Clean and Simple Saturday - Sale-A-Bration Sneak Peak

Happy Saturday Peeps!

Today's clean and simple card uses yet MORE patterns from the Sale-A-Bration Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper! 

Sale-A-Bration is coming January 28th! If you would like to receive a free Sale-A-Bration catalog, please contact me here with your mailing information and I will get one out to you as soon as they are available!

EZ Peasy Design Tips:

• The envelope is lined with more of this yummy paper...remember the Envelope Liner Framelits Dies are on sale through Tuesday, January 14th only! You will love them!

• I used the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die to quickly create a perfect focal point with the pretty patterns as the star.
• The rolling font on this sentiment adds just the right amount of decoration to the card.

• Stamping on the inside of the card adds a sweet touch. These delightful blooms are part of the Petal Parade stamp set (This stamp set is exclusive to Sale-A-Bration and available for a limited time).

Here'a a close up of this sweet, sweet designer series paper. A tiny button adds the perfect finishing touch. Now to get this card in the mail! I made this quick card for a friend who is recovering from surgery, just to let her know I am thinking of her!

Are you excited for Sale-A-Bration? It's almost here and I can't wait to share it with you!

Stampin Supplies: 

Stamps: A Dozen Thoughts (131059), Petal Parade (available Jan 28, 2014)

Paper: Whisper White (100730), Pool Party (122924) Cardstock; Sweet Sorbet (available Jan 28, 2014) Designer Series Paper

Ink: Sahara Sand (126976) Classic Stampin' Pad

Tools:  Big Shot (113439); Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die; Envelope Liners Framelits Dies (132172); Stampin' Trimmer (126889); Stamp-A-Ma-Jig (101049); Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Embellishments: Naturals (127554) Designer Buttons

Thanks for stopping by! 

FMS 118 Petal Parade Birthday

Do you love this envelope?!? The Punch Board Envelope Maker makes creating custom envelopes and envelope liners a snap. With this tool it's so easy to create a unique envelope guaranteed to bring a smile to the recipient's face!

It's Friday and I am ready to kick off the weekend with a sketch from Freshly Made Sketches (FMS 118).

 EZ Peasy Design Tips:

• The patterns and colors of the new Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper coming January 28th are fabulous and make card making easy!

• The Chalk Talk Bundle has wonderful dies and coordinating images for fast fun projects.
• Do you see the suble stamping in Crisp Cantaloupe on the tag? It's a sneak peek of one of the stamps in an exclusive, limited time stamp set coming January 28th called Petal Parade!

• Love twine? Here's a peek at Crisp Cantaloupe twine that will be available on January 28th!
• Don't have the right accessory in the right color? No problem! Here I used a Daffodil Delight Designer Button next to a tag stamped in Summer Starfruit. Looks great!

• See the chevron stamping done here in Sahara Sand? Yep, another sneak peek at the Petal Parade stamp set!
• The Finishing Touches Edgelits Dies add a subtle detail to cards and is on sale this week! Check it out!
• How about this awesome, awesome flower! The white flower has been stamped onto CORK and then pre-cut for you! Another delightful embellishment available on January 28th.
• A Candy Dot in a coordinating color is the icing on the cake!

•  Lastly, don't forget the inside of the card! The lovely blossom here has been stamped in Crisp Cantaloupe is yet another peek at the Petal Parade stamp set!

It's so hard to wait until January 28th when so many wonderful products will be available for purchase as part of the Sale-A-Bration celebration! All of the products are exclusive to the promotion and available for a limited time only, so stay tuned! If you subscribe now for my email blog updates, you will be sure not to miss a thing!

Whew! That's A LOT of sneak peeks! But believe it or not, I have more for you tomorrow so please be sure to stop by or better yet, sign up to have my posts delivered directly to your inbox! (wink)

Stampin Supplies: 

Stamps: Chalk Talk (130634), Petal Parade (available January 28th)

Paper: Whisper White (100730), Sahara Sand (121043), Crisp Cantaloupe (131298) Cardstock; Crisp Cantaloupe (129958) Co'ordinations Cardstock; Sweet Sorbet (available January 28th) Designer Series Paper

Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe (131176), Sahara Sand (126976) Classic Stampin' Pad

Tools:  Big Shot (113439); Chalk Talk Framelits Dies (129983); Envelope Punch Board (133774); Stampin' Trimmer (126889); Stampin' Dimensionals (104430); Snail Adhesive (104332)

Embellishments: Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack (avalable January 28th); Regals (130029) Designer Buttons; Regals (130932) Candy Dots

Thanks for stopping by! 

