Crazy Cat Lady Set

Hello stampers,
     So I had mentioned that I was working on a few cards for the rescue I volunteer for. Saturday was our biggest fundraiser of the year & we had a Crazy Cat Lady & Dog Lovers prize package which I made cards for. Below are the 5 cards I made the main stamp set I used was MFT BB I Knead You. I did use a couple of Stampin' Up sets Happy Scenes, Balloon Celebration, Something For Baby & retired SA Paw Tracks wheel. All paper & accessories are also Stampin' Up.

~Thanks for stopping by!
All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Sets: Balloon Celebration, Happy Scenes, Something For Baby, MFT BB I Knead You
Ink/Markers: Basic Gray, Old Olive, Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake, Island Indigo
Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Love Blossoms DSP (retired), Neutrals DSP, 
Other: SA Paw Tracks (retired), Heart Framelits (retired), Circle Framelits, Corner Rounder, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch (retired), Triple Banner Punch, Hearth & Home Framelits, Stampin' Pastels, Confetti TIEF
Technique: Watercoloring, Die Cutting

Priceless

Hello stampers,
     It's Blast From The Past Thursday!
     For today's card I think the only thing I used that is still current is the Whisper White Card Stock. It's hard to believe how much retired stuff I have, I know I have tons of retired sets because I can see those everyday on my shelves but it is the embellishments & wheels I forget I have because they aren't out in the open as much. Must remember to start using this stuff, but then I may be sad once it is gone. Go ahead & say it, I'm a HOARDER for SU! stuff. Yes, I can admit it, I am!
     So I can dream about SPRING, right? Weathermen say we are going to have a late spring, but I can make it spring-like with paper. I started by stamping the 3 butterflies from the retired Priceless Stamp Set onto Whisper White Card Stock using the retired Almost Amethyst Ink & sponging around the sides in Barely Banana Ink. This was then backed by Almost Amethyst Card Stock. For the next piece I used the retired wheel SA So Swirly rolling it onto Whisper White Card Stock with Almost Amethyst Ink, then using the small flower from the set in Barely Banana Ink. I then backed this piece also with Almost Amethyst Card Stock & added 3 Barely Banana Eyelets. Both piece were stacked onto each other then attached to the Barely Banana Card Stock base, where I added a greeting from the Curvy Verses Stamp Set.

~Enjoy
All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Sets: Priceless (retired), SA So Swirly (retired), Curvy Verses (retired)
Ink/Markers: Almost Amethyst (retired), Barely Banana (retired)
Paper: Whisper White, Barely Banana (retired), Almost Amethyst (retired)
Other: Barely Banana Eyeletes (retired)

Be Mine

Howdy stampers!
     I wanna know how the weekend can be over so quickly? I gotta figure out a way to have my weekend last longer than the regular work week, lol! I hope for some of you today is a holiday, for me it's off to work I go. No rest for the weary here I tell ya!
     Today's project is a scrapbook page using another set from the Occasions Mini catalog that was from this month's class at Maria's. Someday I may actually have photos to go with all these pages I do at her house. Until then they will look purrrrrty on my blog. I hope you enjoy!

~Enjoy
All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.
Sets: P.S. I Love You, SA I {LOVE} Love
Ink/Markers: Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Craft Cherry Cobbler (for wheeled section)
Paper: Whisper White,Cherry Cobbler, Pink Pirouette, Pretty In Pink, Basic Black. Red Glimmer Paper
Other: Whisper White 5/8" satin ribbon, Small Heart punch, Modern Label punch, Extra Large Oval punch, Scallop Trim Border punch, Full Heart punch, Alphabet Simple Letters die, Designer Frames embossing folder, Heart framelits, Clear embossing powder
Technique: Wet embossing

The Sounding Joy

 Hello stampers!
     So are you ready for Christmas yet? I'm still feverishly working on Christmas cards & some other gifts, but I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one in that boat. Here is the 2nd Christmas card I came up with Tuesday morning & then had to stop mid-stream due to work calling me in earlier than expected, so of course I have to come up with a 3rd idea again because I forgot what I wanted to do. UGH! But we gotta do what we gotta do so I will be burning the midnight oil & trying to get these done to mail out later today. Wish me luck! And I wish all those others who like me are trying to get everything done before Sunday.
     I just realized that the ribbon sticks out in color way more than in real life, along with the embossing powder which is the same color as the ink, maybe I shouldn't have refilled my pad before doing these cards, lol!

