Pink and Purple goodness ...

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Hello friends.  I have a busy schedule packed with lots of fun so I hope you don't mind a quick post today!  The skies are overcast so my project photo's are a bit darker than normal.

If you haven't seen our new catalog you are missing out on a treat!  You can email me or visit my website to get a copy for yourself (see my links on the left sidebar).  We can start shopping these yummy products beginning July 1st and I am so excited!  Today's card features a couple products I was able to pre-order.

The ladies at The City Crafter came up with the lovely color combination of pink and purple for their challenge this week.  Isn't this photo gorgeous?  And to put a cherry on top they added the need for pearls too!  I couldn't resist.

Printed or patterned ribbon was the theme at Your Next Stamp.  Isn't the the BEST name for a blog?  I used my hand dyed pink seam binding.  It's so easy to make and you can custom color it to any shade.  I love it!  My sketch came from Friday Sketchers.  I haven't made a square card in weeks and was looking forward to the challenge..thanks for inspiring me!  Here's my project ...

I used Elegant Eggplant and Pretty in Pink as my color combination.  The pattern papers are from the Razzleberry Lemonade collection.  Delicious!  Don't miss this paper - it's retiring on June 30th!  I used it for my vertical stripes and to cover my chipboard bird ... you can tell that's a bird, can't you?  The wonderful newspaper print is from our upcoming catalog - only a couple more days!  The greeting and hydrangea flower is too.  JOY!  The courdroy button is Pretty in Pink and tied on with white string.  I sewed stacked crepe paper together for the top.  It holds they layers together and makes punching an edge with my Scallop Punch easier.  See the sweet little pearls?  They are from our Pretties Kit and I used Glue Dots to adhere them.

My thanks to all the challenge blogs that inspired me to create!  I hope you enjoyed your visit today.


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Fairytale ...

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With our new catalog soon to be released, I have been super busy sorting, cleaning, and tagging all of my retiring merchandise.  I can't wait to show my friends all the glorious new products in our upcoming catalog and sharing my excitement with them this weekend.  In preparation, I visited a few of my favorite blogs for inspiration.  I hope you like what I have to share today ...

First, The Shabby Tea Room has shared this photograph with a gorgeous color combination.  I see browns, yellows, greens, and pinks laid out in coordinating stripes.  I found the perfect paper to capture the look. 

I know that it's a bit "heavy" on the pink but what girl could go wrong with pink?! My colors are So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, and Certainly Celery. The sentiment from our Full of Life stamp set says it all.  The pink polka dots are from the Tea Party collection, only available until the end of this month.

Another blog I visited this week is Design Dollies who told me to think "ice cream"!  Now, if that isn't dangerous ... I don't know what is!  This card reminds me of Strawberry ice cream or Lemon Sherbet.  Thanks for making me think "outside of the box" ladies ... and for that bowl of ice cream this afternoon that I just HAD to have!

I was instructed to use "Something Old" on my project from the talented artists at Lexis Creations.  What fun!  I am sure that the large brown button and the small yellow button are from our Button Latte collection.  Aren't they sweet?  But that tan button ... hmmmm.  It's actually wood-like and I dug it out of my "button box".  We all have one of those don't we ... a button box filled with treasures?  I have my mother's and it's filled with love.  Since I have no idea when or where I got that tan button - it's perfect for "Something Old"!

How could I not think of flowers when the lovely ladies at Delightful Sketches told me their theme this week is "All About Summer"?  I just adore flowers of any size or color.  I am in awe of their delicate beauty.  My yellow posey started as Whisper White cardstock.  With a So Saffron re-inker and some water I dyed it this yummy shade of yellow.  I only used two punches ... 5 Petal Punch and our Extra Large Fancy Flower punch.  The pearl is from the Pretties Kit and my Dazzling Diamonds glitter adds just the right amount of bling. 

Thank you for visiting today.  Be sure to stop by to see the artistic images at the blogs listed above.  They are sure to inspire you! 

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Wonderful Mother ...

Hello friends.  Today's sketch comes compliments of The Shabby Tea Room.  Such talent is worth visiting and I hope that you can stop by!  For this project I used scraps of various Designer Series Papers with colors that coordinated well.  The paper in the middle is at least three years old and I'm sure it's happy to have finally found a home on a card!  You can see that I pulled out shades of yellow with So Saffron, greens with Certainly Celery, and blues with Taken with Teal.  The chipboard frame is also covered in DSP - this time from our Holiday Lounge collection.  I love how the Taken with Teal adds a splash of color while the lace keeps the view soft.

Of course a "winged friend" from my Butterfly Punch just had to land in the right spot.  The half pearls are mounted with Crystal Effects and are from our Pretties Kit.  The heartfelt words are from Well Scripted and express our thoughts in a beautiful font.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful evening and if you have a moment I'd love to hear from you!

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Day One - Klompenstampers Blog Hop!

Happy Monday everyone and welcome to Day One of our Klompenstampers Blog Hop!  I'm excited to have you visit.  It sure makes this Monday more fun than the typical start of the week, right?

Here is my project for today's posting.  To me is says "Welcome Spring" even if it's chilly outside.

Once again I used our new Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper.  With as often as I use it - you can tell I LOVE it.  This time I layered with no matting.  It gives the card a "shabby" look.  The stitching was done on my sewing machine and it adds to the "shabby" look too.  Since I covered the entire card front this time, your cardstock choice is really based on what color you want on the inside of the card.  Update:  To clarify I covered a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of scrap cardstock in the background paper.  Then I used dimensionals to mount that to the front of my card.  Since it is the same size as my card you don't see any sign of matting.  Also you still have the rigidity of a real card underneath.  Hope that helps!

The chipboard flower at the upper left is covered in our Fine Cosmo Glitter.  It's actually a light blue to go with the card but here it photographed white.  I used Sticky Strip on the glitter and then Crystal Effects to attach the flower.  The small half pearls from the Pretties Kit were glued on with Crystal Effects too.  Great stuff!  The only punch I used was our Modern Label punch.  The string is our Linen Thread wrapped around a few times and tied in a bow.  My greetings were FREE through our fantastic Sale-A-Bration event going on now!  See the link at the left?  Click on it to learn more!  

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed today's project!


Edna's blog will have something wonderful for you to see just click here!

Happy Together

We got another 4" of snow here last night.  Everything is so white and clean.  It's beautiful to see ... from inside, looking out the window, in my fuzzy robe, with a cup of hot chocolate in my hands - you get the picture.  But going out in it?  Ick!

I've been waiting to use this new set - Happy Together!  I got it FREE through Stampin' UP's Sale-A-Bration event.  This week's Stamping 411 sketch was the perfect solution.  Thanks ladies!

I just love these little quails.  To me it's retro and makes me recall an old favorite ... The Partridge Family!  I stamped momma and her chicks in Chocolate Chip ink on Whisper White and punched them out with Circle Punches (1" and 1 1/4").  Momma assumes her rightful place on top of a Sage Shadow circle (1 3/8") and a Chocolate Chip Scallop Circle where everyone can see.  The chicks are playing in the flowers created from our Pretties Kit and Felt Flower Fusion.  Of course a little gem in the middle adds a bit of sparkle.

 

The greeting looks like a pennant and is raised in the middle with glue dots on each end.  The Chocolate Chip Double Stitch ribbon helps me keep to the sketch!  This little guy is tucked inside.  I hope he finds his way home!  One more day for your chance to win my BLOG CANDY ... see post below!