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CCMC252 A Round Array

One of Stampin' Up!'s specials this month is the Spring Bundle, A Round Array.  It includes a fun stamp set PERFECT for the 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch (both included in the bundle) for a 15% off bundle savings!  I decided to pull it out and use it for my Create with Connie and Mary Challenge Card today!  It's a really different (but fun!) color challenge for you to try!

And here is my card…quick and basically easy.  It uses the fun Soda Pop Top, too!  Those are available in the Spring Mini, but will NOT be in the main catalog…so make sure to grab some before they go away.  They are fun to flatten in your Big Shot!  Yep!  It's as easy as pie to smash them!  I'm also on a mission to use up my retiring Designer Paper!

Here are the details:

1. The base card is 4 1/4 x 11 Very Vanilla, folded in half.
2. I added a 3 3/4 x 4 piece of Tea for Two Designer Paper to the bottom of a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Soft Suede cardstock.
3. I added a piece of Soft Suede Taffeta Ribbon to hide the seam and adhered in the back.
4. The Apothecary Accent Framelit was cut from Sahara Sand, then added a 1/4 strip of So Saffron, cut with flag ends on both sides.
5. I stamped the For You from A Round Array twice, once in So Saffron and once in Soft Suede.  The So Saffron was punched with the 7/8 Scallop Circle and the inside For You was punched with the 1/2" Circle punch.  Both were layered in a 1" Circle of Sahara Sand.
6. I flattened the Soda Pop Top with the Big Shot and added the stamped images inside, then popped it up with a Stampin' Dimensional on the front of the card!

Fun and easy with lots of pizzazz!!!  Love it!  Make sure to check out the rest of the Challenge Team over on Create with Connie and Mary, then grab your stamps and play along!

Bloomin’ Bouquet & Dolled Up Birthday Kits

OK, I'm late out of the gate in posting about a couple AWESOME kits!  HURRY and order yours today as they are only available WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!  Click on my online ordering button below, or email me if you are local to save a little on shipping!

Another couple photos from Fiji.  We caught them setting up for our Stampin' Up! dinner buffet (which was WONDERFUL!)  Lots of prep work!

Lorri Heiling took the closeup of the table in this next photo!  For some reason, my flash didn't work and it turned out really dark.  Thanks, Lorri!

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NEW Bloomin' Bouquet Kit

Stampin' Up!'s NEW Bloomin' Bouquet Project Kit is now available, while supplies last!

  Thank you.  Teacher appreciation. Just because. Say thank you with this no-maintenance bouquet. This easy-to-assemble kit comes complete with the petals, stems, and buttons to create the flowers, as well as four different tags to make this the perfect gift for any occasion. All you need is some paper, ribbon or a vase to add the finishing touches to the bouquet.

As if that weren't enough, the kit contains a "baker's dozen"! This means you can create and give (or keep) a dozen flowers, and have a bonus flower left over to pass along to someone new! Give it to someone you wouldn't normally think of: a teller at the bank, a grocery store clerk, or the librarian at your local library. Anyone you encounter on your way that you'd like to give a little "thank you" to.

See the video on how easy it is to put together the Bloomin' Bouquet project kit.

Ordering information:
Item# 134542, $12.95
Available starting April 29, while supplies last.
Kit contents:

• 2 sheets of preprinted and precut flowers on 12" X 12" card stock; makes 13 flowers using Pool Party, Gumball Green, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, and Rich Razzleberry
• 13 Vintage Faceted Buttons
• 13 green floral wire stems

Adhesive not included. (Glue gun or strong adhesive recommended.)

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Dolled Up Birthday Kit

The Dolled-Up Birthday kit includes the following:

• Dolled-Up Happy Birthday Photopolymer Stamp (1)
• 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Crumb Cake Cardstock (6 pieces)
• 2" x 4-1/4" Very Vanilla Cardstock (6 pieces)
• Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes (6)
• Tea Lace Paper Doilies (6)
• Dress Up die-cuts (6)*
• Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Spot (1)
• Vanilla 5/8" Flower Trim (6 pieces)
• Sponge Dauber (1)

Get everything you need to make six cards for only $15.95 (item 133913)!**

To assemble one card, follow the instructions below:

1. Place the stamp on clear-mount block D or H rubber side up and ink with the Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Spot.
2. Stamp "Happy Birthday" at the bottom of the card front.
3. Ink the Sponge Dauber with Soft Suede ink and gently antique the doily and the edges of the dress form.
4. Adhere the pieces to the card front in this order:
   • Doily
   • Very Vanilla Cardstock
   • Dress form
   • Flower

*Created using the Dress Up Framelits Die designed by Karen Burniston

**Adhesive not included

SPECIAL NOTE:  I just put up my thermometer for the last few points I need to earn the Stampin' Up! Incentive Trip Cruise for NEXT year!  I'm SO close!  Every order helps…make sure to check out the retired lists and get those items you want before they go away!  Go to my blog to watch my thermometer go RED!  Everyone who orders will be entered to win HOSTESS CREDITS!  Please use Hostess Code #WFYSJB9W with your Online Order!

