Tuesday

Well, TODAY is the final day to purchase from the Stampin Up 2009 catalog and the in-colors. Many of the color inks and papers are already sold out. I cased this card from Val again. This is one of my favs! The Fifth Ave Florals stamp set flowers were stamped in Baha Breeze, Kiwi Kiss and Chocolate Chip on the Baha Breeze card. The paper is from Bella Rose DSP. You can take any three color combo and create this card over and over again. Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose and Pumpkin Pie would make a great card too! Might need to try that. I will have my new stamps and in colors at my door tomorrow! Excited to get them to show to my best friend and avid stamper this weekend at her home in Mississippi! Have a magical day! Cindy

Made for Monday

I really have fallen in love with the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set. It is so versatile and so simple to create a beautiful card in minutes. I used Baha Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black ink for the flowers on a Whisper White. Layer it on black and then Baha Breeze standard card. The sentiment is not a favorite of mine because it depends on how the person getting the card understands the meaning. Not like you could put Happy Birthday inside the card. Let me know if you would use the saying on a card. Have a magical day! Cindy

Wacky Wednesday

I made this card using my two favorite things from the SU Mini catalog that ends on June 30th. The Great Friend stamp set and the Walk in the Park Designer Paper. I even ordered an extra pack of the paper. Stampin Up recently made an annoucement to us demos to stock up or keep stock on the retiring in colors as they may be used in future. What that means is questionable. Does not matter cause I would keep these colors anyways. I love 2008-2009 In Colors: Baha Breeze,Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Tangerine Tango and have grown to love Pacific Point. I cased this card from Val here: http://valeriestangle.blogspot.com/ Check out her cards! She is so talented. Instead of her ribbon piece like her card did, I just used a piece of basic gray cardstock. I made the So Saffron and Kiwi Kiss with basic gray examples in this card as well. Just a beautiful card layout! Have a magical day! Cindy

Move forward Monday

Introducing the NEW Stampin Up In Colors for 2009-2010 catalog! Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo and Dusty Durango. Yes, interesting names, huh? They are very bold and bright this time around. But what about the colors? What do you think? Which is your favorite of the bunch? (my fav - see my name) The new Stampin Up catalog comes out on July 1st! You can view it online on that day. The catalog was coming out every 6 months and now with this catalog it will be yearly. So happy about that! Have a magical day! Cindy

Father's Day Friday

It's Tool Time for all the fathers out there! This card was created by using my SU punches. I am taking part of online class called Simply Punches Three offered by Heather Summers, the Punch Art Queen herself! (Such fun!) What a great Father's Day card to make! The textured background is using the paper crimper in both directions and flattening out and then trimming the paper for the card. You use a variety of punches - 1 3/8" circle, Word Window, Arrow, Key Tag, Small Oval and 1 1/4" Square. Colors used are Basic Gray, Riding Hood Red, More Mustard and Black. You could even put "Happy Birthday" on this card with a Home Depot Gift Card for a special man in your life! For all the Fathers out there... Have a magical day! Cindy

Retiring Stamp Set Thursday

Today's last post on retired stamp sets is very sad to me. This set called Heartfelt Thanks is one of the main reasons I started stamping with Stampin Up over 5 years ago. I went to a friend's workshop and Kristin (my former SU Demo) used this set to create a beautiful card. I fell in love with it and had to get the stamp set. It is a two-step stamping process which is so easy to do. First you stamp the full image and then you stamp the lines image on top. You can see it is the flower and how it is a layered but not quite perfectly either. I used Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss and Chocolate Chip. I also used the stamp set called Itty Bitty Backgrounds for the textured spots around the flower. So as of June 30th, Heartfelt Thanks will no longer be available unless you search on Ebay. I will not be selling mine though cause I love it too much! Have a magical day! Cindy

Retiring Stamp Set Wednesday

The other day I was looking on a demo's website and saw this great card using the Big Deal Letters. I love that letters set and it is retiring on June 30th. I had done some previous cards with a 4 letter word like LOVE and then the script saying over it. The another saying is from retiring stamp set, Absolutely Fabulous. The flower is from the retiring hostess set Goody Goody Gumdrops. The colors are Baha Breeze, Kiwi Kiss and Pacific Point. All of them are gone at the end of this month!!! The card is an odd size (2.75x 6.5) and envelopes are not made to fit it, so I will probably use it as a tag on a gift bag. Have a magical day! Cindy