I'm back again!

Greetings from Central Montana--I'm finally back; sorry I have been so absent here at this blogging thing.  I promise to be better.  It is a rainy/snowy day here--UGGGH!  Will spring ever get here?  Today's post is a cupcake card made with the Create a Cupcake stamp set found in the Occasion's Mini Catalog on page 22.  I also used the build a cupcake punch.  It makes quick cards with this combo!

Other supplies used are pink piroutte, crumb cake, and whisper white cardstocks, red glimmer paper (pg. 7 of  the occasion's mini); Create a cupcake and Something to Celebrate stamp sets; Big Shot, polka dot folder, and circles #2 die; build a cupcake and 2 3/8" scallop punch; sponge; pretty in pink ink pad; and pretty in pink taffeta ribbon.  A fun card to make!  Enjoy and have a great day--thanks for stopping by and I promise to be more consistent now that calving is slowing down for us.

Nature Walk

It is a nice day here today--calm before the storm as they are predicting snow again for us!  I am sooooooo tired of winter!  I am hoping that it doesn't happen and that the weather man is WRONG.  Today's post reminds me of spring with the flowers from the stamp set Nature Walk that is in the occasions mini catalog that is current until the end of April.  Take a look in there and make sure there in nothing you can't live without as I can't guaratee that we will see it ever again.  Some of the sets and items usually move into the new catalog but I don't know what ones.  You'll find this set on page 27 and it has matching DSP called Botanical Gazette on page 26 that goes with it. 

This card starts with an early espresso base and then an early espresso layer that was run thru the Big Shot with the framed tulip folder from the occasion's mini.  The focal piece was stamped by coloring in the stamp with markers of old olive, marina mist, and early espresso.  After all the stamping on the vanilla piece I then ran it through the Big Shot with the square lattice embossing folder this time.  I layered it to an old olive piece and tied the linen thread around it a couple times.  Using the tiny tags set I made a couple of tags and threaded them on with linen thread.  Tags were punched using the jewelry tag punch.  Then a layer of botanical gazette dsp layered to not quite navy and assembled all the layers and it was a done deal.  Well, it is time to head out to put some pairs out to pasture from the corrals; as Jeff has just hollered at me that he is ready to go.  We have our son, Jeff, home for a week to help with calving while he is on spring break from Missoula.  Isn't that the way most kids want to spend their spring break??  He has enjoyed the night checks for his dad, giving him a well deserved break.  It has been great to have him home and is one of my excuses as to why I haven't been here very regular, however, it is mostly the calving season that takes all my time these days.  Thanks for stopping by and keep checkin' in as I got my new goodies in the mail today so I hope to do some playing soon!  We'll have some sneak peeks from the summer mini coming your way.

 

Mmmmmm--Candy!

I just made this for the door prize for today's workshop--some lucky person is going home with CANDY!  I wrapped the little nugget candies with the springtime vintage dsp from the occasion's mini.  Then used the Punch Bunch SAB set to make the tag.  I colored it with markers in pear pizzazz, blushing bride, and rose red.  Punched it out with the scallop punch which matches perfectly as do all the images in this set; they all match punches carried by SU!  Wrapped it with some vanilla satin ribbon and tied the tag on with some linen thread.  I hope whoever wins this today loves chocolate!  Thanks for stopping by.



Botanical Gazette

Here is a card using the botanical gazette dsp from the occasion's mini catalog.  The base card is espresso that was run thru the polka dot folder for the front side of the card.

It uses a quote from the occasional quotes stamp set which is in the hostess section level 3.  A couple of scallop punches, one in cherry cobbler, and one out of the botanical gazette dsp are layered together with a 1 3/4" circle that was stamped with the stamp set Clearly for you from the occasions mini as well.  The quote is punched with a large oval punch in early espresso ink.  Sponging with cherry cobbler and espresso inks as well.  The button is cherry cobbler dirtied up with a brown sharpie marker and tied with some linen thread.  The bottom dsp is punched with the scallop trim border punch.  Thanks for stopping by today!



CCMC138~~ Bliss Again!

Happy Tuesday to all!  Today's card is again made with the SAB set, Bliss.  I just love this set!  This is a card that I made to do a challenge from Create with Connie and Mary CCMC138.

I used cherry cobbler, baja breeze, early espresso, and crumb cake (stepping out of my comfort zone--not a combo I usually use).  Also used was the dotted scallop ribbon border, 2½ inch circle, and decorative label punches.  Some of the embellishments include linen thread and basic pearls.  Base card is early espresso with a crumb cake layer.  The scallop ribbon border is out of early espresso cs and layered beside a piece of cherry cobbler dsp from the regals dsp stack.  The first edition dsp is torn first and then sponged with early espresso ink and has some of the flowers in cherry cobbler on it. The baja breeze circle was ran thru the Big Shot with the polka dot folder.  I LOVE my Big Shot!  I haven't regretted that purchase for one second; I use it all the time!   I colored the basic pearl with a marker to match.  The greeting comes from teeny tiny wishes sponged with early espresso ink.  The focal piece is distressed with the cutter kit and mounted to the card after adding the greeting with dimensionals.  All of these items are SU and can be found in either the occasions mini, Sale-a-bration, or our big Idea book and catalog.  If you have questions please feel free to contact me.  Have a great day!

Sale-a-bration is still going!

We are still celebrating with Sale-a-bration time with Stampin' Up!  You can check out the little catalog here: http://204.228.150.61/20102011catalogs/SAB11_US.pdf

Today's post uses one of these sets that you can get for FREE and is probably my favorite out of this little catalog.  It is called Bliss.

It uses baja breeze cardstock for the base card, vanilla cs embossed with tulip frame embossing folder thru the Big Shot, first edition dsp from the occasions mini catalog, chocolate chip cs that was embossed with the tulip frame folder and then punched with the photo corner punch.  The seam binding and the flower adornment come from the occasions mini catalog as well as the decorative label punch that I stamped the word bliss on.  I used some dimensionals to raise it up.  Thanks for stopping by.  Enjoy your week!

Fast and Fabulous!

Happy Sunday!  This is my first post for this new blog.  I am hoping you will find this quicker to load and more efficient for you to view.   Today's post is a card that I made with the fast and fabulous stamp set from the current hostess exclusive section from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog.  If you want to host a workshop and earn this set for free,  please contact me to set up a date.  This is also one of the cards made for part of the grand prize at my last stamp a stack class.

This card uses a concord crush base which is one of our in colors currently.  Then I had a sahara sand layer that was run thru the Big Shot using the framed tulip folder from the occasions mini catalog.  I then added a little white ink to the embossing with a sponge dauber.  The flowers are stamped with concord crush using just the outline flower stamp.  I used a blender pen to add a little concord crush and so saffron for the centers on the vanilla cs.  Then I added a scallop trim border edge with concord crush and then placed the victoria crochet trim and the vintage brad before adhering it to the concord base card.  Thanks for stopping by.