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HURRY, HURRY, HURRY!  Don't miss out on taking advantage of Stampin' Up's free shippping from April 6 through 8, 2013!  Yes, that's what i said ... FREE SHIPPING!  WOW, you can stock up on all your fav's and you don't have to pay shipping. 

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Free shipping starts:

o Saturday, April 6, 2013; 12:00 AM (MT)

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Dress Me Up, Thank You

My friend's daughter spent 2 weeks in France with a host family, and she just got back last week.  My friend asked me to make her 2 thank you cards, one for the daughter of the family, and one for the family.  Well you know how much I love that, don't you?  Risa wanted me to make a "dress up" card for the girl and something special for the parents.  Well, tonight's card is the dress card and it is soooooo cute, if I must say myself.

Recipe:

Paper:  primrose petals, very vanilla, basic gray, sunshine & sprinkles dsp

Ink: basic gray

Stamp Set:  pretty petites

Accessories:  dress up framelits, cupcake builder punch, silver cord, basic pearls, in color dahlias, primrose petals 3/8" stitched satin ribbon, fancy fan EF, petite curly label punch

I hope the recipient likes it.  I do.  

Have a great weekend .. I'm headed to the Great Escape Weekend that my upline is hosting, and I can't wait.  You'll be sure to see all the goodies I made ... so keep looking.  

You Make Me Smile Springtime Bouquet

Brian King is hosting another card exchange, and I decided to participate once again.  We are to make a card or two using the themes:  spring, mother's day or father's day.  I chose spring time and rather liked the card when I was finished.  Actually, I like it a lot.  I used watercolor on the flowers, and it was a bit of a challenge because I usually don't do watercolor much, but it turned out nice.  Here's my card ... drumroll please!

Recipe:

Paper:  gumball gree, whisper white, midnight muse, very vanilla, print poetry dsp

Ink:  midnight muse, daffodil delight, gumball green

Stamp Sets:  secret garden, a round array

Accessories:  scallop trim border punch, 7/8" scallop punch, perfect dots EF, secret garden framelits, basic pearls, gumball green 3/8" stitched satin ribbon

Well what do you think?  I'm sending this off tomorrow to be there by April 5th.  I can't wait to see what kind of card I'll get in return.  I'll post it once I get it.  Stay tuned.  Thanks for stopping by!

Spring Sampler

What's Spring without a Spring Sampler?  I just love the sweet stamps in the set, so I just couldn't wait to use them.  There's all sorts of possibilities, so here's my second card I've made using them.

Card Recipe:

Paper:  whisper white, wisteria wonder, sunshine & sprinkles dsp

Ink:  lucky limeade, perfect plum, crumb cake, primrose petals, summer starfruit, marina mist, basic gray, daffodil delight, raspberry ripple, tangerine tango

Stamp Set:  spring sampler

Accessories:  wisteria wonder 3/8" ruffled ribbon

I can't wait to make some more cards using these cute little darlings, so keep watching ... you never know when they're going to surface.

Happy Spring!

A Card for a Deacon

The same woman who asked me to create the "Whatever" with an attitude card from the ladies' bingo also saw a sample on my board that used the "Crosses of Hope" stamp set.  It was a card that was made by April Lopez as a swap, and the woman really wanted the card to send to her Deacon friend, so I told her I would gladly re-create it for her and send it to her.  Luckily, I had just purchased the "Crosses of Hope" stamp set a few weeks back - who knew ... and whola, I recreated the card for her.  Here it is, and thank you April for your inspiration.

It's a bit hard to see, but after I stamped the cross using stayzon, I used the Summer Starfruit marker and colored down the center and across the cross, then took my glue stick and glitter and whola, there it is.  I topped it off with a rhinestone in the center, just as April did on her sample.  It's really pretty.  I was so lucky I had the ribbon April used as well.  So inside the card, how appropriate - I added "God Bless You".  I made an extra one for myself because I really like it.  You never know when you're going to need one.

Hope you like it.  I hope you have a blessed day today, and every day.

Ears to You, Easter Bunny!

Today. I have another Easter card for you using the Ears to You stamp set.  Cute cute cute these little bunnies are.  I could just hug them.  Here they are:

Card Recipe
Paper:  perfect plum, whisper white

Ink:  lucky limeade, primrose petals, raspberry ripple,. perfect plum

Stamp Sets:  ears to you, summer silhouettes

Accessories:  basic rhinestones, itty bitty shapes punch pack,. raspberry ripple 3/8" stitched satin ribbon, vine street EF (2013 Spring sale-a-bration)

I like the way the card turned out.  I found a card something like this on pinterest and just wanted to make one.  I'm starting to use the vine street EF more too.  I wasn't sure how to use it, but it seems to come in handy when  I need that little something.

Thanks again for stopping by to see me.  I hope you'll continue to come back.

Coloring Down the Lines - Bashful Blue Duo

I wasn't sure what I was going to make using Bashful Blue and Marina Mist.  I thought I would make a baby card, but I decided to make something else.  I found a card like this one on Pinterest and just had to make one.  I adapted it to the color combo duo for this week, and whala.  Hope you like it.

Card Recipe:

Paper:  marina mist, bashful blue, whisper white

Ink:  none

Stamp Set:  none

Accessories:  honeycomb EF, designer brad, marina mist 1/2" scalloped ribbon

So how about that, no ink and no stamp sets, and here's my card.  I like it a lot.  I hope you just hopped over here from Carol's blog, and if you did, you had a real treat.  Now, let's check out Ms. Joni and see what she did with these two colors.  I always like to see what everyone else did with the duo colors - it's sometimes hard not using more than two colors ... I always want to.

Well, until tomorrow, have a happy, stampin day!