Sunflower Hello - PPA 182 Color Challenge

Here's a quick and easy card for you to whip up and send to a special someone! The colors for today's card were inspired by the designers over at the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge:

I used a bold stamp with this bold color palette so I kept the rest of the card simple to compensate.

I love the tiny banner peeking out from under the sentiment banner. It adds a bit of visual interest without detracting from either the main image or the sentiment. And just one candy dot today, in Smoky Slate, to compliment the background layer.

The richness of the color makes the image look embossed in person. It is simply beautiful!

The Envelope Liners Framelits Dies make it so easy to create a rich, lush envelope liner-I consider them a "must-have" in my stamping space.

Please let me know what you think of today's card!

Stampin Supplies: 

Stamps: Sunflower (128736), Happy Day (130297)

Paper: Very Vanilla (101650), Elegant Eggplant (105126), Smoky Slate (13102) Cardstock; Regals (130139) Designer Series Paper Stacks

Ink: Elegant Eggplant (126969) Classic Stampin' Pad

Tools:  Big Shot (113439); Envelope Liners Framelits Dies (132172); Stampin' Trimmer (126889); Stamp-A-Ma-Jig (101049); Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Embellishments: Nuetrals (130934) Candy Dots 

Clean and Simple Saturday - Festive Christmas

Okay, I know what you're thinking..."A RED snowflake???" Yep. Who says snowflakes can't be red? Is that written down anywhere? Nope, okay then, a very chipper and RED snowflake it is! lol

A funny story about this snowflake....I had this card all designed in my head. I was going to mix Cherry Cobbler Emobssing Powder with Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to make my RED snowflake shimmer but when I reached for my Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder it was no where to be found! WHAT?! I was sure I had ordered it...it turns out it is one of only two I don't own. Figures! So, I improvised! I stamped the image in Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink, then again in Versamark Ink. Then I sprinkled Heat & Stick Powder over it, heat set it with my Heat Tool, and then added some Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter and set it again. A little more work than I had anticipated but it sure came out nice and sparkly!

I also heat embossed the sentiment with White Embossing Powder to make sure it popped of the card. I know it isn't fair to have favorites, but...I think this one IS my favorite!

I popped my snowflake up with Stampin' Dimensionals to give it a bit more wow...and of course the Large Rhinestone jewel is the crowning touch :)

I realize that while I do stamp frequently on the inside of the card, I am terrible about taking pictures of them...both the outside and inside sentiments are from the More Merry Messages stamp set. I highly recommend this stamp set, it is very versatile! This set is actually a carry over from last year so it can only be seen online.

The snowflake is from the Snow Day stamp set, I just thought it added a little 'something'.

Thanks for stopping by...please let me know what you think about my RED snowflake (!) and enjoy your Saturday, I intend to spend mine decorating for Christmas!

Stampin Supplies: 

Stamps: Festive Flurry (131781), More Merry Messages (126402), Snow Day (131892)

Paper: Whisper White (100730), Cherry Cobbler (119685) Cardstock; Seasons of Style (132181) Designer Series Paper Stack (for envelope)

Ink: Cherry Cobbler (126966) Classic Stampin' Pad

Tools:  Big Shot (113439); Festive Flurry Framelits (132193); Heat Tool (129053); White Embossing Powder (109132), Heat & Stick Powder (100625); Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter (102023); Embossing Buddy (103083); Stampin' Trimmer (126889); Stamp-A-Ma-Jig (101049); Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Embellishments: Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels (119246)

Sweater Weather Sympathy

Living in Southern California, I don't make many fall cards. I enjoy fall and see wonderful pictures of the beautiful colors, but we just don't get much of that here! That being the case, I challenged myself to find other uses for the Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper.

This one came easily as Sahara Sand is a favorite nuetral color of mine. Here I paired it up with Strawberry Slush for just a pop of color. I just love this stamp set and it is framed beautifully by the Deco Labels Collection Framelits. It is a sympathy card but I don't feel that the bright color is out of place here at all. The bow is the perfect finishing touch!

Thank you for stopping by, I will be back on Thursday with my Pals Paper Arts challenge card!

Stampin Supplies: 

Stamps: Love & Sympathy (122797)

Paper: Whisper White (124302), Strawberry Slush (131295) Cardstock; Sweather Weather (132184) Designer Series Paper

Ink: Sahara Sand (126976), Strawberry Slush (131178) Classic Stampin' Pad

Tools:  Big Shot (113439); Deco Labels Collection Framelits (130102); Stampin' Trimmer (126889); Stamp-A-Ma-Jig (101049); Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Embellishments: 5/8" Organza Ribbon (114319)