A bundle of “Thanks!”

Sep 18, 2016 | Just for Fun | 2 comments

Look, it’s a “bundle” of Thanks, that is, Thank You cards for a sweet gift to someone for a gesture of kindness they’ve shown you, for a birthday gift to a friend, a relative, co worker, etc. OR as a “just because” for someone because they’re quite special to you. I got on a roll last night and thought I’m going to use some of the colors I don’t use all that often and they were saying, “pick me, pick me, you always go right past me!” Although I do use Cherry Cobbler ALOT at Christmas and Valentine’s Day!  SO….the chosen, lucky colors featuring their not too often “debut” here on the blog are Island Indigo (when is the last time you used yours?? And don’t be too hard on me if you use it ALOT!), Crushed Curry, Cherry Cobbler and Perfect Plum!  I hardly ever use that beautiful purple color of Perfect Plum.  Gosh, I should if it’s “perfect.”  What have I been doing? Gosh.

Anyway, I wanted to use our awesome, thick, very classy note card sets from Stampin’ Up as they are so nice and come with their gorgeous, smooth as velvet envies, too!  Check them out on page 176 of the Annual Catalog and get yourself some!  They’re quick to whip up a thank you, just a note, congrats or even birthday.  Really, it’s endless what you can use them for.  I then wanted to use the lovely and heavily embossed folder called FESTIVE, IT’S NEW! It’s so fun and can be used for many different occasions, too!

See it up close and personal here:

I used the Lots of Labels Framelits, these are great as they layer nicely and great sizes for our sentiments and our images as well!!  I wanted to use Crumb Cake because I feel it goes with just about all the colors we have pretty well.  It’s neutral and it can be subtle if need be.  Then I used the sweet little flower from Cottage Greetings as well as the “thanks” from that “sweet” set!  I’ve used that set a TON!!   I thought it would be cute to decorate the envies with the two flower “stalks” from this SAME set!  How versatile can you get?  I know!!

Here is how you could package it or you could make a note card holder as well!

SO I encourage you to stock up on some packages of notecards, they come in Whisper white (shhhh!) and Crum Cake (aren’t you hungry now?!).  Item # 131527 for WW or #133766 for Crumb Cake!  These were so much fun to make and probably took all of about 30 minutes.  I could have kept going, but I needed to get ready for my Cupcakes and Cards class tomorrow!  Have a fabulous Sunday and thanks so much for stopping by. I appreciate you guys so much!  Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your support, I LOVE LOVE LOVE what I do and love sharing with you!  Be well, be safe, and be sweet!

FOR your SHOPPIN’ convenience, did you know you can CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW! It takes you right to my online store!  Isn’t that so savvy????  Okay, I’ll see you back here tomorrow!  Until then…

From my stampin’ heart to yours!!

Big hugs (hope you can feel my hug from afar wherever you are!)

take care ~

Debbie

You are my SUNSHINE, MY ONLY SUNSHINE!

Sep 17, 2016 | Just for Fun | 2 comments

I just love this sunshine DIE!  It packs a pretty “punch” to your cards and lets others know how you feel.  How can you not be “brightened” with a HUGE ray of sunshine like this one??!!!  Okay then.  I wanted to keep this easy and quick going through “snail mail!”  It’s pretty “flat” with a tiny embellishment of the metallic brad in the middle of the sun and a few dimensionals propped up on the sentiment.

The stamped flower is from the stamp set Sunshine Sayings (I love that all the sentiments bring sunshine into the lives of others!)  You can mix and match to suit your needs here in this great set!  I decided to “splatter” it with using my Aqua painter in Daffodil Delight to give a little more interest.  Are you interested?  I hope so because this card is quite simple and carefree to boot! Oh and I used Early Expresso for the pretty flower and sentiment!

Prop this sweet and cheerful baby in an envelope and stamp “you are my sunshine” on the back of it and it’s good to go!  I hope you have someone in mind, I just bet you do!  Make their day, make this card and it’s so EASY.

Oh, guess what? I have a “stepped up” version of this card you may be interested in.  Look!

Just a wee bit of a close up/ the thinlit is #141489!  So many great thinlits! page 194 of the annual catalog!

I used the lovely Sunshine thinlit and off set the Early Expresso with Whisper White.  Gives a different look and the thinlit saying stands out much more.  Either one, remember you are someone’s “sunshine!”  Remember that. Make it a sunshine kind of day!  You deserve it!

