More Snow

Well today brings more snow to the Palmer Ridge in Colorado, so the best thing to do when it snows...STAMP. I feel in love with the stamp set Sense of Time from the Occasions Mini Catalog. As I began playing with paper I came up with this card, very nice to give to a man. Love the To The Nines Specialty Paper, and I feel that is looks GREAT with the Always Artichoke paper and Chocolate Chip paper. I used the Sahara Sand as well, an underused paper in my opinion and well this is what came out and I love it. You may have noticed some of the Hodgepodge Hardware, I did use the antique brass, it just fit to well.

This card is done with 2 different stamp sets, I used Scene in a Garden, the occasions mini catalog, and Blooming with Love. Since we are getting close to Mothers Day I felt the need to combine the two to make what I feel is a great card. I stamped the images with Stazon, then water colored the images and did some cutting out of flowers and the wheel barrel. Attaching with the dimensionals gave it a great look. I attached a Filigree flower brad to the wheel and it gave the card another WOW look. Love it!!!! Now I will have to send it to my mom for Mothers Day, but I have some time to enjoy it first!!!!



Last card of the day is made with the Echoes of Kindness Hostess set. I say a card in a magazine that had some of the same styles as this using other products. So last night I was thinking "what do I have that would make this card just a beautiful but using Stampin' UP product"? As you can tell I did find lots of great items to use. The papers I used were Sage Shadow, Pink Pirouette and Naturals Ivory. I then broke out the Big Shot, the Stampin' Up Backgrounds I has the swirly background that I love, then I started stamping and blending,grabbed some brads, the Vintage ones of course, and did some punching with the Eyelet Border. In the end this came out to be a great card that can be used for a birthday or Mothers Day.

So please if you are a stamper and snowed in -play and just put stuff together and you will be amazed at the great projects you can make.

Thank you and keep Stampin
Lisa

Stampin on a Snowy Day

Good Morning Friends,

Today finds me catching up on my blog site before I head off to work. I did find time on Easter Sunday to stamp some great cards for friends. It was easy to do seeing that we had about 8 inches of snow fall and it was coming down in big fluffy flakes.

This first card I made with the Just Beachy set from the occations mini catalog and I love it- I used Turquoise paper and Whisper White, and paper from the Pink Flamigo DP, I did a little blender pen action and well I think it came out real cute. Yes that is the palm tree from Aloha, this card was mad for a man and I did not think the flip flops would work. I found that I love the colors used in the Pink Flamigo paper, they are a good way to break out of your box and play with bright colors.

One of my husband friends has a birthday this month, I have a hard time making male cards-So I found my Lovely as a Tree stamp set and went to work. I used some of the Taste of Textile Papers (love this paper) it gives a great layer of dimension to the card. The main tree is embossed, with a clear embossing-then I just found some Kraft card stock and one of the prints from the Manchester paper collection. After layering all the parts it needed more-so black twine and a piece of hardware finished it off. I like this card. It is simple with a WOW factor, my husband even gave it a Thumbs up!

Lastly I made a Thank You card for a friend who helped me plan a trip. I used my favorite hostess set the Rustic Rooster. I did the silk technique to the letter then aged it with some chocolate chip, after that I used the Bella Toile background stamp on the black and then put the card together. The paper I used was Naturals Ivory, black and More Mustard. This combination of paper gave the card an "old world" look and that was what I was looking for.

Thank you for viewing my projects may you have fun creating great things with paper.

Lisa