Blooming with Kindness

The Blooming with Kindness stamp set was one of my must have stamp sets from the new SU! catalog. It comes with this pretty flower and five sentiments.

I've already pulled it out several times to make cards. With this card I paired it with the Fancy Fan Embossing Folder. Embossing folders and ribbon are my favorite crafting items. Speaking of ribbon, there is a new ribbon in the catalog, stitched grograin. Super cute!

I hope you enjoyed my simple card today, I will be back to share my other cards soon but for now I need to work on my blog hop projects for next week.

Aviary

Avairy isn't a new stamp set but it hadn't seen any ink for a while so I brought it out. This is one of the projects we made at stamp club this month. I used a couple of the new In Colors because I wanted my club ladies to fall in love with the new colors and the new firm foam ink pads. I think I was successful.

Don't you just love that polkadot paper? I do, but then again I am a polkadots kind of girl. This pattern paper is from the Patio Party DSP. The new catalog also has a set of papers that are all polkadots, I guess you know who will be buying that DSP. Hope you enjoyed my card today, I will be back with more.

Summer Smooches

Tomorrow is the first day of Summer, although with the heat it feels like Summer started days ago. I'm not a huge fan of Summer but I sure do like all the Summer Smooches collection from the new Catalog.

These cute little flowers make me wish I had a green thumb, instead I am more like the grim reaper of plants. I have never managed to keep a plant alive. I always end up forgetting about them and forget to feed them. I guess its a good thing my kids have good lungs. Ha Ha! Well these Summer Smooches flowers will just have to do for me.

June Blog Hop

Welcome to the June Blog Hop! Hopefully you are enjoying all of the wonderful creations or if this is your first stop, you are in for a treat!

This month is full of graduations, I think I know 7 Graduates, so for my 3D project I decided to remake the Graduation box that I made last year but with improvements. Last year my lid kept falling off.

I used the Petal Cone die for the box. I cut the box at 2 inches so that the peak of the box was no longer there. I then attached a 3.5" x 3.5" card to the top. The Card opens up and a personal message can be written. Since Graduation gifts usually include money or gift cards I wanted the hat to open up so I made a hinge under the card with some card stock. I used a brad to hold the tassel. This project did come together rather quickly and I hope I am explaining this project well. Just in case you need a visual, I took some additional pictures for you to see just how this card/gift holder works.

Here you can see how the top of the hat is a card. The weight of the tassel keeps the card closed.








Here is the card opeded up. I put two pieces of Whisper White card stock on each side of the card, one to write a message or stamp a message to the Graduate and the second one to hide the whole and brad prongs.






This picture shows the inside of the box where the money/gift card can go.

I just love this cute Grad cap idea. It sure beats a regular ol' graduation card.

(I picked up tassels at my local Walmart in the craft area.)




Items Used: Big Shot, Petal Cone, Midnight Muse & Whisper White Card Stock, Brad, and a white tassel.

My second project is a card using some of the New items from the 2012-2013 Catalog.

The Vintage Wallpaper isn't new but it is one of my favorite go to embossing folders. I embossed the Whisper White and then I used my brayer to add Summer Starfruit to the raised areas. I then cute a piece of Summer Starfruit with the new Apothecary framelit die, I stamped my Congratulations image with the new Layered Labels Stamp set, which was also die cut with the Apothecary framelit. After layering those together I used dimensionals to pop them up on the card. At the last minute I die cut the Butterfly and added him with a glue dot and a mini pearl.

Items Used:
Stamp Set- Layered Labels
Card Stock- Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, Early Espresso
Ink: Summer Starfruit
Accessories- Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Apothecary Framelit, Early Espresso Marker, Summer Starfruit Marker

Well I hope you enjoyed my creations and don't forget to keep hopping. Tonya Ball has some great projects to share with you.

Blog Hop Participants:

1. Annie L. of Love Me Cards
2. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun!
3. Anji C. of Altered Scraps Blog
4. Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
5. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
6. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
7. Patricia T. of Sunnyone Stampin'
8. Heather W. of Heather's Stampin' Blog
9. Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu
10. Linda O. of Stamp at Linda's
11. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
12. Pam S. of Sunny Girl Scraps
13. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim

Betsy's Blossom Thank You

Another Betsy's Blossom card. I am loving Summer Starfruit. I know not everyone is a yellow lover but I personally love yellow. I even chose yellow bridesmaid dresses for my bridesmaids when I got married back in 2004. I own several blouses and sweaters in yellow too. So now that you understand that I love yellow you'll understand why I am using this new In Color so much.

I also used the Itty Bitty Banners Stamp set and the Itty Bitty Banners Framlits too. I just love this simple set and these cute banners. They are the perfect little touch to any project. The background is embossed with the Strips Embossing Folder and I used a brayer to add ink to the raised strips. Cute and simple.

Well I am off to hopefully get some more stamping done for my Stamp Club this Thursday. Also make sure to stop back by on Thursday for the June Stylin' Stampin' Blog Hop.

Make a Cake

I decided to make a cake but this time I didn't have to wash any dishes when I was done. That is always a bonus because I hate washing dishes, it is my least favorite household chore. I do love to bake but the clean up is never fun.

