New catalog sneak peek!

Here is my mom's Mother's Day card.  I used a new stamp, Blended Bloom, and the new Blendabilities.  This is my first attempt, and I think it came out pretty well! Stampin' Up has a video to show you how they work.  I got to see them used at the new catalog premiere.  Trust me, if I can do it, anyone can!

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April Paper Pumpkin

The April Paper Pumpkin kit was adorable!  It came with a square frame and the pieces to make art to put in the frame.  Well, I couldn't give it to my mom for Mother's Day because she gets the Paper Pumpkin too!

I decided to use mine to make a card instead.  The main piece is exactly what was supposed to go in the frame.  I put it on a Crumb Cake cardbase then stamped the sentiment in Calypso Coral with a little paper heart popped up inside the O.

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Two more Paper Pumpkin cards

I saw this card online and decided I had to make it.  Well, it was a bit more work than I anticipated.  I cut the word "you" away from the thank you, and then I separated each letter in "thank" and "congrats."  It took me a total of an hour and a half.  Way too much! I joked that no one rocks enough to deserve that!

I did end up giving the card to my new friend Meg.  We met on splitcoaststampers, and she was kind enough to invite me to hang out with her at the new catalog premiere event Monday night.  Yes, you read that correctly!  I have the new catalog, and it is full of awesome new stuff!  I can order boxes of catalogs on Thursday, and catalogs should mail to my out-of-town customers in mid-May!

Here are 2 more cards from the March Paper Pumpkin kit.  The bottom card is pretty straightforward.  I just added a strip of gold cut from the envelope liner.

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Open Sea birthday card

I had this scrap of Soho Subway DSP sitting on my craft table, and I just couldn't waste it!  I stamped Off the Grid in Early Espresso onto it.  The cardbase is Sahara Sand.  I stamped the background in Island Indigo with a few spots of Early Espresso added.  Next I stamped the globe in Island Indigo.  I was too lazy to cut it out by hand, so I used a Circle framelit then sponged the edge with Early Espresso.  The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Banners.  I'm not sure if you can see it in the picture, but I added some paper piercing to the upper right corner

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March Paper Pumpkin

Here's my take on the March Paper Pumpkin cards.  I got ideas from a couple of other places.  I saw where someone had inked the wood greetings, and I knew I needed to do that!  On Shelli Gardner's blog, she had used the gold envelope liners as a DSP, and I did that as well.  The next thing I want to do is cut apart the letters to make new words.  Such a fun kit!  I can't wait to see what I get in the mail this month!

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Easy coloring

I am not really one to color images.  I'm way too impatient, plus I'm not very good at it!  I love that the Happy Watercolor set lets me stamp a line art image without having to color it!

The card base is Gumball Green, and the top piece is Very Vanilla.  I stamped the flower image in Early Espresso then added Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals and Midnight Muse.  The dot image is stamped in Gumball Green.  Add the chevron ribbon and sentiment, and you're done!

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Punch art sun card

This one of the cards that we made at my workshop last week.  I just love the sentiment!  The card base is Pool Party.  The grass is Wild Wasabi cut with the fringe scissors.  To make the sun, I  embossed some Summer Starfruit cardstock with the Big Shot and the Distressed Dots embossing folder.  Then I punched out a 1 3/8" circle.  The rays are made using the banner punch and Sweet Sorbet DSP.  Then I added a few sequins for some sparkle.

Happy stamping!