Celebrating 40 Years with Stampendous

In honor of Stampendous' 40th anniversary, I'm sharing this card that I made from one of my old (but loved) Stampendous stamp sets.  Happy Messages and Bold Blossoms were one of my first photopolymer stamp sets, more than 10 years ago, when I was just getting into stamping.  Yes, these stamps are THAT old, but they still stamp beautifully.  It's no wonder Stampendous has been in business for this long -- their stamps are really of good quality.

During that time, coordinating dies for stamp sets were not as popular, so I fussy-cut the red flower in the middle to give the impression of a die-cut image.  A card-maker's gotta do what a card-maker's gotta do. ;)

As a bonus, I also used the Stampendous embossing powders (Ruby Red and Lapiz Pearl) for this card.

Thank you, Stampendous, for 40 wonderful years!  I wish you 100 times more stampendous years of excellent quality products and stamping fun.

Thanks for looking, and have a great day!

2 for 1 card

I needed to make two cards for two friends.  I needed to thank a friend for doing me a HUGE favor (and she didn't have to), and one for a friend who is recovering from a car accident (awful, I know, but she got through the whole thing like a champ).

Usually, I'll make two different cards, but I had the idea for the card design in my head, and I wanted to see if I can make it work for two cards -- 2 for 1.

The sentiments are from my all-time favorite, the very versatile Delightful Dozen.  It has 12 different sentiments for different occasions.  It's one of my first sentiment stamps from Stampin' Up!, and I love it!

I admit, I was a little stumped on the color combination.  I wanted to use a cheery yellow card base (Stampin' Up Daffodil Delight cardstock).  Since I know purple goes pretty well with yellow, I took a chance.  I'm pretty happy with it.

I cut out a window on my card front using my Big Shot and a Framelit for the "watercolored" flower to peek through and I placed 4 purple rhinestones on each corner of the "window" for accent.

Oh, and the flower is from Stampin' Up!'s Simply Soft stamp set.  It's a two-step stamping set, which gave a beautiful, watercolored effect.  I stamped it on a Very Vanilla cardtstock from Stampin' Up! for my mat.  I wanted a light colored cardstock so that I can write my message on the inside of the card with any pen/ink I want.  I used a Ticket corner punch for the corners, to mirror the corners on the "window" and to give it a more finished look.

Thank you for looking, and have a great day!

Mojo Monday 277 Thank You Card

Wow -- two posts in one day!
I was going to wait until tomorrow, but I may not have time to link my card to the Mojo Monday site if I waited, so while I am still in front of my computer -- here you go.

This is my take on this week's Mojo Monday sketch:

This is a card I made for my friend, Courtney, who had helped me find a daycare center for my 7-month old son.  I will send it to her with a big chocolate bar.  I hope she likes it.

Earlier in the year, my mom planned to come back after a few weeks to help my husband and I with our baby.  However, because our baby is growing up and has gotten very active, we needed to find another arrangement for him.  Courtney had been very kind about giving me advice and insight on what to look for in a daycare, and even took the time to recommend some daycare centers to us.  We ended up enrolling him in one of the centers she recommended, and although we had a rough start, he loves his teachers and had made new friends there already!  We couldn't be happier.

This is why my blogging is few and far between -- because getting my son ready in the morning, and picking him up, and getting me ready for work is a full-time job!

I hope to be able to blog more, or at least create more, and share what I make with all of you.

I used these Stampin' Up! products for my card:
Basic Gray card stock (121044)
Whisper White card stock (100730)
Twitterpated designer series paper (125406)
Summer Solstice stamp set (Wood:  122024; Clear:  122037)
Blooming with Kindness stamp set (Wood:  126420; Clear:  126422)
Basic Gray Classic ink pad (126981)
Blushing Bride Classic ink pad (now retired)
3/16 Subtles brads in Pretty in Pink (119738)
Dazzling Details (124117)
Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
Snail adhesive (104332)

All these products are available at my Stampin' Up store.

Thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Thank You Cards

Our son received presents from family and friends for his baptism, and so I whipped up this quick and simple Thank You card for everyone's thoughtfulness.

The card base is made from Pool Party cardstock (122924).  Whisper White cardstock (100730) was used as a mat.  I scored the Whisper White with three lines above the sentiment to create a subtle texture using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334).

I used my Circle Circus stamp set (Wood:  115778; Clear:  127784) to stamp 4 circle images in Pacific Point (126951) and Early Espresso (126974) Classic stamp pads.  The images were punched using 1-1/4 circle punch (119861) and popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).  The sentiment "Thank You", which was stamped in Pacific Point (126951), is from the Lacy and Lovely stamp set (Wood:  122885; Clear:  122887).

