Hoppy Birthday

Tomorrow is my nephew's 7th birthday! Happy birthday Preston! I wanted to use the Boatloads of Love stamp set for him, but couldn't find it anywhere. My stamps are quite unorganized at the moment. I really don't have too many sets that can be used for a 7 year old boy, so I pulled out the frog. Everything on this card is from stampin' up, the patterned paper is Maine Blueberry, and I colored it with Copics. I had to used my stardust stickles on the dragonfly and the crown....I just love that stuff! Thanks for looking.

Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #30

I missed work yesterday, so I didn't get a chance to sumbit my card for the Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge , but since I made the card I decided to post it anyway. I started with bravo burgundy cardstock from Stampin' up, and this cute new patterned paper from them called parisian summer...I just love it. The cupcake image is from Hero Arts, and it really needed a cherry on top so I added one. I colored it with my Copics, and paper pieced the wrapper. I finished it all off with cystral effects on the cherry, and startdust stickles on the frosting. Thanks for looking.

Bodacious Flower

This card was made using all stampin' up products. This is one of my favorite stamp sets called Bodacious Bouquet. It's retired now, but that doesn't mean much to me :) The colors are soft sky and old olive. I used an old olive felt flower for the center. Thanks for looking.

Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #29

For this weeks cupcake challenge, I went with a snowflake card instead of cupcakes. Can you tell I'm ready for summer to be over? The patterned paper is from Miss Elizabeth's, and I found it at the dollar store - can you believe that? What a score that was. It came in a pack of 6 with some other great designs. You never know what you're gonna find at the dollar store. I used Stampin' up's pacific point, bathful blue and whisper white, along with the 1 3/8 and 1 1/4 circle punches. I also used the snowflake punch. The stamp sets I used were snow flurries and glad tidings. I popped up the snowflakes with pop up glue dots and used my Spica glitter pen for some shine. Thanks for looking!

That's a huge flower!

When I showed my huband, Charlie, this card last night, the only thing he said was, wow, that's a huge flower, so that's the title of today's post. The flower is from Prima, the button is from a local craft store and the rest is Stampin' Up. Be sure you check out the Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge today and participate. Her challenges are so much fun! Thanks for looking. Have a great weekend.

Baby Shower

Good morning. Today I'm posting an invitation I made for a baby shower a few months ago. The bear is from Stampin' Up. I colored him with watercolor pencils. Both ribbons are Martha Stewart. The patterned paper was purchased at a local craft store, but for the life of me, I can't remember who made it. As soon as I do, I'll update the post. Thanks for looking!

The new catalog is here!

The new Stampin' Up catalog is here and it's fabulous. There are so many wonderful new sets and all of the new ones are die cut, which means no more cutting out the image before you mount it! There is also a technique tutorial at the beginning of each section, which is really nice. To see the catalog online click here. I've already ordered more then I'll admit, but I'm so excited to play with all my new stuff when it arrives.