Father's Day CASE

I saw this card on SCS that used the "paradise" stamp set, that I love but haven't used much, and was totally inspired by the masculine feel it has to it. As a result, I came up with this take on it for Father's day.

Normally, I don't really like when the stamp doesn't stamp really solid but I really liked the way the leaves looked like they had texture by not having a solid ink transfer. I also used my SU mat pack and piercing tool to space the brads exactly.
Stamps: SU Paradise, Something to Celebrate (hostess)
Ink: SU basic black
Paper: SU basic black, basic gray, ww
Brads: SU whisper white (from neutrals pack)
Embossing Folder: SU square lattice
Misc: SU mat pack, piercing tool

Spring Is Blossoming Promotion

With the end of Sale-A-Bration yesterday, Stampin' Up! has started the "Spring is Blossoming" promotion today. This promotion features a sneak peek of products to come in the upcoming 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalogue.

Click here to view the flyer.

There are two ways to get your hands on these new products:

1. Customers who purchase a minimum of $25* in merchandise to be able to purchase the "Four Frames" stamp set and/or "Paisley Petals" designer series paper.

2. Customers who host a workshop with sales totalling $460* in merchandise, receive both the "Four Frames" stamp set and "Paisley Prints" designer series paper for free!

*Net sales before tax and shipping.

Contact me using the email link in my sidebar if you would like to place an order or host a workshop!

Growing Green Workshop Card

Thought I would share the card we made at the workshop I had earlier in the month.

This is just a simple stepped up version showing that just adding layers, brads and crystal effects to the rose for dew drops (you can't really see them in the photo) can make even more of an impact.

Stamps: SU Growing Green, Thank You Kindly

Ink: SU StazOn, blushing bride, early espresso

Paper: SU very vanilla, crumb cake, early espresso, woodland walk dp

Ribbon: SU 1/8" early espresso taffeta

Brads: SU early espresso

Misc: SU dimensionals, Crystal effects, blender pens

Gift Set for Hostess

Here's a set of 6 cards I made as a little gift for my hostess at last weekends workshop.

This is made using the Ornate Blossom stamp set that I received free during Sale-A-Bration, the sentiment is from the set Thank You Kindly that can also be earned during Sale-A-Bration.

Stamps: SU Ornate Blossom, Thank You Kindly

Ink: SU daffodil delight, baja breeze, pear pizzazz, basic black

Paper: SU whisper white cs, basic black cs, greenhouse gala dp

Ribbon: SU 1/4" basic black grosgrain

SFYTT Birthday Cupcake

I finally got a chance to play along with this months SFYTT. I even actually kept the main image panel on the diagonal, unlike usual, where I always end up straightening it out.

I love the new cupcake stamp set and coordinating punch in the Occasions mini catalogue and I hope it gets carried over to next years Idea Book & Catalogue because it's so cute! I stamped the images, then punched them out and popped them up on dimensionals on the card. I also added Crystal Effects to the cupcake topping but it's a bit hard to tell in this photo. I love this set of designer paper too - it's so bright and pretty!

Stamps: SU Create a Cupcake, Bring on the Cake

Ink: SU tempting turquoise, regal rose, melon mambo, daffodil delight

Paper: SU ww, tempting turquoise, sweet stitches dp
Punch: SU Build a Cupcake punch
Misc: SU dimensionals, crystal effects

SU Workshop Invitation

One of Grant's coworkers is hosting a workshop later in the month and I'm so excited to share my love of Stampin' Up! with them! I thought I may as well get even more use out of MDS so I created this workshop invitation (based on what is written on the SU postcards) for her to e-mail to those she wanted to invite since I think more people prefer to e-mail rather than snail mail! (I have deleted all personal information)

I wanted to keep it simple but still bright and pretty and I love the way it turned out!

Also, I thought I would start sharing what I use on my MDS projects because I have started seeing things that others have created that I would like to CASE but I don't know what they used!

MDS supplies:

Stamps: Baroque Motifs

Paper: Sweet Stitches (yellow stitches)

Ribbon: So saffron grosgrain

Font: AbcPrint in Melon Mambo

Bliss Step-it-Up Cards

I saw this card a while back on Mary's blog and wanted to re-make it. I thought I would start really basic and then show you how changing one or two things can really make it pop!

This is the most basic version. The bliss stamp is stamped in crumb cake on crumb cake dp using my stamp-a-ma-jig to line it up.

This version adds the extra detail of an extra layer of early espresso dp and the button/threadcombo tied around the ribbon rather than just applied on top.

Stepped up again, this version adds a vanilla layer and swaps the button and thread for a brad and bow.

This final version, swaps the espresso satin ribbon for vanilla and adds an extra layer of espresso taffeta ribbon.

I think the third version is actually my favourite, but it just shows how much you can change a card by changing very few details.

Also note that for my bows, I again used Mary's tutorial here.

Stamps: SU Bliss (SAB), Bring on the Cake

Ink: SU crumb back, early espresso

Paper: SU crumb cake, early espresso, very vanilla

Ribbon: SU 5/8" early espresso satin, 5/8" very vanilla satin, 1/8" early espresso tafetta, linen thread

Brad: SU very vanilla 5/16" jumbo brad