Golden Butterfly

We are now blog hopping at Caseing the Catty.   So hop with us from one design team member to the next.   I hope you can join us in the hop and enjoy all the beautiful creations that we case (copied and steal everything) from the Occasions Mini.    This week we are casing the Graduation section of the Occasions Mini.

I was sure which project I was going to draw inspiration from but after some thought I ended up drawing inspiration from the starts on the side of the graduation invitation.   I was looking to see what I could put on the side and then after some thought I remember seeing a card with Dotted Angles on the side versus on the bottom and I knew it was perfect for my inspiration.     So a little gold and viola another Mother's Day card!

If you have been following the hop, you just came from Rebecca Scurr and the next stop in the hop is
the  Bronwyn Eastley.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets:  Dotted Angles, Something to Celebrate

Ink:  Versamark

Paper:   Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Gold Foil, Gold Vellum

Accessories:   Gold Sequins, Rhinestones, Gold Embossing Powder, Gold Metallic Baker's Twine, Clothespin

Tools:  Butterfly Thinlits, Heat Gun, Embossing Buddy

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms, grandmothers and Godmother's out there!    Hope your day is filled with laughter, love and lots of pampering and gifts.   Here are some quick last minute projects to decorate any gift you give tomorrow!

With the new triple banner punch that comes out on June 2nd in the Stampin' Up! making banners will be so easy.   Just cut the paper to 2" wide and put inside the triple banner punch and viola a perfect pennant ever time!

Here is the gift tag in the new InColors Watermelon  Wonder and Delighful Dijon!

Ingredients to make the gift tags:
Stamp Sets:   Celebrate Today, Crazy About You
Ink:  Watermelon Wonder, Delightful Dijon, Versamark
Paper:   Whisper White, Watermelon Wonder, Delightful Dijon
Accessories:   Neutral Candy Dots, Whisper White Baker's Twine, Whisper White Embossing Powder, Dazzling Details
Tools:  3/4" Square Punch, Butterfly Thinlits, Triple Banner Punch, Heat Gun, Embossing Buddy

Love, love the designer series paper

So how absolutely beautiful is the Painted Blooms designer series paper from the Occasions Mini paper.    So many beautiful florals.   I just absolutely love them.    I paired up the designer paper with a retired favorite, My Mother stamp set.

The hardest part in making the card was cutting out the beautiful pink florals from the designer paper.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   My Mother
Ink:   Midnight Muse
Paper:   Whisper White, Painted Blooms designer series paper
Accessories:  In Color Sequins, Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Bright Buttons, Rhinestones

Happy Mother's Day

 Mother's day is around the corner.   I hope you found time to make a homemade creation for your mom and the moms in your life.

How beautiful is this week's My Favorite thing's sketch of the week.  

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Something to Celebrate,Border Banter stamp set from a local craft store
Ink:   Strawberry Slush, Garden Green, Old Olive and Pink Pirouette Blendabilites
Paper:  Whisper White and designer series paper from a local craft store
Accessories:   Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Frosted Sequins, Rhinestones and Rhinestone Gem from a local craft store
Tools: Banner Framelits

Mother's Day

We are now blog hopping at Caseing the Catty.   So hop with us from one design team member to the next.   I hope you can join us in the hop and enjoy all the beautiful creations that we case (copied and steal everything) from the Occasions Mini.    This week we are casing the Mother's Day section of the Occasions Mini.

I was completely drawn to the Mother's Day journal on page 36. The colors, the florals, just beautiful.   I decided instead of a journal to make it a gift bag.

So here is my gift bag with a mix of old and new Stampin' Up! products.   I was so happy to use retired Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper. 

If you have been following the hop, you just came from Rebecca Scurr and the next stop in the hop is
the Alison Barclay. 

Ingredients to make the gift bag:

Stamp Sets:  My Mother, Flower Patch

Ink:  Basic Black, Summer Starfruit, Pistachio Pudding and Crisp Cantaloupe

Paper:  Whisper White, Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper, Gold Foil Vellum, Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper

Accessories:   Pearls colored with Black Sharpies, Gold Sequins, Crisp Cantaloupe Baker's Twine

Mother's Day Challenge

This week at Stampin' Royalty we are honoring the loving and hard working moms out there.   So here is my Mother's Day card paired up with the fabulous My Favorite Things/Page Maps sketch of the month.    I love all the details in this sketch.

The Mother's Day challenge will be open until 3:00 (PST) May 4th.   Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Work of Art, Family Reunion
Ink;  Garden Green
Paper:   Whisper White, Flowerpot Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Always Artichoke Designer Series Paper, Bright Candy Dots
Tools:  Banner Framelits, Project Life Corner Rounder

Happy Mother's Day

So I think this maybe the home stretch for Mother's Day cards this year, but I could be wrong.   I may have a few more up my sleeve.

Here is the card using this week's Viva La Verve sketch.

