Monday, Monday, Monday

Why are Mondays always so crazy. Today just seemed to be one of those days. Good thing I had a relaxing weekend. Friday night we went out for supper with my mom and "grandma" (not blood related". Saturday we went shopping for our nephews birthday and finally after a year and a half of living at our new place, we finally sorted out the boxes in the basement. The corner of the basement looks so empty now. Sunday we spent the day just relaxing at home. As I didn't do any stamping this weekend, I didn't know what I was going to show you but I found this card on my computer and can't believe I never shared this before. This card I made for one of my good friends from college who just had twins, a girl and a boy. I had seen a bunch of these onesie shaped cards on SCS, and thought it would be really fun to make one. I made this card double sided, one side is for the girl and the other for the boy.

A Beautiful Thing # 5

This is my favourite card out of all the cards we did at my 'A Beautiful Thing' class. Chocolate Chip and Bashful Blue are one of my favourite colour combos. At the class not only did we make five cards but also a little box to hold the cards if you wanted to give away these cards as a set. I made the box to match this card because I just loved this card so much. The template for the box came from Dawn Griffith.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing, It's Beautiful Wheel
Ink: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Bashful Blue Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, Corner Rounder, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing, It's Beautiful Wheel
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Accessories: Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

A Beautiful Thing # 4

Another card we did at my 'A Beautiful Thing'. This card was inspired by Laura Fredrickson. I just love the simplicity of this card. You can't tell from the picture but the two right hand corners of the Rose Red cardstock are pierced using the mat pack. I think it just finishes off the card nicely.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing
Ink: Black StazOn, Brocade Blue, Versamark
Cardstock: Brocade Blue, Rose Red, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Brocade Blue Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Brocade Blue Ribbon, Mat Pack, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Birthday Megan!

Today I would like to send birthday wishes out to a member of my stamp group and a regular follower of my blog. Happy Birthday Megan! I hope you have an awesome day.

This is the card that I made for her. I just love this polka dot paper from the Urban Oasis Designer Paper, this has to be at least the second birthday card I have used this paper for. I just love it. I watercoloured the cupcake with a aqua painter and watercolour paper. You can't tell in the picture but I also added Dazzling Diamonds to the cupcake. I used the Basic Gray marker to add the lines around the image. I love how something so simple can add so much to a card. To those who know me of course I used Stampin' Dimensionals to pop up the cupcake off the card. I love Stampin' Dimensionals, every time I order I get at least one pack. You can never have too many! Anyways, on to the card.

Again have a great day Megan!

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Gray, Basic Gray Marker
Cardstock: Basic Gray, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Sahara Sand, Urban Oasis DS, Watercolor Paper
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Aqua Painter, Stampin' Dimensionals

A Beautiful Thing # 3

This is the third card we made at my 'A Beautiful Thing' this past weekend. This card was cased from Elaine Scader, to see her card click here. I changed the colours. Right now one of my favourite colours is Baja Breeze and I just the way this card turned out. It is so easy to create backgrounds with Stampin' Up!'s wheels.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing, It's Beautiful Wheel
Ink: Baja Breeze, Black StazOn
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Basic Black, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Baja Breeze Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Black Brad, Stampin' Dimensionals

A Beautiful Thing # 2

This the second card we made at my 'A Beautiful Thing' class on the weekend. This is one of my favourite cards out of them all. I just love how well the Pink Pirouette goes with the Riding Hood Red. Who would have ever thought you could put these two colours together. I think the only reason this card works is because of the Kiwi Kiss. Because we ran out of time in the class we skipped the stamping of the little circles above and below the main image, but the cards turned out great without it.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Pretty in Pink Grosgrain Ribbon, Large Oval Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Beautiful Thing Class

