{Happy Bird-day!}

Good Afternoon! This summer has been a hot one and since we have been stuck inside I have had plenty of time to work on cards. I love it! For my card today I used the new Stampin' Up! set "Aviary". It is so very cute, and fun to use! I used my square scallop punch to create the background and then added stitching with my Sew Mini. I used Early Espresso, and Melon Mambo inks, card stock, and dsp. I am in love with the new color "Early Espresso" and you will be seeing it on many of my cards I'm sure. Thank you for visiting my blog and I hope you have a wonderful day!!

{From Me to You CIC72 }

Wow, another week almost over. This one went by quickly! My last post was on Monday, but the cards I have been working on are for submissions and contests so I can't post them yet! For today's card I again joined the weekly challenge at Cupcake Inspirations and used this picture as my inspiration:

What a cupcake! I love how bright and colorful it is! For my card I used SU Melon Mambo card stock and DSP, and I also used a little Old Olive, and Bermuda Bay. The flowers were made using the Prima "Rock On" chip plates. They are so cute! The die cut was made using my SU Top Note die, and I hand cut the grass after I ran the piece thru the Top Note die as well. I stitched around the DSP, and added felt leaves from the SU Sweet Pea collection. I will be sad when I run out of them! Anywho, I hope you are having a great Saturday, and thank you for visiting my blog today!

{The Nicest Things}

I knew I had to have this set "The Nicest Things" the moment I saw it in the new Stampin' Up! catalog. I love the adorable image, and the sentiment is so so true. This one is a must have! For this card I used almost everything SU, the DSP, inks, ribbon and card stock. The mother of pearl brads are by Karen Foster. I colored the image with classic ink and blender pens. I SO love my blender pens! I stitched (not very straight) around the dsp squares using my Janome sew-mini. I hope your Monday went by pain free, and as always thank you so much for visiting my blog!

Cupcake Challenge CIC71

This week a came across a very cute challenge blog that I am playing along with for the very first time! The name of the challenge is "Cupcake Inspirations". This one was so cute, so I could not resist joining along. Here is the inspiration picture:

Now what you have to do is design a card inspired by the colors, and elements of the super cute cupcake pic! Here is my card for the challenge:

I used the new Stampin'Up! set "Just Believe". It is one of my very favorite sets out of the entire catalog. I used SU Early Espresso, and Pumpkin Pie classic inks, and Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, and Very Vanilla card stock. The flower was made using Pumpkin Pie DSP from the clearance section on the SU website. It's perfect for fall and at 3.99 for a pack you just can't beat it. The card was accented with vintage lace, and the new scallop ribbon punch from SU. I distressed the edges of the card with my SU paper distresser, and Early Espresso Ink and a make up sponge. Thank you for visiting my blog today and play along with this weeks Cupcake Challenge if you can!

{Eat Cake}

This is a C.A.S. (clean and simple) card I made using the new Stampin' Up! Level 1 Hostess set "Birthday Bakery". I love the cute, whimsical stamps in this set, and the sentiments are SO cute! I colored the image using my newly re-filled SU Blender Pens. Oh my gosh I can't believe how much I missed using them. They were dry for awhile and just didn't want to spend another $10 to buy a new pack of them. The recipe and re-filling the pens was so easy. Let me know if you are interested in the instructions and I'll post them for ya. The DSP is from the new SU Brights Collection Paper Pad and I used the Stampin' Up! Scallop Trim Punch to punch out the strips of paper. The frosting, cherries, and strawberries were accented with Crystal Effects. Contact me if you would be interested in earning this adorable stamp set by hosting a Stampin' Up! Party! Thank you for visiting my blog today and have a great day!

{Sweet Sweet Summer}

Is this not one of the "sweetest" images you have ever seen!? Sometimes when I am working on a card things just seem to fall into place. I colored this adorable High Hopes image months ago using Copics, and Promarkers but didn't make it into a card until yesterday. My paper hoarding problem finally payed off and I actually had paper with watermelons on it! The DSP is by KI Memories. Love thier paper. And the super cute watermelon ribbon is by Offray ribbon. If you ever happen to be in the Hagerstown Maryland area you MUST stop by the Offray Ribbon outlet. Ribbon paradise! I stitched the squares, and layered my SU word window punch for the sentiment which is from PTI. I love the way this card turned out! I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend and thank you for visiting my blog today!

