In-color Banners-Get Well card buffet

    What do you think of the new in-colors for 2015-2017? 

Watermelon Wonder
Cucumber Crush
Delightful Dijon
Mint Macaron
Tip Top Taupe

     This card features another favorite photopolymer stamp set called Lovely Amazing You. How did I get the Tip Top Taupe accent piece?  Well, I just cut one the label punches in half and glued each half to the top and bottom of the saying.

    Which new in-color is your favorite?

Kinda Eclectic-Get Well card buffet

    As you can tell by now, I love a simple card.  The message you want to send is not overshadowed by the design of the card.  This card was inspired by the make n takes at Spring Into Stamping event held last April. I like to review the make n takes I receive over time to see if any fit into my monthly classes.  I think this layout would work with a lot of different stamps.  Hmm maybe that can be one of my challenges for myself this week.

Butterfly Basics-Get Well card buffet

     Wouldn't it be nice to get a card in the mail just because?  This card has the collage look that I love, but don't always know how to create.  Robin featured this card in her class a couple of weeks ago.  Here's what I love about it.....

1. The colors are limited to gray and crumb cake.

2. The lace layers are simple but add some pizzazz to the card.

3. The layered butterflies.  If they ever are eliminated from out catalog I will be one disappointed woman.  A butterfly seems perfect for any occasion.

    Who would you send a just because card to?

Wetlands-Get Well card buffet

     Can you figure out what stamp sets are used in this card?  Wetlands for the birds, Kinda Eclectic for the sun, and You've Got This for the background.  After stamping all the images I used Lots of Labels framelits to cut out the image.  This was based on a swap I received at convention.  And I love it. How about you?

Vintage Leaves-Get Well card buffet

     What are the three colors used on the  background of this card you might be asking yourself?  Would you be surprised to know that only one color of ink was used?  The top stamped image was made using Cajun Craze and so were the other two images.  The stamp was never reinked.  So, you can get the look of 3 different ink colors by just using one ink.  We call this stamping off and I think it is a great technique, how about you?

Watercolor Wings-Get Well card buffet

     Doesn't this card remind you of Monarch Butterflies?  This was one of the cards I made at Robin's class last weekend and repeated at my class last Monday.  It is two-step stamping at its best.  I can't wait to create some more cards using this set.

Sheltering Tree-Get Well Card Buffet

     I love this card that I made at Robin's Summer's End card class last Saturday.  I loved it so much that I used it for my Get Well Card Buffet on Monday of this week.  I changed the saying to reflect the theme and realized how many different occasions this card would be appropriate for.

Thank You
Sympathy
Get Well
Thinking of You
Birthday

   What occasion can you think of to use this card?

Washi Tape Galore-Simple Sunday

   This is a swap I got at convention.  Know what I love about it?

1. Washi tape, fast and easy to use.

2. Simple design easy to duplicate.

3. Great way to showcase my sentiment.

Supplies used:

Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Basic Black card stock
Scalloped Oval, Extra Large Oval and Modern Label punches
Sweet Sadie washi tape

Thinlits Circle card

     Can you find the new items on this card? 

1. The chevron border punch is great.  It was bigger than I thought it would be, therefore the punch out shapes are easy to use as accent pieces. 

2. The stamp set is called Spread the Joy and was designed by one of the employees of StampinUp.  SU is encouraging anyone, demonstrators, customers to design stamps and post them on this site. Anyone can vote on the designs they like.  At the end of the open period the design that gets the most votes will actually be created as a stamp in that person's style and handwriting.  I think this is a great idea.  I actually created a design as a way to push myself. See if you can find mine.

   In case you are wondering how I made the thoughts of you saying into two lines, I used my window punch.  First, I punched out the thoughts, then  of you.  Finally, I resized the of you by placing one end of the punched out section back into the punch to shorten the saying.  What would you create with these new items?

Thinlits Label card maker

    I love a card that shows action, and that also is simple to make.  Well, the new Thinlit card makers are just that simple.  I took a 6 by 6 piece of 12 by 12 cardstock, ran it through the thinlit, added a few butterflies, and a couple of stamps and in less than a half hour had a great looking action card.  I didn't even use all the parts that came with the thinlit.  There are at least 8 additional thinlits that can be used to decorate cards.  Look for lots more samples in the future.

   

 

     When you gently pull the lower left hand corner of the card it opens up and you have another view of the action card.  Easy Peasy and tons of fun.

 

Simple Get Well is Good

    
   The simplicity of this card spoke to me.  I received a very similar card as a swap a while ago and saved it for just the right class.  I changed the colors of the card from River Rock, which is retired to Sahara Sand.  The darker color is Early Espresso a great combination.  Did you notice the envelope?  I used the new Envelope Liner Framelit to provide some color to the inside of the envelope. This card will be easy to duplicate and could be used for multiple occasions.

McDonald House Get Well Stamp

    Tag it is the name of this year's Ronald McDonald house stamp.  I think the images are really cute and love that each one can be cut out using the Chalk Board Framelits.  Simple cards like this one can be as cute as ones with lots of details.  The designer paper is from Gingham Garden. When you need a fast card, designer paper and framelits can make it fast and easy to get the job done.

  Still no camera, not in any trash cans.  I wish it had a tone to it so I could just dial and find it like I can find my phone when I misplace it.  Where would you look for my phone if you were me?

Need a Kleenex?

    
    I received a card like this as a swap more than a year ago and finally had a chance to use it, with my own touch of course.  I chose the Venetian Romance paper because this design reminded me of one I had seen on an actual box of Kleenex.  This would certainly cheer me up if I had a cold or the flu, how about you? The oval for the box top was easy to make.

1, First punch an oval in the center of the designer paper. I used the large oval punch.

2. Next, punch an oval, yes the oval, in the contrasting color.

3. Finally, take the scalloped oval punch and center it around the hole you made in step 2.  Save the oval you punched out for another project.

   I used the new embossing folder called Stylish Stripes for the background paper.  It is one of my favorite things in the Holiday catalog. Finished off with the saying from Sassy Salutations, punched it out with the hexagon punch, and layered it with the new Label Bracket punch also in the Holiday catalog.  Can you tell I love punches?

   The camera still has not shown up and is definitely not in the refrigerator. Mystery still unsolved.

Get Well Grunge

    
   Gorgeous Grunge was one of the stamp sets we received at convention.  I was not sure what to do with it until I went to the Jubilant Butterflies meeting and saw this card that Alison made.  I loved everything about it.  The colors, the arrangement of the stamps, and the simplicity.  This is really a one layer card. I really CASED
Alison's card, just changed up the saying to one that could be used as a get well card.
   A little story about me.  On Monday I took a picture of a project to have it ready to post that day on my blog and in an email to customers.  Well, after I took the picture the camera has disappeared.  I have been searching my house inside and out, trash cans, boxes, behind shelves, everywhere I can think of and can not find the camera.  I don't know if this ever happens to you.  I know at some point it will turn up and be in a strange place, I just hope it is not the refrigerator! Thank goodness I have a smart phone.