweet teddy bear.  This is a simple baby card made with this image.  I've done this card with a pink bow and a pink card stock layer to welcome a baby girl.

I have really enjoyed making projects with this stamp set.  The next projects I want to make with this set are some darling Christmas tags created by Judy May.  See her awesome tags HERE.

Happy Stamping!

Lovely as a Tree

Lovely as a Tree is one of the oldest stamp sets in the catalog.  It's so popular that they keep bringing it back year after year and I'm so glad because it's one of my favorites!  It is nice for Christmas cards, fall cards, and masculine cards.

Supplies used for the card above: 
Cardstock: Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler
Ink pads: Tranquil Tide and Early Espresso (just for sponging the edges of the brick and window piece)
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler double-stitched ribbon; Hearth and Home Thinlit dies; Brick Wall embossing folder, White doilies, Stampin' Sponges.

The greenery above was die cut with the Pretty Pines thinlit dies, but you can also use the Boxwood Wreath embellishments instead as shown in the following card.

These are some other beautiful cards made with this lovely set.

Please use the following hostess code on your next online order: HYZTJPTS.  If your order is over $50, you will receive the Quilted Christmas Ribbon for FREE.

Jar of Love

Today I want to highlight one of my favorite stamp sets in the Stampin' Up catalog--Jar of Love.  Strangely enough, I didn't notice this set when I first browsed through the annual catalog last year. When my friend, Erin, told me it was at the top of her list, I had to take another look.  Wow!  So many possibilities with this set for so many occasions.  If you decide to add it to your collection, be sure to get the matching framelits to go with it!

My team leader, Michelle Suit, sent me this really awesome tri-fold card using Jar of Love and the retired Fruit Stand paper.

Lemondade card supplies: Cardstock--Pear Pizzazz, Crushed Curry, and Whisper White.  Ink--Basic Black, Pear Pizzazz, Crushed Curry, and Versamark.  The lid was embossed with silver embossing powder.  The jar image was stamped right on the lemon paper and hand-cut (instead of die-cut so there wouldn't be an edge outside of the jar).

I did a monthly card kit with this set last summer and we made the following cards in addition to the lemonade card (most ideas were found on Pinterest).

Fish Card supplies: Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, and White cardstock and ink.  The words were embossed with white embossing powder.

Flower jar card supplies: Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla cardstock. Flowers were stamped in Calypso Coral with bottom layer "stamped off" first.  Jars and lid were stamped in Smoky Slate. Twine on the jar was stamped in Crumb Cake.  Fireflies stamped in Basic Black with Crushed Curry for the dot.  Words stamped in Versamark then embossed with white embossing powder.  Ribbon is held in place with tear tape.

For You Glimmer Jar Card Supplies: Mint Macaron, and White cardstock.  Gold Glimmer Paper.  Ink--Going Gray, Mint Macaron.

3 x 3 Lightening Bug card supplies:  Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, and Whisper White cardstock.  Ink--Bermuda Bay, Going Gray, Basic Black, Crushed Curry, and Calypso Coral.

I received this adorable card from a card swap last year and had to recreate it!  I wish I would have written down the name of the gal who made it:

Supplies:  Softly Falling embossing folder.  Pool Party and Shimmery White Cardstock.  DSP is from the Soft Subtles paper stack (retired now). Snow Place (retired stamp set) was used for the greeting, snowman, and snowflakes. The white pom pom trim is also retired.  The bells came from Michaels.  

This is another super cute Christmas card made with the jar image. I found this design on Pinterest made by Kelly Agee and had to case it.  I plan to make it at my Christmas class in November.

Supplies:  Cable Knit Sweater embossing folder.  Crumb Cake, Whisper White, and Garden Green cardstock.  The candy images came from the retired Candy Cane Christmas DSP (punched out with 1/2" circle punch), the ribbon is also retired.  The greeting is from the Christmas Pines stamp set and the boughs were diecut with the Pretty Pines Thinlits.

I also used the jar image to make a Valentine's card last February.  It really is such a versatile set!

Colors:  Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, and Rose Red.  The first card had Crumb Cake cardstock as well.  The Valentine's greeting came from a Paper Pumpkin kit and the XOXO came from the Bloomin' Love stamp set. 

I hope you enjoyed seeing these cards made with this delightful set! Please use the hostess code found on the right side bar if you decide to order this month.  If your order is $50 or more, you can get the new Winter Wonder embossing folder for free!

Simple cards with DSP

If you are anything like me, you have an abundance of DSP (Designer Series Paper) in your craft room.  My latest DSP addition is the Delightful Daisy paper.  I had used several of the patterns for my Daisy Delight class, but I wanted to show samples made with ALL of the patterns and the swirly background had yet to be used. This is what I came up with:

The cardstock base is Old Olive.  The DSP piece is  4" wide and 3" tall.  The greeting is from a retired sale-a-bration set. I added double-stitched ribbon and glitter enamel dots.  The card was simple and easy to make and I loved how it turned out.  I couldn't resist replicating the design with a variety of greetings, paper, and ribbon.  The remaining greetings all come from the stamp set One Big Meaning.  The paper on all of the cards is from the Delightful Daisy pack.

I had to stop myself from repeating this card with every different kind of paper I owned.  I can't wait to try it with Christmas paper!

These are some of the other cards I made with the Daisy Delight bundle.  I found most of these designs on Pinterest.

3 x 3 cards:

Same design, different colors.

 

Same design, different colors:

  

The moral of the story is, find an easy design you like and repeat it over and over with different colors, images, patterns, etc.  And don't forget to use that wonderful DSP!