Yesterday afternoon I had a class using based around the stamp set 'A Beautiful Thing'. This week I will be sharing the cards we made at this class. The first card shown here really seemed to create a challenge for us. Trying to get the little flowers right inside the bigger flowers on the bottom of the card, even with the Stamp-a-ma-jig it was difficult.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing
Ink: Apricot Appeal, Mellow Moss
Cardstock: Apricot Appeal, Mellow Moss, Whisper White
Accessories: Apricot Appeal Grosgrain Ribbon, Trio Flower Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Soft Subtles Brads

February Thank You Cards

I saw this thank you card on splitcoaststampers.com by KarenG. I loved this card and decided to use it for my thank you cards in February.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks
Ink: So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, More Mustard Markers
Cardstock: So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, So Saffron DS Prints
Accessories: Certainly Celery Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Chit Chat Rub-ons

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks
Ink: Baja Breeze, Old Olive Marker, Always Artichoke Marker, Brocade Blue Marker
Cardstock: Rose Red, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Rose Red DS Prints
Accessories: Baja Breeze Stripped Grosgrain Ribbon, Chit Chat Rub-ons

Another Christmas Card

Here is another Christmas card I made last year. I love this card and I made a whole bunch of them in different colour schemes, but I can't find any pictures of the other cards. Maybe I will just have to make this card again sometime. I love this little snowman, he seemed to be my go to stamp for Christmas last year I used him on almost every card. Now that he is a retired stamp I guess I will need to find another stamp for this coming Christmas. But as I said earlier this week, it is way too early to start thinking about Christmas cards.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Merry & Bright, Snow Wheel
Ink: Certainly Celery, Black StazOn, Certainly Celergy Marker, Chocolate Chip Marker
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Accessories: 1 1/4 Circle Punch, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Chocolate Chip Double-Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Cord

2nd Birdie Card

I posted a card very similar to this a couple days ago and thought I would show you this card that has just a slight change on the birdies. I had made this card previously with the paper piecing technique and while I was preparing for my masking class this one was sitting on my desk and I thought it would be perfect to change up and use it to teach the masking technique. I used Washington Apple DS paper for the paper piecing on the birds.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Little Birdie Told Me
Ink: Black StazOn
Cardstock: So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Washington Apple DS
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, White Gel Pen, Bashful Blue Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, So Saffron Button, Linen Thread, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, 2-Way Glue Pen

Christmas???

I have been cleaning out some of my computer files and found some pictures of Christmas cards I did this year but never shared on my blog. So even though Christmas was months ago and trust me I am in no rush for it to come around again but I thought I would share them with you anyways. I will be sharing these cards over the next few days.

This card was inspired by Emily Weems her card can be seen here. I did the acetate card first and then did another in real red. I really like them both.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Crazy for Christmas
Ink: Black StazOn, Old Olive, Markers
Cardstock: Real Red, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Summer Picnic DS
Accessories: White Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, Acetate, Glue Dots

Masking Class

A couple of weeks ago I held a masking class. All three cards featured some sort of masking technique. I love masking, it gives you so many more options with the stamps. The first card we did was a simple masking technique using a circle punch and a sponge to create the masked circle. This was such a simple card, but I love the look of it. I got the idea for this card from Dawn Griffith.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss
Cardstock: Whisper White
Accessories: 1 3/4 Circle Punch, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Sponge

The second card we did was learning how to mask using stamp sets so that they look like they are overlapped or behind each other. Of course I had to use the little birdie stamp set (currently in a tie for my favourite stamp set.) This card was inspired by Jamie Sears, you can see her card here.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Little Birdie Told Me
Ink: Black StazOn, Bashful Blue Marker, So Saffron Marker, Summer Sun Marker
Cardstock: So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Washington Apple DS
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, White Gel Pen, Bashful Blue Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, So Saffron Button, Linen Thread, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

This last card is my favourite. This masking technique is great for the set Fifth Avenue Floral. It should be no surprise that I used this set. I am sure you can guess that this set is the set that is in a tie with A Little Birdie for my favourite stamp set. What is there not to love about this card. It uses Fifith Avenue Floral, the Scallop Edge Punch, Chocolate Chip Ribbon and Dazzling Diamonds. Four great products.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Pretty in Pink
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
Accessories: Hobby Blade, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Sponge, Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Birthday Beck!

