Heart and Flowers

Hi friends,  It's good to be home after a trip to see our daughter and family in San Antonio, TX!  I have a new card today after about a week being away (from stamping too)!

I'm loving the new Heart Framelits!  All those different sizes (6!) in one set makes for lots of easy layering and happy creating!  I used a single Heart Framelit for the card today, diecutting it with the Big Shot from Riding Hood Red Cardstock then dry embossing it with the Polka Dot Embossing Folder. 

I also used the Big Shot and the Flower Garden embossing folder to add the embossed image of a stem of flowers to the left front of the Blushing Bride base card.  A strip of designer paper from the Twitterpated collection on the right side of the card front is the basis for the color scheme.  I just love the color combination of Marina Mist, Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red and Basic Gray in this paper, don't you?

The flowers on the card were made using the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch (#122464).  Lucky Limeade leaves cut with the Little Leaves Sizzlet (#114511) were tucked underneath; it's one of my favorite Sizzlets, I use it all the time and it's a great buy at only $5.50!   You NEED one! Marina Mist tiny flowers punched with the flower from Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (#118309) center the flowers and add to the sentiment.  Gotta' love those self-adhesive Pearls emellishments!!

The rick-rack trim on the designer paper was cut with the Tasteful Trims Die.  A sentiment from the new set Tea Shoppe was punched out with the Word Window Punch then layered onto a Modern Label punchout.  The entire card front was spritzed with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz to glam it up!!  Love that soft shimmer it adds!




I used last week's sketch (CCMC OCC3) from Create with Connie and Mary for the layout of my card even though I wasn't home in time to stamp and add it to their website.  It's a great sketch and I'm happy with the way the card turned out!  You can visit their website to see more cards made with this sketch.



I'm adding my card to Shirley's Valentine Blog Hop week 4 too!

 Thanks for visiting today!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend and have some time to do some stamping!  I plan to!

Margaret

Occasions Mini Swap Cards

Recently I hosted a swap with an online group using stamps and products from the Occasions Mini Catalog. Today I wanted to share two of these lovely cards with you!  

Charlotte Brown

 Both of these cards use the Heart Framelits dies to cut the heart-shaped focal image and layers.  The second card also uses the Adorning Accents Edgelit Die and Embossing Folder to cut that beautiful shape on the right side.  The first card used the Take it to Heart stamp set; aren't those children adorable?

Karen Gagnon

 Thank you for visiting!  Come back soon for more!  : )

Margaret

Sweet Shop Petal Cone Heart

Do you have the Petal Cone Bigz L Die yet?  Well, what are you waiting for?  lol!  There are so many things you can do with it and today's project is a fun one!  Make someone special a Heart pocket for Valentine's Day!  This has a pocket too, into which things like tiny treasures, notes, gifts, sweets or even a gift card can be tucked!  Nice!

The Petal Cone Bigz L Die (#121810) was used to cut the Sweet Shop Specialty Cardstock (two sheets come embossed with these sweet little hearts) and a piece of matching Calypso Coral cardstock for the back.  I trimmed off the top portion of the front and added a strip of crinkly White Waffle Paper (fun, fun to play with!) and centered a strip of Calypso Coral Ruffled Ribbon over it.  A loop of the ribbon from the back to the front makes a little handle.

The flower is three layers:  Calypso Coral underneath punched with the new Blossoms Punch; second layer is a Pool Party print punched with the same Blossom punch; topped with a another print from the Everyday Enchantment package (a Sale-A-Bration bonus product) punched with the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch.  A printed brad from the Sale-A-Bration bonus Everyday Enchantment Ribbon and Brad Pack tops off the flower and has a tiny pearl in the center.  Loops of the Calypso Coral narrow organdy ribbon from the same Sale-A-Bration Ribbon and Brad Pack are 'neath the flower for a soft and airy touch.

The Valentine Greetings are from the Grateful Greetings set; I've used that set so much for the fall and winter holidays!  It's perfect!  Another tiny Pool Party DSP heart punched with the BoHo Blossoms Punch accents the greeting banner and it is also topped with a tiny pearl for a finishing touch.

Thanks for dropping by today!  I hope you've enjoyed the heart pouch and might make one for a special someone for Valentines or other holidays!  I'm thinking Easter, Mother's Day, birthdays... anytime!  Come back soon!
 
Margaret

Shirley's Valentine Blog Hop

Big Top Birthday!

