With Sympathy

Hello My Crafty Friends,
WOW! can you believe it's Friday and the long weekend is here??? Yippee.... I hope you all have some fun plans for the long weekend:)  We are staying local this labor weekend and will try to keep cool!!

On to my card for today, unfortunately I needed a Sympathy card and as we all know this type of cards are not the easiest to put together.  I had received a card from Michelle Halleen and I loved the simplicity of the sketch and so I thought I would use her sketch and add my own touch with the Field Flowers Stamp set.  Please stop by tomorrow as I have another card using this sketch!! 

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A close up of the inking around Whisper White and a close up of the Field Flowers using our Stampin' markers: Soft Suede, Baja Breeze and certainly Celery you can get them all HERE!

The beautiful paper is Comfort Cafe and goes PERFECT with Baja Breeze! As all of our Designer Series Paper, it always goes PERFECTLY with all our card stock, inks, ribbon and buttons!

Inside the card, the sentiments are from a retired stamp set.

Stampin' Up! Supplies for this card

Stamps- Field Flowers, Thanks for Caring{retired}

Paper- Baja Breeze, Comfort Cafe, Whisper White

Inks- Baja Breeze, Summer Starfruit

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I had trouble posting my pictures of my cards for today, I hope to see you tomorrow for that post and my two new cards using the Comfort Cafe!!

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"Happiness"

Hello My Crafty Friends,
Well my son's first day of school was successful. He was all excited about school and told me he LOVES his teacher!  I'm ready to get back to a routine and will keep you posted as the week conitnues:)

On to my card for today, I used the beautiful stamp set Stippled Blossoms in Elegant Eggplant and Wisteria Wonder for the Dynamic Duos  challenge and used a sketch from Retro Sketches.  I just love this two colors together and with a pop of white, makes for a lovely card.  Thank you for visiting today my friends!!

A close up of the 2 step stamping Stippled Blossom item #126747 in Wisteria Wonder and Elegant Eggplant and a touch of Dazzling Details.  You can buy all these products from my online store HERE!

I embossed the Wisteria Wonder card stock with the Perfect Polka Dots Emboss Folder and added some Rhinestones on the corners for an added interest.  I also used our 1/2" Scallop Dotted Ribbon. The Stippled Blossom is on top of 2 die cuts from the Window Framelits Dies collection found in the Holiday Catalog page 30 item#129021

Stampin' Up! Supplies on this card

Stamps- Stippled Blossoms, Loving Thoughts, Inks- Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant

Paper- Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, White CS, Whisper White

Tools- Window Framelits Dies, Modern Label Punch, Blossom Petal Builder Punch, Paper Snips

Accessories- Rhinestones, Elegant Eggplant 1/2" Scallop Dotted Ribbon, Dazzling Details

You can buy all these products from my online store HERE!

A Cupcake for your Birthday!!

Hello My Crafty Friends,
Happy Tuesday!! My week is off to a busy one with yesterday being my son's first soccer practice.  He was so AWESOME and fast, such a cutie!  I'm so nervous for his FIRST day of SCHOOL today!  Do you all get nervous for your kiddos???  

This year for his special first day of school breakfast, he requested BACON, eggs and toast.  You see bacon is not something we eat very often and he knows that mom will comply with his wish for the first day of school breakfast!!  

OK so for today's card I thought I would dust off my cupcake builder punch and the Petite Pennants builder punch and create a birthday card.  I always seem to need birthday cards and I always gravitate towards birthday cards to add to my stash! 

The white background I embossed using the Lacy Brocade Impressions Folder which you can get HERE. I also used the Itty Bitty Shape punches for the end of the banner.

I used the Petite Pennants Builder Punch and the Itty Bitty banners dies using the Polka Dots Parade Designer Paper and some of the "NEW" In Colors, Gumball Green and Summer Starfruit you can find these colors and punches over at my store HERE!

