Dreams du Jour

Hello Friends

For this blog entry I wanted to start with one of my favorite quotes by Carl Sandburg, "nothing happens unless first a dream". Which I must say is how I come up with new ideas for my cards. I begin by thinking about a stamp set (I know you are probably thinking I am either way obsessed or maybe crazy or maybe a little bit of both, but its true I really do dream about things I want to create), then I go to sleep or work and an idea comes to me. Its wonderful if it happens when I am asleep because I can get up and work on it right away, but when I am at work all I do is watch the clock until it tells me I can go home and play. 

 But anyways.... To the point of my blog!

This is the card I created wile working on soon to be retired stamp sets. This card was created with one of the stamps from the "Dreams du Jour" set. It has a famous quote by Woodrow Wilson, "We Grow Great By Dreams". The set has a sweet little butterfly stamp, a Love You stamp with a flower which kind of looks like a postage stamp, and another quote by Vincent Van Gough which says, "The way to KNOW LIFE is to LOVE many things. Below the details of this card I will include a few other cards I have made using these others stamps as accents for some of my past cards. Enjoy and remember this is also retiring in 11 days!

Color Scheme: Pear Pizzazz, Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink, and Melon Mambo

Additional Materials:  Pear Pizzazz 1/2" Stitched Poly Ribbon, Designer Series Paper, amd a Scallop Edge Border.

Simple but Sweet!!!

Here is a few more using this stamp set.....

 

 

 Enjoy and have a lovely evening!

A Flower For All Seasons



Hello Friends,
Today I am sharing a card set I have created using Stampin Up's, "A Flower For All Seasons". I love this set and will miss using it in workshops. You only have 11 days left to snag it up before it retires!

I decided to make some "Thinking of You" cards because I like to drop a card in the mail from time to my close friends to let then know that they are on my mind even when I am busy teaching, chasing my 5 beautiful children, and managing the household. With this set you can make a bunch when the creative mood strikes and then save them to send out any time throughout the year. In fact......

I did just that. I made a cute greeting card box holder to hold up to 8 of this beautiful cards.

The box is velcroed shut so you can grab the handle and go. A couple of things I wanted to mention about these cards are I used rhinestones on the poinsettia's flower centers to add a little sparkle, I also added pearls to the daisy flower centers, and to show some texture to the cards I used an embossing folder on the whisper white cardstock.

Colors used with these cards: Daffodil Delight, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink.

Materials: Brights collection Designer Series Paper, 2 3/8" scallop punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, Whisper White 1/4" gross grain ribbon, 3/8" Pretty in Pink Taffeta ribbon, and Flower Designer Brads.

I hope you enjoyed stopping by, have a wonderful week!