Month: April 2013

SU You Are My Sunshine

It’s a Sun Shiny Day over at the Friday Mashup # 107 this week. I didn’t mash it up with an easel but did combine it with a neat sketch over at The Paper Players #143. I love the sunny yellow combined with vibrant green on a neutral kraft base. I adapted the placement of the second smaller circle to go above my image because it fit better that way;) I also put the exact same size yellow oval under the sentiment that you see when you turn the card. It needed something else, and I didn’t have anything that nested well so that is what I came up with- similar to my last baby card. Have a SUN SHINY DAY, EVERYONE!

Card Recipe:
STAMPS: SU You are my Sunshine (retired- 2001!), No name on $1 flower stamp
PAPER: SU Daffodil Delight, SU Garden Green, SU Whisper White, SU Brights Pattern DSP
INK: SU Daffodil Delight, SU Garden Green
ACCESSORIES: SU Brights Brads
TOOLS: SU Extra Large Oval Punch, Marvey Scallop Punch

SU Patterned Occasions

I wanted to use some of my Parker’s Patterns DSP before it retires next month. It is such a great DSP for masculine cards or kid/teenage cards. I love it- the colors go together so nicely. I used the Fab Friday # 17 sketch challenge to create this fun card:

Did you notice how the jeans stamped with faded knees? I was not trying to make it look that way but when it stamped that way- I liked it!

Card Recipe:
STAMPS: SU Patterned Occasions
INK: SU Not Quite Navy, SU Cherry Cobbler
PAPER: SU Not Quite Navy, SU Marina Mist, SU Early Espresso, SU Very Vanilla, SU Daffodil Delight
ACCESSORIES: SU Natural Trim Ribbon, random brads
TOOLS: SU Corner Punch and Slot Punches (both retired), SU Word Window Punch, SU Houndstooth EF

SU Lovely as a Tree with SU Petite Pairs One Layer Card

Here I am with another card using SU Petite Pairs- such a great set! I used the ever popular and never dying…Lovely as a Tree;) I made this for Jaydee’s The Paper Players # 142 One Layer Card Challenge.

Here is the inside of the card:

Here is a side view showing how the card looks when open…

Card Recipe:
STAMPS: SU Lovely as a Tree, SU Petite Pairs
INK: SU Basic Black, SU Barely Banana, SU Really Rust for sponging (retired)
PAPER: SU Whisper White
TOOLS: Sizzix Movers and Shapers Die

SU I Am

Oh, this stamp set brings back fond memories of being surprised by my hubby who took me to my first Stampin’ Up Convention in Salt Lake City last year even before I was a demonstrator! It was so much fun that he talked me into signing up with SU. I loved the theme song “I Am” that was played throughout the convention- how could I not jump right in? What a great time it has been meeting wonderful people in my community and online- I am so thankful for everyone who has come into my life;) This is how I feel about you all:

Card Recipe:
STAMPS: SU I Am
INK: SU Lucky Limeade, SU Melon Mambo, SU Pumpkin Pie
PAPER: SU Lucky Limeade, SU Melon Mambo, SU Pumpkin Pie, SU Kraft, SU Whisper White
ACCESSORIES: SU Lucky Limeade Baker’s Twine
TOOLS: SU Honeycomb EF, SU Cupcake Sizzlet, SU Apothecary Accents Framelits, SU Needlepoint TIEF

I used turned the sketch on its side from Pals Paper Arts # 156 and used the colors from Colour Q # 186. The featured designer at Muse Card Club # 14 this week is Virginia Lu who made a beautiful, brightly colored card with a white background on a Kraft card base framing a white focal image with some little pearls scattered which I did as well in my own way:

Guest Designer for CASology Challenge # 41 GIGGLE using SU So Many Scallops

Hello, everyone! I was so excited when I was asked to be the Guest Designer for Week # 41 at CASology– a favorite site of mine;) Stop over to see what the amazing Design Team has created and play along.

When I was given the cue word: GIGGLE, I immediately thought of babies. Off I went to search out my extremely limited baby stamp collection which consists of only single pieces out of a few occasion stamp sets. Imagine how happy I was when I saw that SU So Many Scallops actually had the word GIGGLE on the baby stamp! So, I went with it:

I had fun embellishing the card but still kept it clean and simple with a main focal image surrounded by an abundant amount of white space. I layered a scalloped circle of pink CS under the image- I think it adds a little something to the card;)

Card Recipe:

STAMPS: SU So Many Scallops (retired)
INK: SU Pretty in Pink
PAPER: SU Whisper White, SU Pretty in Pink
ACCESSORIES: SU Subtles Designer Buttons Pretty in Pink, SU Pearls, SU 5/8″ White Organza Ribbon
TOOLS: SU 1 3/4″ Scallop Punch, SU Two Tags Die

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