Fifth Avenue Floral Card

This is the first of two make-n-takes for Carole E.'s workshop this weekend. It is a simple, elegant design for wedding or anniversary. I enjoy making cards of different shapes, and SU! makes this easy by having several shapes of Whisper White envelopes available. This one is for the Small Open End Envelope. It showcases the beautiful "Fifth Avenue Floral" stamp set, as well as the Sale-abration (SAB) FREEBIE stamp set "Whimsical Words". Also showcased is the NEW Pinking Hearts Border punch in the current Occasions Mini Catalog, the Designer Label Punch, the gorgeous Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon and White Stampin Emboss Powder.

Again - simple, elegant and quick to put together - my favorite combination! And it's good to be reminded that embellishing a card with some luxurious ribbon doesn't always have to be in a bow or tied somehow. Sometimes a simple strip adds that little bit of understated sublty and elegance that finishes the 'look' of a design. ENJOY!

Cinema Saturday #69 - "Dan in Real Life"

Yay! I got to play along with a Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge again! Alright - I have to admit that this one fell into my lap. How? When the Cinema Sisters posted this challenge for the movie "Dan in Real Life", they also included as part of the challenge to use a 'collage' technique. I was already working on this one!

The collage technique I used here is called One Sheet Wonder. This isn't the first time you've seen it here on my blog, and with this fabulous Circle Circus stamp set too! The sentiment is new for me - it is an ElzyBells UK sentiment. Isn't it great?

I have been making this style of card, using current SU! In Colors of Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry and Melon Mambo for Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend support letters. This is the main beauty of the One Sheet Wonder (OSW) technique - stamp a whole sheet of neutral card stock, then cut it into pieces and layer on a coordinating color. OSW really makes mass producing cards easier - try it and link your designs to this post!

Now - what does this design have to do with the movie itself? Not a clue! Haven't seen it! :) I just went with the challenge part of using the collage technique this time. I think I'll go add this movie to our Netflix queue... ENJOY!

Glowing Daisy Silhouette

This lovely candle holder was a joint demonstration for the Spring Open House I did with my sister-in-law Jen, who is a PartyLite consultant. This is a beautiful candle holder currently available through PartyLite, that you can change out the insert on. For our Open House, I heat embossed the Upsy Daisy floral image in black on some SU! vellum card stock. I cut two 3 1/4 " x 6 " pieces to do this. After heat embossing, I used some of the absolutely luscious SU Black Satin Ribbon (currently in the Occasions Mini) to hide the connecting spots of the two pieces.

Wouldn't this make a great gift? Quality candle holder and candles + made from the heart, hand-stamped insert - you can't wrong with this gift! Click on Jen's name above to go to her website for more information on PartyLite. Contact me anytime, or check out My Website, for more inspiration for inserts and to order your own supplies to make them!

The possibilities for inserts and different gift occasions are endless! ENJOY!

Circle Circus SAB Open House M-n-T

I am co-hosting an Open House this weekend (2/27/10) with my s-i-l who is a PartyLite rep. This is my free make-n-take for all who attend.

Sale-abration (SAB) is still in full swing - so if you haven't taken advantage of it, or still have SAB FREE sets you want - contact me or place your order online via My SU Website.

This card showcases 3 different stamp sets - first is the super versatile "Circle Circus". The other two stamp sets are both available as FREE SAB sets - in the oval punch is "Whimsical Words" (available in NEW! Clear Mount or traditional wood mount) and the background sentiment, stamped tone-on-tone, is from "Thank You Kindly" - one of the MANY catalog sets currently available as a choice as a FREE SAB set.

The colors are current are three of the six current In Colors - Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo & Crushed Curry. And are used with a technique called 'One Sheet Wonder' - where you stamp an entire piece of 8 1/2" x 11" card stock, collage style - then you cut it apart in different pieces to use on a variety of designs (like THIS) - or to reproduce the same design like the one shown above.

Accessories here include the Oval and Scallop Oval Punches - popped up on Dimensionals and Melon Mambo Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon. ENJOY!

Upsy Daisy - Lattice Card 3 of 3

This is design 3 of 3 from the February Sale-abration THO Workshop mentioned HERE.

This design uses the pieces that fall out of the Lattice die cut, laid out in a pattern to create a lovely border. I also created a positive/negative look for this design, by heat embossing the focal image and sentiment in Winter White on Not Quite Navy, while the border is pieced together in the opposite color combination. The In Color Dusty Durango is lovely with the Not Quite Navy.

The last thing to mention about all these three Lattice Bigz Die designs, is that we made three different shapes of cards! Did you notice that? I like mixing up how a card opens (side or top or special fold), as well as the shape of the cards. Stampin' Up! offers envelopes in these different shapes - so why not take advantage of them and challenge yourself outside of your card shape comfort zone? Now is a great time to re-stock all your basic supplies - card stock, envelopes (try new sizes!), embellishments, adhesive - and get a FREE SAB stamp set to play with too!

Order ANYTIME on My Website or by contacting me directly. Be your own HOs, and earn even more FREE product with a minimum order of $150. ENJOY!

Close as a Memory - Lattice Card 2 of 3

This is design 2 of 3 for the February Sale-abration THO Workshop mentioned HERE. On this design, we used the negative from the Lattice Bigz Die cut out. We also used the SU! Perfect Details Texturz Plate on the Old Olive layer. And..OMGOSH, if you haven't tried the Satin Ribbons in the Occasions Mini Catalog yet...YOU NEED TO! They are simply luxurious!!

For the focal image, we used Stampin' Write Markers direct to the stamp to achieve the multi-colored image.

Colors used: Bashful Blue, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive & Whisper White.

Love making square cards - as it gives a slightly larger 'canvas' to work with. ENJOY!

Bella Bleu Lattice Card - 1 of 3

Here is the first of three designs we did at Judi M.'s Sale-abration (SAB) Workshop this month. (Yes! you read it correctly - one of three designs made at a workshop - because I do only THO or Totally Hands On workshops!)

My theme for this workshop was the Lattice Bigz Die - used in the big Shot (but also fits in the Cuttlebug!) My theme challenge was to use most of the pieces of ONE Lattice die cut.

This design showcases the beautiful Lattice die cut, as well as the SAB stamp set - Whimsical Words ( one of the many FREE choices of SAB stamp sets with every $50 ordered!!) It also showcases one of the several designs in the gorgeous Bella Bleu Designer Series Paper. Embellishments include the Large and Scalloped Oval Punches, and Kraft Taffeta & 5/8" Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbons.

Colors used: Not Quite Navy, Kraft & Very Vanilla. ENJOY!