{It's a Boy!}

For those of you that may not know this we found that we are going to have another boy! Oh my goodness two boys! We are thrilled that Cam will have a little brother, and Daddy couldn't be any happier. In honor of this happy news I made a baby boy card to show you today! The stamp set I used is "Bundled in Love" by Stampin' Up, and the super cute DSP is also by SU. To achieve the patch work quilt effect to glued several 3/4 inch strips to a 4.25x5.50 piece of paper and then ran it through my Cuttlebug using the SU Top Note Die. This is a great way to use up old scraps. The sentiment was spritzed with Shimmer Mist, and the edges distressed with Baja Breeze Ink. The embossing folder I used is by Sizzex. I hope that it is cooler wherever you are because it is CRAZY hot here. Thank you for visiting my blog and stay tuned to see cards made with some of the totally cute sets in the new Stampin' Up! Catalog!

{Spiro-riffic Flowers}

Ahh, back after a crazy week of cleaning the house, and getting ready for company this past weekend! My "mojo" seems to be on summer vacation so I decided to play along with the "Mojo Monday Sketch 148" This was a really fun sketch and I loved working with the circles and squares. The stamp set featured on my card is the clear set "Spiro Garden" by Technique Tuesday. The DSP is from the Green at Heart paper pad by BasicGrey. The card stock colors are all SU; Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Kiwi Kiss, Naturals, and Crumb Cake (Kraft). I used my Janome Sew mini to add the stitching that goes all the way around the card, and hand stitched the x's using white embroidery thread. I don't usually stamp bright colors on kraft, but I really like the look it gave to the card. Anywho, I hope you have a great week and thank you for visiting my blog!

Out of the Box...

Good-Afternoon friends! I hope that things are going well for you this week. Here in Oklahoma the weather has been un-seasonably cool, cool as in upper 80's, but that is 10 degrees less then the norm so no complaints here! I have been busy re-organizing my scraproom because I just was not happy with the layout, but now, I am LOVIN' my space! Happy Days! For todays card I thought I would try using non-bright colors. I know that 99% of my cards are bright, and very colorful, but today I decided to try something different. So, using Stampin' Up's Creamy Caramel, Choco Chip, and Close to Cocoa, I created this classic looking card. The stamp set is a free set I received from the Paper Crafts Magazine blog called "Margaret". It really isn'y my style, and this is the first time I used it! But, I love the vintage feel to the card. The card itself is pretty much self explanatory, I stamped the background using multi inks, and stamps, then distressed it using the Tim Holtz distress ink "Antique Linen". I stamped the bird cage, cut it out, and used pop dots for the 3-d effect. I finished off the card with black brads from SU. All in all I like the way it turned out, and I love how my pic turned out since I used my newly created light box! I found easy peasy instructions by using E-How. If you don't have one of these to take pictures of your creations I totally recommend it. It is nice to be able to take a pic anytime of the day! Anyways, my little one will be waking up from his nap so I better get outta here. As always thank you SO much for visiting my blog today!

{All Things Grow With Love}

I can't tell you how good it feels to be settled! I finished painting the interior walls that I wanted to re-paint, and I have been getting our pictures and paintings up on the walls. It really is feeling like home. I am still working on the walls of my scrap-room, but I promise to post pictures when I am done! Now on to today's card. This summer inspired card was made using the MFT (My Favorite Things) stamp set " Grow Love, Plant a Tree". The tree stamps in the set are so cute! I started out by stamping the tree, and several of the leaves. I then colored them with Copic markers, and used foam dots to stick them on the tree trunk. I also stamped the paper with the leaves and colored those as well. I love the 3-d effect. The paper is from DCWV, and I used my "Sew Mini" to add the stitching. The sentiment is from the PTI set "Everyday Button Bits" and I think it goes so well with the MFT set. I tied a small bow using SU twine, and the brads are from Karen Foster. I hope that you are having a great week! Thank you for visiting my blog today!