You can just click on the images/products BELOW to order right in my online “shop!”  So, feel free to shop til’ you drop!  I love you guys! Thanks for your kind support, you are truly appreciated.  xo

With endless hugs from my stampin’ heart to YOURS or if you’re not quite stamping YET, let me know and I’ll get you hooked!!  🙂

See you back here soon!

Take care ~

Debbie

Trick or Treat Halloween Cookie Cutter

Sep 16, 2016 | Just for Fun | 0 comments

Trick or Treat!  Welcome to my first Halloween card treat for you guys!  Halloween for those of you who enjoy sending little Halloween wishes to friends, family and peeps, nieces, nephews, co workers, neighbors, here’s a card that might just spook them into the Halloween spirit!

This little guy is from our Cookie Cutter Halloween stamp set from our beautiful Holiday catalog!  There’s the vampire, the mummy, the scarecrow for Fall or Thanksgiving and of course, this skeletal guy!  Oh and those “scary” little bats fluttering around to frighten all.  Did you see their eyes?  EEEEK!   I used Basic Black card stock and stamped the ink from the Basic Black Archival ink pad.  I used those ever lovin’ round scallop circle FRAMELITS, it’s so nice because we have half straight circles and then the scallops, too.  I love that option, and we all love our “options!”  Right?

The orange stripe designer series paper is from the Halloween Night Specialty paper on page 51 of the Holiday catty!  They are really pretty and smooth looking papers, check them out.  I used the sentiment from The
Spooky Fun stamp set on page 52 of the Holiday catalog.  Great Halloween stamp set, too!  Love it!  I bet you might be challenged to guess what I used to crop the trick or treat sentiment.  Can you guess?  Well I’ll leave you hangin’ until the end.  I know, I’m so mean.

The little guy was PUNCHED OUT from our Cookie Cutter Builder Punch!  It is so versatile!  Page 6 of the Holiday catalog, it’s sooooooo Cute!  Cuts out the reindeer, gingerbread guy, Eskimo, Santa, and teddy bear!  And some little bow ties, too to punch!  Love this punch!!!!!!

Thought I’d share the inside sentiment from Spooky Fun, page 52 Holiday catty.  You could insert some $$$ for child, teenager, young adult child, etc. that could use some extra $$$.  OR you could place a nice gift card to someone’s favorite restaurant or store to use.  Get it, “bootiful treat!”  You’re welcome. Those little bats kinda creep me out, but yet they’re kinda cute, too!  hahahaha!  Hope you take a peek at the products used for this Halloween card below.

REMEMBER, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE PRODUCTS BELOW AND IT WILL TAKE YOU DIRECT TO MY ONLINE STORE!  Isn’t that so wonderfully, fabulously convenient?   So, remember it’s SO easy to shop here!!

As always, I’m here to help with any questions and be your creative card makin’ supporter!  wink! wink!

Have a wonderful day!!  Thanks so much for stopping in today, I love it when you do!

From my stampin’ heart to yours always!

Mucho hugs!

Debbie

Moroccan Nights

Sep 15, 2016 | Just for Fun | 2 comments

Oh boy is our ALL NEW Copper Embossing powder stunning!  I’m not sure how well you can see the copper, but I will tell you it’s stunning in person.  You MUST have it.  You must.  Your cards in certain design situations, will be quite beautiful.  I used Very Vanilla card stock to emboss this gorgeous powder onto using the borders (top and bottom) from Moroccan Nights stamp set!  I then wanted a sentiment of thanks and Flourishing Phrases were calling my name.  “Pick me, pick me!”    So. I did.  I thought the scalloped framelits softened my sentiment which was also embossed in our Copper embossing powder.  It almost has an elegant “feel” if you know what I mean.

Take a closer peek here: 

Do you see the raised embossed sentiment and the borders better? I hope so!  This card would make for a “thank you” for a wedding gift, a trip gift, or ANYTHING you wanted it to be for.  It was such a cool and fun card to design!  I just wish you could see it in person!

Thank you so much for stopping in today!  As always let me know if you have questions!

I’m just lovin’ and having so much fun creating and making projects from our all new Holiday catalog!  It’s such a beauty!  If you need one, just email me and I’ll get one out to you!

Check out the all NEW Holiday catalog at the top of my blog and it’s so easy to shop from my site if you just can’t wait any longer for all the goodness this catalog brings!

Be sure to check my upcoming classes this month, hope to see you there!!

Mucho hugs to all of you!

Debbie