Stampin' Up! Supplies for this Card

Stamps- Best Dad Ever,  Inks- Primrose Petals

Paper- Polka Dots Parade DSP, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Daffodil Delight, 

Primrose Petals, Old Olive, heavy white CS

Tools- Itty Bitty Banners, Cupcake Builder, Petite Pennant Builder punches

Accessories- Twine, Brights Button Collection, Rhinestones

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Cupcake Punch 121807 Price: $16.95 When you need a delicious homemade treat, a yummy cupcake can’t be beat! You can whip up adorable cupcakes to sweeten your paper crafting projects too with our Build a Cupcake Punch. Complete with frosting, cherry, candle, and sprinkles, you’ll have a bunch of the pieces you need to decorate your cupcakes with scrumptious style for lots of different occasions. Coordinates ideally with images in the Create a Cupcake Set for super easy stamp-and-punch accents.

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Very Vintage Butterflies and a Winner

Hello My Crafty Friends,
WOW! my weekend sure went by fast! I hope you are all doing well and enjoyed your weekend!!  I've been missing for some days here at blog land and for a good reason,  My sister was staying with us and we were enjoying their visit and my adorable almost 2 years old nephew.  I will stop by today on your blogs to check out your amazing projects I've missed!

As for today's card, I have a 4 X 4 card using a Stampin' Wheel as a background in which I heat embossed with some clear emboss powder.  I've unmounted all my Wheel Stamps and LOVE that I can now use them more for backgrounds!  Thank you for stopping by to visit:)

The Winner of Karen's Blog Hop is #20 who is: CRAZY4 CHRIST said...

Very pretty card, love the glitter on the cake, that flower pin is gorgeous!! I am sure Karen will love it!! I am a new follower!!
Kristan
sierrababy08 at hotmail dot com

AUGUST 19, 2012 10:44 AM 

A close up so you can see the heat embossing close up.  I also took the modern label punch and created a small one to layer the Little Lables Punch pack with a sentiment.

The butterflies is from the Papillon Potpourri Stamp Set item#123759 and the wheel used for the background is Very Vintage

Stampin' Up! Supplies

Stamps- Very Vintage Wheel, Papillon Potpourri, Fabulous Phrases

Tools- Heat Tool, Emboss Budy, Paper Snips, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch

Paper- Old Olive, Whisper White, Polka Dots Parade DSP

Inks- Gumball Green, Versamark

Accessories- Dazzling Details

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2012-2014 In Color Paper Stack 126910 Price: $21.95 40 sheets in ea. stack: 4 ea. of 2 double-sided designs in 5 colors; 12" x 12". Acid-free. Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit.

A Candy Wrapper as a Baby Favor...

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Hello Friends,
It's Wednesday and it's time for another challenge over at Decorate to Celebrate!!  The challenge this week is to create Party Decorations for a Baby Shower and you can head on over to Decorate to Celebrate and enter you amazing projects and check out the Design Team's projects.

I made this Candy Wrapper as a favor which can be mass produced quickly and embellish as you desire.  I added a tiny rosette and a baby tee on top and some ribbon and viola!! Simple and quick for a Baby Shower!!

A close up of that adorable baby tee on top of the mini rosette.  The star was punched with the "NEW"Merry Minis Punch Pack item#126882 found in the Holiday Catalog or order you can order it  HERE!

The baby tee is from the Baby Tee Jumbo Wheel item#118621 and the Subtles Designer Series Paper Stacks.

 Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps- Baby Tees Wheel, Itty Bitty Banners Die, Inks- Old Olive
Paper- Subtles DSP Collection, Whisper White, Polka Dots Parade, White CS
Tools- Big Shot, Bitty Banners Framelits, 1-1/4" Circle, Glue gun, Silicone Craft Sheet
Accessories- Rhinestones, Pretty in Pink 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain ribbon, Dimensionals, Mini Glue dots

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Candy Wrapper Bigz Die 120890 Price: $32.95 Create clever candy wrapper packages to give to all your sweeties for any holiday and special occasion using this cute Bigz L Die and the Big Shot machine. Your friends and family will be thrilled to receive such a unique treat—although, they may not want to open them. These little boxes are almost too pretty to unwrap! ■ Bigz L Die ■ 6" x 8-3/4" ■ Folded box measures approx. 2" x 1-3/8" x 1-3/8" (not including the ends) ■ Use with standard or extended cutting pads ■ Use with standard premium or extended premium crease pads ■ Ideal for treats, table decorations, and more