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I worked on swaps all day and after I did all the designing of the cards they seemed to get a few face lifts along the way.

You may remember this card the other day:

I gave it a little face lift tonight:

Not much difference, however the butterfly now has Iridescent Ice all over it.  Very pretty.  I’ve had a few people ask me about making the banners on the cards so I thought I would show you in a few pics how to make them.  Hopefully this will give you more of a visual and help you when making your own.  They are soooooo addicting. 

Here ya go:

 Here is the close up on a card:

Okay, and now one last card for tonight.  I really do not want to see the stamp set Season of Friendship go.  It’s currently in the Holiday Mini and I adore this set.  I love it because you can use it for sooooooo many holidays.  Here is my take on Valentines with it!

Thankfully the Love You Much stamp set coordinates VERY WELL with the Heart punch.  It made this card much easier. 

Here you can see how dimensional this card really is. 

Have a Super Fabulous Sunday!

WOW!  Lots to show you here!  I’ve had a few busy stampin’ mail days and a few things I have made I wanted to share! So here it goes!  The last card will CRACK you up!

This card uses Havest Home Stamp Set using Poppin’ Pastels techniuqes!  See my sun in the background.  That makes me get excited.  So silly!

These two cards are really the same design just a different stamp set is used. 

Okay, here is all my happy mail!!! 

This was made by my GREAT friend Beate!

This was made by my GREAT friend Lisa!

This was made by my GREAT friend Mary!

This was made by my GREAT friend Sam!

This card was made by my GREAT Denise!

This was made by my GREAT friend Sharon!

This was made by my GREAT friend Alex!

And Last, but NOT least…. this was made by my sweet husband Russ! (Don’t laugh! Alexis worked REALLY hard with him and I am just grateful he knows where to pull the cardstock and stamps from!)

Good afternoon!

I’ve had a few requests for the cute little tea bag holder.  Sorry I don’t post a lot of directions for projects.  I am usually on the fly (or riding by the seat of my pants) most of the time. 

To make the tea bag holder:

Old Olive cardstock: 3.5 x 7.5

Score cardstock at 1/2", 3 1/4, 3 3/4" and 4 1/4"

Decorate as you wish!

Hope this helps you!

Now, this past week has been whackadoodle in my stamp room.  We have been stampin’ like crazy women!  :)  I just had my SAS this past weekend and I wanted to share some of the cards with you:

Now, dig deep into your stampin’ supplies and see if you can uncover your precious chalk!  This card used the ole Poppin’ Pastels using Versamarker, Chalk and a Sponge Dauber.  If you are a customer of mine you have heard me say many times to use your chalk.  It is such a great tool and especially if you do not have many of our inks.  Of course you should have those inks on your wish list.  Stampin’ Up! inks are the BEST!  Anyways, I just used my VersaMarker to color in the image and then used the dauber with chalk to color the image.  Viola!  The sides of the stamped image were created using the Curly Label Punch.  Just a fun little extra for the card.

Here is another card using the Country Living Holiday Collection.  WOW I love this kit.  I used VersaMark on the Kraft cardstock with the snowflake and then added some Ski Slope designer paper at the bottom.  Love how I can punch that Snowflake out using the 1 3/4 punch. 

Speaking of snow… I see a few flakes coming down.  Yippie!

Good Sunday afternoon!

Seems like I have caught a little cold bug and boy has it made me feel like poo! Trying to catch up before my Stamp Camp today and wanted to quickly post these fun projects we did last month for club. 

This little guy doesn’t have to just hold tea.  It can hold any kind of chocolate or trinket.  I used the fun Ski Slope Designer Paper and Winter Post.  Plus I added those fun Felt Flurries.  The ROPE is GREAT and try unraveling it for a really fun look.

This card used a technique found in my Stampin’ Success Magazine that I get from Stampin’ Up! every month.  I really loved how using a punch and some scrap designer paper made a really fun card.  The scallop is a die cut for my Big Shot.  Another fun accent to this card. 

Well, I am off to rest a bit before the gang all shows up. Hope your having a GREAT day!

I love the Pocket Silhouettes Stamp set.  I wanted to try something a little different with this set I have seen on other sites.  I stamped the flower onto Sage Shadow cardstock in Chocolate Chip ink and then using my Stamp-a-ma-jig (can’t live without it), stamped the flower again over the previously stamped image in Whisper White.  It gives a nice shadow effect.  I used the new Alpine Ribbon Originals that I just love.  I used my Horizontal Slot punch to pass the ribbon through and tied the ribbon with Linen Thread.  I used the Best Yet stamp set for the Sentiment and the Designer Paper is Autumn Vine.  Last little embellishment I added was from the Flower Fusion Too chocolate flowers. 

Hope you’re having a GREAT Monday!