Thank-You - Day 1 Creative Elements / SUO Challenge #49

I can never have enough thank-you cards.  So I recently completed several different styles to have on hand.  Most of them have a clean and simple style.  This sample is the first in a series that I'll be sharing with all of my readers.

I love the flourish from the Creative Elements stamp set.  The swirls from the sentiment coordinate with it, too.

Here's a close-up that really shows off the sparkle of the champagne mist shimmer paint.

I cased this card from Julie DiMatteo who got her inspiration from another demonstrator.   Basically, I used a different sentiment, different colors and added the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint.  I am entering this card into the SUO Challenge #49 for Thank You cards.  If you're up for a challenge, check out their blog!

Stamps: Creative Elements, Curly Cute
Paper: Very Vanilla, Raspberry Ripple
Ink: Raspberry Ripple
Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Wings embosslits die, Basic Pearls, Stampin' Dimensionals, Champagne Mist shimmer paint

Happy Stamping!

Susan

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A Clean and Simple Card

Here is a comment left on my blog the other day, "For instance, if the user flies to Japan and he wants to fax something to a client in Australia, all he needs is a phone line. Of course that was after I had already given the number out like crazy."  ...I don't get it, do you?

I made this card while playing around with Stampin' Up!'s new adorning accents edgelits and coordinating embossing folders.  Anyone can make these clean and simple cards in a matter of minutes.  (That is, unless you are interrupted by four needy children.  It took me two days, LOL!)  I got the idea from a demonstrator on Stampin' Connection.

Stamps: Friendly Phrases
Paper: Whisper White, Everyday Enchantment dsp (Sale-a-Bration)
Ink: Lucky Limeade
Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Wings embosslits die, Adorning Accents edgelits and embossing folder, Everyday Enchantment Ribbon and Brad pack (SAB)

Happy Stamping!

Susan

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Framed Blossom Bouquet

Here's my first "punch" at making some framed art:

It all started with a 5" x 7" wood frame from Walmart.  The background has some Bashful Blue clouds sponged with the Scallop Circle and Scallop Oval punches. I also sponged some Pear Pizzazz and Garden Green on the bottom of the art piece.

This was the first time that I used the new Blossom Petals Triple Layer Punch.  It's new in the Summer Mini catalog.  It took me some time to figure out exactly what colors to use and where to place them. I am pleased with how it turned out.  What do you think?

All of my girls are fighting over who is going to keep this framed art piece.  They're going to be disappointed when the find out that it's for my friend.  As inexpensive as it is, I can easily make a few more.  I may expand on this idea to make gifts for the kids' teachers.

Stamps: Bold Blossom
Paper: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, Pumpkin, Pie
Ink: Garden Green, Pacific Point, Bashful Blue, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Wings embosslits die, Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch, Scallop Circle punch, Scallop Oval punch, Wide Oval punch, brights brads, dimensionals

Happy Stamping!

Susan
PS - This project won a Stampin' Up! Only Challenge.  Check it out here.

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Another SUO Challenge - Butterflies!

I created this card for the SUO Challenge.  Even though it doesn't have any stamping on it, I still like it:

I tied the ribbon using the stay put bow method.  (My ribbon was not cooperating while I took this photo because it's crooked, LOL!)

Stamps: none
Paper: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery
Ink: none
Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots textured impressions embossing folder. Beautiful Wings embosslits die, Little Leaves sizzlits die, Crop-a-Dile, two-way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds

Here's a partial re-cap of the happenings in Carlson household this past week:

Annika celebrated her ninth birthday with a homemade strawberry dream cake.  This cake was a real labor of love and was worth every minute I spent on it.  I got the recipe from Cook's Country magazine.

 

Dide celebrated her sixth birthday with a red velvet cake. I used the giant cupcake pan again.  After it was frosted, the cake looked nothing like a cupcake.  But it sure tasted good.

Here's one of the owl cupcakes that Dide shared with her kindergarten class.  Since the 'eyes' were so wide, it took three containers to get all of them to school.

I was planning on chilling out today, but Bradley is home sick with a stomach ache.  My Monday routine is a bit off and it's bothering me.  Bradley will be missing his baseball game tonight.  I'll be attending the Girl Scout Mother-Daughter Tea.

Happy Stamping!
Susan

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Bonnie's Beautiful Bird Birthday Card

I love alliterations. Can you tell by the title?

Last month I did a workshop for some ladies who've been stamping for a few years.  They're a neat group who work together (or whose husbands work together) and share a joy of paper crafting.  During every workshop that I do, I always do the "door prize" thing.  Well, this time I had all of them add their birthday to the bottom of the sheet.  I made no promises about sending them birthday cards, but I said I'd try.  Weeks passed and I forgot about the birthdays written on those door prize forms.  Then just last week I began looking for the forms and discovered that  I COULDN'T FIND THEM.  Two of them were sitting on my work table, but the others had disappeared.  Why weren't they all together?  How could the librarian in me forget to file the birthdays away someplace safe???

Panic set in, followed by a peace.  I pride myself in finding everything around this house - eventually.  So I knew the forms would turn up.  In the meantime,  I remembered one of the ladies birthdays earlier in the month  (see this post) and made her a card.  Lo and behold, two or three days ago I found the door prize forms  while working on this post.  I quickly transformed from overtired mother and housewife into "Super-Stamper-Librarian Woman" and put those cards in date order. Then I read the dates and realized that I had a card to create for Bonnie.  Here it is:


I had the butterflies cut ahead of time. One of them is a retired color, Barely Banana.

The bird was punched out of So Saffron card stock using the Two-Step Bird punch, then sponged with Regal Rose ink.  I glued a ring of Pear Pizzazz leaves from the bird punch onto Crumb Cake card stock.  (I chose that color because I didn't really think my project through to the end.  Next time, I'd do it over again using another color.)   I sponged the First Edition dsp, the card base, and the Modern Label shape with Soft Suede ink.  The sentiment is from the new birthday stamp set from the Occasions Mini called Bring on the Cake.  The card size is 4 1/4" x 4 1/4". 
Stamps: Bring on the Cake
Paper: Pink Pirouette, So Saffron, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Pretty in Pink, First Edition designer series paper
Ink: Regal Rose, Soft Suede
Accessories: Two-Step Bird punch, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Big Shot, Beautiful Wings embosslits die, dimensionals

Clarice had one teeny accident today while I was in the shower.  She came into the bathroom and said, "Mommy, I peed. Don't worry, I keened it all up."  After I got out of the bathroom, I saw the wet kitchen towel beside her potty and a trail of pee footprints leading from the dining room to the kitchen.

Happy Stamping!

Susan

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