We made this card in stamp club this month.  I was inspired by a card Andrea Borries posted to SCS.  I like yellow and gray together and LOVE SU's new Smokey Slate paper and ink.

Stamps: Flower Shop, Summer Silhouettes
Ink: Smokey Slate, Daffodil Delight, VersaMark
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Smokey Slate, Whisper White
Accessories: embossing powder, silver brads, punches, paper piercing

 

No new technique on this card.  Just wanted to CASE a pretty card I saw by Sandy Mathis on SCS. 

Stamps: French Foliage
Card stock: Always Artichoke, Early Espresso, Naturals White
Inks: Early Espresso, River Rock, Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke, Old Olive
Accessories: Early Espresso ribbon, Antique brad

This card was inspired by one I saw on Shelli Gardner's blog. I love the new In Colors and used two of them on this card.  I also love the Elegant Bird Bigz die!  The bigz dies are able to cut so many different materials that the possible projects with it seem endless!  I can't wait to try some of the ideas I have for this one.  

Stamps: Reason to Smile* and Very Vintage wheel
Inks: Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit
Card stock: Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit
DSP: Paisley Petals (retired)
Accessories: Elegant Bird die, Scallop Edge Border punch, Antique Brad

*The Reason to Smile stamp set is brand new and will be available only in July for $5 when you spend $50!! 

Here's a link to the list of stamp sets retiring May 31, 2012.  Don't miss out on any that may still be on your Wish List!  And here's a card made using one of my favorite retiring sets, Nature's Nest.

I can't really complain about our weather this winter.  It's been rainy and wet but we haven't had much snow or ice.  Yet, the dreary sky made me wish for spring so I chose pastels for this card -- Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, and Whisper White.  The polka dots are not ribbon or DSP but were stamped in Whisper White craft ink on Certainly Celery card stock.  The flower was cut and embossed with a retired Embosslit, the leaves cut with the Little Leaves Sizzlit, and the lace with the Eyelet border punch.  The center of the flower is a rhinestone brad.  The greeting is from the Short and Sweet set.  Card design CASEd from one posted to SCS by bon2stamp.

So nice to have found time to stamp today!  I saw a card on SCS that I liked but the description stated that the stamp set used was only available in Europe, so I improvised with stamps and embellishments that I had.  Not everything I used was from Stampin' Up! but I did use the same colors, Very Vanilla and Early Espresso, the Four Frames and Language of Friendship stamp sets, Basic Pearls, Antique Brad, and the Decorative Label punch.

Here's a peek at another card we will be making in stamp club.  It features the Vanilla Double technique (by request), the Flowers Awash stamp set, Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, and Cajun Craze card stock, and 3 gold mini brads.

Welcome to the first stop on the inaugural blog hop of a new Yahoo group that I have joined -- Hopping Just for the Fun of It!  We're a group who love sharing all the fun projects we create with SU products and will be hosting a monthly blog hop just for the fun of it!  For a list of all the blogs participating in this month's hop, please visit our home blog. 
Our theme this month is All Holidays and my contribution is a card using Greeting Card Kids.  Look closely at the DSP...can you see the bats?  :-)  It's from the new DSP called Frightful Sights.  Basic Black, Old Olive, and Whisper White card stock and Glimmer brads were also used.  The circles were cut with the retired Coluzzle and the image was colored with watercolor pencils and a blender pen.

Thanks so much for visiting.  Be sure to join us on the first Saturday of every month for more SU creativity!  The next stop on our hop today is Angela Walters' blog.  She always has something fun to share!

I have several scrapbooks with photos of our nieces and nephews when they were small or growing up.  This is the title page for an album with photos of them as adults.  The patterned paper is some I bought at a scrapbook convention a few years ago, the poem was printed from my computer on River Rock card stock and matted on Always Artichoke card stock.  Images from the Sense of Time set were stamped in VersaMark ink behind the poem.  Tiny brads were added where the corners were punched with the ticket corner punch.  The clock on the "time flies" embellishment was heat embossed on River Rock card stock with VersaMark and River Rock Classic ink and the wings were stamped in River Rock Classic ink with the retired Weathered background stamp and cut from River Rock card stock with a Tim Holtz die.

Welcome to the 8th stop on the SU STARS July blog hop! If you are hopping along in order you arrived here from Connie Smith's blog.  If you happened along some other route, you can continue hopping by following the link at the end of this post or find a list of all blogs on our hop this weekend by visiting the SU STARS blog.

Our theme this month is Movers, Shakers and Summer Mini Make and Takers.  My project is one of my very favorite moving cards -- a Waterfall card.  It's much easier to make than you might think.  If you can cut and fold paper, then you can do it!  You'll find a tutorial on SCS here.  The first photo below is how the card looks when taken out of the envelope.

Pull the tab at the bottom of the center panel and watch the stamped images unfold!

