Two products that I will definitely miss after May 31 are the Flower Trim and the First Edition Specialty dsp.  I love both of these!

Super busy weekend planned.  Wish I could say it was all fun, but my kids have gotten slammed with end of the year school projects.  We also need to do our Spring/Summer planting in the flower bed, and birthday parties to attend for the kids.   Plus, somewhere in there I still have a lot of stamping to do for convention samples.  Glad it’s a long weekend!  And all of these things are truly good things (except for maybe my daughter’s model of the Globe Theater 🙂 ).

Enjoy your Saturday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Sweet Essentials
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Naturals White, First Edition Specialty dsp
Embellishments:  Flower Trim, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Pearl Basic Jewels

Not much stamping on this card, but it was fun to make.  I recently got the Natural Composition Specialty dsp (I know — where have I been?!), and have been playing with it a little lately.  On this card, I cut a panel of it and used a sponge dauber and White craft ink to soften the Crumb Cake color a little.  When I was finished sponging, I wiped off the excess ink with a paper towel to reveal the beautiful embossed pattern.  Pretty easy!

Enjoy your Saturday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Made for You
Ink:  Real Red, White craft
Paper:  Real Red, Pool Party, So Saffron, Natural Composition Specialty dsp, Polka Dot Parade dsp
Embellishments:  Flower Folds Bigz die, 7/8″ Scallop Circle die, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Sycamore Street Designer Buttons (retired)

Yesterday, I had a Father’s Day card.  So I figured, it should be Mom’s turn today, right?  Especially since Mother’s Day is right around the corner.

To make the flower, I just used circle punches and then cut little notches out of the circles with my paper snips.  Pretty easy!  The fun dsp is from the new Gingham Garden dsp, which will be released with the new catalog on May 31.

Enjoy your Saturday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink:  Melon Mambo
Paper:  Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Gingham Garden dsp (available May 31)
Embellishments:  1-3/4″, 1-1/4″, and 1″ Circle Punches, Brights Designer buttons, Island Indigo Baker’s Twine

I never have enough guy birthday cards.  So I was inspired to make one today for my stash.

I must confess that I’ve had a hard time using the Parker’s Patterns dsp in the Spring catalog.  I love all of the patterns and colors, but they’re just so bold.  So I decided to let the paper be the star of the card.

Enjoy your Saturday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Curly Cute
Ink:  Versamark
Paper:  Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler, Parker’s Patterns dsp
Embellishments:  White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Silver Basics Designer Buttons, Linen Thread, Natural 7/16″ Trim Ribbon, Finishing Touches Edgelits

Here’s a look at the last swap card I made for the Dallas Regional event.  I didn’t make many of these (just 18), as I knew I would quickly tire of fussy-cutting the flowers.  This card has such a simple layout, but I like how it turned out.

This one would be easy to stick in an envelope and mail.

Enjoy your Friday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Madison Avenue, Curly Cute
Ink:  Summer Starfruit, Tangerine Tango, Rich Razzleberry
Paper:  Whisper White, Sycamore Street dsp
Embellishments:  Basic Rhinestone Jewels

One of the fun things about attending any Stampin’ Up! event is swapping.  I received some great swaps while at the Dallas regional event this past Saturday.  Today I’m going to share some of them with you (I have permission to do this from their creators).  If they have a blog, I made a link to their site so you can go check out their other work.

Made by Debra Teague

Made by Rhonda Glaze

Made by Jann McCollom at http://stampingtable.blogspot.com/

Made by my amazing upline, Amy Storrie at http://stampedwithjoy.com/

Made by Diana Raney at http://www.mystampingground.com/

These are just a few of the great swaps I received.  I received many others, but I didn’t want to overload you this morning.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

These little trees just make me smile!  I think they are so cute and I love polka dots.  I stamped and die cut three of them out and added three little stars made of the champagne glimmer paper (love that stuff!).  I embossed the greeting with Cherry Cobbler embossing powder.  This was an easy card to make.

Enjoy your Thursday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Scentsational Season,  Curly Cute
Ink:  Gumball Green, Early Espresso, Versmark
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Champagne Glimmer Paper, Be of Good Cheer dsp
Embellishments:  Finishing Touches edgelits, Holiday Collection framelits, Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Very Vanilla 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon