CPC Sneak Peak - Time for Mom by Buffy Cooper

Here is another sneak peak over on Craft Project Central this month! I am pretty excited about my project and the other designers' projects as well!  If you have never heard of CPC, then go check it out! Great way to get many project ideas! 

Time for Mom by Buffy Cooper

Mother’s Day is just around the corner. Why not create a beautiful gift for your favorite mom – one that she can use as well as admire? This tutorial will show you how to create a custom clock using the beautiful Botanical Blooms Bundle. You’ll create a pop-up bouquet card to let the recipient know how special she is. You’ll also learn how to create Dazzling Details in any of the exclusive Stampin’ Up!® colors. This set would make a fun class or stamp camp – and it’s a gift you can give any time of the year. Simply change the designer series paper and cardstock colors and it will work for a birthday or wedding gift, Christmas, Valentine’s Day or other holidays.

 This fun project comes to you designed by Buffy! To get the instructions for Buffy's project, just subscribe to April (or one of our 3, 6 or 12 month discounted packages!)! And if you have a minute, please leave Buffy a comment on her project!  

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you!

Cindy

CPC Sneak Peak - Berry Basket Card Set by Christy Fulk

Here is another sneak peak over on Craft Project Central this month! I am pretty excited about my project and the other designers' projects as well!  If you have never heard of CPC, then go check it out! Great way to get many project ideas! 

Berry Basket Card Set by Christy Fulk
This cute card set will make you think about summer & picnics! The card box looks like a picnic basket, and it’s filled with nine fruit-imaged cards! This card set features the Apple of My Eye Stamp Set, Farmer’s Market Designer Series Paper, and the Berry Basket Bigz Die. This would make a great gift, and would make a great card class, too.

     This fun project comes to you designed by Christy To get the instructions for Christy's project, just subscribe to April (or one of our 3, 6 or 12 month discounted packages!)! And if you have a minute, please leave Christy a comment on her project!  

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you!

Cindy

April Birthday Flowers with the Creation Station Blog Hop

The Creation Station Design and Blog Hop is back this month! I was beyond thrilled to be asked to join this group of talented women for a monthly blog hop to inspire you with creative top of the line projects with a theme from all around the globe! We hope that you hop thru each blog and leave comments as we all love to hear praise about our creations!

This month we were to cover Spring Flowers by using the Botanical Blooms Bundle! Well after cutting what seems like a hundred of those blooms for an upcoming Artisan project, I was well.....spent. But I managed to cut just one more set of blooms for this great card!

I started by first using the Happy Patterns Decorative Masks and Memento ink with a sponge dauber to color on top of Very Vanilla cardstock. I hardly use masks but I reallly like the effect it gives a card. Then I grabbed a pattern sheet of paper from the Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper in the Mint Macaron. I stamped the leaf from the Botanical Blooms Photopolymer Stamp set and cut with the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies. I ran all three flower pieces in the Big Shot with the same dies and a piece of Watermelon Wonder cardstock. Finish off with the Basic Black Candy Dot and a piece of the 3/8" Stitched Basic Black Ribbon. The greeting is from the Balloon Celebration Photopolymer Stamp Set.

So I completed four cards for some friends who have April birthdays! I hope they like them!

Thanks for stopping by my post for the Creations Station Blog Hop!

Inspire. Create. Share. That's what I love to do.

Cindy

You saw Kathy's awesome project before me and now move on to my sweet friend Holly's incredible project by clicking on the next button below! 

Kathy Kartak

Holly Stene

CPC Sneak Peak - Mother's Day Ensemble by Julie Warnick

I am a Guest Designer over on Craft Project Central this month! I am pretty excited about my project and the other designers' projects as well!  If you have never heard of CPC, then go check it out! Great way to get many project ideas!

Mother’s Day Gift Ensemble by Julie Warnick 
Mother’s Day is just a few short weeks away! The Mother’s Day Gift Ensemble is the perfect way to show the mother in your life how much you appreciate her! The coordinating bracelet and earrings set made with paper beads are sure to delight! You can even customize the bracelet to fit the recipient’s personality or hobbies by adding just the right charm. Package it all up in the beautiful custom box with matching card to brighten her day. Top it off with a vase filled with paper roses that she can enjoy all year long.

