Just Buzzin By

Good Morning!! This stamp set I've only brought out once before, and I figured it was time to dust him off and actually use my poor neglected stamps that have been buried under of a pile of retired stamps :>
This set is too darn cute to not be used!!

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Just Buzzing By
Card Stock: Not Quite Navy, Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun, Watercolor Paper, and DS Paper is from the Sweet Pea pack in the Mini Catalog
Ink: (Stampin Write Markers were used)
Black Staz On, Not Quite Navy, Summer Sun, Creamy Carmel, Close to Cocoa, Barely banana, Going Gray, and Blush Blossom. (oh and Crystal Effects on the flowers, almost forgot)
Accessories: Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds, Chocolate Chip 1/4 brads, and the Scallop Punch from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog.

One Last thing, and it's Important!! Sale-A-Bration Ends Tonight at midnight- if anyone wants to put in one last final order, click to the right on Shop 24/7 and you'll be taken to my StampinUp! website to shop.

Thanks for stopping by :>

Pink and Black

Today's card I wanted to use Pink and Black, but then Old Olive crept in....can't seem to get away from Old Olive- Love the color!! Anyway...I spent the day yesterday going through all of my stamp sets and moving all of the retired ones to two bottom shelf's...and I realized I have more retired sets then I thought. I had them arranged by category, but I decided it was time to take inventory of all of the current ones. Once I was done it was much easier to pick from the pile and grab a set to use to show..Not that retired ones are bad, because there are definite keepers in that pile!! (uh...but no.. I don't need all of them- but then again do we need any of the stamps we have??)My Problem is ribbon........Ohhhh...you can never have too much ribbon. So I thought I would share some pictures of my little area I call my own in the basement, and then I'll show you the card for the day...

This first picture is of two sets of shelf's from Ikea, this is where I keep a lot of my gotta have stuff! :> The Dots on the stamp sets represent which category they belong too.....

The two + bottom shelf's look like this.......which are all retired (all of the Orange dots) I think its time to go through and figure out the gotta have ones and get rid of the other ones to make room for new ones!!

The next pictures is of my ribbon storage, it's from Home Depot and it's used for pantry doors to store food of sorts, but works perfectly to hold a ton of ribbon!!

The next picture is where I store my 8 1/2 x 11 paper and my ink pads...

The Storage for the ink pads was from a school auction, the original purpose was for holding die cuts at a craft store, but works perfectly for the stamp pads, as well as each tray has a matching ink sponge, this way I'm not buying sponges all of the time. Sadly it doesn't hold the re-inkers, but hey it works for me for now! :>

The next two pictures are just misc pictures, it's never ever clean, so I figured I would just snap a couple of pictures anyway...


Okay enough about that, here's the card for the day... It's from the Wedding Set "Together Forever", and you know what, I've never used it for a wedding card, just random cards...Let me know what you think, this was the first time I tired using the ribbon this way, I think I like it, but not sure maybe it's missing something???

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Together Forever
Card Stock: Pretty in Pink, Basic Black Whisper White, Old Olive and DP is from the Sending Love in the mini catalog.
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, and Black Staz On
Accessories: Pink Satin Ribbon, Silver Brads, Stick Strip (Red Tape) and glue dots used to hold the ribbon down.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!

Vintage Vogue

Mondays are always difficult days for me, trying to get ready for the week, and just getting moving!! I'm also getting ready to take a short trip to Oregon to see my sister and her kids while the kids are on Spring Break... :>

Two Cards today using the Vintage Vogue set in the Mini Catalog....


Supplies used:
Stamp Set: Vintage Vogue
Card Stock: Cameo Coral, Kraft, Old Olive and Whisper White
Ink: Cameo Coral, Old Olive, Rose Red, and Creamy Carmel.
Accessories: Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Build a Brad, Stampin Dimensionals, and Perfect Polka Dot Impression Folder with Big shot.

This second card I made last week, and I wasn't 100% sure what I thought about it, but decided to post it this morning....