The greeting or sentiment is revealed as the last image appears.  There's also room for you to write a personal message and sign the card.

Materials used:  Chocolate Chip and Whisper White card stock, Sending Love Specialty Designer Series paper (retired), Birthday Bakery stamp set (retired), Stampin' Write markers, and Glitter brads.

Thanks a bunch for stopping by.  The next and last stop on our hop is the blog of Shari Dudek.  Enjoy!

Welcome to the 15th stop on VC_Rocks July Blog hop!  VC_Rocks is a great group of women who love stamping, scrapbooking, and Stampin' Up!  If you're hopping along in order, you arrived here from Angela's blog.  If not, and you would like to see more of our creativity, continue hopping from the link at the end of this post.  You can also find a list of all the participating blogs on the VC_Rocks blog.
Our theme this month is ABC -- Anything But a Card.  My project is a Card Keeper Portfolio made from a template by Stampin' Up!  These are fun to make and great for giving a set of assorted hand made cards as a gift.  The first photo shows the keeper closed by tying the Very Vanilla ribbon into a bow.  The design on the front was case'd from a card posted on SCS by Janine Tinklenberg.

The next photo shows the card keeper open with a few cards inside.

Supply list:  Nature Walk and Sincere Salutations stamp sets; Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry, Marina Mist, and Old Olive card stock; Very Vanilla and Old Olive ribbon; brads; Stampin' Write markers.

Thanks for stopping by.  The next stop on the hop is the blog of Mary Jo Price-Williams.  Enjoy!

On June 30 Stampin' Up! will retire some products to make way for new ones in July. the card below was made using one of the retiring sets, Lots of Bots. To order this set, or another set you love that is retiring, contact your SU demonstrator soon! If you don't have a demonstrator, follow the link on the left (under Followers) to my SU web site to check out the Last Chance List and place your order there.

Card stock used to create this card were Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, and Whisper White. Stampin' Write markers were used to color the robot. The metal layer was cut from a soda can and embossed with an embossing folder from my stash. The "screw" is a brad also from my stash.

This scrapbook page is about my role models. Two women I admire and want to be like when I get older. The journaling was computer generated on a piece of card stock and punched with the spiral border punch. The patterned paper is from a pad I've had for a while. The flower was cut with a flower layers Sizzix die, crumpled and then the edges were sponged with ink. Rose Pink glitter was glued to the large brad in the center.

Another Mother's Day card CASEd from Stampin_Sheri36 on SCS. Card stock is Pink Pirouette and Whisper White, Pink Pirouette and Pear Pizzazz Classic ink, Build a Blossom stamp set and coordinating punch, the Scalloped Trim border punch, an embossing folder, an Antique brad, and Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

Welcome to the March blog hop of SU STARS! If you are hopping along in order, you arrived here from the SU STARS blog. If not, just follow the link at the bottom of this post to the next blog and before you know it, you will have completed the hop! We have so many talented stampers with great projects to share you won't want to miss a one! If you happen to get lost, just go back to the list here to move on to the next blog. This month we are featuring spring themed projects or projects created with products from the Stampin' Up! Occasions mini catalog. My card was inspired by one I saw on SCS by stampcrave using the Nature Walk and the Framed Tulip embossing folder. Card stock used was Rich Razzleberry for the base and Naturals White for the images and tag. A Rich Razzleberry Glimmer brad was used to attach the tag to Rich Razzleberry ribbon. The sentiment stamp is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set. The next stop on the hop is Brenda Hugar's blog. She always has great projects. Enjoy!

Time for a masculine card. The image and sentiment are from the In Wilderness set, card stock is Naturals White, Basic Black embossed in the Square Lattice folder, Basic Gray, and Marina Mist. and the brad is from the Designer Circle set.

One more Christmas card and another easel card. Card stock used was Whisper White for the Santa image, Cherry Cobbler, and River Rock for the base. The patterned paper is from my stash. Santa was colored with blender pens and ink. I used Smooch Accent Ink on his beard, moustache, eyebrows and the white on his cap. I also added a little Dazzling Diamonds on the fur of his cap. The scallop circle and bookplate holding the greeting were cut with Sizzix dies in my Big Shot. Two gold brads hold the bookplate in place.

Hope you enjoyed the SU-STARS blog hop last weekend. There were so many pretty cards and projects! I made note of several that I plan on copying so you may see them, or a variation of them, here in the next few weeks. These cards were made with the builder wheel from the Holiday mini catalog. I really like the builder wheels! So many combinations and ways to use them. For these, I left the center slot empty so I could use ribbon there. This one was colored with Stampin' Pastels and has retired DSP and ribbon in Old Olive and Real Red. This one also has retired DSP and ribbon and a corduroy brad in Real Red. It was colored with a blender pen and ink.