Happy Birthday Cake Card

Hello friends. I am back today to share the second of three birthday card designs from my January Birthday Card class. For this card I used the Sale-A-Bration FREE stamp set, Happy Birthday To You. This beautiful birthday cake stamp is colored with water colors on my card. It is then cut out with the matching die - AVAILABLE IN FEBRUARY for purchase. 

Sale-A-Bration is an annual Stampin' Up! event in January, February, and March. For each $50 in SU product you purchase, you are eligible to select free merchandise from the Sale-A-Bration selection. AND beginning in February there are coordinating dies to match several of the Sale-A-Bration stamp sets. This excites me greatly. I do not enjoy "fancy cutting" so I am always all about those matching dies!

Other products used on the card are Seaside Spray and Whisper White card stock.  I created the stunning background with the Stitched Lacy die set. I also used the oval die and rectangle die.

Thank you for stopping by today. If you are interested in more information on any of the products used on the is project, you can find them in my online Stampin' Up! store.

Birthday Bonanza Card

Hello friends! I am back today to share cards from my January Birthday Card Classes. I offer two birthday card classes each month, one on a weekday evening and one on a Saturday. We make the same cards at both workshops, two cards each of three designs. This is the first design from my January Birthday Card class. 

We used Stampin' Up's Birthday Bonanza Bundle to create this card, combined with the Oasis paper. I love this Oasis paper! It is so pretty. And I love how the Oasis paper can make the Bonanza Toucan look like it belongs on an adult birthday card.

The tag die is also included with the Birthday Bonanza Bundle dies. Not only do you get the dies to match the stamps, it is like getting a bonus die with the tag die.

I used Daffodil Yellow, Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo, and Cherry Cobbler card stock. I also used round dies and a rectangular die.

For more information on any of the products used here, visit my Stampin' Up! on-line store.

I will be back to share the other two January birthday cards. 

Happy 2020

Hello friends. Here I am, back, again, hoping to keep up my blog.

I am hoping to start 2020 with some new goals. My goals include:

1. Posting to the blog more frequently
2. Building my Stampin' Up! contacts and customer base, and
3. Create more designs to share

If you would like to help me with goal number two, and have not already signed up at the top of the page, please share your email with me and I will add you to my twice monthly newsletter. 

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One More Go At This...

Hello friends! Remember back in April and May when I shared that I planned to begin blogging again? "Best-laid plans" would be an adequate description of that scheme. Here it its October and I am trying once again.4

I have been very busy over the last few months with paper crafting, traveling, and most recently, getting injured. I have started hosting card making classes at my home, as well as a monthly get together when our Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin kits arrive. I recently held a Christmas Stampin' Bingo party, which was really great fun! 

My plans for the fall include more Birthday Card class (next week), several Christmas Card classes, and a Christmas Tags get together.

Today, in an attempt to ease back into blogging, I am sharing some of the birthday cards created in my classes over the last few months.

My PLAN is to return and share more with you soon.

Everything Is Rosy in May

Hello friends. 

Today I am sharing a new Stampin' Up kit called Everything is Rosy. This is a limited time kit that only just became available. 

The Everything is Rosy Medley will be available for purchase until May 31, 2019 - or while supplies last. In other words, when they are gone - they are gone!

The Everything Is Rosy Product Medley includes these exclusive products:

Everything Is Rosy Photopolymer Stamp Set—18 stamps;

Everything Is Rosy Dies—10 dies;

6" x 6" Designer Series Paper Stack—48 sheets; 8 each of 6 double-sided designs

6" x 6" rose gold foil paper—8 sheets

Printed die cuts—2 sheets

Rose gold die cuts—4 sheets; 2 each of 2 designs

Rose gold adhesive backed mirror embellishments—60 embellishments; 

Melon Mambo 1/4" (6.4 mm) Ruched Ribbon—10 yards

Night of Navy/Rose Gold 3/8" (1 cm) Metallic –Edge Ribbon—10 yards

Rose Gold Shimmer Paint—1/2 oz. (15 ml)

The cards and scrapbook layout featured above were made with this kit. Below you can see the elements included in the medley.

While I have you here, let's talk about Paper Pumpkin for a moment. Paper pumpkin is our monthly subscription kit, with the worst name, but the most amazing content.

The May kit is so darling, I cannot wait to receive it. I have seen sneak peeks of the kit and it is so cute. If you are not already a Paper Pumpkin subcriber, you must be sign up before May 10 to receive this box.

If you have considered trying the Paper Pumpkin subcription, this is the perfect month to start. You can order a single month to try out the kits. Or you can get discounts with a 3 month, 6 month, or 12 month subscriptions. I started with a three month subscription because I had no idea how much I would love this product! Would you like to know more about Paper Pumpkin, Click HERE for for more information.

I know this has been a bit wordy. Thank you if you are still reading! LOL. I will be back next week with new card and layout projects. 

Dandelion Wishes Scrapbook Layout

Hello friends. Yesterday I shared about my conversion to Stampin' Up! I shared cards made with the cute, cute, cute Dandelion Wishes stamp set. I also mentioned that this stamp set is also perfect for scrapbook layouts.

The layout above was created very quickly late last night and is not representative of my best scrapbooking. It does, however, illustrate how nicely this stamp set works on a scrapbook layout.

I downloaded three photos from Google Images (I call this child part of my fake family). After printing the photos to a standard 4"x6" size, I used my paper trimmer and cut the photos down to 4"x3.75". I matted the photos onto a 4.75" by 11 piece of white cardstock. I then matted the white cardstock onto a 6.5" x 12" piece of print cardstock. I cut 1/2" x 6" strips of designer series cardstock and affixed the strips as trim on the page.

I used my circle die set and cut out a stamped image of the dandelions and using the same designer paper, I cut a scalloped circle mat.

I used Memento black into to stamp my images and Pool Party Ink to color the dandelions.

This layout was so easy and quick, but it is still cute. With a little personalized journaling, this page would be book ready!

Products Used:

Dandelion Wishes 146747



Pool Party Ink Pad 147107




Pool Party Ink Pad 101406




Layering Circle Framelets Dies 141705




Whisper White 12 x 12 Cardstock 124302




Garden Impression 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper 146289

Sponge Daubers 133773