Happy Birthday to my Niece!

Today I want to show you a cute little card and purse I gave my niece for her b-day.  It's been a tradition with both of my nieces for a few years now to make them purses for their birthdays.  I also tucked a $1 bill (yup, still cheap) and a pack of gum in it with the card.  We gave it to her at church yesterday and she came and told me after church that she got it.  Just thought it was so cute when she came up to me with a big smile and told me. :)

 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Papillon Potpourri, En Francais & Field Flowers
Card Stock:  Pretty in Pink & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Regal Rose & Pretty in Pink 
Ribbon:  1 1/4" Two Tone in Pink Pirouette/Rose Red
Brads:  Metallic 3/16" 
Shimmper Paint:  Champange Mist
Sponges 

RHSSC #70 - Flowers!

Wow, the first challenge for 2013 and it was definitely the hardest Red Hot sketch challenge for me yet!  Looking at the other ladies' cards you'd think it was no problem for them at all!  Glad I sat down earlier in the week to make this one up instead of waiting until the last day!  This is definitely not the norm for my type of cards, but it think it turned out pretty cute.  However my son's reaction was, "I don't get it!" lol  My daughter thought it was pretty cute.  Well, I wanted to try out something new from the Spring Catalog...making flowers using the Creped Filter Paper.  I used one piece of the creped filter paper over regular card stock on the little flowers and did three sets of that for the big flower using the 2012-2013 In Colors.  Oh, don't forget to check out the other cards using this sketch at the Red Hot Stampers' blog here!  

Love looking at the card from this angle...weird, I know.  But I think it looks so cool! lol

Just a pic a little closer to see the detail on the flowers and brads.  I dabbed the brads in ink then in clear embossing powder and used the heat gun so they kind of matched the color of flower they went with.  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Fabulous Florets

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry, Summer Starfruit,

Gumball Green & Midnight Muse

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Rich Razzleberry, Summer Starfruit,

Gumball Green & Midnight Muse

Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots

Punches:  1 1/4" Scallop & Boho Blossoms

Brads:  Neutrals Collection 3/16" 

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Winter Thank You

Just a few more thank yous to show you today.  I ran out of my other stash and decided to make them a lot more simple this time...and I like them better!  Why couldn't I do this the first time around? lol  

 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Snowflake Soiree & Perfectly Penned
Card Stock:  Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Island Indigo
Jewels:  Basic Rhinestones

Pleasant Poppies

Happy New Year!  Wow, it's 2013 already!  Last year certainly seemed to fly by.  Guess time flies when you're having fun, right?  And I sure think making cards is fun...well, most of the time I do. :)  Today's card shows a few goodies from the Spring Catalog.  I've had them for about a week and had an idea going through my head, but I needed to do some real work before I could play. lol  I wanted to use the new embossing folder, framelits and ribbon.  Plus I haven't used my Pleasant Poppies set yet and thought this would be the perfect time to dig it out.  Definitely a spring card, but I needed a few flowers to come out for a while since it's the only place I'll see them for a few months.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Pleasant Poppies

Card Stock:  Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pink Pirouette

Stampin' Write Markers:  Pink Pirouette & Certainly Celery
Blender Pen

Embossing Folder:  Honeycomb

Framelits:  Ovals Collection

Ribbon:  1 1/4" Two Tone in Pink Pirouette/Rose Red 

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sponges

Christmas Gifts...

Good morning on this last day of 2012!  Wow has this year flown by!  I'm sure most of you feel the same way too.  Well today's cards are actually gifts that I made for my family for Christmas.  I made six packs of four cards each with a variety of different sayings...and everyone a different color except I made two sets with Island Indigo.  I actually enjoyed making these cards too.  Sometimes when I'm stressed and need to get cards done I don't have any fun at all, but I really enjoyed making these this year. :)  

No boxes this time though.  I quickly packaged them up in Stampin' Up! 6 x 8 cellophane bags so they could choose the color of cards they wanted.  I sure wish the pictures turned out better because they were SO much prettier in person, but I was in a hurry to take pics they didn't turn out the greatest.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Field Flowers, Perfectly Penned & Curly Cute

Card Stock:  Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Perfect Plum, Certainly Celery,

Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Real Red, Old Olive,

Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke & Cherry Cobbler

Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice

Ribbon: 3/8" Taffeta in Real Red & Perfect Plum, 

3/8" Ruffled in Island Indigo, Seam Binding in Cherry Cobbler,

& 1/4" Grosgrain in Elegant Eggplant (retired) 

Jewels:  Basic Pearls

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Evergreen at Night

Welcome to the last Red Hot Stampers challenge for 2012!  Wow, did I have to think about the sketch this time.  I was trying to figure out what to do with it after I printed it out when I saw the sketch upside down where I left the sheet lying.  An idea came to me instantly then...pine trees in the moon light. :)   Don't forget to check out what the other Red Hot Stampers made here using this same sketch...and remember we have a special gift for you this month! Yes, this whole month! If you submit a sample using our sketch you will receive a gift in the mail from us.

Here are the details:

- Use our sketch to create your card or scrapbook page.

- Post your take of our sketch on our blog here using the Mr. Linky on the Red Hot Stampers' blog.

- Post our sketch and your take on our sketch on your blog or a gallery with a link to our blog.

- Sketches must be uploaded by Saturday.

- Participate each week for the whole month and receive a bonus gift!

- Email glenda@thestampcamp.com with your address so she can mail you your gift for playing along.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Evergreen

Card Stock:  Basic Black, Basic Gray & Whisper White

Classic Stampin Pad:  Basic Gray

StazOn:  Black

Punch:  1 1/4" Circle

Stampin' Glitter:  Dazzling Diamonds

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Snowflake Soiree Christmas

Well I've been taking a break from blogging this Christmas season, but that doesn't mean I wasn't still busy working on things.  This is one of the cards I made when my dad came to me a week or so before Christmas and asked if I would make a card for my mom, and I said I'd be glad to.  I actually didn't procrastinate too much on this one either...amazing!  Since her favorite color is blue I decided to use a few different colors of blue and blend (sponge) them together using the emboss resist technique.  I've already done a couple of cards with this technique lately, but really liked a card my stamping friend Christi made and wanted to add some "swirls" in with a darker blue like she did.  I love how it turned out!    

I'm also entering it into the Friday Mashup challenge #90.  This week's theme is "Snowflakes" and/or colors Whisper White, Pool Party, Midnight Muse and Basic Black.  Super close on the colors for making the card over a week ago!  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Snowflake Soiree & Everything Eleanor

Card Stock:  Midnight Muse & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Midnight Muse, Island Indigo & Pool Party

Punch:  Scallop Trim Border

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Clear

Ribbon:  5/8" Organza in Whisper White