Reason to Smile

I've had a busy month but that doesn't mean that I haven't had time to play with my stamps.

This month which is almost over SU! offered an exclusive stamp set, Reason to Smile for $5.oo with a $50.00 purchase. Who can pass up such a beautiful stamp set? Not me! I actually had several samples to share with you but just hadn't had the time to post them. If you want this set make sure to contact me by tomorrow to place your order.

Also make sure to come back this week for the Stylyn' Stampin' Blog Hop. This month we are featuring our favorite items from the Holiday catalog. If you haven't recieved a Holiday Catalog make sure to contact me because you won't want to miss it because it is packed with awesome items for Halloween, Fall, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

See you Thursday!

Nesting

Yup, I am nesting. No, I'm not pregnant but I just couldn't pass up this cute stamp set with the cute nest & eggs.

I said that I would be back if I had time well, I lied. I didn't even need much time to share this because it was already created and all I had to do is type up this blog. This is another Fancy Fan sample that I had made. If you look closely you will also see that I used the new Paper Piercing Mat Pack on this card too. Maybe I'll use this card for stamp club, hmmm we shall see. Off to my craft room I go.

Fancy Fan

I thought I would share a simple card with you today. This is one of the samples I made using my fancy fan embossing folder.

I'm super excited because in just 8 days I will be leaving for the SU! convention with my grandma and Olivia. I'm already anticipating all the creative ideas I will come home with. I hope to share at least one more project with you this week but I definitely have a busy week with Stamp club, working on my swaps, work, and taking care of my boys. So here is to hoping I am super woman! HaHa!

July Blog Hop

I can't believe another month has come and gone. If this is one of many stops you've already made on the blog hop, I hope you are enjoying everyone's beautiful creations. If this is your first stop make sure to stop by each blog and leave a comment so all the ladies know you enjoy their hard work.

For my first project, I am sharing a card I made with some leftover material from a card class. I had the pre-cut card stock lying on my desk and it kept getting moved around and I kept having this nagging feeling like I needed to use the pieces before they just got swept into my scrap pile. So I put myself to the challenge to use the pieces for a new card.

This is what I came up with using the Blooming with Kindness stamp set. It is a great birthday card to have on hand.

Items Used:
Stamp Set- Blooming with Kindness
Card Stock: Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White
Ink: Stazon, Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder
Other: Big Shot, Chevron Embossing Folder, Garden Green Marker

The second project I made is a project I've been wanting to make for a year. Last year at the SU! convention one of the presenters made an adorable cork board covered with our fabric. I don't remember what happened to my picture of it but this is my version.
I glued some cork board onto some chip board and then covered it with some Timeless Portrait Fabric, added the Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding so that it could be hung. To add a little decorating I die cut the largest label from the Apothecary Accents die, a butterfly from the Beautiful Butterflies die, and a couple small butterflies from the Beautiful Wings Embosslit. I planned to glue some of the small butterflies onto some thumb tacts but I can't find mine. I guess we'll have to use our imagination for now.

Items Used:
Timeless Portrait Fabric, Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Die, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Large Peals, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding

I hope you enjoyed my projects today. Make sure to hop on over to my friend Tonya's blog.

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. Anji C. of Altered Scraps Blog
6. Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
7. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
8. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
9. Patricia T. of Sunnyone Stampin'
10. Heather W. of Heather's Stampin' Blog
11. Marla R. of Marla's Stampin' Spot
12. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
13. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim

Green Thumb

Like I mentioned before, I do not have a green thumb and I have a dead mini apricot tree to prove it. So stamping flowers are my kind of flowers! These Summer Smooches won't wilt away any time soon and that gives me plenty of time to hoard this birthday card, I mean find the right person to send a birthday card to.

I made this card with Island Indigo and Daffdil Delight card stock, Summer Smooches DSP, Daffodil Delight Seam Binding, Scallop Circle Die, Circle Die, and my Big Shot.

Well I am off to keep cleaning out some of my retired stamps and accesories so I can have a stamp sale soon.

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.