Simply Sent Great Day!

I'm finally putting these together; I've had them since the fall.  I also finally opened my Turtle & Co. stamp set to use on this card.  He's adorable!  Simple is the right word for this card!  I'm having fun trying to find images to fit the blue scalloped circle in the centre.

The sentiment is from Posy Punch, available as a hostess choice.  I tried to find the set to make another and it is MIA!  I think I gave it away as a prize by mistake as I have a new, unused set!  Ooops!!

Cute little duck from Every Little Bit.  I messed up my sentiment on the bottom when I stamped it, so I used a sticker from an old Simply Scrappin' kit.

Same duck!

This card best resembles the sample on the front of the kit package.  I used a sentiment from Short & Sweet.

Here's what you get with this Great Day Simply Sent Kit - page 192 of 2011/2012 IB&C.

Quickly create cards for any occasion with these beautiful printed cards—we’ve done the work for you. Easy to personalize! Coordinating It’s Your Day Set, ink, and adhesive sold separately.

Kit creates 8 total cards and coordinates with Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Rich Razzleberry, Rose Red, So Saffron, and Whisper White.


Kit Contents:


■ 8 printed cards (5-1/2" x 4-1/4")

■ 4 sheets self-adhesive coordinating accents

■ 8 Whisper White small flower buttons

■ 8 pre cut Bashful Blue 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon strips

■ 8 White envelopes (5-3/4" x 4-3/8")

Great Day Simply Sent Kit 122375


Price: $15.95

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Cindy

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Fresh Vintage CASE

If you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, you just might know I didn't design this card!  Sandi McIvor generously provided a PDF for this card.   I love the gold embossed border made with the Fresh Vintage stamp set, which is free with a $60 purchase until March 31st.  Sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.  I made several changing some up a little; some with other sentiments from Teeny Tiny Wishes and some from another as shown below.

I flipped some of them over on their side and used a different sentiment.  This sentiment set is from Loving Thoughts available in the 2012 Occasions Mini until April 30th.

This sentiment is also from Loving Thoughts.  I wanted to show how I finished off the inside...it's a little dark though!

So check out the 2012 Occasions Mini

http://204.228.150.61/catalogs/2012Occasions/20120104_Occasions_en-CA.pdf

and the Sale-a-bration Brochure

http://www.stampinup.com/ca/documents/20120124_SAB_en-CA.pdf

and then give me a call!!

Thank you Sandi for sharing your card design!

Happy Stamping!

Cindy

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My Friend and Flirtatious Specialty Paper

My card features one of the fabric flowers from the 2012 Sale-a-bration Brochure.  The centre brad is from the Jelly Bean Brads found in the 2012 Occasions Mini page 25.  You can get this fabric FREE (page 10 of Sale-a-bration) with a $60 purchase.

The new Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies and Adorning Accents Embossing Folder adds a sweet touch.  They can be found on page 7 of the 2012 Occasions Mini.  My centre is a retired brad with Dazzling Details spread on it.

The Flirtatious Specialty DSP is from the IB&C page 183 and co-ordinates with the fabric.  Sure makes things easy to pull together!  My fabric button is retired.  I posted these in the reverse order of when I made them.  I think I like the first one with the Jelly Bean brad the best.

The sentiment is from the stamp set My Friend; stamped with Whisper White craft ink.  I followed instructions by Jackie Topa from a demonstrator website.

So, there were a lot of products used for this one card!!

Sale-a-bration started on January 24.  Don't forget to check it out and see all the great products they have compiled to give to you FREE!  For each $60 in merchandise you can choose one item.

Here is a link to the Sale-a-bration Brochure:

http://www.stampinup.com/ca/documents/20120124_SAB_en-CA.pdf

Happy Stamping!

Cindy

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Elements of Style with Doily Die and Embossing Folder Wax Paper Resist

I love the new Doily Die.  You do however have to have a little patience to poke out all the pieces!  It's also very important to make your "sandwich" nice and tight, especially when using card stock.  You will need a card stock shim to help with this.

The embossing folder wax paper resist technique is fun to do.  The types of background papers you can make is endless.  Vintage Wallpaper was used here.  I also used shimmery white card stock.  It gives an elegant shimmer when light is reflected.

My card is topped off with a very vanilla seam binding ribbon bow and dazzling details in the middle of the Elements of Style flowers.

The original design for this card was by Chris Smith, a Stampin' Up! demonstrator.  I really enjoy her work.   I changed the stamp sets, paper colors, ribbon and added the background technique in order to try something new.

So, hope your New Year is off to a good start and you are creating whenever possible!  Happy  stamping!

