Another Stampin' Up Clearly Thanks overlay card. This one I attached using 4 small glue dots in each corner and then I had some adhesive pearls I put over the glue dots on top so they don't show thru. Supplies: Cardstock: kiwi kiss, whisper white, riding hood red and swiss dot printed overlay. Misc.: 5/8" satin ribbon (occasions mini catalog); Bright Delights Rub-Ons. I actually rubbed these onto white cardstock and cut them out and attached them (the pear and oval). The rub on is rubbed right onto the ribbon and it is from "Chit Chat - #111804." Don't forget - you can order all of these products through me or through my website at http://stamperwithdayjob.stampinup.net. Enjoy! These were fun cards to make.

Another card made using Stampin'Up's Printed Overlays. Supplies: Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, whisper white, Walk In The Park Designer Cardstock; Miscellaneous: Summer Love Rub Ons. I even took the butterfly from the Summer Love rub-ons and rubbed it onto a piece of vellum and then cut it out so it looked like it was in flight. The flowers on the bottom are also from Summer Love rub-ons and then I lifted the overlay up and added the stems and leaves on the designer cardstock underneath. Great technique, because your marker won't work on the overlay. Of course everyone knows I like glitter and so I have some glitter on the white flowers. Enjoy and let me know what you think.

Here is a card using the new Clearly Thanks overlays that Stampin'Up has out there. It's a little difficult to see from the photo because of the glare but if you click on the photo it will open up to a full view. These ae so simple to use to create a card with such little effort. All products are from Stampin'Up. Cardstock: Riding Hood Red Pink Pirouette Designer Paper Walk In the Park and Clearly Thanks overlay. Miscellaneous: Fleurettes, rhinestone brads and rub ons. No ink was used at all. These overlays are great - I would strong recommend purchasing them and you can order them on line here: http://stamperwithdayjob.stampinup.net. You get 2 sheets for $5.95 - #115122 - in a package and you cut that into 4 sections. One package makes 8 cards. Great product!

So here was our kit project from our meeting on Tuesday night. The supplies are: Cameo Coral card base; Bazzill Swiss Dot white; Papaya (for top note die cut); Making Memories Flower Patch Glitter Butterfly cardstock; Animal Crackers Ric Rac Border cs and miscellaneous ribbon.

The card gives you the illusion that it is all one piece of white cardstock, but it's really a 2-1/2" x 4" piece of white swiss dot cs on the bottom with a piece from the Animal Crackers cs. Then I took a 4"x5-1/4" piece of the swiss dot cs and attached 1/2 of the top note die cut and attached it half way down, cutting off the sides so it is even with the white. I left a small white border on the bottom, stamped my sentiment, wrapped the ribbon around it and then attached it to the card using dimensionals. We then cut a butterfly out from the Flower Patch cs and attached it to the top of the card using dimensionals. The flower patch cs is so cute and glittery- if you haven't seen it yet, you can get it at my shop. With butterflies all the rage right now I just knew I had to get some in my shop.

Let me know what you think.

Good morning everyone - it's Wednesday and I had my monthly stamp meeting last night and we made some really cute cards. Here is one that I think you'll all like that I cased from a woman named Jan Tink. She has some cute ideas. She is a Stampin Up demonstrator so most of her things are done using Stampin'Up product. The background paper I used is Delicate Dots from Sale-A-Bration. Then I cut 4 ovals using my Cricut - the Basic George cartridge - and it's cut at size 4. One white, one yellow and one green. The yellow and green are embossed using Cuttlebug embossing folders and the stamp I used is Stampin'Up's "A Good Egg." The happy Easter saying is from a stamp I had - not Stampin'Up. Anyway, the green is attached with dimensionals so that when the yellow closes it falls behind the pink border and sort of rests on the dimensionals. Enjoy. After I posted this I opened the photo and I see that it's a very blurry photo. I'll take another photo and post that one tonight.

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Here's another one with a leftover scrap from a card we're making on Tuesday night at our monthly stamp meeting. I love Stampin' Up's Top Note Die and I cut an extra one out to make this card. I love out it's offset and I've been dying to use this "Cheers" stamp set, so it all worked out. Of course I added glitter to the glass and a little red stickles to the cherry on top. Very quick card. Love to hear your comments so I know that someone out there is even looking at these.

So we're making a card at our monthly meeting this week using Making Memories Animal Crackers Ric Rac Border cardstock and I had this piece left so I made this card. I have to admit that I saw this saying on a card in April's Papercrafts magazine and need to use it because I thought it was so cute. They did put strawberries on the card too, so I just adapted the whole idea so I could use this scrap of Animal Crackers cardstock. I stamped the strawberry from Stampin' Up's "Tart & Tangy" stamp set - 3 times: old olive, red stazon and chocolate chip. I embossed the red stazon with glossy glaze embossing powder and then cut the red and green apart and just the bottom of the brown strawberry off to create the chocolate. Then in Microsoft Word I typed the words "is always better with chocolate" and positioned in my word document where it would fit on my pink cardstock. You have to play around with this on scratch paper. Then using chocolate chip marker, I inked the word "life" from last year's Sale-A-Bration Set "Delight In Life" and stamped it onto my pink cardstock. I thought it turned out really cute. Let me know if you try this. It seems like a lot of puttsing around, but once you get your template for your words, you could adapt this for a lot of cards and different sayings. Let me know what you think.

This is a simple and easy card to create using Stampin' Up's Urban Garden designer cardstock. Tthe label is created using the designer label stamp set and a white Hodgepodge Hardware. The only ink I used was retired Buckaroo Blue to stamp the background and then Pink Pirouette for the center circle. I brused some clear stickles on the flowers to give it a little sparkle. You know how I love my glitter. Ribbon is something I had in my stash - I believe you can get something similar at JoAnn Fabrics. Enjoy.

Here's a cute card I made while I was srapbooking with friends on Friday night. This is made using Hoppin Memories Scrappin Kit from Stampin' Up. I just love these frogs. The sentiment is from a retired stamp set that I can't remember off the top of my head. Maybe someone that looks at this will remember what stamp set it's from and will post a comment.

Another post I want to first give credit to my sister who I cased this from and she cased it from someone at http://www.splitcoast.com/. Be sure to check out their website for some great inspiration. But I wanted to say that when my sister Chris showed me this card she made for a 1 year old's birthday, I knew I had to make it one of my monthly meeting projects. It is created with just punches. The only stamping I did was the sentiment. So enjoy and whoever came up with this is a genius. I'm a great copier and there is nothing wrong with that to everyone out there that feels guilty for doing that - sometimes I copy an idea just to jumpstart my creativity and get the juices flowing.

I wanted to quick post a few St. Patty's Day cards I threw together. I didn't have a lot of St. Pat's stuff, but the little bit I had I came up with a couple of cute cards. The white houndstooth is cut from a 12x12 sheet of Hambly screenprint. Enjoy and watch next week for another drawing for free blog candy. You have to sign up as a follower to be eligible.

So Nina - you're the winner of my blog candy for last week. Sorry I didn't get this out sooner, but right after my meeting last week I came down with the flu and never got on line to post a winner. I've got your address, so I will drop your free stuff in the mail. Here's a picture of what you've won!