Vintage Verses Card set

I cannot take credit for the ideas behind this set of cards.  The original idea with more details and a different color scheme were created by Melissa Davies.

To create my cards, I started with a  color scheme from the Color Coach.  Crumb Cake, Perfect Plum, and Rasberry Ripple.  I don’t use those two colors often, so I chose them to work out of my comfort zone.

As you can see, the hexagon shaped honeycomb embossing folder was highlighted on all of the cards.

You also notice all of the different stamps from the Vintage Verses stamp set – this stamp set is available for FREE with a $50 purchase!!!  Great vintage look to these stamps!

Stamps:  Vintage Verses

Ink:  Rasberry Ripple, Perfect Plum, Crumb Cake

Paper:  Rasberry Ripple, Perfect Plum, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Accessories:  Honeycomb embossing folder, small butterfly punch, medium oval punch, small butterfly punch, Basic Rhinestones

Pieces from the scrap stash

I needed just a single quick card the other day, so I revived a few pieces from scraps laying around the desk to whip this card together.  Sorry for the weird angle – I tried to get a better pic, but it was blurry!

This is Concord Crush paper with some OLD, did I mention OLD….rub-ons for that popping white color on top.  I punched a butterfly out of a scrap of Pool Party and popped a few rhinestones on to finish it off.  Q-U-I-C-K!

Paper:  Concord Crush, Pool Party

Accessories:  Rub-ons (retired), Small butterfly punch, Basic Rhinestones

Madison Avenue card

My downline, Carol Manning, turned my attention to a demonstrator from the UK by the name of Jenny Moors.  I had never heard of this gal, but after checking out her blog, I decided I really like her!

Here’s a card I made last night that was inspired by one of her cards:

I love how the small medallion flower fits inside of the larger pool party flower!

Stamps:  Madison Avenue, Million Dollar Moments

Ink:  Summer Starburst, Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry

Paper:  Pool Party, Summer Starfruit, Rich Razzleberry, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Sycamore Street DSP

Accessories:  Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Vine Street embossing folder, Island Indigo satin ribbon, Floral Framelits

Thanks Carol for the inspiration!

Baby Prints scrapbook page

When I saw this sketch over at Create with Connie and Mary, I immediately saw a scrapbook page rather than a card!  I sure am glad, because I was able to create this page with a few darling pictures of my baby Owen when he was just 2 months old.  Just look at those first sweet little smiles!  He’s all smiles all the time (mostly!) now, so it’s precious to remember those moments when they were just beginning to start happening on a regular basis.

Sorry for the glare…I used the Sycamore Street DSP for the page and Sahara Sand for the base of the page. 

I decided since this page just focused on him, I would use the Baby Prints stamp set – I stamped the hands in Sahara Sand and the title in Island Indigo.  I added a few of the Tangerine Tango buttons from the Sale-a-bration pack for accents and tied each of those with Pool Party baker’s twine.

Stamps:  Baby Prints

Ink:  Island Indigo, Sahara Sand

Paper:  Sahara Sand, Sycamore Street DSP

Accessories:  Tangerine Tango buttons (SAB), Pool Party Baker’s Twine

Sent with Love special

Did you ever watch that TLC program called Craft Wars?  I loved it – would never be on it, but I loved watching it!  This new Sent with Love promotion makes me think of the commercial for that show!

 

Pack your crafting bags, and get ready for a creative trip with our new Sent with Love products! These all-new travel-themed products are perfect for documenting family vacations, creating unique invitations, or myriad other fun paper-crafting projects!

And here’s the rub: these exclusive products are only available from February 1 through April 30! Buy the Sent with Love Stamp Set or Designer Series Paper separately—or get them both in a bundle with Calypso Coral Baker’s Twine for 20 percent off!

We’re also offering a coordinating digital kit. See below for item numbers and prices.

131847

Sent with Love Clear-Mount Stamp Set*

$17.95 US/ $21.95 CAN

132182

Sent with Love Designer Series Paper*

$10.95 US/$13.50 CAN

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Pretty Bundle*
Includes the Sent with Love Stamp Set, Sent with Love Designer Series Paper, and Calypso Coral Baker’s Twine at a 20 percent discount!

$25.50 US/$31.50 CAN

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Sent with Love Digital Kit
Coordinates with the Sent with Love products. Not included in the Pretty Bundle.

$9.95 US/$12.50 CAN

*Only available through April 30, 2013

Don’t forget, there are now 2 stamps set you can purchase for Stampin’ Up’s 25th anniversary!  Each stamp set contains some of the favorite stamps from the last 25 years as well as an exclusive stamp that will only be in that particular stamp set. 

Here is January’s stamp set:

And for February, of course, there are some darling little hearts and love-ly images!

Shop Now to get these exclusive products!  Plus, earn FREE Sale-a-Bration items when you do it!!!

A LOVE-ly card

I got inspired to create this card by the color combo over at Create with Connie and Mary this week.  The color combo is:

Anyhow….I wanted to feature black since I have a tendency not to.  Plus, I had a picture of a card in one of my magazines that I wanted to use as a sketch, so presto….we have a card!

I used the More Amore DSP for the color combo and added a black base for the main images.  If you recognize that sentiment……I’ll just give you some props for being around the Stampin’ Up world for some time now!  That is an old, ahem, vintage rub-on I had in my stash!  Now, how’s that for using up some stash with the new stuff?!  It’s crazy to think that rub-ons are now old, but hey, they’re still great!

I added a faux stitch around the black piece of paper with my uniball signo white gel pen – a great non-messy way to create that oh, so popular blackboard look!

Stamps:  Hearts a Flutter (stamped by my six year old daughter, by the way!)

Ink:  Primrose Petals

Paper:  Pool Party, Primrose Petals, Basic Black, More Amore DSP, Silver Glimmer Paper

Accessories:  rub-on, uniball signo white gel pen, Hearts a flutter framelits, In color dahlia, paper doilies, full heart punch

Project Life: MDS 2 style

Any of you who know me know that I am an avid scrapbooker.  If you know me very well, you also know that having my busy life and two kids (well, 3 if you count the hubs!) to raise makes getting your scrapbooking done that much more difficult! 

MY Digital Studio 2 to the rescue!!!  I knew immediately when I saw the Best Life Ever photobook download that I would not be waiting for it to go on sale to purchase that download!  I purchased it right away so I could use it as my base for my Project Life moments. 

So, here you see the best of January in a few words and pictures! 

For organizational purposes, I keep all of my photos (from the last 6 years, at least) on an external hard drive attached to the computer that I use for My Digital Studio.  This makes it super easy to access all of those photos in a quick amount of time. 

Here’s my second page – I cropped into another photo to capture that little tiny picture of my husband and my sons hands.  It was just absolutely too precious!

Here’s a little tip – when organizing my photos on my external hard drive, I put all of my pictures in a Picture folder.  Within that folder are each of the previous years.  Each year has a folder of every month and I just copy my pictures as I take them throughout the month and paste them into their respective folders.  (Birthdays, holidays and vacations get their own separate folders.) This keeps me from having to spend hours downloading photos.  It also makes finding my pictures very easy when I need them!

You know, now is a GREAT time to purchase My Digital Studio – you can get free sale-a-bration items just for purchasing the program!  You can even earn free digital items!!!