A Beary Fun Sleepover Invite!

Hey there stampers! Hope you had a fantastic weekend! 

Today's card is one I totally CASED from Monika Davis, a fellow demonstrator and blogger.  It was so stinkin' cute I couldn't resist plus my daughter is having a sleepover party for her 8th birthday in a couple weeks and it was perfect for her invitations!  You can see Monika's original card HERE.

STEPS:

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1. Start with a Whisper White card base, add a panel of Certainly Celery run through with a Texture Plate (non-SU) cut at 4 x 5 1/4.
2. Cut out 2 Top Notes using the Sweet Always DSP (retired) and fold one flap down and adhere.  Put aside until bear is cut and dressed.
3. Cut out Build A Bear using the Stampin' Up Bear Bigz Die and Creamy Caramel and So Saffron (snout)card stock. Add Chocolate Chip card stock punched with the 1" Circle Punch to the back for the eyes, nose and mouth.
4. Using Regal Rose and some scrap Sweet Always DSP, die cut shirt, heart and sleeve cuffs using the Stampin' Up Beary Essentials Bigz Die.  Adhere to bear and slide into "sleeping bag" Top Note pieces.  Add to card.
5. Add button (non-SU) using Mini Glue Dot and stamp "You're Invited" in Basic Black using the Birthday Hugs and Wishes stamp set (retired too).
   

INGREDIENTS:

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• STAMPS: Birthday Hugs & Wishes (retired)
• INK: Basic Black
• PAPER: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Sweet Always DSP, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron
• ACCESSORIES: Button, Mini Glue Dot
• TOOLS: Stampin' Up Bear Bigz Die, Stampin' Up Beary Essentials Bigz Die, Non-SU texture plate

Does this make you want to play paper dolls (bears) or what?!? Super cute!  Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs,

Birthday Bliss

Hey there stampers! Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you are having a fabulous weekend!

Today's card uses some more of my leftover card guts (pieces cut for a stamp camp or workshop that weren't used) and the Birthday Bliss stamp set.  Super simple.

STEPS:

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1. Start with Very Vanilla card stock base, add a panel of Rich Razzleberry cut at 4 x 5 1/4.
2. Adhere some Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon around a piece of Very Vanilla cut at 3 3/4 x 5 and adhere to card.
3. Stamp the sentiment from Wow Flowers and the Make a Wish image from the Birthday Bliss stamp set in Basic Black on Very Vanilla.  Punch the sentiment out witht he Word Window Punch and the Make a Wish with the Small Tag Punch.
4. Layer the sentiment onto Basic Black punched with the Modern Label Punch, then onto Very Vanilla punched with the 1" Circle Punch and finally onto Rich Razzleberry punched with the Designer Label Punch.  Adhere to card.
5. Punch Rich Razzleberry card stock with the Larger Tag Punch and layer the Make a Wish tag onto it.
   Staple ribbon (from my stash of Non-SU ribbon) onto tops of tags and adhere to card.
   
    

INGREDIENTS:

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• STAMPS: Wow Flowers, Birthday Bliss
• INK: Basic Black
• PAPER: Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla, Basic Black
• ACCESSORIES: Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon, Staples
• TOOLS: Small and Large Tag Punches, Word Window, Designer Label, 1" Circle and Modern Label Punches

Hope to see you again soon!

Hugs,

Mojo Opus Throw Down- 3 in 1!

Good morning stampers! I am sooo happy summer has officially begun for us and it's been great so far! After my middle daughter got out of school, we ran up to the high school (YIKES!! HIGH SCHOOL!!)for a volleyball meeting for my oldest daughter and then I came home and STAMPED FOR HOURS!! No homework to worry about, what time we eat dinner, who showered and still needs to and making sure little kids are in bed and asleep by their school bed time!!!! Yippee!! I am sure this blissful feeling will disappear quickly after a couple days of bickering kids, but for now we are GOOD!

Today's card combines three challenges in one! Yes, THREE! It's a record for me! I combined the Color Throw Down colors of the week with the Mojo Monday sketch and the challenge over at the Order of the Opus Gluei is " How does your garden grow?"
I also managed to use another soon to be retired stamp set, Heartfelt Thanks. The Mojo Monday sketch this week is a longer rectangular card so I measured a business sized envelope and made my card just a little smaller so I have an envelope that fits.
I started out with a Whisper White cardstock base and added a panel of Raspberry Tart DSP and Tempting Turquoise stamped with one of the flower images from the HEartfel Thanks stamp set in Versamark ink for a light watermark look. I adhered a strip of Whisper White between the two panels and stamped my background piece in Cameo Coral and matted it with Kiwi Kiss.
My main image is stamped with Kiwi Kiss and Cameo Coral with Basic Black for the sentiment. The "congratulations" stamp is from Birthday Hugs and Wishes, another retiring stamp set (but one I will keep!)inked in Black Stazon and punched with the Sneak Peak Modern Label Punch. I layered that onto a piece of Kiwi Kiss punched with the Scallop Oval Punch (yes, that made it into the new catalog!) The final touch is two Kiwi Kiss Buttons from the Button Bouquet collection with teeny strips of Raspberry Tart DSP through the button holes adhered with Mini Glue Dots.