I saw a spring card like this on Dawn Griffith`s blog and really liked it. I had just got this cupcake set the week before, so I had to make the card. My first step was deciding what designer paper I wanted to use and I choose the rest of the colours from there. A couple days after I made this, my husband was going through my collection of birthday cards and decided this was the one that he wanted to give his sister. April 2nd was my sister-in-law Beck's birthday and to celebrate the family got together at my in-laws for supper. So this is the card she got. This was my only copy so I told him I had to make sure I got a picture before we gave it to her so that I can make another one.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Black StazOn, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, So Saffron
Cardstock: Watercolour Paper, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Gray, Urban Oasis Designer Series
Accessories: Aqua Painter, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Stampin' Dimensional

Another 5th Avenue Floral Card

Have I mentioned that I love this set? I really like how you can create your own designer paper with any of the flowers and it looks great. I just stamped the large flower randomly on the Sahara Sand cardstock with Sahara Sand ink. I also used two of the new 5/16 Neutral Brads. I am really loving these, I just need to remember to actually use them instead of collecting them, like I tend to do when it comes to new product. I think this card has to be one of my favourites that I have made in a while. Hope you like it too.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral
Ink: Baja Breeze, Sahara Sand
Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Accessories: Paper Piercer, Chocolate Taffetta Ribbon, White 5/16 Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

March Thank You Cards

These were the thank you cards I made for anyone who placed an order with me in March. I just love the set Fifth Avenue Floral. As soon as I saw it in the current catalogue, I had to get it right away. I love putting Chocolate Chip and any pink together, so when I saw this card on SCS by tessa, I just had to case it. However I needed to do a thank you card for a guy as well this month, and I really couldn't send him the pink card I had to come up with another colour combo. I started with the ribbon colour first which is Certainly Celery and then picked the Always Artichoke from there. I love the way these cards turned out.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Sincere Salutations
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Always Artichoke, Whisper White
Accessories: Corner Rounder, Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Certainly Celery Wide Grosgrain Ribbon

A Little Birdie Told Me Class

A few weeks ago I held a class based on the stamp set 'A Little Birdie Told Me'. I just love this set, it is so versitile for so many occasions. I had eight people in attendance, it was my largest group to date for a class and a little challenging but I had lots of fun and enjoyed meeting a bunch of new people.



The following card was cased from Julie Davison, I just changed up the colours.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)

Stamp Set: A Little Birdie Told Me

Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White

Ink: Black StazOn, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, So Saffron

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Blender Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals

The next card was cased from the current Stampin' Up! catalogue.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Set: A Little Birdie Told Me
Cardstock: Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White
Ink: Black StazOn, So Saffron Marker
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, Corner Rounder, Glue Dots, White Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

This card was cased from tkife at splitcoaststampers.com

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Set: A Little Birdie Told Me
Cardstock: Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Basic Gray, Whisper White
Ink: Black StazOn, So Saffron Marker
Accessories: 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, White Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

This is my favourite card. I cased it from Jennifer Jackson, once again I just changed up the colors.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Set: A Little Birdie Told Me, Whimsy Wheel
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, Whisper White, Almost Amethyst, So Saffron
Ink: Black StazOn, Rose Red
Accessories: Round Tab Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, 1/16 Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Watercolor Crayons, Blender Pen, Glue Dots, White Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, Rose Red Button, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

The last card was inspired by a card I saw on splitcoaststampers.com by Stampcrazzzy.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Set: A Little Birdie Told Me
Cardstock: Real Red, Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Black StazOn, So Saffron Marker
Accessories: 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Crystal Effects, Real Red Striped 1/2" Grosgrain Ribbon, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig