Sunflower Stamping!

Crazy For Cupcakes - yum yum!

I'm posting an unfinished card for you tonight, so you can tell me how to embellish it! Well, truth be told, I'm hungry and tired, and I'm going to bed before I venture into the kitchen and eat too much!

My BIG SISTER'S birthday is coming up in early December, so I took a stab at a birthday card for her. Of course I had to use the cupcakes!! And of course again, I had to use my new Nestabilities. This time, I decided to make the cupcakes chocolate, because my family is an m&m's family. See, my Dad worked for m&m's most of my growing up years, and all 6 of us kids have first names that start with 'm'. So this one's for Maureen!

 

I'm thinking of using the Level I hostess set 'Occasions Collection' for the embellishment. I'm thinking about using the 'Happy Birthday' sentiment, then punching it with the word window punch - if it fits - and hanging it from the central medallion like a tag. Not sure, though. I thought a pink bow would look cute, but couldn't make it work quite right. Maybe I'm just too tired.

Let me know your thoughts! Back tomorrow... I'll post the finished card whenever it's finished! It'll definitely be by early December so I can get it in the mail on time!

Autumn Harvest Thanksgiving Card

Happy Tuesday! I've posted a lot of Halloween cards and projects, and a bunch of Christmas cards, but I haven't gotten a lot of Fall or Thanksgiving cards. So, on that note, I give you my Fall leaves/Autumn Harvest pumpkins/Happy T'giving card:

 

 I've really taken a liking to watercoloring lately. I think maybe I'm getting more practice, and that's making me like the results more and more. So the whole card was designed around the watercolored pumpkins, which were masked. That's layered onto some Tangerine Tango cardstock, then onto a piece of Urban Garden DSP. The base cardstock is Kiwi Kiss. Since it's bumped up on Dimensionals, I looped the ribbon around the focal point layer. The 'Happy' and 'Thanksgiving' words are stamped in Black Stazon onto watercolor paper just because I wanted the papers to match. I also like the texture of watercolor paper. The only "oops" on this card is that I wish I'd moved the pumpkins to the left more so that the ribbon didn't hide the little pumpkin on the right side.

I think all the punches and colors are either listed or obvious, so I won't list the ingredients. If you've got questions, just email me or leave a comment!

Hope you're inspired & in the mood for Fall! (Unless you're in Houston where it's still summer, or BILLINGS, MONTANA, where they just had SNOW!!

Another Winter Post with Ski Slope DSP

How about another card for today? It'll make up for not having one Wednesday! I got my inspiration from a beautiful card by the very talented Cindy Lawrence, which you can go see here. I just love the way she showcased how beautiful the new Ski Slope DSP is in her card. I started to case the SU! parts of her card, but used the paper pieces I had, so mine turned out a little different. Then of course, I used Stampin' Up! stamps with mine: Winter Post, which I just LOVE.

 

At first I was going to use the tree stamp from the 'Scandinavian Season' set, but I didn't want to hide that much of the beautiful paper, so I looked for a smaller stamp to use. I colored the couple with a Blender Pen and the ink in the lids of my ink pads. I think I do much better on watercolor paper, but I wanted the paper to be white, which the watercolor paper is not. The phrase is from the Level I hostess set, 'Best Yet'.

That's it - that's the whole card. Just a bunch of layers to show off the DSP, with two tiny little flashes of embellishments.

Recipe -

Stamp Sets: Winter Post *NEW* Item # 111780 $26.95, Level I hostess set 'Best Yet' *Earn yours by placing a $150 order or by hosting a $150 workshop!

Cardstock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Ski Slope Designer Series Paper *NEW* Item #112994 $9.95

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze

Accessories: Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Brads, Paper Piercing Tools, Dimensionals

Hope you enjoyed my cards today!

SU! Holiday Mini Catalog Sneak Peek: 'Home for Christmas' stamp set

I'm so very excited to show you a card I've made with one of the new Christmas sets coming out in TWO DAYS when the Holiday Mini Catalog arrives!! It uses the set called 'Home for Christmas', and is an old-fashioned picture stamp with 2 phrase stamps.

 

OK - admittedly, I just threw this card together tonight while watching tv, but I like it!

The picture was painted onto watercolor paper using Aqua Painters. Notice the little red shiny things on the garland? Yeah, I decided to spice up the card a bit by using these tiny little... I'm not even sure what to call them, but I bought them for my Halloween cards. (Remember my heat embossed cards from a few days ago? Well, not only do the vampires have bright, shiny eyes, but now I've added red eyes to the spiders on the insides of the cards!)

Anyway, here's a closeup of the red things.

 

And the stamped inside looks like this: 

Recipe -

Stamp Sets: Home for Christmas *COMING OUT ON OCT 1 IN THE HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG

Ink: Basic Brown, Always Artichoke, Real Red, Close to Cocoa, Basic Greay, Going Grey

Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Real Red, Watercolor Paper

Accessories: Real REd 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals, Paper Piercing Tools, little shiny red things that you buy to iron onto clothing (how's that for a description?!)

Hope you've enjoyed this sneak peek! Stop back by on Wednesday to see the Holiday Mini Catalog on my blog!