Sketched Birthday

Here's a view from the water of where we stayed at the Sofitel Resort in Fiji!  This is just the central building, there are actually two wings of the resort with all the guestrooms that extend off each side.  Our snorkeling trip sailboat went right by our resort so I was able to snap this picture!

This is the wing on the right where we stayed…our room is on the top third floor, completely on the left of this picture closest to the water.  Yesterday, I showed you the view from our room, so this is the view from the water of the little chapel.

Our first day, we dropped off our swaps at the Hospitality Room, they sorted them and returned them to us on Share Day.  Here is the swap I made.  I limited myself to using only products that I knew would be available in the new catalog, so that was a real challenge!  I had received this set, Sketched Birthday, at Leadership so decided to use it!  I'm happy that the Polka Dot Parade Designer Paper will be back, too!  And yes, I'm quite taken with the Apothecary Frame look, but added the circles inside, this time, instead of another oval.

Here are the details!

1. The base 4 1/4 x 11 of Daffodil Delighted, folded in half.
2. 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Polka Dot Parade Designer Paper in Marina Mist (I had several sheets of this, so built my color scheme around it!)
3. I cut the Apothecary Accent from Real Red and cut the oval out of the center.
4. I used the Piercing Tool around the edges again for a little accent, it is placed on the front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
5. Inside I cut 2" Circles from Daffodil Delight with the Circles Dies.  I stamped the Happy Birthday Cupcake image from Sketched Birthday once in Real Red and once in Marina Mist on Whisper White cardstock.  The Real Red was punched with the Scallop Circle Punch and the Marina Mist was punched with the 1 1/4" Circle Punch.  I popped up the Marina Mist circle with Stampin' Dimensionals and colored it with Real Red and Daffodil Delight markers.
6. I added Rhinestones to the top of the cupcake and on the top and bottom of the Apothecary Accent.
7. Finally, I stamped the Celebrate greeting in the Sketched Birthday set with Marina Mist and cut it out, then layered on the front.

Hope you like this card!  I think it makes a bright and colorful birthday card for someone special!

SPECIAL NOTE:  I just put up my thermometer for the last few points I need to earn the Stampin' Up! Incentive Trip Cruise for NEXT year!  I'm SO close!  Every order helps…make sure to check out the retired lists and get those items you want before they go away!  Every little order helps!  Go to my blog to watch my thermometer go RED!  Everyone who orders will be entered to win HOSTESS CREDITS!  Please use Hostess Code #WFYSJB9W with your Online Order!

Everything Eleanor Mother

I'm back from Fiji and trying to get back on my time zone!  It is proving much harder coming back than it was going there!  I keep wanting to stay up until 2:00 AM, waking up at 7:00 AM and then feel like taking a nap in the afternoon because I'm so tired!   I hope I can get back to a normal schedule soon!  Here's a picture of the morning sunrise on one of the days.  We would get up and walk along the beach before it got hot!  I picked up a few pretty shells, but never found the sand dollars that some were finding!

For my mother-in-law's card, I pulled out Everything Eleanor…I haven't used it for a while!  I paired it with Tea for Two Designer Paper.  Hope she likes it!  I made this before I left…I haven't touched a stamp in 2 weeks and am having serious withdrawal!  NEED to get into my room tomorrow, I want to make a few things for my daughter-in-law's baby shower next weekend.

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Here are the details:

1. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Crumb Cake, folded in half for base card.
2. 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Whisper White, added a 1 1/2" x 5 1/4 strip of Tea for Two Designer Paper across the top.
3. I wrapped a length of Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon around the back and adhered.
4. I stamped the medallion from Everything Eleanor in Crumb Cake, then cut it out.  I stamped the Mother greeting from Delightful Dozen in Basic Black on top.  It is popped up on the front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
5. I stamped the flowers with Basic Black and Calypso Coral on Calypso Coral cardstock, cut them out and added to the front.
6. I added pearls in the centers of the flowers.
7. Finally, I stamped the bird in Basic Black on Whisper White, cut him out and placed on the top of the greeting.  There is a little pearl in his eye, too!

I think this has a vintage look to it, don't you?  To all the mothers out there, Happy Mother's Day!!!