I wasn't sure at first about this card-Cameo Coral is not one of my faves! What do you think?

I hope you have a terrific day! Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

Mojo Color Throw Down Friday

Hey there stampers! Thanks for joining me! Happy Friday!

Today's card is another combination of challenges.
I used the Color Throw Down colors with the Mojo Monday sketch of the week. I also tried to use some of the retiring stamp sets I own to show them a little love before I sell them off!


I started out with a Green Galore base stamped randomly with the same color and added a panel of WW stamped randomly in Pink Passion and Green Galore using images from the Big Bold Birthday stamp set. I matted that with a piece of Chocolate Chip and added a piece of Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon stapled to the side. Next I adehered a small strip of Pink Passion cardstock and stamped my image from the Time to Party stamp set in Green Galore and punched it out with my 1 3/8" Circle Punch. I matted it with a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock punched with the 1 3/4" Circle Punch and mae an arrow with my scissors and added a brad in the center. The Pink Passion fringe is made by first punching a strip of Pink Passion with my Scallop Edge Punch, running it through my Crimper and then carefully scrunching it around my circle using a lot of adhesive. I added a double layer of Dimensionals so I can spin my arrow to point at the correct age of the recipient of this card.

Cute isn't it?
thanks for checking in with me today! I hope you stop by again soon!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

Sweet Sunday Birthday

Hi there! Thanks for coming to visit!

Today's card is my submission for Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch. Her sketches are always the best!


I started out with a WW base and added a panel of Sweet Always DSP matted with a piece of Pumpkin Pie cardstock. I used the direct to paper technique, I like to call it "schmootzing", on the edges of the card in Regal Rose and Pumpkin Pie and stamped my sentiment from the Big Bold Birthday stamp set in Chocolate Chip. I stamped my main image on WW also in Pumpkin Pie and Regal Rose, made a mask and stamped the polka dots in Chocolate Chip and also "schmootzed" the edges.




I added three little party blowers punched with my 1" Circle Punch, matted with Chocolate Chip cardstock punched with the 1 1/4" Circle Punch and adhered with Dimensionals. Not too sure about this card but I think I like it. :)

Hope you are having a great weekend!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

Mojo Thursday!

Happy Thursday Stampers! Thanks for visiting me today!

Here's my submission for this week's Mojo Monday sketch. I can never play along on the day it comes out, or if I do I have already posted for the day. :)

I started out with a Whisper White card base, added a panel of Real Red and then foraged around in my DSP scrap pile and found a fun combo of colors! I used the orange from the Summer Picnic DSP(retired), the turquoise from the Polka Dots and Paisley DSP(retired), and then the olive from the Old Olive DSP. I stamped my main image from the Big Bold Birthday set using my SU Markers and added the Metal Dot stickers (Colorbok)along the side. For the Scallop Circle I used Tempting Turquoise paper, with a cicrlce of WW stamped with dots in Sahara Sand and then the wording in Basic Black. I left the bow on the sketch off so this could go for either a boy or a girl.

Ingredients:
Stamps: Big Bold Birthday Paper: Polka Dots and Paisly DSP(retired), Summer Picnic DSP (retired), Old Olive DSP, Real Red, WW Ink: SU Markers Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Colorbok Metal Stickers

Thanks for stopping by to check out my latest post! have a super day!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

Party Hearty

Godd Morning Stampers! How are you doing? Thanks for stopping by.
Today's card is a birthday card I used for a workshop last month. I cased it from here. I really liked it when I first saw it-I think it's the color combo that draws me to it.
Sorry for the short post today. It's my anniversary and my hubby is home-would be great if I didn't have to take my youngest in for x-rays. We think she might have either sprained or broken her wrist! Agh!

Ingredients:
Stamps: Party Hearty Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Not Quite Navy, WW Ink:Not Quite Navy, Real Red, SU Markers Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Ticket Corner Punch, Dimensionals, Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Ridinghood Red Striped Ribbon
Have a super day! See you tomorrow!
Elizabeth

Happy Heart Birthday

Hi stampers! Thanks for joining me today. Sorry for the later than usual post-it's been a rough couple of days. For those of you that follow my blog and visit me on Fridays (Furry Friends Fridays), you know that I take in foster kittens. Last Friday I posted my latest foster babies and their mother. Unfortunately all the kittens have died one by one and I am just totally beside myself and devastated. There wasn't anything we could do (believe me we tried!)they were just so sick and not strong enough to pull through it. It's been hard for me to shake the sadness I feel.
So on to a happier subject...today's card is one I made for a friend for her birthday today. I happened to still have some Valentine's stamps sitting out and thought that the elephant image could certainly be used for more than just Valentine's Day. I simply added the cupcake image from the Holiday Blitz set to make it more birthday-like. I paired it with the Cupcake wheel for the background and ta da! A birthday card!
Ingredients:
Stamps: Holiday Blitz, Happy Heart Day Paper: Baja Breeze, WW, Pacific Point Ink: Baja Breeze, Basic Black, SU Markers, Going Gray Accessories: Blender Pen, Dimensionals, Baja Breeze Striped Ribbon, Non-SU Star brad, Cupcake Wheel
Hope you have a good day.
Elizabeth

