Great Friend Scallop

I love this card! Thanks to Dawn Olchefske for the idea on her blog last week. She has an excellent video tutorial for this easy Scallop Easel card and for the CUTE bow! You will love how easy this bow is! The scallop card is also very easy. AND, there are so many fantastic stamp sets you could use with this layout. Try it out for yourself. The recipient of your card will be so impressed!

Here is a close up of this darling bow!

Supplies:

Card Stock: Real Red, Basic Gray, Whisper White

Stamps: Great Friend

Ink: Basic Black, Real Red

Extras: Square Rhinestone Brad, 1-1/4" Basic Black Striped Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Scallop Circle Die, Big Shot, Nestabilities Circles

You can order your Stampin' Up! products from my Website any time!

Strawberry Festival

Happy Weekend everyone! I hope you have a nice extra day off, but don't forget what the Memorial Day is all about. Let's take some time to remember all of those who gave their all for our freedoms!

In our town, we have a Strawberry Festival and Parade every Memorial Day weekend. There is a parade that is very close to our home, so we usually walk on over and check out the celebrities and the local groups that march, play music and entertain the crowds. There is the World's Largest Strawberry Cake cutting, carnival rides, a Red-Head Roundup, Seniors Strawberry Ball, vendors, crafters and lots of great food, all fund raisers for local groups. It's a tradition and we love it! I will be walking over to the festival grounds to have my Strawberry Royale-mmmmmmm!

I thought I'd celebrate by making this strawberry card. My friend, Diana, made me a card with a strawberry like this, and I gave it my own twist. It's so easy! I had been neglecting my rhinestone brads, thinking they were retired and I shouldn't be using them, but they are not!! I have so many, so you will be seeing more of them on my blog.

This card was so very quick and easy. Enjoy!

Supplies:
Card Stock: Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Real Red
Designer Series Paper: Pawsitively Prints
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Real Red
Extras: Word Window, Modern Label, Scallop Edge and Boho Blossoms Punches, Birds and Blooms and Heart of Hearts Sizzlits Dies, Big Shot, Square Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Glue Dots

For your Stampin' Up! supplies, I hope you will use my Website to order.

PPA95 - Elements of Style - Brads

PPA95 *Brads*

I needed a masculine birthday card, and what helps this card be masculine? Brads! Even the name is masculine--get it? BRADS!! I'm so funny.

Also, I just received Nautical Expedition designer series paper and I love how it caters to the explorer in all of us!

I began with a base of Naturals Ivory card stock, cutting my 8-1/2" x 11" sheet in half lengthwise. I sponged the edges with a dauber using Soft Suede ink. Then I folded it in half and cut the stripe 1/4" smaller than the front of my card.

I punched photo corners from Cherry Cobbler and Basic Gray card stock and attached the small ones to the striped paper and the larger ones behind the paper so it looks like I slipped the paper between them like an old photo.

I added three Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelets in the top right corner. I tore a rectangle-shaped corner off a page of the designer paper that looks like a ship's log. I sponged all of the edges with Soft Suede ink and my sponge dauber.

On top of the log page, centered, I layered a Cherry Cobbler 2" x 1-3/8" Oval, and then an anchor print (also from Nautical Expedition) 1-3/4" x 7/8" oval. The top layer is my Cherry Cobbler inked sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes on a Word Window punch in Very Vanilla with two Vintage Trinket brads.

I hope you are inspired to play along with us at Pals Paper Arts. Please leave your comments on my entry--I love reading all of them.

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PPA Preview

Will YOU play along this week? Tomorrow we will reveal our challenge for the week. I encourage you to stretch your creativity and accept the Pals Paper Arts challenge! Who knows, you could be a Pals Pick of the week! You can use any supplies you like to create your entry, upload your direct link and play along. See you there!

PPA94 Sketch Challenge

Well, here is the full reveal! I love this sketch. Originally, I was worried about how to add a sentiment, but then I figured out I'd use one of the elements on the card to fit it in. It worked beautifully!

I chose cheery colors which were inspired by a wedding invitation we received. I loved how they looked together!

Here is a little surprise inside!!

Here is what I used:

Card Stock: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight

Designer Paper: Neutrals Patterns Pack

Stamps: Tiny Tags

Ink: Daffodil Delight

Special Tools: Circle punches, Scallop Trim border punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Glimmer Basic Brads, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder

Won't you play along?

Pals Paper Arts Preview!

I hope you are ready to play along with the Design Team at Pals Paper Arts! Tune in tomorrow for our *sketch* challenge!

We invite you to play along. You can use any products you like to create using our "challenge" for the week. You might be one of our Picks of the week if you enter your creation using our link system. (Make sure you use a direct link to be eligible!)

See you tomorrow!

In the mean time, if you need any Stampin' Up! products, please use my website to order. If you have any questions, I can answer, please email me directly. I'm happy to assist you.

MOJO Monday 191

It's been awhile since I've had time for MOJO! Here is my contribution to MOJO191. It doesn't mean I have extra time, it just means that I got two things done at once by using the sketch to complete a birthday card I needed!

My favorite part of this card was letting the butterfly "go crooked" over my scallop circle! I'm usually so neat and tidy, but it just didn't sit right with the sentiment, so I let it FLY!!

Here is what I used:

Card Stock: Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Designer Paper: Playdate

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes

Ink: Real Red

Accessories: Butterfly, Itty Bitty Shapes, 2-3/8" Scallop Cirlce and 1-3/4" circle punches, basic rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Real Red 5/8" satin ribbon

When you are going to complete your projects using Stampin' Up! products, please use my Website to order.

