Fancy Friday Blog Hop - Just Because

 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! These are a group of past and current Artisans that have become fast friends thru the Artisan journey. Glad to have you here! We have 14 of us this month and many new faces...my dream team of Artisans!

Each month on the last Friday, we will bring to you new challenges of all kinds (color,sketch, stamp focus, etc)! This month we are going with a simple theme: Just Because...use anything you want either new OR newly retired. Just because you like it, just because you need a challenge, just because you needed a card ASAP to send....

Stampin UP!'s once a year Sale-a-bration is in full swing right now! When you purchase $50.00 (before shipping and tax), you get a free item of your choice from the special selection brochure! Each year, I am amazd by the free stuff you can get! This stamp set called So Very Much was my first pick. I love the script font and the additional sayings that come with it. 

So my "just because" was because I was participating in a Sale-a-bration swap at my sidelines team meeting recently which gave me the chance to create with this stamp set.

AND it gave me the opportunity to share here with all of you and inspire you to get this fabulous stamp set for free while you can!

AND I made up quite a few of these to have on hand!

This is pretty much a beginner's card. All stamping! I used one of my favorite stamp sets from the Annual Catalog called Garden in Bloom on here as well. The color combo is Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Peekaboo Peach, Pear Pizzazz and Crushed Curry. To soften, I did stamp off some of the images to create a lighter color. I added Crushed Curry Baker's Twine and some of those Sprinkles Embellishments in the center of the main flower. 

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

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

Cindy
Now move on to my awesome friend Allison's AWESOME Chinese New Year project by clicking on the next button below! 

Fancy Friday - Never Enough Thanks!

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 our challenge was "Never enough thanks". Make a thank you card or two and then actually mail it! Explain who and why. #imbringingthankyousback 
With the birthday cards movement happening, let us not forget to thank the people in our lives too! I could send thousands of cards out for this kind of challenge. So many people to thank for just being a friend, saying a kind word, leaving an encouraging comment, helping with a task and way more. Getting that card via snail card would be so nice, right?

With my projects today, I am sharing a sneak peak into the NEW Stampin' UP products from the 2016-2017 Annual Catalog! I also challenged myself to use the NEW 2016-2018 In-Colors and this NEW paper called Playful Palette Designer Series Paper Stack. One the first card, I used just strips of the DSP for the punch of colors that are Peekaboo Peach, Sweet Sugarplum and Emerald Envy. All new colors! I did add a piece of paper from the Neutral DSP Collection with the words pattern. The embossed flower is from the NEW Floral Affection TIEF. I added a little piece of washi tape from the NEW Playful Palette Designer Washi Pack. The blocked THANK is a all NEW stamp set called Labeler Alphabet and it is a "MUST HAVE IT" item! The script YOU is the Hello You Thinlits. 

Now using all those same products in the first card, I made this second card. I used a larger piece of the papers, cut out the embossed flower from the TIEF in Peekaboo Peach and sponged it with same ink color. I took the Hello You Thinlits to make the swirls behind the flower. That is two yous and a hello! 

So part of this challenge was to mail them and tell who and why. I mailed these to two of my dearest friends because they amaze me and always have my back with love and support during stressful times. They are in the mail and on the way! I hope they know how much I am thankful for them both! 

My youngest daughter needed a lot of simple thank you cards recently. I bought these pretty notecards at local store and then she stamped the greeting from the Apple of my Eye Stamp set. Punched out with 1 3/4" circle. Added a Decorative Label punch piece of Watermelon Wonder behind it. See you can add Stampin' UP to anything! 

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 Joyce Fowler's AMAZING project before me and now move on to 

the awesome Erica Cerwin's project by clicking on the next button below! 

Happy 2016 and Holiday Thanks - Stampin' UP Artisan Blog Hop

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 is an "open to create" week but to stay within the parameters of goodies from our Artisan box. I first opened the Shine On Specialty Designer Series Paper from the NEW Occasions Catalog (Coming out January 5th) and fell in love with the pops of neon colors and silver foil bling on Kraft cardstock! Just so me AND perfect to complete a task on my to-do list too!

This first card is perfect for a 2016 Happy New Year's card if you send those out. Gives someone a nice way to start the year out! I even think it would be perfect for a birthday card! Just change the age to whatever you need. It also features the Shine On Specialty DSP, the Large Numbers Framelits Dies and the Balloon Bouquet Punch. I added with Cucumber Crush and a sponge dauber to make the balloons more dimensional with shading.

Then I needed some quick Christmas Thank You cards for gifts received last week. I still like to maintain the Christmas theme in my thank you cards so I pulled out my Tree Punch with these. In keeping with the color theme of Bermuda Bay, Cucumber Crush, Kraft, Silver and Smoky Slate, I mixed them up to create two different cards with the same layout. All I had to do was add Silver Glimmer Paper, Smoky Slate Thick Baker's Twine, Silver Metallic Sequins and Everyday and Cherry on Top Washi Tape. The greeting "Thanks" comes from the NEW Sunburst Sayings Stamp Set. (I love that set!) I just stamped right on the DSP with Archival Basic Black Ink.

I hope this inspires you to send a happy 2016 or some thank you cards!

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!

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