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Fabulous Friday: Surpise Pop-Up Diorama card featuring By the Tide

  I have had a super busy week both at work and at home as we prepare for Amanda's high school graduation, so I had to step away from my blog for just a little bit but I hope you've had a great week!!  Yesterday over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we featured surprise element in our projects.  I went over to the Split Coast Stampers tutorial section and found directions to make a surprise pop-up diorama card here.  I had made this type of card once before as a downline meeting make-n-take and remembered how fun they were.

  The fun thing about this card is that it looks like a totally normal card from the outside, but when you open it up VOILA... 

  Fun, right?!?  This card features the retiring By the Tide stamp set from the Annual catalog and It's My Party designer paper stack from the Occasions catalog.  I went with a beachy-themed color palette - cajun craze, pool party, sahara sand and whisper white for the card and think it works great with this set.  I am sure going to miss it....

  For even more tree-themed card ideas and inspiration, please be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what the other designers created this week.  

   Don't forget that a brand new catalog is debuting in just a few weeks!!!  If you haven't seen the retiring list yet, you'll want to head over to my Stampin' Up! online store immediately so you don't miss out on these fabulous products before they're gone!  

* Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend! * 

Promotions

  Be sure to use Hostess Code 9XSMGS62* with your online orders at checkout through May 30th to receive my Quick & Easy card of the week. Spend $50+ and choose any single tutorial from these as a gift from me. (*Note - if your merchandise total is $150 or greater, please do NOT use the hostess code so you can get the Stampin' Rewards for yourself!) 

- 2016 Occasions Catalog items (click HERE to shop) 

- Retiring Products (click HERE to shop) - stamp sets are guaranteed through May 22nd, but everything else is on an "as available only" basis.  Place an online order to ensure you get what you want before it's gone!!! 

- Clearance Rack (click HERE to shop)

                  

Fabulous Friday: Thoughts & Prayers CASE'd tree sympathy card

 

  Happy Friday!  I hope you've had a great week!!  This week over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are featuring trees in our projects.  I decided to pull out my Thoughts & Prayers stamp set because I haven't used it in a while.  I just love the sample card for this set in the Annual catalog on page 26 and decided to CASE it. Today's card features the Woodgrain textured impressions folder for the Big Shot rather than the brick one used on the sample card and I switched up the colors.  

 

  Here is a close-up of my flower embellishment... I think it is just the right pop of color for the card!  I used the Sweet Li'l Things card stock assortment for this card (pool party, tip top taupe and watermelon wonder) and the colors work, don't you think?  

 And don't forget about the inside of your card, too!

   Here's one more view of my card.  For even more tree-themed card ideas and inspiration, please be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what the other designers created this week.   

   Don't forget that a brand new catalog is debuting in just a few weeks!!!  If you haven't seen the retiring list yet, you'll want to head over to my Stampin' Up! online store immediately so you don't miss out on these fabulous products before they're gone!  

* Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend! * 

Promotions

  Be sure to use Hostess Code 9XSMGS62* with your online orders at checkout through May 18th to receive my Quick & Easy card of the week. Spend $50+ and choose any single tutorial from these as a gift from me. (*Note - if your merchandise total is $150 or greater, please do NOT use the hostess code so you can get the Stampin' Rewards for yourself!) 

- 2016 Occasions Catalog items (click HERE to shop) 

- Retiring Products (click HERE to shop) - stamp sets are guaranteed through May 22nd, but everything else is on an "as available only" basis.  Place an online order to ensure you get what you want before it's gone!!! 

- Clearance Rack (click HERE to shop)

                  

QE Card: Kind Koala thinking of you note card

  

   Happy Tuesday!  I hope you had a great Mother's Day weekend!  I was pampered by my family - it's always great to be loved and appreciated!!  And now on to this week's QE card which features the Kind Koala single stamp that is retiring at the end of May.  I used my crumb cake note card and envelope set (love these!!) and kept the card really simple, using the DSP and color palette from the Love Blossoms DSP stack in the Occasions catalog (also retiring).