I needed to make a birthday card for a little boy turning four years old.  What could be more perfect than the bright pure colors of the Big Top Birthday Designer Series Paper!?!  Kids love bright colors and this DSP is just the thing!

How about some stars and stripes to celebrate a birthday!  Love this eye-popping color scheme of Real Red, Tempting Turquoise and pure Whisper White!  I ran the stripes horizontally because that worked better with the "happy" greeting and the die cut number.  The "4" was cut from both Real Red and Whisper White with the Alphabet Simple Numbers (115968).  The "happy" is from the retired set Happy Everything.

To cover the seam where the two patterned papers meet, I punched a zig-zag edging of Whisper White using the Pinking Hearts Border Punch #117649 (don't let the name fool you, it can work well on a masculine card too!)  I punched three stars out of the sparkly Silver Glitter Paper and it really does pop in person!

This was a pretty quick card and fun to make;  I didn't figure a four year old little boy would spend much time with it but would go right for the gift, lol!  It's a bright and fun card and I'm happy with the results!

Thanks for visiting today!  Hope to see you back here soon!

Margaret

Apothecary Art & Loving Thoughts II

The new Framelits Die sets from Stampin' Up!'s new Occasions Mini Catalog are a huge hit!! They are fun and easy to use, and the results are fabulous! One of the great things about the Framelits is that you can see your exactly where and what you are cutting out, as you cut with the image face up and the die blade down around it!

 A Blushing Bride card is the base here; this is overlaid with a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock and a strip of 1 1/4" wide Cherry Cobbler Striped Ribbon both of which have been trimmed to "fish tail" points.

Over the striped ribbon is the lovely floral label from the Apothecary Art stamp set which has been watercolored with inks, blender pens and markers in pinks and green then cut with the Label Framelit die.  The cut is perfect... and far far better than I could do by hand (and much faster, too!!).  Over the center is a banner of Blushing Bride cardstock stamped with the "Wonderful You" sentiment from the Loving Thoughts set... what a wonderful set of eleven expressions in this same beautiful style (all the sayings work perfectly with the Labels Framelits!).  The banner is anchored on the left with one of our new large self-adhesive Pearls then the right end is also "fish-tailed".

I don't think you can tell from the picture, but the new Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details has been applied to the center of each flower on the label, giving it a lovely sparkle!  (A girl's gotta' have some bling, right?!)

The card is clean, simple, striking and yet easy to make!  Just change the sentiment for the occasion you need!  The ladies at my workshop really liked it and that is the best gauge for me!  : ) 

All these products can be purchased online through my official Stampin' Up! website store HERE.  Remember that every purchase of $50 or more qualifies you for a free product from the Sale-A-Bration catalog seen HERE!!

I appreciate you visiting today!!  Have a wonderful weekend and come again soon for more Occasions Mini Catalogs and Sale-a-Bration product projects!!

Margaret

A Fashionable Hearts Valentine

Have I mentioned that I love the new products in the Occasions Mini!  Oh, okay, the answer is yes.  {smile}  Today's card uses another one that is quick, easy and very eye-catching!  The Fashionable Hearts Embosslit Die(#125596, $11.95) both embosses and cuts your cardstock at the same time; how easy is that?!  Plus you get five different sizes of hearts each time and every one is embossed differently.  Cool, huh?!

I used an array of pink and red cardstocks for the hearts and arranged them above the lower front edge of the card that had been cut and treated with the Adorning Accents Edgelit Die and Embossing Folder.  These are also new products in the catalog; there are two Edgelits that cut different beautiful edges (the other one is a fancy scallop)(#125595, set of 2, $9.95) and and three Embossing Folders in the set (#125601, Adorning Accents Embossing Folders set of 3, $8.95) that add coordinating embossing!  Genius!!

The greeting is from the Grateful Greetings set (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentine greetings, #116511, set of 12, $36.95 wood) which I have used a lot!   The oval frame from the Designer Frames Embossing Folders set was embossed on Whisper White then stamped with the greeting in Cherry Cobbler, cut out and adhered in the center front.

Don't you just love all the different textures on the embossed hearts?  I used Blushing Bride, Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Real Red, Poppy Parade and Cherry Cobbler cardstock colors for the hearts.  You could use tones of green, blue, naturals, or whatever to do a design for other occasions and/or times of the year!  How fun would that be?! This makes a pretty clean and simple yet effective card!

Thanks for visiting today.  Remember it's Sale-A-Bration and you receive a free product from the Sale-A-Bration catalog for any $50. order either online here or by contacting me!  We love free stamping stuff!!

Margaret