Another Happy Birthday!

2 / 23 / 18

We’ve had days and days of rain. So I needed something springy. Love the new Tutti-Frutti Designer Series Paper in the Occasions Catalog! It’s super springy! This cute little card made with the Fruit Basket Bundle, featuring some of that DSP, came together really quick.

I love the little strip of designer series paper, the doily, and of course the fruit! Some of the fruit I stamped directly on the paper but some I punched out and glued on; so the fruit is layered and it gives it a little dimension. The white heat embossed sentiment really pops on that red!

Here are the details:

Pear Pizzaz Card base: 8.5″x5.5″, scored at 4.25″
Designer Series Paper strip: 2″x5.5″
Sentiments strips using Real Red Cardstock: width is .5″ and then trim length once you’ve stamped

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Enjoy and create something today!

February is Birthday month!

2 / 22 / 18

I have two kids with birthdays in Feb. and my niece with a March birthday and it keeps me busy this time of year. They are having a Bob Ross painting party this weekend, I’ll share some pics next week! 🙂

Here is a cute little birthday card I made using the Fruit Basket Bundle. Cute little pieces of fruit with matching punches and the Tutti-Frutti Designer Series Paper are so fun!

This card was inspired by pinterest. I used aqua painters to color the background with Lemon Lime Twist Ink used on just regular Whisper White paper. You can get away with that if you don’t use very much water. If you use too much water it damages the paper. 🙂

Here are the measurements:

Lemon Lime Twist Card Base: 8.5″x5.5″, scored at 4.25″
Whisper White Cardstock Mat: 5.25″x4″
Strips of Designer Series Paper: .75″ x 3″, trim down to be as long or short as you want
Strip of Whisper White Cardstock: .5″x2.5″

Here are the supplies:
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Enjoy and create something today!

November is here and so are Stampin’ Blends!

11 / 1 / 17

Say hello to a new world of colorful creativity! Meet Stampin’ Blends, artist-quality alcohol markers in 12 exclusive Stampin’ Up! colors. To cover all the blending bases, Stampin’ Up is also offering a limited-time 16-card project kit and stamp set with beautiful line-art images. I’m so excited for the launch of these Stampin’ Blends! I love how easily they blend and especially if you like to color, these are perfect!

These beautiful markers come in two shades of each color to blend beautifully!

Stampin’ Up is offering a Project Kit (while supplies last) that you can use these markers with called Color Me Happy! I love the color combinations and all the goodies in the kit! Oh and do you happen to have a teen girl on your Christmas List? This would make a perfect Christmas present for her!

This kit is going to be very popular so order quickly! The markers are here to stay and hopefully more colors will be added soon!

November Hostess Code: NXABFNYP (use this code if ordering less than $150, Thank you)

Enjoy today and create something!

I love November!

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November is one of my favorite months. The weather has finally started to turn cooler, there are two family birthdays (one is mine) and Thanksgiving is just 3 weeks away!

I wanted to share a cute and fun birthday card since I have my son’s birthday on my mind. Now this isn’t the card I’m making for him. I’ve got a different one planned for him but I really love the look of the card and how easy it is!

The background paper is from the Foiled Frenzy Specialty Designer Series Paper Pack! It is super cute and lots of colors and designs. The bright color foil designs are printed on heavyweight Kraft paper. It comes in these beautiful colors: Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist, Soft Sky, and Tangerine Tango

I decided to go with Lemon Lime Twist.

Card details: Whisper White Card Base: 5 1/2 “x 8 1/2 “. Scored at 4 1/4″. Next Layer is the Foil Frenzy Paper cute to 5 1/4″x4”. Kraft Layer is cut to 4″x3 1/2″ and then wrapped in ribbon. Circle is adhered on top with Happy Birthday sentiment on top.

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Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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Foil Frenzy Specialty Designer Series Paper

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Happy Birthday Thinlits Die

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Lemon Lime Twist 1/2" Finely Woven Ribbon

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Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Enjoy and create something today!

Holiday Catalog is Here!

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Well, I’m a few days late but the new Stampin’ Up Holiday Catalog is here and live! You can start ordering now! Yay! I’ve been spending lots of time with family this weekend, so that’s why I’m a few days late. That’s my one word I can use to describe this catalog is: Family. All the projects remind me of the holidays and family. 🙂

(click to download a copy of the catalog)

I love all the products and can’t wait to inspire you to create some fun holiday stuff!

The Hostess code for September is: MKKTHSNP. If your order is $150 or more, use the hostess rewards on yourself! Enjoy!

A Little Wild Stamp Set

8 / 9 / 17

As school approaches things are getting a little wild! I see so many Facebook posts from my friends, who have preschool/elementary aged children, that school can’t come soon enough! I remember those days but oh how I miss them also. 🙂

The A Little Wild stamp set reminds me of when my kids were little. It’s a perfect stamp set for a children’s card, a baby shower card or a card for a friend who likes animals and I love that with the bundle you can make tags too!