 This fun project comes to you designed by Julie! To get the instructions for Julie's project, just subscribe to April (or one of our 3, 6 or 12 month discounted packages!)! And if you have a minute, please leave Julie a comment on her project!  

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you!

Cindy

Stampin' UP Artisan Blog Hop - Sparkle and MORE Shine

Welcome to the 2015-2016 Stampin' UP Artisan Design Team Blog Hop! 
I am so blessed that I get to create and inspire with these amazing Stampin' UP products and share with you all here for another wonderful year! Remember that every other Thursday, all 20 of us from all over the world will post on our blogs an inspiring project for you! Be sure to get Google Translate so that you can read in your language all about how they created their projects too. Please keep hoppin' thru them all....you do not want to miss anyone of these amazing ladies!
This week is an "open to create" week but to stay within the parameters of goodies from our Artisan box. Plan to see a lot of different design styles with these selective products as you move thru the blog hop! I decided to use the Sparkle and Shine Stamp Set from the Occasions Catalog along with the truly awesome Shine On Specialty Designer Series Paper. The more I use this DSP, the more I love it! Be sure to pick up this gem before the Occasions Catalog ends!

I created two cards very similar in layout but using different paper patterns of the Shine On DSP and greetings from the Sparkle and Shine Stamp Set. I stamped the pattern images (the v's and raindrops) on a piece of cardstock and then punched out with my 2 1/2" Circle Punch for one of the layers. I am loving the Cucumber Crush together with the Watermelon Wonder and Bermuda Bay as well as the pop of Basic Black and Whisper White. Then make sure to make some custom envelopes for these 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" cards with the 2015-2017 In Color Envelope Paper. 

Last is a cute gift package made with the Gift Bag Punch Board and the Shine On DSP too! I am loving that Bermuda Bay 1/8" Stitched Ribbon so much, I hope it stays in the new Annual Catalog coming in June! 

Thanks for stopping by here and if you leave a comment then thanks for truly making my day!

Inspire. Create. Share. That's what I love to do.

Cindy

Now on to one of my dearest friends and Artisan Design Team sister for life.....Connie Collins! She will blow your mind and she is the sweetest lady ever! I got to see her last week and it made me so happy!

Stampin' UP Artisan Blog Hop - Shine On Pink

 
Welcome back to the 2015-2016 Stampin' UP Artisan Design Team Blog Hop! 
I am so blessed that I get to create and inspire with these amazing Stampin' UP products and share with you all here for another wonderful year! Remember that every other Thursday, all 20 of us from all over the world will post on our blogs an inspiring project for you! Be sure to get Google Translate so that you can read in your language all about how they created their projects too. Please keep hoppin' thru them all....you do not want to miss anyone of these amazing ladies!

This week we are showcasing our Artisan projects for the Stampin' UP Facebook Page this month. For this project, the team was to focus on the Shine On Designer Series Paper with the Sunburst Sayings Stamp set  or the Birthday Celebration Stamp set. Plan to see a lot of different design styles with these selective products as you move thru the blog hop!  Since I already used the bright colorful side of this DSP back in January, I wanted to show the silver foil side of the DSP this time.

Balloons are very trendy right now and the Balloon Bouquet Punch is a favorite from the Stampin' UP 2016 Occasions Catalog! Instant balloon shape in two sizes! I punched a few of the larger balloon size out of the Shine On DSP and sponged the edges with Melon Mambo and a sponge dauber. Some of the balloons are stamped with the full balloon image from the Birthday Celebration Stamp set with Blushing Bride Classic Ink. Then I stamped just the Happy Birthday Greeting from the Sunburst Saying Stamp set with Melon Mambo Classic Ink. The strings are from a stamp image in the Birthday Celebration Stamp set too. I used my Project Life Journaling pen to draw continuous lines after I placed the balloons. 