NOTE:  I just put up my thermometer for the last few points I need to earn the Stampin' Up! Incentive Trip Cruise for NEXT year!  I'm SO close!  Every order helps…make sure to check out the retired lists and get those items you want before they go away!  Every little order helps!  Go to my blog to watch my thermometer go RED!  Everyone who orders will be entered to win HOSTESS CREDITS!  Please use Hostess Code #WFYSJB9W with your Online Order!

CCMC251 Summer Silhouettes

It's Thursday…and time for the Create with Connie and Mary challenge!  We have a fun sketch for you today!  I loved it!

I had thought of going a couple different ways with this…but ended up using the Summer Silhouettes stamp set for my card.  Boy…am I going to MISS my Lucky Limeade!  Only a couple more weeks to use it!

Here are the details:

1. The base is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, folded in half.
2. I stamped the lattice image from Summer Silhouettes in Tangerine Tango along the right side as the sketch shows and adhered the 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Whisper White to the front.
3. I cut a 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 piece of Whisper White and stamped the leaves and stems from Summer Silhouettes with Lucky Limeade across it.  I added the flowers of Tangerine Tango.  I layered it on a 3 x 4 piece of Basic Black and popped it up on the front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
4. I colored the Rhinestone Jewels with a Black Sharpie and added them to the base of the flower stem.  Don't they POP off the page?
5. I punched the Decorative Label Punch from Tangerine Tango cardstock.  On top I added a Basic Black Scallop Oval Punch.
6. On top of that I stamped the Especially for You from Made for You (retiring!  Page 44 of the big catalog in case you missed this great greeting set!) in Black Stazon on Whisper White and punched with the Large Oval Punch.
7. The greeting was adhered to the front with a Stampin' Dimensional under the left side and regular Snail on the right side.

Make sure to check out the rest of the Challenge Team over on Create with Connie and Mary!  Then grab your stamps and play along…we love to see your creativity!

SUOC70 Aviary Butterflies

It's time for another SUO Challenge…this time with a theme of butterflies!  Pretty easy theme with all the butterfly images and punches and dies that Stampin' Up! has out in the catalogs right now! 

I hope my card comes across as I intended.  I was going for a butterfly house look using Aviary stamp set!  You remember when I mentioned we were at the Niagara Falls Conservatory and saw all the butterflies?  Well, they had these "cages" hanging around in the butterfly habitat and I thought to looked so neat!  I also was able to use up some of the "starts" on my desk.  I had most of the butterflies cut and the Aviary stamped Oval already done, and also the Window Framelit cut from Basic Black done!  I was happy to get them off my desk and put into use.  All the clutter starts to get to me after a while and I have to CLEAN them away!  lol!

Here are the details:

1. The base card is 4 1/4 x 11 Daffodil Delight, folded in half to make the base card.
2. I added a 4 x 4 1/4 piece of Sunshine & Sprinkles Designer Paper to the bottom.  Then cut a 1/2 x 4 1/4 piece of the green polka dot on the reverse side to hide the seam.
3. I used the Basic Black Window Frame Framelit and added a Whisper White Oval Framelit piece, stamped with the Aviary cage in Black Stazon on front.  That was adhered to the front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
4. The butterflies from Papillon Potpourri were stamped in Melon Mambo, Marina Mist, Pink Pirouette and Daffodil Delight, punched with the Bitty Butterfly punch and added to the front.
5. I also punched butterfies from Daffodil Delight and the striped pattern in Sunshine & Sprinkles DSP.
6. Each of the butterflies has a rhinestone jewel for the body, and were placed diagonally across the cage.
7. I stamped Get Well Wishes from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Black Stazon on Daffodil Delight and punched with the Modern Label Punch, added to the bottom of the oval with more Stampin' Dimensionals.

Definitely a bright card to cheer someone up if they have been sick!

Make sure to check out the rest of the Design Team over on SUO Challenges to see what they did with the Butterfly theme!  And grab your stamps and play along!  We love to see your creativity!

Rubber Ducky Baby Shower Invitation

I made the Baby Shower invitations for my daughter-in-law, Beth.  She is due June 23 with our FIRST grandchild and we can hardly wait!  The theme for her shower is rubber ducks…too cute!  They don't want to know the sex of the baby, so the room right now is done with gray walls…they will add the appropriate colors after the baby is born!  I decided to use Daffodil Delight and Basic Gray for her invitations.

