Coffee's On...

Look what came in the mail for my birthday from my friend Sharon!

How sweet and creative :)  I'm definitely going to need to try my hand at making a couple of these for friends!  I'm on the way out but I'll post what I can for supplies later...

STAMPIN' UP! SUPPLIES...
Stamp Sets:
Cardstock:
Ink Colors:

Other:

Welcome Fall!

Like I said, love this French Foliage set.  Quick and easy card that could be used for a number of occasions.  This particular sentiment is from the other set I'm loving, Blooming with Kindness.  While French Foliage doesn't come with sentiments, Blooming with Kindness comes with 5 along with the great flower.  Have a great Saturday!

STAMPIN' UP! SUPPLIES...
Stamp Sets:  French Foliage, Blooming with Kindness
Cardstock:  Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Soft Suede
Ink Colors:  Cajun Craze, Summer Starfruit, Old Olive, Soft Suede
Other:  Summer Starfruit ribbon (free, with $40 purchase in Sept)
Big Shot die cutter:  Fancy Fan textured impressions embossing folder

Simple and beautiful! Blooming with Kindness

Here's the other card I promised using the Blooming with Kindness set!  ENJOY!

STAMPIN' UP! SUPPLIES...
Stamp Set:  Blooming with Kindness
DSP:  2012-2014 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack
Cardstock:  Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Soft Suede
Ink Colors:  Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse, Soft Suede
Other:  Midnight Muse 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon
Big Shot die cutter:  Tasteful Trim Bigz XL die

Falling for French Foliage...

For some reason I just love this set!  I really love it with a couple of the new colors too, Midnight Muse and Summer Starfruit.  I was looking to create a card that used this great ribbon that is on special this month.  With every $40 purchase you get a free spool (10 yds) of ribbon (choice of 5 colors) and this is one of the choices, Midnight Muse.  There is a link of the left to see the special.  The card I will share tomorrow uses the same two new colors and one of my new favorite sets, Blooming with Kindness.
I hope you enjoy the sets and colors as much as I do!

STAMPIN' UP! SUPPLIES...
Stamp Sets:  French Foliage, Bring on the Cake
DSP:  Comfort Cafe
Cardstock:  Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse, Whisper White
Ink Colors:  Cajun Craze, Summer Starfruit, Old Olive.
Other:  Decorative Label punch, Basic rhinestone,
Big Shot die cutter to make the butterfly:  Beautiful Wings embosslit die

Summer Smootches... not just for summer!

Wow, this card really makes me smile :D  When I first saw this Bright Blossoms set in May as a sneak peek to the new (in July) catalog and the coordinating Designer Series Paper I knew it would be my favorite and had to have them both!  The colors are so fun and cheery and the stamp set is one of those that is easy to play with for all sorts of occasions or scrapbook pages.

Unfortunately, the sentiment you see here is retired as of June 30 (another of my go-to stamps) but the idea here is the layout.  It's a great interactive card that is simple to make and any recipient would love to receive!  The butterfly on the circle is adhered with a stampin' dimensional and keeps the card shut.  I will get a fall or Christmas card on the blog soon with this same layout.  I will also get the dimensions on here and some brief instructions tomorrow when I post the next card.  Stampin' Up! supplies listed below the pics...

And open...

STAMPIN' UP! SUPPLIES...
Stamp Sets:  Bright Blossoms, On Your Birthday (retired)
DSP:  Summer Smootches
Cardstock:  Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point, Whisper White
Other:  3/4" and 1/2" circle punches, dazzling diamonds (on flower), Basic rhinestone,
Big Shot die cutter to make the butterfly:  Beautiful Wings embosslit die

Surprise birthday penguins!

I couldn't wait to make this card for my friend Connie when I saw a similar cute Owl card on a fellow stampers blog! I just knew she would love see the penguins "pop out" of a seemingly ordinary (handmade of course) birthday card!

The penguins are the Stampin' Up! owl punch in black. You clip off the feet and attach pumpkin pie owl feet instead. Then, you snip off the owls ears. I stamped the birthday hats from the Party Heart set and then left a bottom piece of cardstock on it so I could attached it to the back of each penguins head. The pop up parts are 1/2" slits made even spaced apart and then pushed out a bit so you can attache the penguins to them. This card has two layers of More Mustard to disguise the pop up part a bit. I sent this card on but will need to make another and take some close up shots.

The front of the card is pretty explanatory. I used the Day of Gratitude set, the On Your Birthday set for the front and inside sentiments and the polka dot texture folder for the Big Shot.

I've finally got some photos to share, I'll post the stamp camp photos from today, tomorrow - I still need to take a group shot. Time to reorganize from today and then do the same thing for the Wednesday class!

Hope you all had a great weekend! Kim