ANOTHER GREAT SCENIC SEASON CARD

I received so many compliments on this card.  To be honest - I was shocked.  I know that this is a pretty card, but I didn't think it would have the interest it has generated.  This card was stamped on whisper white card stock.  I used garden green classic ink to stamp the tree scene  The trees are from scenic season. I then stamped snowflakes from the stamp set serene snowflakes in bashful blue.  The card looked plain so I decided to run it through the Big Shot and used my square lattice embossing folder ( you all know how much I love that folder).  Lastly, I stamped Merry Christmas from teeny tiny wishes set in garden green and punched it out and layered it.  The sentiment is "popped up" with dimensionals.  Thanks all for your great compliments this weekend on this card.  It is not that hard to make and would truly be a great Christmas card to send this year.

FATHER'S DAY THIS WEEKEND - NEW CARD

I wasn't sure if I would miss every color that is retiring from SU! - especially Handsome Hunter. I was looking to rearrange my card stock and was going to pull all of the retiring colors when I stumbled upon the Handsome Hunter. I pulled it out and die cut a Big Shot Top Note. Then, since I had recently gotten my new Idea Book (demonstrators receive their copies in June) from SU! and a preorder of some great items coming in July - I decided to go to town using the new stuff. One of the best new products SU! is putting out July 1st is a new embossing folder called vintage wallpaper. I used it on the Handsome Hunter Top note. I love this folder. I think it could fast take over my love of the square lattice folder which I used on the River Rock card stock base (p.s River Rock is returning July 1st!). I had some alpine ribbon left and I just took my new River Rock stampin write marker and colored the cream part. The ribbon then matched my card really well.
Father's day is this Sunday (I know...where is the year going?) and I needed to quickly get a card off to my dad. He lives in NJ and even though I'm in Maryland, the mail can be so hit or miss and I just don't like it when holiday cards arrive after the holiday (except for Christmas when I feel some of those delayed cards help extend the spirit!). So, in addition to the top note...I punched some stars using my large and small star punch and also punched a modern label punch. I stamped Happy Father's Day from the stamp set Teeny Tiny Wishes onto whisper white card stock and punched it out with the word window punch. Those two punches I just mentioned - modern label and word window - go together so well and may just be the two punches I reach for the most, other than the varying circle size punches.
Inside I added the border from the die cut top note, which I don't usually do. I usually end up throwing those into the recycle bin but honestly, why waste the card stock. The Handsome Hunter goes so well with the River Rock! I stamped 2 sentiments on the inside. The top is stamped on designer paper called Jackpot (retiring June 30th) that I also used on the large star punch for the card front. The sentiment is from the stamp set One of a Kind. The sentiment below is from one of my new favorite sentiment stamp sets called Full of Life.
And here is a close up of one part of the card so that you can see the detailed embossing you get with your Big Shot. I even embossed the modern label punch and I could have done the stars, but I had to run out the door to work and really wanted to get the card in the mail. I think the designer paper for the punched star did the trick and the real red coloring really added to the card.

Hope my dad gets this card on time and I hope he enjoys the sentiments inside. I love my dad and am so happy to be able to have the ability to make him a card for his special day!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE FATHER'S OUT THERE, EVERYWHERE!

VERY CHEERFUL CARD

At class last night we made this really cheerful card using some of our retiring SU! colors that I'm sad to say goodbye to - crushed curry, handsome hunter, and ruby red. We made an assortment of cards and this card looked cheery enough to be a get well card. There isn't much stamping involved...this is more of a card that uses the Big Shot and punches. First we ran the card base through the Big Shot using the square lattice embossing folder. Then we die cut the top note in handsome hunter and ran it through the Big Shot with the brand new Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder (oh, this is a good one folks!) The largest flower and the leaves were die cut using the island floral die (new in summer mini), the large flower punch and then by stamping a blossom from a beautiful thing set and cutting it out. Ok SU! we could use a punch this size too! all of the flowers except the stamped flower were run through the Big shot using the dots embossing folder for SU! Now...here was the fun part...next we brayered the square lattice die with handsome hunter ink and placed the die cut petals in the folder and ran them through the Big Shot. The leaves then took on the handsome hunter color in the embossed areas only. How cool is that? Learned that technique at a Remarkable Retreat (next one is October 29, 30, and 31st in York, Pa - email me if interested). The epoxy brad in the center is from the RETIRING BUILD A BRADS in Brass (pewter is staying!) and the sentiment is from teeny tiny wishes stamp set.
I stamped more images from a beautiful thing stamp set using tone on tone crushed curry and then stamped the get well soon sentiment on the inside punched word window punch layered with the modern label punch.

This card was made as a get well card because I didn't have too many on hand (in fact, I may have had one or none) but could also be used for other occasions as well - like birthday, thinking of you, etc.