Isn't it cute???  The Daffodil Delight Chevron from Parker's Patterns worked out perfectly!  And the Rubber Ducky Punch Art is just too cute!  Here are the details:

1. The base is 5 x 7 Basic Gray.
2. I printed the invitation on Whisper White with gray and yellow font and cut to 4 3/4 x 6 3/4.
3. I added a 1 1/2" x 4 3/4" strip of Parker's Patterns Daffodil Delight Chevron print to the left side.
4. The Rubber Duck I made with the Extra Large Oval Punch for the body, I took out a chunk of it with the 1" Circle Punch and used that piece for the wing, popped up with a Stampin' Dimensional.  The head is 1" Circle.  I added a 1/4" circle of Whisper White for the eye, then colored a small Pearl with Black Sharpie for the eyeball.  The Beak is the tip of the wing from the Bird Punch out of Pumpkin Pie, then the very tip of the wing I punched again with Daffodil Delight for the tuff of feathers on top of the head.
5. I tore Marina Mist for the "pond" that the duck is sitting on and added the drops of water behind his tail with the Triple Layer Flower Punch (retired).

I love how it turned out.  My sister-in-law is hosting this shower, but I'm anxious to see what she does with this theme! 

Don't forget…last chance to order retiring stamps is June 3…and retiring accessories are WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!

CCMC250 Papillon Potpourri

Time for another Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge…we're doing a Color Challenge this week!  Check out this fun color combo!  Aren't you glad that Pool Party and Calypso Coral are staying?  I am!

And here is my card!  I love the hexagon…wish we had a punch the size to fit inside the Honeycomb folder!  I just ran the Sent with Love Designer Paper thru the Big Shot with the Honeycomb folder and then cut them out.  (OK…after I had these all done and photographed, realized that Sent with Love will be gone by the time this posts.  I'm in a rush trying to leave for Fiji in a few days as I post this, so no time to change it…sorry!  I had my weeks mixed up!  You can substitute the Epic Day This that That Designer Paper since it has these colors in it.)

Here are the details:

1. The base is 4 1/4 x 11 Basic Gray, folded in half.
2. Cut a 4×4 piece of Pool Party Cored'nations Paper, embossed with the Honeycomb folder and sanded.
3. Wrap the Calypso Coral Ruffled Ribbon around and adhere in the back, adhere to front of card.
4. Emboss the Sent with Love (or Epic Day This & That) Designer Paper with the Honeycomb fold and then cut out some of the hexagon shapes and adhere inside the Pool Party piece.
5. Stamp the image from Four Frames in Basic Gray and punch with the Decorative Label Punch.  Punch another from Calypso Coral cardstock.  Cut the Calypso Coral one in half and adhere wider than the image one.  Place on front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
6. Stamp the butterfly image from Papillon Potpourri in Calypso Coral on Whisper White, punch with the Butterfly Punch, tie Linen Thread around for the body and antenna.  Add to Four Frames image with Stampin' Dimensional under body.
7. Stamp For You from Itty Bitty Banners in Basic Gray, cut out and add to front of card.

Make sure to check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did this week over on Create with Connie and Mary!  Grab your stamps and play along!

Summer Silhouettes

Last week I did this Oval Framelit cut out of the Apothecary Accent and used the Oh Hello stamp set (SEE IT HERE!!!)  I changed it up a little and used Summer Silhouettes for this one!

Here are the details:

1. The base is Primrose Petals 4 1/4 x 11, folded in half.
2. I added a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Old Olive Polka Dot Parade Designer Paper on top.
3. I cut the Apothecary Accent Framelit from Primrose Petals and used the piercing tool around the edges with the template.  It was popped up on the front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
4. I added a smaller oval inside cut from Whisper White, stamped the leaves and stem with Old Olive ink, and the flowers with Primrose Petals, then added it to the center with Stampin' Dimensionals. 
5. There are small pearls at the base of the stem and in the small flowers.
6. I stamped Thinking of You from Sweet Essentials in Old Olive and folded the edges in a banner, cut with flag ends.

Totally different look than the last one I did, isn't it?  Wait until you see the one I did for the Fiji Incentive Trip swap!  Coming soon!  lol!

Don't forget…last chance to order retiring stamps is June 3…and retiring accessories are WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!

Secret Garden

I love the color combination of yellow and black.  I decided to use Secret Garden and make up a Daffodil Delight and Basic Black flower card!

Here are the details:

1. The base is 4 1/4 x 11 Basic Black, folded in half.
2. I cut a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Whisper White and stamped the large flower from Secret Garden with Black Stazon and then filled in with the small flower of Daffodil Delight.
3. I added a 1 x 4 piece of Daffodil Delight Polka Dot Parade Designer Paper across the top, then wrapped the 3/8" Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon around and tied with a knot (this ribbon is retiring!!!)
4. I stamped the greeting from Petite Pairs with Black Stazon on Daffodil Delight, then cut with the Hearts a Flutter Framelit.  I also cut the banner from that Framelit set from Basic Black.  Both were tucked under the DSP and ribbon.

Quick and easy card to pull together and you could use any color combination!  Don't you think the colors POP?  Enjoy!

Don't forgot the retiring stamps are only available thru June 3 and accessories WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!!!