I have to say, I loved Circle Circus and Lacy and Lovely!  I can't believe I waited almost a year before I got the Circle Circus (I'm glad it carried over from last year's catalog), and how I was on the fence with the Lacy and Lovely.  I'm so happy I finally gave in and bought these two sets.  They are so versatile.  I can use them for masculine and feminine cards for all occasions.

These products are available for purchase at my Stampin' Up! store.

Thanks for looking, and have a great day! :)

Black and White Mini Note Cards and Envelopes

So happy it's Friday!

I have a doctor's appointment today, and another one scheduled on Monday.  Today will be blood tests, then Monday's will be the routine prenatal.  I'm a little worried about the lab tests -- it's never fun to get poked and prodded...wish me luck!

In any case, I made these mini note cards and envelopes to perk me up...and even in black and white (no pop of cheerful colors), these still made me smile!

Here is a closer view of each card and envelope:

Each note card measures 3"x3."

I had a lot of fun making these mini note cards.  It was a special treat to be able to use the Simply Scored Scoring Tool (comes with a stylus and 3 place markers to make easy score lines) and Simply Scored Diagonal Scoring Plate (which fits over the tool to make all sorts of cool and fancy envelopes, sold separately).  If you haven't ordered your own scoring tool and plate, don't miss out!  I'm loving these babies!

Here is the complete list of prodcuts I used:
Faith in Nature stamp set (Hostess -- Wood:  122490; Clear:  122492)
Basic Black classic ink pad (101179)
Whisper White card stock (100730)
Basic Black card stock (121045)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Simply Scored Diagonal Plate (125586)
Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

All these products are available here.  Click on "Shop Now" to start shopping!  Enjoy!

Thanks for looking!

Mojo Monday 232

The past week had been really busy for me.  I had to give a big presentation yesterday (Monday), and I had to prepare all week for it.  I also had to go see the doctor for prenatal tests (I am on my 28th week of pregnancy, so I was due for diabetes tests and all those other wonderful blood tests) on the same day.

 Needless to say, I was not looking forward to Monday (yesterday, specifically).  Except for the fact that it's also Mojo Monday. :)

Here's the sketch we had to work with:

Here is my take on this sketch:

I had a lot of fun with this sketch.  I really liked the fact that it was clean and simple. :)

I used these products from Stampin' Up:

Easy Events stamp set (Wood:  116958; Clear:  123225)

Basic Black classic ink pad (101179)

Island Indigo classic ink pad (122937) to watercolor

Lucky Limeade classic ink pad (122935) to watercolor

Island Indigo card stock (122923)

Calypso Coral card stock (122925)

Brights Designer Series Paper stack (117155)

Everyday Enchantment DSP (Sale-a-bration: 126154)

Crimper (101618)

Stripes Textured Impressions embossing folder (123128)

Blender Pen (102845)

Snail adhesive (104332)

Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

All these products may be purchased here.  Please click "Shop Now" on the top right corner of the page.

Thanks for looking!

P. S.  My phone is back in working condition.  Yay!  Please call me or send me a text message for Stampin' Up orders or inquiries.

SCS Sketch Challenge 371

This is my first time to participate in a sketch challenge, but I promised myself to do at least one challenge a week to keep my creative juices flowing.

This is a sketch that I based my card on.  This can be found at the Splitcoaststampers website.

I used these products from Stampin' Up:

Rose Rhapsody (retired)

Define Your Life (retired)

Fundamental Phrases (retired)

Real Red classic ink pad (103133)

Old Olive classic ink pad (102277)

Chocolate Chip classic ink pad (100908)

Certainly Celery card stock (105125)

Whisper White card stock (100730)

Brights Patterns Designer Series Paper stack (117155)

Modern Label punch (119849)

Ticket Corner punch (119867) 

Pinking Hearts border punch (117649)

Stamp-a-majig (101049) to help position the stamps on the paper

Snail adhesive (104332)

Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Aside from the retired stamp sets, all other products are available here.  Once the link opens, click "Shop Now."

Thanks for looking!

Thank You Gifts

I was in charge of organizing a Healthy Athletes screening for Special Olympics, and I wanted to give a little something to the volunteers who helped us screen the atheletes who participated in the event.

I thought these Hershey's Nuggets would be perfect.  After all, nothing could be better than chocolate, right?  I made 40 of these for each of the volunteers.

I used the following supplies from Stampin' Up:

Pretty Postage stamp set (Wood:  123095; Clear:  123097)

Word Play stamp set (Wood:  120308; Clear:  120651)

Whisper White cardstock (100730)

Pretty in Pink cardstock (100459)

Night of Navy cardstock (100867)

Melon Mambo classic ink pad (115656)

Night of Navy classic ink pad (102977)

Small Flat Cello Bags (103104)

All products are available here.  Once the link opens, click "Shop Now."

Thanks for looking!