No Peeking - Paper Piecing

No Peeking is a fun little set found in the 2012/2013 Stampin' Up! catalogue.  The paper is from Snow Festival.  I love the Tiny Tags set; such an easy way to add a sentiment.

I was designing a card for the 2012 Hamilton Regionals in Aug. and this was my first sample.  I had to change it up a bit for the actual swap because I didn't have enough of the little pearls to make 25 cards!

This is the actual swap I made; much better lighting in this photo:

Here are the images you get with this set..aren't they the cutest!!

See Page 23 of the catalogue for actual image sizes.  These are a lot smaller than the actual stamp size.
126290 Wood $29.95
126292 Clear $21.95

Hope you have been busy making your Christmas cards!

Cindy

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My REASON TO SMILE

There is an awesome promotion going on for the month of July.  You can purchase the Reason to Smile stamp set for $5 with a $60 purchase.  There is a photo below that shows all the stamps in this set.  You can also go to the link in my side bar.

My card was inspired by another demo as well as the card of page 83 of the catalogue.

Stamp Sets:  Reason to Smile, Music Notes wheel, Tiny Tags and Kindness Matters

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Be of Good Cheer DSP; Subtles DSP paper stacks

Ink:  Basic Black, Rasperry Ripple, Pretty in Pink, Crumb Cake, Gumball Green

Accessories:  White Twine; Jewelry Tag Punch, Edgelits

Dimensions:

Card Base:  8 1/2" X 5 1/2" scored in half

Panel Piece: 3 1/4" X 4 1/4" Whisper White4

Polka Dot DSP:  3 1/4" X 2"

Scalloped Piece:  3 1/4" X 1 1/2" - used grid paper to line up my edgelit in centre of paper - held on with sticky notes

Happy Stamping!

Cindy

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Well Worn Young Vermillion

Young Vermilion...retiring at end of May.  He's only $9.95 wood mount #124092.

I chose the Well Worn Designer Series Paper and pulled out the Cajun Craze colour for my base of the card and the Not Quite Navy for my mat.  The bird was stamped with Early Espresso on Very Vanilla cad stock.  Tiny Tags stamp set was used for the little tags.  Hemp Twine and metallic brads were used to embellish this masculine card.

I have seen many lovely cards done with this stamp set.  I'm sorry to see it go, along with many, many others!  But it won't be long before we get to create with new images in the new catalogue!!  You can view the retired list by clicking on the Going Going Gone image on my side bar.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

So, have some fun, get creative!

Cindy

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