I have to say I really love the way this card came out.   This inspiration first came from the retired Sale-a-abration paper, Sweet Sorbet.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Garden Party, MyMother
Ink:   Basic Black
Paper:   Whisper White, Basic Black, Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper
Accessories;   Basic Black Baker's Twine and Enamel Dots from a local craft store
Tools:   Adorning Accents Framelits, Corner Rounder

Happy Mother's Day

 This week's Freshly Made Sketch is so versatile.  Here I used the sketch to make a Mother's Day card.   Make sure to check out the site and see out all the amazing projects made by their design team.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets:  Summer Silouhettes and Hello You

Ink:   Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight and Old Olive
Paper:  Whisper White,  Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Strawberry Slush Twine, Rhinestones and Butterfly Sequins received from a friend as a gift

Tools:  Circle Framelits

Happy Mother's Day

I forgot I have gotten so many cute stamp sets.   Here is a perfect stamp set for mother's day that I forgot I had.   It was a perfect fit for this week's Mojo Monday Sketch. It also gave me an opportunity to color with my blendabilites!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Hello You Thinlits
Ink:   Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler And Skin Tone Blendablites
Paper:  Whisper White, Designer Series paper from a local craft store
Accessories:   Basic Black Baker's Twine, Enamel Dots from a local craft store

Happy Mother's Day Pleasant Poppies

I love the simplicity of this week's Freshly Made Sketches.     I decided to pull out the Pleasant Poppies stamp set to create a Mother's Day card.    I was so happy to have a stamp set to color with!   I love my Blendabilites and I am so sorry to see that they are discontinued as well.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Something to Celebrate, Pleasant Poppies
Ink:   Basic Black, Calypso Coral and Old Olive Blendabilites
Paper:   Crisp Cantaloupe, Pear Pizzazz and Whisper White
Accessories:   Pear Pizzazz Button and Baker's Twine from a local craft store
Tools:  Corner Rounder from a local craft store

Love the Butterflies Thinlits

So I am absolutely lovin' the Butterflies Thinlits.    I used the negative die cut of the butterfly to sponge ink for the background.    Then I applied the top layer and attached it to the card with dimensionals.

The butterfly is a perfect addition for this week's Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp set:   Hello You, stamp set from a local craft store
Ink:  Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight and Calypso Coral
Paper:   Whisper White, Night of Navy, Flower Pot Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Pumpkin Pie Button, Whisper White Baker's Twine and Enamel Dots from a local craft store
Tools:   Butterflies Thinlits, Sponge Daubers

Mojo Monday Mother's Day

Here is this week's Mojo Monday sketch.   Such a versatile sketch.   Check out all the projects made with the sketch, you will be inspired to create.

Here is the beautiful Snuggles and Smooches stamp set paired up for this sketch challenge.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   My Mother, Snuggles & Smooches
Ink:   Basic Black
Paper:   Whisper White, Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Basic Black, Back to Black Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Black Satin Ribbon, Black Button and Enamel Dots from a local craft store
Tools:  Build a Blossom Punch, Project Life Corner Rounder

Different Sketch Same Products

So the past week has shown three sketches with circles in them.   With each circle sketch I decided to use the same color scheme and my queen of the entire freakin' universe stamp set.

Here is the My Favorite Things sketch.

To here the other cards made with the sketch
click here to see the Mojo Monday sketch.
click here to see the Retro Sketch of the week.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Something to Celebrate, stamp set from a local craft store
Ink:   Basic Black, Pink Pirouette and Skin Tone Blendabilites
Paper:  Night and Day Specialty Designer Series Paper, Pink Pirouette, Basic Black
Accessories:  Enamel Dots from a local craft store
Tools: Circle Framelits

Same Products Different Sketch

So there is a lot of circle sketch challenges this week.  I decided to take the card from earlier today and make another one with the my queen of the entire freakin' universe stamp set and some of the same products.   This time I used the week's Retro Sketch for the project.

Want to see the card from earlier today.   Click here to see the Mojo Monday sketch card I made with the same products.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Something to Celebrate, stamp set from a local craft store
Ink:   Basic Black, Pink Pirouette and Skin Tone Blendabilites
Paper:  Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper, Pink Pirouette, Basic Black
Accessories:  Pink Pirouette Button,  Basic Black Baker's Twine, Enamel Dots from a local craft store
Tools: Circle Framelits, Corner Rounder from a local craft store

Mojo Monday #387

 So it's been a while since I have been able to do a Mojo Monday sketch, but I was completely inspired when I saw this week's sketch.   I couldn't wait to create something with my queen of the entire freakin' universe stamp set.   I just can't wait to give this card to the super mom's that I know.    

Later in the day, I made another card with the same products using the Retro Sketch of the week.   Click here to see the card.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Something to Celebrate, stamp set from a local craft store
Ink:   Basic Black, Pink Pirouette and Skin Tone Blendabilites
Paper:  Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper, Pink Pirouette, Basic Black
Accessories:  Pink Pirouette Button, Subtles Candy Dots, Basic Black Baker's Twine
Tools: Circle Framelits, Corner Rounder from a local craft store
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Stampin' Royalty Photo Inspiration

This week's Stampin' Royalty brings us a color inspiration.     The colors this week are Pear Pizzaz, Always Arichoke, Crisp Cantaloupe and Calypso Coral.      When I saw the colors I knew I have seen them together before and I have!   They are in the Gold Soiree Specialty Designer Series Paper.   Well almost,   the greens are a little different, they are Garden Green and Pistachio Pudding.

The challenge will be open until 3:00 (PST) March 2nd.   Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets:   My Mother, Flower Patch

Ink;  Pear Pizzaz, Always Arichoke, Crisp Cantaloupe and Calypso Coral

Paper:  Whisper White, Gold Soiree Specialty Designer Series Paper

Accessories:    Pearl, Whisper White Satin Ribbon

Tools:   Flower Fair Framelits, Scallop Trim Border Punch

  

Stampin' Royalty Photo Inspiration

This week at Stampin' Royalty brings us a photo inspiration.      I was totally drawn to this photo love the yellows and the coastal cabana color combo.   Love, love these colors.  This color combo was just perfect with to use with the new Hello You thinlits and the Best Year Ever designer series paper.

The challenge will be open until 3:00 pm (PST) January 19th.   Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Crazy about you, Garden Party
Ink:  Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight
Paper:   Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Pearls, Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Jumbo Brads
Tools:  Project Life Corner Rounder, Hello You Thinlits


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