~Enjoy
All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.
Sets: The Sounding Joy, SA Swirling Stars (retired)
Ink/Markers: Cherry Cobbler, Versamark
Paper: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Brushed Gold
Other: Sizzix ornament die/embossing folder combo, Cherry Cobbler embossing powder, Riding Hood red 1/8" taffeta ribbon
Technique: Wet embossing

Havin' Snow Much Fun

     I finally finished the card I was trying to do yesterday to match my projects. It uses the same colors & set as yesterday but a different die. I really like this set, but then again I am a partial to snowmen. Also, I have another project from Frances who sent me a butterfly note holder using new colors & the big shot.

I need to try Frances' project it is too cute, although I think I will try it with copy paper instead of post-its.

~EnjoyAll supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.
My Project ~
Sets: Snow Much Fun, SA Snowburst
Ink/Markers: Riding Hood Red, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede
Paper: Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade
Other: Big Shot Oval Scallop Frame, SU! White Signo Gel Pen

Frances' project~
Paper: Vellum, Pool Party
Other: Big Shot Beautiful Butterflies, Rhinestones, Post-its

Thank a Veteran!

To all the men & women who have served in the armed forces of our great country & to all the families who have supported them.

THANK YOU!

All supplies are Stampin Up! unless otherwise specified.

• Sets: Courage, Service & Sacrifice, SA Red, White & Blue
• Inks/Markers: Real Red, Pacific Point, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel (retired), Blush Blossom, Basic Gray
• Paper: Real Red, Pacific Point, Whisper White
• Other: Extra Large Oval Punch, Scalloped Square Punch, Notched Punch (retired)

Monochromatic Friends

I did this card a while back for a swap and re-did it for a friend birthday recently. She likes the color blue & you can't get anymore blue then monochromatic.

 

Ingredients:
Stamps- SA Friendly Words, Friends 24-7; Ink- Ballet Blue; Paper- Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue, Night of Navy; Other- Night of Navy grosgrain ribbon

Watercolor Trio Blues

Heavens to Betsy, I realized 2 things yesterday, the 1st was that my preorder from June remained mostly untouched until last night when I put the sets together, the paper & such I still need to make a spot for so they remain in the box.. Ok I hope nobody fainted at that announcement I thought it was hard to believe too. The 2nd thing I realized as I started typing up this post was that all the swaps I did in May were all birthday cards, funny that I didn't notice that, guess I wanted to continue to celebrate my birthday month with all these cards.

The card I bring you today is from the floral swap

Ingredients:
Stamps- Watercolor Trio, SA Very Vintage
Ink- Night of Navy
Paper- Whisper White & Night of Navy
Other- Night of Navy 1/4" grosgrain, Scallop Oval & Large Oval punches

Birthday Box Card

Today I'm featuring a card I did for a PMS (Popup, Movement & Shaped) swap. The idea for my card came from Kelly Ward's blog Craftin' Up!. I did change a few things on my card like how I made my bow & tag, then I added actual ribbon to it as well. I thought the card turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself. The nice thing about this card is that you can make it any size you want depending on the envelope you want to send it in.

Ingredients:
Stamps- SA Cupcakes & Teeny Tiny Wishes; Ink- Rich Razzleberry; Paper- Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry & Soft Suede DSP; Other- Soft Suede 1/2" Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Butterfly Punch, Small & Large Oval Punches & 1/2" Circle Punch