What I've Been Doing

The last week or so I've been BUSY making invitations for the MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) tea that I am responsible for. The theme is "An Evening in Paris" and the colors are Black, White, and Melon Mambo (pink). I was really excited about the cards until I got a quarter of the way into making them and I thought "Why did I do this to myself?" BUT, I pushed through it and finallly got them (all 60) made and even out in the mail by 1 o'clock!

Here's a picture of them all together and ready to go:


Here's one up-close:
Here's a really up close look so you can see the details:


With the theme being Parisian, I had to add some bling both with the brads and the glitter. So girly and so fun!

Attempt at an Easel Card

I can't believe it's almost the end of February already! I guess I haven't been doing a whole lot of stamping lately. I did have my rotating hostess club this past weekend so that gave me something to stamp for! (Or, at least motivated me to do something about!!) I have been looking around at blogs and such and kept seeing cute easel cards everywhere so I finally decided I needed to make one. They are pretty easy to make (not a lot of cutting, folding,etc which I like - I'm kind of a simple gal, can you tell?!) and I was pleased with the way this one came together. Yet once again I let the DSP be my background (just makes life way more simple) and I used the new flower punch as my focal point SO not a lot of actual stampin' on this card! The one extra little "bling" was that I used heat and stick powder on a clear button and added some gold glitter to give the center of the flower that extra "wow"!

It's funny (sad, actually) but even though I'm in the card making business, I have a bad habit of letting people's birthday's slip by so this one was appropriate (as long as I mail it on time!) Happy Stampin'!

Christmas Stamp-a-Stack Cards

Here are the projects we will be making for my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack. It is happening this Saturday - December 5th and you can make 10 cards for $15 or 20 cards for $25. You must RSVP to me ASAP!!! Every year I try to make each card different from the others so that you're walking away with 5 different unique designs. This year is no exception!


The first card design is completely CASE'd from my friend Amy. She sent me it a couple of years ago and I really like the colors.

The second card uses a color combination inspired by some of our current Christmas designer series paper and uses our new stamp set Delightful Decorations with its coordinating punch.The next card uses a unique color combination that comes from the designer series paper used in it. I also used a little bit of glitter to jazz this one up even more.The next card I CASE'd but can't remember from where. I just love the deer transformed into Rudolph! This card gets jazzed up with an embossed background and bright, fun ribbon. The last card is one I've been wanting to try and finally took the plunge - using acetate (window sheets). I love how this is a simple card but looks like so much more because of the clear sheet! Too fun!







I do hope to see you this Saturday! If you have questions or comments, please feel free to contact me!

Halloween Card

My rotating hostess club has been doing swaps each time we meet and last month (September) we did Halloween/Fall cards. I typically do something more fall-like instead of Halloween but as I looked at the stamp sets I had on hand I realized I didn't have any really good fall sets I wanted to use PLUS I had just gotten the Night and Day specialty designer series paper found in the holiday mini and knew I wanted to use it! So, the ideas started swirling and I ended up with this:

Here's a close up that shows a little more of the details.

Always Birthday Card and Giftcard Holder

A couple of months ago my good friend and downline had her birthday. I got her a Starbucks gift card and decided I wanted to make a matching card and giftcard holder. I took pictures of them before I sent them but didn't want to post the pictures until she got them! Well, as I mentioned that was a couple of months ago and I never did post them so I wanted to do so now. Here is the card:

And here's the giftcard holder:

The inspiration for the colors was the Always paper and it was fall so the colors seemed appropriate.

Ellie's Birthday Invitations

Once again it has been a while since I've posted on here. We are gearing up for our move and the craziness is beginning but in the meantime we are having a little get together for our daughter's first birthday this weekend! I wanted to make something girlie and fun and I found a great card design on split coast that I knew I wanted to duplicate. Click here to see the original design I liked. I also knew I wanted to use the Berry Bliss patterned paper and here's what I came up with:


Here is a close up of the flower on the band:I used the scallop punch, cut out the flower from "One of a Kind" and used a build a brad for the center. Let me know what you think! I will say I'm totally loving the Purely Pomegranate and will be sad to see it go!

More Simple Cards

I was on a role with making cards so I did a few more over the weekend. I tried to shake it up a bit and came up with these three designs. The "Here comes the Bride" one is for my cousin who just got engaged and is getting married in August. I, unfortunately, won't be able to make it to the wedding so I thought I would at least send a "congralations" card for now. The others are "just for fun" cards!

Simple Cards

Okay, I sat down yesterday and finally made some cards!! I have been in need of some birthday as well as pregnancy cards. I had a design in my head and finally brought it to life yesterday. Now, for those of you who have never stamped before or think stamping would be too hard, etc. then these are the cards for you. These are so simple but, I think, classy and nice. You can make them elegant, fun, retro, etc. This stamp set "She's All That" really lends itself to a nice, clean design and I just used patterned paper to help with color and texture. Remember from an earlier post I mentioned that patterned paper can really help you out and it did so again for me with these. Let me know what you think!!

Baby Thank You Cards

A while back before Eliana was born, I got on a role of making Baby thank you cards to send for shower gifts and gifts we got in the mail. I got quite a few made but, unfortunately, after they were gone, I haven't ever made any more so I'm WAY behind on sending out thank you's! So, if you sent us a gift, we do appreciate your thoughtfulness and we apologize for not thanking you sooner! Before I mailed any cards, I did take a few pictures and I really like how they look all together so I decided to share a couple of the pictures. As you can tell, I went with a pink and brown theme and everything I used has since been discontinued but I still love them. Using patterned paper can make your cards quick and easy plus spice them up at the same time!