PLUNGING INTO MAY FLOWERS!

This week over at 

The Paper Plunge 

we are "growing" May flowers!  There certainly were enough April showers here anyway!! lol

Here is my card this week:

So this is one of those little postcard type cards! I like to do these every so often because they work great to tape onto a gift. The card base itself is just that-a base! The sentiment is inside the flower! A Round Array is leaving us this year! :(

That's the reason the flower looks a bit skewed in the first photo! Trust me, when it's closed, it's straight! lol

I'm using up my retiring In-Colors.  It's all going! The paper, ink, accessories, everything. I'll miss this batch! Well I guess I say that every year! They are like old friends now after 2 years. The new batch promises to be a hit though! Really nice, current colors! I think you will like! 

So go pop on over to The Paper Plunge & see the "flowery" creations from our amazing Design Team! You won't be disappointed!!!

Happy Stampin'!!!

SHAPING UP!!!

My friends over at the SUO Challenge site this week is looking for "shape" cards! Anything other than a square or rectangle!!!

I decided to pull out my Floral Frames Framelit Dies and give myself a dose of spring!!!! This has been the hardest, longest, yuckiest winter that I remember! I can't wait for spring, and flip flops, and sunshine, and........!!!!

So here's my card:

The paper is from the gorgeous Painted Blooms DSP!!!!! You can find that in the amazing Occasions Catalog! 

The cardstock is from a Brights Coordinations Pack that Stamping' Up! sent me for free for Paper Pumpkin subscriptions!!! I believe it's still available on the Clearance Rack! But I love the texture of this cardstock. And the colors seem so bright!

The stamped image is from A Round Array!  So a very simple card! I hope you enjoy it!  Now head over to the SUO Challenges site & get some inspiration for your next project!!!! All Stampin' UP!!!

Happy Stampin!!!

COLORING DOWN THE TALL SKINNY LINES!!!

It's Coloring Down the Lines Blog Hop time!! Yeah!  This week for inspiration, I decided to visit my friends over at Mojo Monday. Their challenge this week is Tall & Skinny! I think it worked perfectly for this card!!!

Welcome to the hoppers from Helen's a-mazing blog!!! I've missed her!!

So here's my card:

Here is the color inspiration:

And our Stampin' Up! lovely colors:

Pear Pizzazz
Mossy Meadow
Basic Black
Perfect Plum
Crumb Cake

And the Mojo Monday sketch:

Phew! That's a lot!!! And it's a fairly simple card this week. But I really like it!  The stamp set is A Round Array & it's matching Scallop Edge Circle Punch. I kinda went with a rustic-y look.  

Love that Woodgrain Embossing Folder!!  

It's also a fun shape! It's the normal height (5 1/2"), but it's only 3 1/2" wide! About an inch shorter than what we would call normal! So a regular envelope will still work.  It's a little small to get too busy. But I like it!!

So now go hop over to Miss Lizzy's great blog!!! I know you'll love whatcha see!!! Then keep going!!!  There are lots of super pretty designs to see! 

Then visit Mojo Monday for their ideas & maybe add your own!!! I love to combine all my blogs!!! It's fun to see how many I can get together! That's a challenge on its own!!!

Happy Stampin'!!

PLUNGING-ROUND AND ROUND SHE GOES!!!!!

So I am lucky enough to be a part of an AMAZING design team over at 

The Paper Plunge!! 

This is a challenge site where you all can participate!!! Just simply create a project that goes with the challenge & upload your picture!!! Last week was our first week, and what an FANTASTIC response we had!!!! 

We have designers from all over the US & Canada-and these girls are GOOD!!! Great ideas & inspiration! Please be sure to join us & check it out!!!  I'm so excited to post for the first time as a designer! I missed last week as I was still in Germany!! But I'm back & ready to go!!!!!

So this week's challenge is using circles!!! We see them everywhere! We use them all the time! Here's what I came up with:

Ok, so I'm still in Germany Oktoberfest mode!!! lol  When I thought circles I thought bubbles, and after drinking the 1 liter mugs of Oktoberfest beer this is what kept coming to mind! It's just a fun, simple little treat for someone!

There's not a lot of stamping on this card! Just fun!  The Gold Glitter Paper works great for the mug! I just cut a rectangle & rounded the bottom with an Oval Framelit!.  The handle is 2 Circle Framelits! Easy peasy!!! 

Kinda tough to tell in the pic, but I scored the Glitter Paper to look like the "spines" in a beer mug. It adds a little depth to the card!

The bubbles are all Circle Punches with our amazing Vellum cardstock! 

Add a little Dazzling Details for that extra "bling" & it's some fun suds!!!!

The sentiment is simply A Round Array!  Owning up to some retired ribbon! It was the only Real Red I had hanging around! lol

So hope you enjoyed this little touch of Oktoberfest!  Be sure to stop over at The Paper Plunge & check it out! Maybe even upload your photo!!! Come on! Get circlin'!!!

Happy Stampin'!!!

COLORING DOWN THE "CRUMB-Y" LINES!!!

Hey all! Time for another Coloring Down the Lines Blog Hop!!! Hope you are all well! Spring is finally showing a slight smidge of itself so just maybe there's a light at the end of this REALLY long tunnel! Makes me very happy!

So welcome to my hoppers from Helen's blog! It looks like she's really working those inks! Nice job Miss Helen!!!!

This week's challenge is

Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron

        OR

   Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Garden Green

Added Piece - use lace

I chose the first batch because they seemed more "springy" to me! Thought I would love the combo. I do like it-not love it! But as you know (or maybe you don't but will now!) the colors for the blog hop are determined by the color wheel! Our fearless leader Robbie (keep going on the hop & you'll find her amazing card always with a matching envelope!) uses the wheel to tell us the colors each week! So here we are!

Here's my card this week:

Kinda cute! Plain tho. I've been working lately on simple cards-what we in the card business call CAS-clean & simple. It's kinda my style anyway, but I have a wonderful customer whom I make lots of cards for, & she prefers them that way.  Easier to mail! 

This week was an extra challenge for me because it uses lace. I'm so not a lacy girl! lol  This is why I love these extra "challenges"-it forces me to go outside my box! I need that push!

So I used my Happy Day & A Round Array stamp sets for the images & sentiment. So glad A Round Array made the cut! Not on the retiring list! Phew! However, the Happy Day & Delicate Details Lace Tape ARE on the list!!! I have some friends who will be super bummed about that! The lace tape is so easy to use! I wish the inks/markers would stick to it tho.  Could make it more colorful. It's a glossy finish so the dye inks don't adhere. Maybe this means there's some great new stuff in the new catalog!!! It's almost here!!! Giddy with excitement!

Altho I don't know what they were thinking with retiring the Square Lattice Embossing Folder!! I use it so much! I bet there's a really cool one on the way to replace it though! I guess as long as I have my rhinestones I'll be happy! Not a lacy girl, but definitely a bling-y girl!!!

Anyway, I just decided to add a "fancy" fold idea to the card. Not so fancy, but different! So hope you like!

Now continue on to Liz's blog & check out her piece of art! Cool, right?!!! Then keep going! There are some amazingly talented ladies on this blog hop! Great for ideas & inspiration!  Enjoy!!!

And don't forget-this week at Stampin' Up! is FREE SHIPPING on EVERYTHING!!!!  With the new retiring lists out you don't want to miss out on this deal!!! This week ONLY!!!

Happy Stampin'!