Size DOES matter...

I love me a 3" square. So easy and quick to throw together.  This thank you card is a base of Daffodil Delight embellished with a strip of Blushing Bride Designer Paper that's been edged with the Scallop Trim punch (of course!) The sentiment is from the Little Bit of Everything set.  Can't tell from the picture but there's a little bit of bling in the centre of the flower.

Oh the Pizzazz....love Pear Pizzazz.  This little cutie also uses a stamp from Little Bit of Everything and also has some bling in the flower centres.  The sentiment is stamped in Rich Razzleberry and little flowers in Blushing Bride.  A touch of just-happen-to-have-a-matching-colour ribbon and TADAAA!!

Sunny Day

So this one was a quickie.  I used Marina Mist as a card base...really like this colour! The designer paper is just-happen-to-have-a-matching-colour lying around and the ribbon is from the same "lying around" collection.  You'll note that the edge of the designer paper is punched with the Scallop Trim Edge punch and then I wove/I've woven/I weaved the ribbon through it. The stamp set isn't from SU (sorry) but I did use Marina Mist, Crumb Cake (the perfect colour for sand!) and Daffodil Delight in the stamping process.

I don't have a lot of SU supplies, but I do LOVE to create, so when I do sometimes it's all SU and sometimes it's not, but I ALWAYS try to use some SU in my project, as my collection grows that will change, but in the meantime......

Simple Saturday

I'm a small town girl, so when I have to go to a BIG city on business, there's a flood of fear, excitement and fear! A couple of months back I had to take a trip to Vancouver and we stayed at the Sheraton Wall Centre....this is a pic of the tower across from ours we were on the 21st floor and this is from our window, so there's way more tower at the bottom that you don't see (it's a two tower hotel, who knew?) Had fun, met a great group of people and most importantly....I shopped!

The Tri-Fold Victory

My first Tri-Fold card! Woot!  So this baby is Early Espresso with Designer Paper in Blushing Bride.  The stamp from Cottage Garden is done in Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride and Melon Mambo.  A strip of Old Olive that's been edged in the Scallop Trim and stamped with willy nilly Cottage Garden makes the belly band that holds the card closed.  I've stamped another solid flower in Blushing Bride and Melon Mambo then cut it out and decorated the band with it. 

Below you can see what it looks like with the band removed.  I like it.  Victory!

Me....(di)stressed?

This may be one of those 'experiments' that don't turn out as expected, maybe I just need to get used to the look.  I've taken a chipboard coaster and stamped with the Watercolour Trio in Rich Razzleberry and Pear Pizzazz, the butterfly isn't SU (sorry).  Then I created a fancy schmancy shimmer spray with the Champagne Shimmer Paint and rubbing alcohol. It was ok for the first couple of spritzes and then the bottle clogged and it came out in sputters and spurts.  The overlay piece is vellum and the sentiment is from Occasional Quotes.  My thoughts? Meh.

Ok, so....another chipboard coaster that's been shmooshed with different inks along the edges; Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive and then some Champagne Shimmer Paint directly on the surface with a towelette.  The stamp (of course) is the Hydrangea from the Because I care set.  I did some sanding and spritzing and shmootzing to get a weathered, distressed look.  Not feelin' it really.  I'll have to work on technique.

Versamark Backgrounds

I'm loving the Scallop Trim Edge punch, it's a quick and easy embellishment.  The card base is Cameo Coral, the floral is from Cottage Garden set stamped in Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz. The Designer Paper is just-happen-to-have-a-matching-colour, which is also edged in the Scallop Trim.  The background of the card is stamped willy nilly in Versamark then embossed with Iridescent Ice....lovely.

This card is the direct result of consulting with the Colour Coach.  I started out with Tempting Turquoise and the Coach recommended Pear Pizzazz and Rich Razzleberry. What do ya know? I had both of those kicking around.  The Scallop Trim strip is from the Designer Series Paper Pack in what else? Pear Pizzazz.  The sentiment is stamped in and layered on Rich Razzleberry.  The background is a Versamark stamped image from the Friends Never Fade set that I just repeated willy nilly.  I'm pretty happy with the way this turned out and can safely say that I wouldn't have come up with this combo on my own.  The sentiments on both of these cards aren't SU, sorry, but they looked really nice together.

Tag I'm it

When I first saw the Long Fellows set I immediately had some interesting ideas, the first was to split the stamped image (like I did above).  This is stamped in Cajun Craze with the background stamped from Tiny Tags in Versamark ink. Finally a scalloped strip of Petals and Paisley Designer Paper and some just-happen-to-have-a-matching-colour paper flower, gem and craft floss wrap it all together.  

Ok, last tag for a while...at least a day or two.  Still lovin' the Hydrangea from the Because I Care set (can you tell?)