Happy Birthday cards

My Stampin' Up! upline holds monthly meetings, but I don't go very often because they are 1 1/2 hours away.  She was going to show new products from Leadership this time, so my friend Kathy and I decided to go and we joined in the swap.  I will show you several each day until you have seen all 10 of them.  Today I am showing the Birthday Cards which feature products from the 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog and the Sale-A-Bration free products catalog.

The first card features the new Sizzix Paper Doily Die, one of my favorite items in this Mini Catalog.

Sizzix paper Doily die by Pesci

 

STAMP SET: A Word for You (Greeting)

CARDSTOCK: Pool Party, Chocolate Chip

INK: Chocolate Chip 

ACCESSORIES:  Satin Ribbon - Chocolate Chip, Designer Series Paper - Attic Boutique (Occasions Mini Catalog), Large Pearl, Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Perfect Polka Dots

Up in the Air - artist unknown

STAMP SET:  Up in the Air  (Occasions Mini Hostess Set) 

CARDSTOCK: Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White

INK: Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede, Shimmer Paint - Frost White

ACCESSORIES:  Ruffled Ribbon - Wisteria Wonder,  Organdy Ribbon (Sale-A-Bration freebie) - Lucky Limeade, Adorning Accents - Edgelits and Textured Impressions Embossing Folder 

NOTE THAT LOVELY NARROW ORGANDY RIBBON WILL GONE WHEN SALE-A-BRATION ENDS 3/31/12!!

Apothecary Art by Cheryl Smythe

STAMP SET: Apothecary Art, Loving Thoughts (Greeting)

CARDSTOCK: Island Indigo, Whisper White

INK:   Basic Black

ACCESSORIES:  Dazzling Diamonds, Adorning Accents - Edgelits and Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

I hope you enjoyed looking at these cards.  

Phyllis Strickland

 

Tea Shoppe - Freshly Made Sketches #23 Challenge

This is one of those cards that started off as one thing and ended up as something else.  I love the colors on the February page of my kitchen calendar.  In Stampin' Up! colors they are Riding Hood Red, So Saffron, Old Olive, Certainly Celery and Early Espresso.  I had most of the card done, but the layout just was not coming together for me.  Then the Freshly Made Sketches #23 Challenge landed in my email box, and voila!, there was the sketch I needed. 

Tea Shoppe - Freshly Made Sketches #23

Stamp Set:  Tea Shoppe

Cardstock: Early Espresso, So Saffron, Riding Hood Red, Certainly Celery, Whisper White

Ink: Craft Old Olive, Classic So Saffron, Riding Hood Red, Basic Black, Craft So Saffron

Accessories:  Pearls Basic Jewels,  1/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Old Olive, Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Perfect Polk Dots, Sizzix Die - Doily, Stampin' Dimensionals, Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack

I made my own design background paper by stamping the small flower from the Tea Shoppe set with Craft So Saffron Ink on Riding Hood Red cardstock.  The doily is die cut from a page of polka dot So Saffron Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack.  Not sure if you can see it but I fussy cut the large tea cup and adhered it to the Perfect Polka Dots embossed Whisper White cardstock.  Note: This is a 5 x 7 card.

Here is the sketch:

Click here to go to the Freshly Made Sketches site to see the other entries.

 Hope you had time to stamp or be creative this weekend!

Phyllis

Stampin' Up Valentine cards

I received these cards by swapping with other demonstrators.  Most of them are from an organized swap with other members of SUDSOL (Simply Unique Demonstrators Sharing On Line), a group Stampin' Up! demonstrators.

I also get together once a month with some other local demonstrators to swap cards, do a make and take and talk about all the latest news at Stampin' Up!  We have a great time.  Only 2 of us made it this month so I have only one card to share. 

Take It To Heart by Kathy Braine

She used the Take It To Heart stamp set to stamp the heart image and then die cut it with a Framelit Hearts Collection die.  The doily behind it was die cut with the Sizzlet Doily Die, and then the outer edge was trimmed to create a different shape.

Candy Conversations by Heather Sewezak

This card uses the Candy Conversations stamp set from the 2012 Occasions Mini. She used the Small Heart punch for the little hearts and the Framelit Hearts Collection die for the big heart.  The embossed hearts piece was done with the new Adorning Accents Embossing Folder

Outlined Occasions by Mary Booker

This card was stamped with the Outlined Occasions set, which you can earn for free with a $50 purchased until March 31, 2012.

The used the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder to make the white background layer.

They tiny hearts were punched from the Red Glimmer Paper.

P. S. I Love You by Kay Hahn Casler

Kay cut out hearts with the Fashionable Hearts Embosslit die and sprinkled them across the card.  The label was punched with the Modern Label Punch.

P.S. I Love You by Sharon Roeder

This card was stamped with the heart from P. S. I Love You.  The popped up heart was punched with the Full Heart Punch.








I hope you enjoyed this little display of Valentine cards.

Happy VD to you!

Phyllis