I have been wanting to connect these elephants since I got this set!  Craziness you might say since the elephant is a single stamp - not so!  It was made easy by the Stamp-a-ma-jig ($11.95) which is a nifty tool found on page 7 of the Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog, item #101046

I am so excited that spring is around the corner and it is time to use bright, cheery, non-Holiday colors again.  This card went together fairly easily, it's always the IDEA that takes so long.  Now, whipping out multiples would be easy!  Yes, I did use 3 stamp sets but one of them is free with a $50 purchase through March 22.  Patterned Occasions, available in wood or clear mount (the set that included the elephant) is one of the Sale-A-Bration choices you get when you spend $50 at my Stampin' Up! website or directly through me.

STAMPIN' UP! SUPPLIES:

Stamp Sets: Patterned Occasions (SAB), Word Play, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Tangerine Tango, Baha Breeze

DSP:  Floral District

Ink Colors:  Saraha Sand, Tangerine Tango, Baha Breeze (sponging)

Other: Early Espresso Baker's Twine, 1/4" punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, 1 3/4" circle punch

glue dots, stampin' dimensionals, rhinestone, light green sharpie to color rhinestone, dazzling diamonds

Big Shot die cutter: Fancy Fan textured impressions embossing folder

Clear rhinestone colored with light green Sharpie!

Great idea courtesy of my awesome Stampin' Up! upline Sharon Burkert :D

Beautiful Butterfly

Oh, how I would love to post regularly but that isn't the way my life goes!  I've decided to not make any claims as to how often I'll post but just post when I can.  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE stamping and creating but family time comes first so that's why my posts are so sporadic.  I find time to stamp and try to make as much as I can!  That's why I tend to use the same set or colors in posts that come in clusters!  Right now, I noticed I have used an awful lot of Saraha Sand and because I didn't place Valentine product orders in time - I'm using what I have available and it's working out!  The next two posts will be Valentine ideas.  This post is a variation of the elephant card I posted last.

I love how simple this layout is!  Of course, the elephant is substituted with the Beautiful Butterfly die and the DSP is Twitterpated which is in the Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog. This card is so much prettier in person - I really need Karl to make me a light box!

STAMPIN' UP! SUPPLIES...
Stamp Sets:  OH, Hello (Occasions catalog)
Cardstock:  Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Sahara Sand, Baha Breeze
DSP:  Twitterpated
Ink Colors:  Island Indigo
Other:  Rhinestone, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, stampin' sponge for edges
Big Shot die cutter:  Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder,
Beautiful Butterflies die