These card ideas were not my own but came from Pinterest. On two of the cards, I used tulle fabric for the background so you can see through the square and see the back of the animal when you open the card. I used tombow liquid glue to make sure that tulle stayed in place!

The next card is too cute! I used Bermuda Bay for the colored card stock and the ribbon. I used blender pens and ink to color in the bear. The glimmer paper was created with a piece of watercolor paper and Wink of Stella!

The next card uses Wood Grain Texture Paper for the background on a Early Expresso card base. I looked up a tutorial on a gate fold card to create it. The polka dot paper was created with a pencil eraser and Chocolate Chip Ink. The lion was colored using Blender pen and Pumpkin Pie Ink and Crushed Curry Ink. I love how the inside turned out! I have a friend that has a Cricut Air that can print onto yardstick. She used it to create the Happy Birthday sentiment.

On the last card, I used the branch from Colorful seasons stamp set, to hang my beehive from. And the sentiment is also from Colorful Seasons.

Hope you enjoyed the inspiration for today! Praying for all the moms out there who are waiting to send their “wild ones” off to school!

Just for You Watercolor Words

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Today, I want to show you my last card inspiration using WaterColor Words. I cased it from pinterest. Now this card took a bit of time but I love the look and the colors!

There are so many pieces so let me list the supplies:

Cardbase: Temping Turquoise Card Stock, Card Stock for Flowers is Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Pumpkin Pie, and Pear Pizzaz, White embossing Powder, Basic Black Baker’s Twine, Basic Black Card Stock and Ink, Rhinestones, Layered Leaves Texture Folder and Lots of Labels Framelits.

The flowers and leaves are heat embossed using white embossing powder then I cut them out (a little time consuming). The card base, I ran thru the BigShot with the Layered Leaves Texture Folder. I used the Lots of Labels Framelits to cut out paper for the sentiment. The Rhinestones I colored with a black sharpie (yes you can do that!).

Hope you enjoyed this card and I hope I’ve inspired you to purchase the WaterColor Words Stamp set.

Happy Birthday and Watercolor Wonder

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Happy Birthday cards are my most requested cards, whether I’m making them for someone to purchase or someone wants me to teach them how to make one. So I wanted to show you a super quick card using WaterColor Words.

There are a couple of things make this set pop without too much work. First is the Designer Series Paper. This Paper is Delightful Daisy and it’s double sided and has the cutest images. I really didn’t even measure these, I just guesstimated and adhered them on a mat base of Whisper White measure 5 1/4″ x 4″. The next pop is the ribbon. If you’ve followed me long, you know I love ribbon! This is double stitched Daffodil Delight Ribbon. Whenever I use ribbon, I almost always use a mat piece and after attached ribbon will adhere the mat to the base. This is to cover up the back where the ribbon is. (hope that makes sense.) I used Lot of Labels framelits for the sentiment. The sentiment is stamped in Night of Navy.

Enjoy and create something today!

Happy Birthday Gorgeous!

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My family doesn’t have a lot of birthdays in the summer. We are winter or spring babies but my older sister has the lone birthday during summer. When I saw this set, I knew I wanted to use it for her birthday card! This is a beautiful set with some good sentiments as well!

My card was inspired by ideas from pinterest (as usual). I used the new Pretty Label Punch to punch out the sentiment. I love this punch, it’s a must have.

I also used the new mini chevron ribbon in Old Olive. So cute and easy to tie a bow with.

Here’s the ingredients:

Happy Birthday Gorgeous Stamp set, whisper white card stock, Daisy Delight Designer Series Paper, Pretty Label Punch, So Saffron Ink, Calypso Coral Ink, Old Olive Mini-Chevron Ribbon.

Enjoy! And find time to create today!

Happy Birthday & Crazy About You

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I made another card using the awesome Crazy About You stamp set, that I talked about yesterday! I used a kissing technique to create the flower and I love it! The kissing technique is stamping an image on another stamp before stamping on the paper. I featured this technique last week on my Thursday Live on the lovelifestamping Facebook page, if you’d like to take a look.

I used the Succulent Garden Designer Series Paper that is also retiring. Love this paper! Card Ingredients:

Base: Crumb Cake Card Stock cut to 8.5″x5.5″, scored at 4.25″, Strip of Succulent Garden DSP at the bottom is .5″x4/25″. Card mat is, Sweet SugarPlum card stock cut to 3″x3.5″, Whisper White card stock cut to 2.75″x3.25″. Small strips of DSP are cut to 2.75″x.5″. Ink is Old Olive and Sweet SugerPlum. Used Wood Grain Stamp Set.

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