You know what was even greater than stamping with these stamp sets Make a Cake & Itty Bitty Banners, I earned them for free because I recruited a SU! demonstrator during Sale-a-bration. I just love SU! and the perks of being a demonstrator. I actually got a bundle of stuff for recruiting. I used some new DSP, a couple of the new In Colors, new dies and two new stamp sets.

The new catalog goes live on Friday, aren't you excited? I know I am. I can't wait to be able to order some more of the new items. Now I just got to figure out what I am going to order. Contact me to get your new catalog or to place an order.

Items Used:
Stamps: Make a Cake, Itty Bitty Banners
Paper: Patio Party DSP, Baja Breeze, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White
Ink: Raspberry Ripple,
Other: Baja Breeze & Summer Startfruit Stampin' Write Markers, Bitty Banners Framelits, Big Shot

Betsy's Blossom

Here is a little sneak peek of two of the In Colors and a new stamp set called Betsy's Blossoms.

One of the perks of being a demo is being able to get our inky fingers on some of the new items the month before the catalog is released and being able to view the catalog early. I placed my order as soon as possible and as soon as it arrived I went through the new catalog and oh and awed over all the new stuff. I kept wanting to play with my new stuff but it took a little longer than I wanted. When I did finally sit down to create I had no creativity. I attempted a couple of things that just fell flat of being cute or usable so I went to sleep. The next night God must have found favor in me and the kids went to bed early and I went into my craft room and made several cards with my new stuff. This is one of them. I will share the others over the next couple of days. I hope this excites you because you now have less than a week before the new catalog goes live and you can order all the wonderful new stamp sets, ink, and accessories.

Items Used:
Stamp Set- Betsy's Blossom
Paper- Basic Grey, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, Whisper White
Ink- Basic Grey, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals

Tea Shoppe

I've been planning to share this card all month but just never got around to uploading it. I was very excited to find out that the Tea Shoppe stamp set was carrying over into the new SU! catalog. I bought it while it was still in the Occasion's Mini but only inked it up once. Now I have more time to create with this beautiful stamp set.

Since I have a sore throat today a good warm cup of tea sounds good. Make sure to check back, I have some sneak peaks for you.

Welcome to the Stylin' Stampin' Squad Blog Hop. Whether this is your first stop or your last I hope you enjoy the Blog Hop.

To be honest I kind of struggled with what to make this month, but after I needed a gift for a gift exchange I decided on making tile coasters.

These coasters are so easy to make and they look beautiful. I got some tiles off of Amazon and I stamped them with the Medallion stamp with Stazon ink. I then baked the tiles for 10 minutes in the oven at 350 degrees. After they cooled off I added felt circles to the bottom. As a gift I wrapped four of them in some stripped ribbon and put them in a gift bag.

I love making these because they are inexpensive and yet make a great gift for someone.  I made myself a set a few years ago and they are still looking great.

For my second project I am actually sharing a card I made a while back. Actually I cased it from someone but can't find the original at the moment to give credit. 

I must admit that this isn't the card I planned on sharing but I can't find my card that I made and I have looked everywhere. My craft room isn't even that messy. I know I will find it when I least expect it but it really does bother me that I can't remember what I did with it after I made it. I guess these late nights and waking with a baby is getting to me. OK, enough about the lost card and my life.

This card uses a stamp set that is going into retirement at the end of this month, Inspired by Nature and a Sentiment set that is also going into retirement Short & Sweet. I used Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, and Early Espresso Card stock & Ink. The ribbon is Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon.

I hope to share my original blog card soon but until then, have a great time Blog Hopping.

Don't forget to Hop on over to Tonya's Blog

 

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Blog Hop Participants:

1. Shellie G. of Creative Electica
2. Annie L. of Love Me Cards
3. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun!
4. Nancy B. of Lady Stamps a Lot
5. Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
6. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
7. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
8. Patricia T. of Sunnyone Stampin'
9. Heather W. of Heather's Stampin' Blog
10. Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu
11. Marla R. of Marla's Stampin' Spot
12. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
13. Nicole B. of Creations by Mommy
14. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim

Corner Bookmark Smooches

About a month ago, my friend Olivia texted and asked me to make a corner bookmark so she would have a sample to follow. I of course said I would do it but up until this week I still hadn't done it. My intentions were good but I just hadn't had the time to do it at a decent hour and I didn't have the energy to stay up late to work on it. So on Monday night I was determined to make one but laid down with Malachi to put him to sleep and then I woke up and it was 2 AM. I got up and changed into my pjs and went back to bed. So all morning Tuesday I kept thinking I need to squeeze this in today so I could use it as a make and take at my SU! demonstrator meeting that evening.

So finally when the kids were down for a nap and I had gotten a few things done around the house I crept into my craft room and started creating but then Kaiden woke up. I put his bouncer in my craft room near my desk and all was well so back to creating I went until I heard "Mom?" Malachi was awake. He came into my craft room and I thought I'm never going to get this done but to my surprise Malachi was content to play on my stool so I kept creating. I did have to take the scissors, glue, and paper cutter away from him at different points but for the most part he did well with just spinning on the stool.

I ended up with one failed attempt at a bookmark and then I started on this one. I am much more happy with this bookmark than my first one. I love it when all of a sudden my creativity flows and I love what I made. After I made this I quickly cut my supplies for my make and take and then the boys and I moved over to the family room to read a book. I guess these are the adventures of a crafty mom.

So if you have a toddler in your home, I hope you find time to craft soon.