  

  Here's one more view of my card.  If you would like to receive the project sheet for this week's card please make sure you're subscribed to my newsletter before Thursday morning when it goes out to my subscribers (yes, a day late this week, but I'll also have a link to last week's project sheet which I forgot to send out - sorry!).  You can easily add your email address in the subscriber box in the upper right section of my blog to have your name added to my distribution list. 

* Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful rest of your day! *

Promotions

  Be sure to use Hostess Code 9XSMGS62* with your online orders at checkout through May 18th to receive my Quick & Easy card of the week. Spend $50+ and choose any single tutorial from these as a gift from me. (*Note - if your merchandise total is $150 or greater, please do NOT use the hostess code so you can get the Stampin' Rewards for yourself!) 

- 2016 Occasions Catalog items (click HERE to shop) 

- Retiring Products (click HERE to shop) - stamp sets are guaranteed through May 22nd, but everything else is on an "as available only" basis.  Place an online order to ensure you get what you want before it's gone!!! 

- Clearance Rack (click HERE to shop)

                  

Fabulous Friday: Monochromatic Mother's Day card

  Happy Friday!  I hope you've had a great week!!  Mother's Day is *this* Sunday and in honor of that holiday, we are featuring Mother's Day cards as the theme for our Fabulous Friday projects today over on the Sisters in Stamping blog.  Don't worry, if you haven't made your card(s) yet you still have time!  I decided to go with a monochromatic color scheme featuring Very Vanilla and Tip Top Taupe.  I must say that the more I use this In Color, the more I'm falling in love with it!  Today's card features the Woodgrain textured impressions folder for the Big Shot,  the You've Got This and Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp sets; and retiring Tip Top Taupe 1" dotted lace ribbon.  

   Here's one more view of my card.  Once again, I turned to my trusty Wink of Stella clear glitter brush to add some glimmer to the center of my flower.  This effect is really pretty in real life, but soooo hard to capture in a photograph!  You'll just have to trust me..!

  Don't forget that a brand new catalog is debuting in less than a month.  If you haven't seen the retiring list yet, you'll want to head over to my Stampin' Up! online store immediately so you don't miss out on these fabulous products before they're gone!  And for even more Mother's Day card ideas and inspiration, please be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what the other designers created this week.   

 

* Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend! *

 

Promotions

  Be sure to use Hostess Code 9XSMGS62* with your online orders at checkout through May 18th to receive my Quick & Easy card of the week. Spend $50+ and choose any single tutorial from these as a gift from me. (*Note - if your merchandise total is $150 or greater, please do NOT use the hostess code so you can get the Stampin' Rewards for yourself!) 

- 2016 Occasions Catalog items (click HERE to shop) 

- Retiring Products (click HERE to shop) - stamp sets are guaranteed through May 22nd, but everything else is on an "as available only" basis.  Place an online order to ensure you get what you want before it's gone!!! 

- Clearance Rack (click HERE to shop)

                  

QE card: Choose Happiness card

 

   Happy Monday!  I hope you had a great weekend.  We were busy as my daughters both attended Prom this weekend and they looked so pretty that I had to share a photo... this is Amanda's last one since she is graduating in a month and Kelsey has one more year.  It seems like they were little girls playing dress-up just a few short years ago.  Hard to believe how quickly time flies by!

   And now on to this week's QE card which features the Choose Happiness stamp set that is retiring at the end of May.  I kept the card really simple, using lots of retiring products... can you name them all?

 

  Here's one more view of my card.  If you would like to receive the project sheet for this week's card please make sure you're subscribed to my newsletter before Wednesday morning when it goes out to my subscribers.  You can easily add your email address in the subscriber box in the upper right section of my blog to have your name added to my distribution list. 

* Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful rest of your day! *

Promotions

  Be sure to use Hostess Code 9XSMGS62* with your online orders at checkout through May 18th to receive my Quick & Easy card of the week. Spend $50+ and choose any single tutorial from these as a gift from me. (*Note - if your merchandise total is $150 or greater, please do NOT use the hostess code so you can get the Stampin' Rewards for yourself!) 

- 2016 Occasions Catalog items (click HERE to shop) 

- Retiring Products (click HERE to shop) - stamp sets are guaranteed through May 22nd, but everything else is on an "as available only" basis.  Place an online order to ensure you get what you want before it's gone!!! 

- Clearance Rack (click HERE to shop)