Supplies Used
Stamp Set: Vintage Vogue
Card Stock: Bermuda Bay, Old Olive and Whisper White
Ink: Bermuda Bay, and Old Olive
Accessories: Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Round Ice Rhinestones, Stampin Dimensionals, Corner Rounder punch and the negative piece from the Top Note Die used with the Big Shot.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Diva Inspiration Challenge #88

I've been trying to get this done for a couple of days, but things around here have been busy....so .this next card is for the Utah Diva's Inspiration Challenge # 88.

Here is the inspiration picture:



And here's what I came up with, and I'll tell you what......I've tried these Roses before and I couldn't get them just right, so I tried again, and again, and again which is the reason it took me so long to complete, and finally got it, but I'm not sure if I'll do another one for awhile! :>


Supplies:
Card Stock: Whisper White, Mellow Mamb0, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, and Orchid Opulence.
Ink: Ballet Blue, Mellow Mambo and Rich Razzlebery.
Accessories: Mellow Mambo Polka dot Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Rub On's from the Eggcellent Kit, sponges, Perfect Polka Dot impression folder and the Beautiful Wings embosslits die used with the Big shot.
Thanks for stopping by!!
Have a great Weekend!!

Wings to Flowers...

I've seen this several times and thought that I needed to try this out....using the Extra Large Two-step bird punch for something other then what the punch is typically used for- and that's a Bird! The Two Step Bird punch can be found on page 10 in the Mini Catalog for $15.95.


and here's my card for the day-

The Flower petals are from the birds wings and are popped up using Stampin Dimensionals, and the Trio Punch was used for the middle of the flower.
Supplies:
Stamps: On Your Birthday
Card Stock: Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Barely Banana, Old Olive, and Whisper white.
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive
Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Old Olive Ribbon, Sponges, Stampin Dimensionals, Extra Large two step Bird Punch, Trio Punch and 1/2 Circle punch, and Rhinestones from the Eggcellent Kit.

Thanks for stopping by!

Charming.....

Today's card is from a set called Charming, it's a set from the previous Holiday Mini- but good news...It's still available!! Sadly, this is the first time I played with it- and I love it!! Here is what the full set looks like:


Item # 116519 For $19.95

I've never used these colors together, but I think I like the colors together- Cameo Coral, Old Olive, and Chocolate Chip.
Here it is.............

I stamped the background with 3 of the stamps to make my own Designer paper- not something I typically do, but I think it came out okay. The two images are popped up with Stampin Dimensional.
Supplies:
Card Stock: Cameo Coral, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, and Whisper White.
Ink: Cameo Coral, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, and Creamy Carmel (used to sponge to look more Vintage)
Accessories: Linen Thread, Rhinestone from the Eggcellent Kit, Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon, Old Olive striped Ribbon, Modern Label punch, Word window Punch, Silver Brads, and Stampin Dimensionals.

Stay tuned for a round of Ribbon share that I'll post details later today.....
Thanks for stopping by!!

Two Cards today using the "Messages for Mom" Stamp Set

I've been wanting to use this set for sometime, but just hadn't pulled it out. I decided to make two cards, one for Mothers day, and the other one that I can use for anytime.... Let me know what you think :>

Supplies:
Card Stock: Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Shimmery White, and the DSP is from the Sweet Pea set.
Ink: Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, and Old Olive.
Accessories: Corner Punch, White embossing Powder, Pumpkin Pie Striped Ribbon, Button from the Playground set and Linen Thread.

This card is done using some of my most favorite colors, always seems to be a save bet when I use them together..
Supplies:
Card Stock: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, Taken With Teal, Shimmery White, and DSP from the Sweet Pea set (love that Paper Stack!!)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, Taken With Teal
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Satin ribbon, Chocolate Chip 1/4 Brad and Embossing Folder Elegant Bouquet- used with the Big Shot.

Have a great day!!!

Fifth Avenue Floral

I've seen so many great cards made from this set, I just had to get it and use it. I'm not a huge purple person, but it seems lately that I've pulled out the purples more then ever lately....
Here's my card for today:

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Pocket Silhouettes
Card Stock: Elegant Eggplant, Bordering Blue, Whisper White, Old Olive, Perfect Plum and DSP is from the Sweetpea Pack
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Old Olive, Always Artichoke,Barely Banana and Bordering Blue.
Accessories: Sponges, Dimensional Dazzling Diamonds, Elegant Eggplant 1/4 Ribbon, Scallop Border Punch, Trio Flower Punch, Extra Large Two-Step Bird punch and Rhinestones from the Eggcellent Eggs Kit.
Thanks for stopping by :>

Update to my post earlier...