Cindy

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Spice Cake DSP

I'm a little late in posting this picture; the paper is from the  2011 Holiday Mini, which is now done.  This is a card I started to CASE and then ended up just using the three panel arrangement for my card.  I used a paper daisy and dabbed very vanilla craft ink on it to take away the whiteness of the paper.  I love the soft suede ribbon, which I used as a little accent, together with the polka dot brads that I also love and rarely use.

The new 2012 Occasions Mini is now out.  I am having problems adding the gadget to my page on the sidebar in order to have a direct link.  It won't let me copy and paste the url as in the past.

But here's a link....and hoping it works!

http://204.228.150.61/catalogs/flash/en-CA/2012Occasions_Mini_iwr/index.html

If you did not receive a catalogue yet, please let me know and I"ll get one to you.

Also coming up on January 24 is Sale-a-bration.  You don't want to miss this event.  For every $60 you spend you get to choose items from some great products FREE!!

More to come...

Thanks so much for visiting this past year and HAPPY NEW!!

 YEAR!!!

Cindy

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Patterned Party

I saw this card using Patterned Party done quite some time ago by Jen Tinko of Stampin on the Fly.  It's a fun stamp set that colors up quite nicely with markers.  I changed the colors, ribbon and sentiment.

To choose my colors, I used the Color Coach .  It's a great tool if you need help picking colors that really work together.

 It has become a valuable tool and I use it often.  However, when I went back to get the name of the person I cased from, I came across another card done in the very same colors and ribbon I did mine in!!  Oh well...you never know, maybe they used the Color Coach too!

Here's a little info on the Color Coach.  You can get add ons for all the In Colors.

Color Coach 121046

Price: $18.95 CAD

Let this coach help you put together custom color schemes to express your unique creativity. Whether you want a quick reference of all colors in a collection, a card for every color, or blank cards to record your own color combinations, this swatch book Is for you!

■ Text in English, Spanish, French, and German

■ Includes 55 double-sided cards with removable metal post fastener

■ Includes color theory cards and individual color swatch cards

■ On individual color cards, one side shows color, the other side lists coordinating colors

■ Card size: 2-3/4" x 4-1/2"

All the best in 2012 and have fun creating fun and personal home made papercrafts.

Cindy

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Stocking Die - Penguin Punch Art

No stamps used in the construction of this project!!

An adorable gift card holder designed by another Stampin' Up! demonstrator, Michelle Suite, using the Stocking Die.   She provided a video on a demonstrator website making construction quick and easy.  Thank you Michelle for your generosity!  It folds at the top; opens from the bottom and inside is a flap where you can insert a gift card.

My little penguin is made from the owl punch and a 1" circle punch.  Isn't he cute?!

The snowflake is one of the dies from the Snowflakes Set #2 and the silver glimmer paper.  Unfortunately, Stampin' Up! has just announced the dies are no longer available as the manufacturer has discontinued them.

Texture is added to the stocking with the Snowburst Embossing Folder and the Stripes Embossing Folder.  You can get the Stripes folder free as one of the options in Sale-a-bration that starts Jan. 24.  For every $60 you spend you can choose a Sale-a-bration item for free!!  It's coming up quickly!!

Have a blessed Christmas!

Cindy

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Lovely As A Tree - Inviting

Lovely As A Tree is a very loved stamp set!    My background stamp set is Woodgrain and suits the Lovely As A Tree set.  This is a really warm and inviting card!!  There is some sparkle on the main tree that you can't see, but it is really pretty.  I used a glue pen and dazzling diamonds glitter.  The sentiment is from Introducing.  My little bow was made with some retired real red taffeta ribbon.

This card of course was used as an invitation, but I also made a bunch with "Thinking of You" on the front to be used as a more general card.  I think the always artichoke and real red look great together!

Christmas blessings,

Cindy

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Dasher - Embossed Ribbon

Very Vanilla and Early Espresso were used on this elegant Dasher image.  I used both heat embossing and dry embossing.  My Very Vanilla ribbon was glued onto a piece of card stock and passed through the Big Shot.  It's a fun and easy technique!  Glimmer brads and the Northern Flurry decorative strip were used for the snowflake.

Christmas blessings!

Cindy

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Snow Much Fun - Two Tags Die

Inspired by a tag I saw on Splitcoast.  I used all Stampin' Up! products and added some detail.  These tags can be used for gift boxes, gift bags, scrapbook pages or on cards.

Stamp set is Snow Much Fun; sentiment is from Delightful Decorations.

Rick Rack is from the Tasteful Trim die.  Ribbon is Cherry Cobbler Quilted ribbon tied together with retired sparkly trim (that I can't remember the name of!!

All the pattern paper is from Frostwood Lodge DSP from the 2011 Holiday Mini.

Dazzling Details was added to the snowball, hat band and buttons.  Rhinestones, of course, adorn the sentiment.

Have fun creating super cute and easy tags using Stampin' Up! products.

Christmas blessings...

Cindy

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