Finally back with my projects:)

Hello Stamp friends!

I'm sorry it's been eons since my last post. My husband and I had a great summer break with our boys. We enrolled them in Martial Arts, which we talked about for a long time and finally did it! We also took them on a couple small trips over the summer. I'm refreshed and I can't tell you how excited I've been since the new catalog came out June 1st. As if that wasn't enough excitement, the new mini catalog blew me away! Instead of making a wish list, it would have been easier for me to write down the things I didn't want. LOL! I have lots of great new toys and I've been creating and am so reved up for the holidays! Anyway, before I move on, I see I took a break without sharing my projects for the stamp gathering I went to a while back, so without further ado...

I will start with my 3-D project, which was a card as well. Thanks to Lisa Young and her tutorial, I came up with this card. The girls loved it. Please check out Lisa's Blog Here for her step by step tutorial. Thank you Lisa for sharing your talent and instructions:)

the inside...

And for my second card...

I know it's hard to see, but I did use the Stripes Embosslits folder on the Whisper White background.

For the swap...I ran out of time and had to find a card to case that would be quick and cute. I chose this card by Connie Babbert. I fell in love with the butterfly. The only thing I did differently was added the red layer and I didn't have the 1/8" ribbon for the antennas. I also changed it to "Get Well". I love the Summer Smooches DSP! Can you tell? I used it on all 3 cards! LOL! It's so bright and happy!

Thanks so much for coming by today and I hope you'll come back to see what I've been working on lately.

Happy September!!!

Mixed Bunch Get Well

Hello Stamp Friends!

Sorry it's been a while since my last post. First I had to get cards done for a swap and then I had to make 3 projects for another stamp date.

Today, I would like to share the card that I made for the swap. I got the idea for this card from Jennifer Weide (Sunflower Stamper). I fell in love with her card when I saw it and thought I'd do my best to change it, but try to live up to the beauty of the origina card:) I chose to use In-Colors for the flowers and proceeded to stamp the boldest flower in the mixed bunch stamp set. I'm not sure what the problem was, but I couldn't get a clean image, even after sanding the block, etc. So I had to make it using the punch with the card stock. I was able to get a nice flower center, so I punched them out and added some pearls. It still looked a little plain to me, so I just used the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder to add some texture to the layer in the background. I got a lot of compliments on it, so that made me really happy.

Supplies Used-

Stamps: Mixed Bunch & Sincere Salutations

Paper: Blush Blossom, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Basic Gray & Whisper White

Ink: Blush Blossom, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder & VersaMark

Other: Big Shot & Bigz Frame, Oval Scallop die, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Whisper White 3/8” ribbon, Punches (Blossom & 1” circle), White EP & Stampin' Dimensionals©

Since making this card, I have exchanged the stamp set and would like to show you how my original card came out. I will be back tomorrow to share it.

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I will be offering Blog Candy to my readers as I have recently passed 10,000 hits. Be sure to come back tomorrow to see what I will be giving away:)

Thanks so much for coming by and I hope you have a wonderful day!