Funky Color Christmas

I feel this is similar to the my last post (the same stamp sets), but different enough to include. I love the Green Galore and Regal Rose for a 'sassy' Christmas card! I stamped the stars from Background Basics and the tree (from Year After Year) in Green Galore, and colored in the tree with my blender pens and ink pads. Then I cut a Regal Rose strip and stamped the sentiment from Holidays & Wishes in Regal Rose on it. I wanted something extra on the strip, so I inked only part of the background stamp in Rose and added it to the strip, near the Merry Christmas. Isn't it fun?!

Neighbor's Birthday Invitations

My neighbor (11 years old) brought over her (non-SU) horse stamp today and we made some

invitations for her birthday party in September. We stamped the Paisley from Polka Dots & Paisley and colored it in with a blue colored pencil. Then we stamped the horse on to white cardstock and ran the edge of the horse paper in the brown ink pad to distress it. We stamped the sentiment from Hugs and Wishes (my newest set) along a blue strip and glued it all together. I think this paisley looks great with the horse! I hope her mother likes them!

Happy 30th!

This is the wrapping for the gift below. I had this wrapping paper that I love and I wanted a little card for it that matched, but was special for her. I used the "Happy Birthday" in purple from God's Blessings and overstamped 30 in my Whimsical Numbers set in green. Used a couple different greens that I had sitting around that matched the colors on the wrapping and that's it.

Inside Birthday Wrapping

I have made a few sets of these as gifts and I am so pleased with them! I think they're fun and classy. I try to make every card different and use a different paper for each. The patterned papers are the inside of business envelopes, recycled. The "S" is from the Letterpress Alphabet set. I used some grosgrain ribbon on these too. Black & white cardstock. This particular set is for a friend's 30th birthday today - Her last name is Smith.

Quilled Paper Name

I wanted to share one of my favorite crafts I've made in the past. The old art of quilling. It's one of my favorite baby gifts to give! A plaque of their own name for their room. I try to make the colors & design match their rooms too. Sweet baby Hannah is 9 months now! The verse is from Hannah's prayer in the Bible. I love the girly swirls....

Baby Shower Thanks You's

The thank you notes! I used the same papers and stamped the Riveting circles in Versa Mark on the background. Then stamped the round sentiment the same as on the invitation, except I matted it in Regal Rose this time. I cut a strip of the confetti and stamped flowers from Wild about You in Regal ink. Simple and fun!

Baby Shower Favor

This is the favor for the shower. I stamped the circles from Riveting in Bashful Blue on the confetti paper, cut to the size of the gum package. Then I cut a rectangle of the Regal Rose and put it on the front. I created a faux-metal-edged tag with the giraffe and sentiment and tied it on with my silver cord. I hope they like it!

Baby Shower Invitations

This is the invitation for a baby shower at my house this weekend. The giraffe, from Wild About You, is stamped and matted in Regal Rose with faux stitching around the mat. Then we stamped the round works, from Riveting, in Bashful Blue and in Regal Rose. Punched them out and matted them on the blue cardstock. We used non-Stampin' Up! stamps in the background on Versa Mark. The whole thing is on confetti paper.

Birthday for Baby Boy

I almost didn't post this card at all because when I finished it I decided it was too simple, but oh well. You can't LOVE everything you make, right?? I used YoYo Yellow, which was a Splitcoast challenge today, as the bright yellow. Stamped the balloon twice, once in Yellow and once in Brilliant Blue. Cut out the Yellow balloon and used a Pop Dot to put it on the Blue. Cut around the stamp with my paper snips and matted it on Blue Cardstock. Then put that on Yellow cardstock and stamped "Wish" from Small Script in Blue. Then matted the Yellow with more blue. I stamped the little candle from Good Times twice as well. Once on the card and once on Yellow Cardstock. I cut out the flame from the Yellow Cardstock and glued it in place. Ta Da.

Circles & Dots!

I wanted to make one of these cards from the Splitcoast weekly challenge. I punched out four 1 1/4" squares and stamped on them with the circles from the hostess set "Riveting" in Chocolate Chip & Regal Rose. Then I mounted the four of them onto cardstock - Regal, Chocolate, Regal & Chocolate again. I made the last two pieces extra long and added a piece of Vanilla Wide Organdy Ribbon. I stamped a quarter page card with the background from Beyond the Basics in Chocolate Chip. It took me a while to decide, but I think I like the way it turned out!

Mirror Image Stamping Card

I think these little fishes are too cute! This is my first project reversing a stamp with my new toy - a brayer. You ink up the little fishy from Very Punny, run the brayer over him very carefully, then run the brayer over your paper. You get a mirror image of the stamp. Then I stamped the original image to the right, added the sentiment from the same stamp, and watercolored them in with my Pastels & Blender Pens. I tore some Basic Black cardstock for the mat, then added Tempting Turquoise to that. I put a strip of Black and Pink Passion together, punched holes with my 1/16 punch and put Silver Brads through them. Then I put it all on some Lovely Lilac cardstock.

'Recycled' Paper Cards

I made this quick & simple set of 6 cards as a gift. The blue & white patterned papers are all 'recycled' from the inside of used business envelopes. This set is wonderful! One of the wonderful, to be discontinued in a couple months, sets I love! To see the cards individually, check out my gallery at Splitcoast Stampers:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=75898

Monogram "Recycled" Paper Card

I hope you'll be able to see how classy this looks. The pattern is so fun & the black and white combo is one of my favorites. I'm just so amazed that this beautiful patterned paper was FREE! My Mom had someone at her office save the patterned envelopes for me to flip inside out and use for cards! It was a big hit with my crafting friends! Thanks MOM!

It's just a quarter page white card, with the patterned paper on the right side. A grosgrain black ribbon along the joint of the papers and a monogram stamp done with black ink. Simple, fast, fun, free!!

I am so glad I got this set! Aren't these animals adorable?!? I stamped the elephant in Elegant Eggplant and then stamped the flower five times in More Mustard. Once, as you see, over his trunk so he's 'holding' the flower. Then I stamped "Wild About You" from the stamp set by the same name in Chocolate Chip. I matted the Whisper White piece with a Chocolate Chip piece and put behind it a piece of Whisper White stamped with Linen background in Eggplant. I put it all on an Eggplant card. One stamp set and one background. Easy and cute!

I decided to pull out my 3 current stamp sets that I'll have left after July and try to come up with some stuff. I stamped the little lion three times. Twice in More Mustard and once in Chocolate Chip. The Chocolate one I cut out his mane, and one of the Mustard ones I cut out his face. Then layer them all together and push up the edges of his mane a little and I love the look! I got the idea from Splitcoast Stampers. Then I stamped the "Happy Birthday" from God's Blessings set on the Mustard cardstock in Chocolate ink. I added a piece of twill tape and a couple brads to tie it all together. I know you won't be able to see the texture well, but for the background I stamped linen once in Mustard and once in Chocolate. I really like the look it gives too. It gives more depth to the background.