Below are the island floral die which is brand new in the summer mini catalog and the A Beautiful Thing stamp set that is retiring in less than 2 weeks.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHARON LIBERTO

I did a variation of this card in an earlier post. I loved the design so much that I used a similar one for my friend Sharon's birthday card. Sharon's birthday is May 30th which is also my wedding anniversary. I'll post Sharon's card today, so I can post something else on the 30th. Sharon is a good friend of mine who several years ago left the hospital to go work for Hospice. She is a great RN and I'm glad that I still get to stamp with her from time to time.
On the cover of this card, I stamped some Vintage Vogue, a stamp set that was in the spring mini catalog which is still available for purchase even though most of the other items in the mini catalog have retired. I used melon mambo, summer sun and only orange ink colors. All but Melon Mambo are retiring on June 30th.

BARELY BANANA AND NIGHT OF NAVY ARE A GREAT COMBO

Here's a no stamping card front. I had fun the other day, just embossing my card stock and dsp. Barely Banana and Night of Navy sure do look good together. I'm going to miss Barely Banana. Thankfully Night of Navy is staying! Similar to the card I made the other day is this one. I also punched a 5 petal flower punch and ran it through the square lattice embossing folder, just like the barely banana card stock. I used one of the brads I got for FREE with the SU! promotion this month (only a few more days left!) for the center of the flower.
Now, I did stamp the inside of the card. How could I not? I love to stamp! I used my new stamp set Elements of Style on the inside. I love this hummingbird! I also put a little glimmer on the inside using some vanilla smooch spray! Oh....we'll be using that new shimmer glitz spray at class a lot more and I'll have a sample from last night's class using the smooch. Wait til you see more!

NO STAMPING TODAY, WHAT?

All I've done this past week is brag about that new square lattice embossing folder, right? Well, I went nuts yesterday making tons of cards with that folder. I love the look. And...this particular card is not stamped at all. Each piece is embossed with the folder. For the flower, I used the 5 flower petal punch, boho blossoms punch and the new mini punches from the summer mini catalog. I put all except the mini punch through the embossing folder as well.

I just love this color combination. Luckily Melon Mambo is staying on when we transition to the new Idea book, but except for whisper white, all of these other colors are going. They are bermuda bay, apricot appeal, and only orange. If there are any particular colors you love, order them now from SU! as they are selling out and you will only pay premium pricing if you wait til they are gone. You can always order from my website or email me an order. If you are local, you are in luck...I have an order going in today.

MY SWAP CARD FOR REMARKABLE MEETING TODAY

I'm off to the Remarkables Team Meeting today in York, Pa. Janet Wakeland our leader has invited Robin Merriman to come speak to us. I'm sure she will be very inspiring. I wasn't going to do a swap card because I've been all swapped out (was in 4 swaps last month) but at the last minute I couldn't resist. I only made 20 to swap. I'm really into this new square lattice embossing folder and embossing everything under the sun, so that is what I used.
This is a group shot of the 20 "fanned out!" My card stock colors are really rust (retiring June 30th), bermuda bay (also retiring - one of the 2009-2o1o "in colors"- and ultra smooth white. The rust and the bermuda bay card stock pieces were embossed with the dotted embossing folder. The white is the new square lattice folder. So cool. The sentiment is from the new stamp set Watercolor Trio.

ANOTHER SQUARE LATTICE EMBOSSED CARD

I made this card before the card in the post below for Paulette's birthday. I fell in love with the Big Shot Square Lattice Die, so I'm using it like crazy. I embossed the really rust dsp using the embossing folder and then also punched some blossoms like the card below. Really Rust is another retiring color from SU! so if you are short on supply of this color, get it now before it is gone. The brad in the center is from my vanilla hodge podge kit. Such a cool accent. Oh, and the sentiment is from a new stamp set from the summer mini catalog called watercolor trio. I love the look of the layered blossoms. By the way, the card stock base color is Creamy Caramel and it is also a retiring color this June.

NEW TEXTURED SQUARE LATTICE EMBOSSING FOLDER IS THE COOLEST

NEW ADDITION TO THE SU!
SUMMER MINI CATALOG

Oh, I'm so loving this brand new embossing folder for SU! Big Shot. It is the BRAND NEW square lattice embossing folder. Isn't it cool? I embossed the almost amethyst designer paper and some ultra smooth white with it and punched out a 5 petal flower in white and the large blossom with the dsp. Wasn't that a great idea? I also punched out some boho blossoms as well and put them all together with these large cool brads that you can earn for FREE this month with the Scrapbooking special (see right of blog for promo, click on link!)
This is the card I gave Paulette last night for her birthday. A few of us got together to have pizza and learn some tips for MDS at Sandi's conference room in Hunt Valley. We had the most wonderful time. This is the envelope I stamped to compliment the colors of the card - certainly celery, almost amethyst and whisper white.
Again...a very happy birthday to Miss Paulette!