Happy Graduation

I'm not in "love" with this designer series paper, but I do know that you can tone down loud patterns by using colors. I found that using Pear Pizzazz with this Pacific Point print really softens the blues. I added a Marina Mist/Pacific Point scallop trim border punch duo. When using Crumb Cake like I did to back the sentiment, I love to add the twill tape, so here I tied it into a bow, since the card is for a woman.

I hope I inspired you to use something you may not "love" to create a card you can love and give with joy!

For your Stampin' Up! supplies, I hope you will shop with me at my Website.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used on this card:

Card Stock: Pear Pizzazz, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Pacific Point

Extras: Oval punches, Basic Rhinestones, twill tape, Scallop Border punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Pals Paper Arts- Fashion Inspiration Challenge

This week's Pals Paper Arts theme is: Fashion Inspiration: Here Comes the Bride (Anything Wedding: flowers, dresses, invites, place cards, cakes, gifts)

What will you do? I chose to make a wedding card. I previously made a birthday cake card for a friend almost like this using DSP instead of textured card stock. She really liked it. With wedding season coming up (I have one invite for spring, summer and fall already) I needed to have some wedding cards on hand.

This is traditional, but I jazzed it up a bit with the textures and the bling of pearls on top of the softness of teh rosettes. I love it! You could do this in any wedding colors by using color card stock or using marker on your embossing folder for color. Then color your rosettes with marker or ink pads. I've heard that Copic markers color pearls just fine, but I don't own any of those.

What will you come up with? Please join us as we play with Fashion Inspiration at Pals Paper Arts!

Supplies used for this card:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla

Stamps: Tiny Tags

Ink: Basic Black

Extras: Big Shot, Framed Tulips and Perfect Polks Dots embossing folders, Stampin' Dimensionals, Vanilla Rosettes, Basic Pearls

When you need products from Stampin' Up! please use my website to order.

Pals Paper Arts Preview

Are you intrigued? Good! Check in tomorrow to see how YOU can be challenged to play along at Pals Paper Arts. Then create your entry using any materials you like and upload it using a direct link on our site. Sit back, relax and enjoy all of the entries. You will learn and be inspired!

In the mean time, if you need any Stampin' Up! products to fuel your creativity, why don't you order using my website? Thank you for your business!

Pals Blog Hop

Join my friends as they celebrate Dads and Grads with a Pals Blog Hop! Start hopping using my list:

1. Joanna Munster, www.inspiredbystampin.com

2. Joan Norris, http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/clearlycreative/blog,

3. Mary Fish, http://www.stampinpretty.com/

4. Sandie Conner, http://prettyprovisions.blogspot.com/

5. Nina Dee, www.deesignsbyninadee.blogspot.com

6. Rae Harper, www.wildweststampin.com

7. Mike Funke, www.stampin-style.com

8. Barbara Chatzkel, www.takeoutpaperarts.com

9. Barbara Furlong, http://www.theloveofstamping.com

10. Carmen Sublasky, http://www.creativestamptuary.com

11. Linda Fisher, http://lindas-stampinloft.blogspot.com/

There is so much talent listed here-take advantage of it today~

Tomorrow: Preview to the Pals Paper Arts Challenge

Mother's Day

I wanted to share what I made for others for Mother's Day. I love how this turned out. After you figure out how to fold the 6 x 6" piece of designer paper for the purse, it's all fun from there!

I got this idea from Frenchie Martin. She gives an excellent tutorial. Think how many ways you could use this cute little purse! I put Hershey Kisses in it, but so many different kinds of goodies might fit in here, including jewelry or a gift card.

Think how you could decorate the front of the bag! You could use die cut flowers or ribbon roses. The possibilities are endless. They could be wedding or shower favors or teacher thank-you gifts.

PPA92 Celebrity Color Challenge

Welcome to this week's Pals Paper Arts Challenge. We are having a celebrity Color challenge, which means we have a celebrity guest! She is Colleen Dietrich, of Dietrich Designs. Take some time to visit her blog and enjoy her creations.

I was perplexed as where to start on this challenge, since the colors are all so different. Then I looked through my Designer Series papers and I found Sunny Garden has exactly these colors as one of it's designs! Yay for me!

Next, I knew I wanted to make a Mother's Day card, since I had many to get out this week. I like to celebrate all of the great moms I know, since I can no longer send my own mom a card.

If you are a mom, I hope you have a perfect day this year. If you have a mom, don't forget to send her a greeting or call her and let her know you are thinking of her. She probably did a lot for you through your life, and maybe she still is doing a lot for you! Moms appreciate the thoughts more than gifts.

One of my most precious "gifts" was from my middle son when he was in high school. One of his teachers made each student write a letter to their moms. I still have mine hanging in my closet! It was so honest and very thoughtful and full of thanks. When you have a teenager, they often don't appreciate what you do as a mom, so this was extra special! I still smile when I read it :-)

Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Sunny Garden

Stamps: Silhouette Sentiments (hostess level one)

Ink: Poppy Parade

Extras: Stampin' Write Markers in Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait, Stampin' Dimensionals, Decorate Label punch, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots and Framed Tulips embossing folders, mat pack and paper piercing tool (105826 $9.95)

Please use my website for your Stampin' Up! orders. I'd love to help you create your own cards, scrapbooks or other projects.

PPA Preview

Come play with us tomorrow at Pals Paper Arts! Remember you can use any products you like to create your masterpiece for our challenge. Upload using a direct link and the fun begins! Hope to see YOU tomorrow when you take the challenge.