Okay, so I had some rubons left over (retired) but I think this will work....I guess I didn't try too darn hard, but this is all I had for a Monday :>

Masculine Birthday Card (did I spell that right?) :>

Okay, honestly I'm having some issues today and need some serious inspiration!! I saw a card the other day that was really pretty plane jane- but nice for a guys card...this is what I came up with......



but.....I don't like it!- It needs something, I'm just not sure what... I need a card for my Nephew who is turning 20 so I need something....any suggestions would be GREAT!!!

I'll post later the new and updated version- in fact- it may be an entirely NEW card...we will see...
Thanks for stopping by!

5 minute Card!!

Oh my gosh things have been busy today- but good news.....I just put my Stampin Up! order yesterday, yes yesterday around 10am, and I just got it about 30 minutes ago....and I couldn't wait to play with my new stencils....Yep that's right, I purchased the Folk Flowers on page 18 of the mini catalog, as there was a card from Jenny Peterson on the Stampin Connection site that I just had to CASE- but of course I changed it up a bit, but here it is....


The base of the card is Night of Navy, and then I used the textured plate from the Backgrounds 1 set (the polka dots), and the sponged Night of Navy, Old Olive and Rose Red. This card literally took me 5 minutes to make! (okay now honestly does it look like it??) :>

I need to play with it some more, maybe some brighter springy colors, but today, I just picked a few favorite colors as they always look good together. I also love love using this Night of Navy ribbon from the Ribbon Originals on page 182 of the IBC- Elementary for $9.95. Love it!!
Thanks for stopping by!

Diva Inspiration Challenge #87

I don't typically do challenges, but I saw this one and knew the stamp set I wanted to use. Upsy Daisy- which is in the IBC on page 95 for $18.95. The inspiration picture was the below picture:


And this is what I came up with:

The colors are Crushed Curry and the DS Paper is from the Sweet Pea paper pack in the mini on page 33-$19.95. I stamped the image with white craft ink, and then heat sealed it. I went back and used my watercolor pencils to color in the images, including the white- which I then smeared a bit to give it somewhat of a chalky look (is that a word??). The punches are the modern label punch layered with the word punch in black.
Thanks for stopping by!! :>

Happy Moments

Today I have 3 cards to show you- all the same layout but different colors. I really like this set. It's called "Happy Moments" and can be yours for free, if you spend $50.00 or more. This set is only available until the 31st of March, only a few days left. If you would like to place an order, just click on "Shop Now" and it will redirect you to my Stampin Up! website.
This one is using Mellow Mambo

This one is Crushed Curry

and this one is Rich Razzleberry

and this one is Rich Razzleberry
Thanks for stopping by :>

Awash With Flowers

This is a card I did a few days ago- it's a new set that will be coming out in the new summer Catalog called "Awash with Flowers".


Check out my Hair bows, they are also located under "items for sale", I'll be putting more out in the next day or two.



I thought I would also post some pictures of my daughter and my niece at the table making cards- I'm starting them young :> they both are 4........



This is Madison my 4 year old.... (who rarely combs her hair unless absolutely necessary!)



This is Olivia my niece who just turned 4 this past Sunday.



And here they both are...........making a mess!!
Have a great day!

Two Cards today- WOW- I had to CASE this one from Rachel I loved her card, but instead I used bordering Blue instead of pretty in pink like she used. I also spritzed it using the shimmer paint, but you can't see it in the picture- but trust me it's nice and shimmery :> The Stamp set is called "Inspired by Nature", I haven't pulled this one out for sometime, but I'm glad I did...
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The second card is called "Herb Expression" this was the first time I pulled this one out, I think I like it :>- the ribbon was died (sponged) with Elegant Eggplant, since Stampin Up! doesn't currently have any purple satin ribbon, I had to make my own.


And see no Birthday cards today!! Tomorrow I'll post some Hair Bows that I have been making from Stampin Up! Ribbon.
Thanks for stopping by!!