Birthday Blitz

Hi there! Today's card is a bright one! I wanted to make some birthday cards that could be for boys or girls that wasn't too babyish. It came together pretty easily and I got to play with my Color Spritzer tool!
Ingredients:
Stamps: Holiday Blitz, Celebrate Everything Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Black, WW, Gable Green, Summer Sun, Only Orange Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Only Orange, Summer Sun, Gable Green Accessories: 1 3/8" Square Punch, 1 1/4" Square Punch, Word Window Punch, gold brads, Color Spritzer, SU Markers
Have a great day!
Elizabeth

Cupcake Tags

Good Tuesday morning! Here are some really cute cupcake tags that I totally cased from here It felt like there was a lot of cutting involved but I think they are too cute!
Ingredients:
Stamps: Simple Birthday Thanks, Best yet (Hostess set) Ink: Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Creamy Caramel Paper: Careamy Caramel, Lavendar Lace, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Tangerine Tango, Pixie Pink Accessories: Crimper, 1/4" Circle Punch, Designer Label Punch, Eyelets, Scissors, Markers, Non-SU ribbon
I hope you all have a terrific day! Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

Happy Birthday Birdie

Today is my friend Allison's birthday (Hi Allison!) so I am posting her birthday card and gift today since she has already seen it. :) I made her card using the negative of the Top Note Bigz die (#113463). This die is exclusive to Stampin' Up and can be found in the Holiday Mini Catalog. It's one of the most used dies I own. I stamped the card using Season of Friendship (#111776) which is my favorite set for sure and a set called A Little Birdie Told Me. I paper pieced the bird using the Ski Slope DSP in the Holiday Mini.

I've seen these Top Note purses on a few different sites. I believe I saw it first on Angie Juda's site but I followed a tutorial I found at Barbara's site here.>

It was so easy and I think it turned out super cute! I used the A Little Birdie Told Me set on this as well and also paper pieced the bird with Ski Slope DSP. I stamped the flower image randomly on the tissue paper and inside is a gift certificate for SU products thru her favorite Stampin' Up demonstrator-ME! ;)

CARD Ingredients:
Stamps: Season of Friendship, A Little Birdie Told Me Paper: Ski Slope DSP, Baja Breeze, WW Ink: Black, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa, Real Red Accessories: Top Note Bigz Die, Word Window Punch, Dimensionals
PURSE Ingredients:
Stamps: A Little Birdie Told Me Paper: Ski Slope DSP, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla Ink: Black, Baja Breeze Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Top Note Bigz Die, Baja Breeze Striped Ribbon, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals

Birthday Wishes

Happy Wednesday! Sorry for posting so late, I've been having a heck of a time uploading this picture. Maybe a sign that I shouldn't? Ha ha! I was looking through my birthday card stash and, as always, don't have a lot of masculine or at the very least non-extremely girly birthday cards. I don't know why it is so hard for me to make a masculine card! So I looked through my DSP (designer series paper) scrap pile and went from there. Not so sure I like the finally outcome but since most men look at their cards for about 3 seconds-it's ok! ;)
Ingredients:
Stamps: Holiday Blitz, Wow Flowers (sentiment) Paper: WW, Black, Baja Breeze, Pumpkin Pie, Petals DSP (I think??)Ink: Tempting Turquoise Accessories: Tag Punch, Small Tag Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Word Window, Ticket Corner, Designer Label, Michael's ribbon
So right now in Orlando, FL Stampin' Up is having their Leadership Conference, unfortunately I didn't qualify to go this time. So all those lucky ladies who are there right now have gotten their new catalogs and seen all the fabulous new products that will be available Jan. 18th. I found someone who is posting pictures (yippee!!)so if you are as excited as I am and want to check it out click HERE This is Lydia's blog, Understand Blue. She is a fabulous artist and her blog posts are a crack up!
Thanks for stopping by!
Elizabeth

Urban Garden Birthday

Happy Monday!

Here's a card I made the other night while playing with some of my DSP. This one uses Pocket Silhouettes and the Urban Garden DSP. I stamped the silhouettes in Sahara Sand on Very Vanilla cardstock and punched it out with my 1 1/4" circle punch. I then layered it on a 1 3/8" circle of Kiwi Kiss and popped them up on dimensionals on a piece of Night of Navy cardstock. The background is a piece from the Urban Garden DSP and it's all set on a Very Vanilla base. I added three faux brads by gluing Kiwi Kiss circles (punched with my crop-a-dile)to the centers of 1/4" circles of Night of Navy. The sentiment is from a retired Sale-A-Bration set called Birthday Whimsy inked in Night of Navy. Hope you enjoyed my card and have a terrific day!

Ingredients:

Stamps:Pocket Sihouettes, Birthday Whimsy (sentiment-retired) Paper: Very Vanilla, Urban Garden DSP, Night of Navy, Kiwi Kiss Ink: Sahara Sand, Night of Navy Accessories: 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, crop-a-dile (small Kiwi Kiss circles), Dimensionals