These little gems on the pattern from the Shine On DSP called for some coloring! My dear friend Kimberly Van Diepen wrote in a recent comment that "you had me at pink" and pink is all I could think of when it came to coloring them! I used the Blushing Bride and Melon Mambo Classic Ink with the Aqua Painter to color them in. Start lightly and add layers to build up the color. Some of them are also colored with the Wink of Stella Glitter Brush in Clear for some bling! (Hard to photo that element) To tone down the pattern a bit, I added a layer of Vellum cardstock with the Banner Framelits. The greeting is from the Sunburst Sayings Stamp Set. I cut one of the gems out of the DSP and added it near the greeting. 

I am loving this card to much! I might have to make 19 more of them and send them to my Artisan Design teammates! I think they shine and are simply the best!

Thanks for stopping by here and if you leave a comment 
then thanks for truly making my day!

Inspire. Create. Share. That's what I love to do.

Cindy

Now on to one of my dearest friends and Artisan Design Team sister for life.....Connie Collins! She will blow your mind!

Stampin' UP Supplies:

Shine On Designer Series Paper

Sunburst Sayings Stamp Set

Birthday Celebration Stamp Set

Kraft Cardstock

Vellum Cardstock

Melon Mambo Classic Ink and Cardstock

Blushing Bride Classic Ink and Cardstock

Whisper White Cardstock

Basic Gray Classic Ink

Memento Black Ink Pad

Project Life Journaling Pens

Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush

Silver 1/8" Ribbon

Banner Framelits Dies

Deco Label Collection Framelits Dies

Balloon Bouquet Punch

2" Circle Punch

1 3/4" Circle Punch

Sponge Dauber

Stampin' Dimensionals

Be sure to check out my Easter bunnies on my Fancy Friday post below!

Fancy Friday - Spring Inspiration Bunnies!

Welcome back to the Fancy Friday Blog Hop!

My fancy friends and I are back with some NEW fancy friends too! We loved working with each other so much that we decided to continue on with an all new blog hop to inspire you in fun new ways! Then a few of us had to take a break so we invited some new FANCY friends to join us and make the blog hop a little longer for your enjoyment! These are a group of past and current Artisans that have become fast friends thru the Artisan journey.

 Each month on the last Friday, we will bring to you new challenges of all kinds (color,sketch, stamp focus, etc)! This month will be one week early due to the holidays. This month we have some spring inspiration photos to create something from, thanks to our dear friend Marisa!

I don't know if you can see them clearly enough on that photo of the HOP HOP HOP table setting but there are bunnies on there! I have been wanting to create with the bunny image from the Friends and Flowers Stamp set shown below. I have a few more fun projects in the near future with this stamp set too!

To create my bunnies, I used the Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits Dies. I can get two boxes out of a piece of 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock! I used almost every color of the Subtles cardstock! In color order are Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride, Pink Pirouette, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky, Pool Party and Wisteria Wonder. 

I used the Subtles Stampin' UP Write Markers with Basic Black Write Marker to color the bunny face stamp. I also did this to stamp the ears. You will want to use the Festive Flower Builder Punch (on sale this week til Tuesday!) and the 1 3/8" circle punch to punch them all out! 

I attached the ears to the face with adhesive. Use Tear and Tape Adhesive to attach the face to the box. Be sure to place the bunny face on the side that will come off first. 

For the bows, I used the Bow Builder Punch and the Color Me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper. I went with the dots and stripes on the patterns. Hard to see but I like the white with the embossing pattern on them.

The tag is Basic Black cardstock cut with oval tag from the Curvy Keepsakes Thinlits Dies. I stamped the greeting from the Circle of Spring Stamp Set in StazOn White Ink. Just use a mini glue dot to adhere to box. I finished the bunny with a white pom pom that I had in my craft stash. Add with a mini glue dot. So cute!

Now to fill them with some Easter candy and give them away! 
What candy will I pick? Hmm?

Thanks for stopping by my post for the Fancy Friday blog hop!

Inspire. Create. Share. That's what I love to do.

Cindy
You saw Allison Okamitsu's project before me and now move on to 

Jennifer Timko's project by clicking on the next button below!