"A Little Lace" Set of Notecards

I wanted to make some In-Color notecards, but I wanted them to be easy, and not involve a lot of coloring, so I decided just to do a quick little watercolor swish on the focal point image of the big flowers from the "A Little Lace" stamp set. I used the 2019-2021 In-Colors, and a little bit of patterned paper to help give it a bit of a romantic look.

Here are the cards:

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!:

Stamp set: A Little Lace (Item #149364)

Inks: Rococo Rose (Item #150080)

Pretty Peacock (Item #150083)

Seaside Spray (Item #150085)

Terracotta Tile (Item #150086)

Highland Heather (Item #147103)

So Saffron (Item #147109)

Cardstock: Rococo Rose (Item #150882)

Pretty Peacock (Item #150880)

Seaside Spray (Item #150883)

Terracotta Tile (Item #150884)

Purple Posy (Item #150881)

(or 2019-2021 8-1/2" x 11" Cardstock Assortment Pack (Item #149701))

Whisper White (Item #100730)

Accessories: Paper Snips (Item #103579)

Rhinestone Basic Jewels (Item #144220)

Whisper White Ribbon (retired, but 

you could use the White Crinkle Seam Binding Ribbon instead,  Item #151326)

Stampin' Dimensionals (Item #104430)

These notecards made up just exactly like I was seeing them in my mind's-eye. I love the colors, and they are just perfect to send a "little note of hello". Everyone could use a little set of cards like this today, to send some love to our socially distant friends and family. Wouldn't you love to get some "love" in you mailbox today? 

Thanks for stopping by to visit today,

Kathryn

I Had a "Lily Pad Birthday"

My birthday was last week, and I have just been in the birthday-card-making mood lately! I made this card, and it could be one that I gave myself! HA!

This stamp set is called "Lovely Lily Pad" and it is one of the free offerings from Stampin' Up! for 2020 Sale-A-Bration! (The greeting comes from the set "Peaceful Moments" which is in the Jan. - June 2020 Mini Catalog.) The paper is in this years Sale-A-Bration catalog too, and it is just gorgeous! It has that beautiful hand-painted look that makes me think of Claude Monet and his beautiful impressionistic paintings from his water lily gardens.

 All supplies are from Stampin' Up!:

Stamp sets: Lovely Lily Pad (Item #152288) (Sale-A-Bration)

Peaceful Moments (Item #151595)

Ink Pads: Melon Mambo (Item #147051)

Old Olive (Item #147090)

Cardstock: Balmy Blue (Item #146982)

Old Olive (Item #100702)

Whisper White (Item #100730)

Accessories: Lily Pad Dies (Item #152315) (Sale-A-Bration)

Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper (Item #152284) (Sale-A-Bration)

Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels (Item #150457) (Carried over from the Holiday Catalog)

Stampin' Dimensionals (Item #104430)

I talked about Sale-A-Bration earlier in my post. If you don't know what Sale-A-Bration is, well, it is Stampin' Up!'s biggest sale of the year! There are many items that are available, but they are not for sale. For every $50 you spend on Stampin' Up! product (before taxes and shipping), you can choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration product. And there is no limit to how many products you can get! Choose something fun and amazing for every $50 purchase. OR, spend $100 and there are additional options! The sale is going on now through March 31st, and are available while supplies last.

If you want to know more about this year's Sale-A-Bration, contact me here and I can help you out with whatever you need to know!

Thanks for stopping by to visit!

Kathryn

Some Peaceful, Beautiful Boughs

About a week ago I made this blue card (on the left) because I had some leftover silver foil paper boughs from another card that I had been working on. I loved it so much that I decided that I needed to make another one, but using a different piece of "Feels Like Frost" Designer Series Paper (DSP). This paper is so beautiful that it sold out before the catalog time-frame was over. It was in my first order that I placed when the holiday catalog became available to purchase from. Beautiful photographically realistic pictures on one side, and silver foil on white graphic prints on the other side.

Take a look:

 All supplies are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise specified:

Stamp set: Peaceful Boughs (Item #150541)

Ink Pads: Night of Navy (Item #147110)

Basic Gray (Item #149165)

Cardstock: Whisper White Thick (Item #140272)

Seaside Spray (Item #150883)

Highland Heather (Item #146986)

Accessories: Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper (Item #150444) -- unavailable at this time

Silver Foil Paper (Item #132178)

Beautiful Boughs Dies (Item #150661)

Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels (Item #150457)

Rhinestone Basic Jewels (Item #144220)

Stampin' Dimensionals (Item #104430)

Aren't they beautiful!? Sometimes the most simple cards are the most striking! I stamped the greeting in Night of Navy ink, and those blue rhinestones are from the Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels set. The colors that are included in this collection of rhinestones are: Night of Navy (these are the ones I used), Cherry Cobbler, Coastal Cabana, Pumpkin Pie, and Shaded Spruce. They are just gorgeous!

This purple one is also stunning! I stamped the greeting with Basic Gray, and used the regular clear Rhinestone Basic Jewels on it.

The designs in this collection of patterned papers are so beautiful. Frosty, and snowy, and icy. They may not be available anymore in this holiday catalog, but I am so happy that they will be coming back in next years holiday catalog!

Let me know which one you like best in the comments.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting my little blog. I really appreciate it!

Kathryn

A Season of Thanks

I know that Thanksgiving was a few days ago, but I just want to let you all know that I am thankful for all of you who visit my little blog. I struggle with getting things posted, but you still come visit me, and I am truly blessed every time you come back. Thank you so much. I will keep trying to be better, and I hope you will continue to keep visiting.

Here is a card I made for a friend who was thoughtful of me when my family recently lost a beloved family pet.

 All supplies are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted:

Stamp set: Gather Together (Item #150589)

Ink pads: Cajun Craze (Item #147085)

Merry Merlot (Item #147112)

Cardstock: Thick Very Vanilla (Item #144237)

Pretty Peacock (Item #150880)

Cajun Craze (Item #119684)

Merry Merlot (Item #146979)

Very Vanilla (Item #101650)

Accessories: Gathered Leaves Dies (Item #150662)

Stitched Rectangles Dies (Item #148551)

Basket Weave 3D Embossing Folder (Item #151797)

Come To Gather Designer Series Paper (Item #150454)

Come To Gather Ribbon Combo Pack (Cajun Craze Linen Thread) (Item #150456)

I made a couple other cards similar to this one, but I used a different greeting, and added a few of the Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels (item # 150457). This card was given to a man friend, and I thought that maybe he wouldn't care for them, so I left them off of his card.

I hope you all had a wonderful day!

Thanks for stopping by,
Kathryn

Just a little prep for OnStage later on this week

Just thought I would show you a little of the prep work I have been doing for the Stampin' Up! local version of our convention called OnStage for this coming Saturday. I will be heading down to Las Vegas with many of my stampin' demonstrator friends and we will be having a stamping good time!

A bunch of us have got an Air-B-n-B that we will be staying in, and my roomies and I have made our own little door signs so that the other demonstrators know who is staying in our room. We are going to be having a party with a luau theme, so we thought that flip-flops would be appropriate for our door signs.

Here is my door sign:

All supplies are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise specified:

Stamp sets: none

Ink Pads: none

Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, and Calypso Coral

Accessories: Petal Passion Designer Series Paper (retired), 

Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers (assorted colors, light and dark),

Medium Daisy Punch,

Glimmer Brad (retired)

Foam Adhesive Strips

Super Sharpie (Black)

I hand-traced the flip-flop shape onto the back of the patterned paper, cut it out, and then colored it with my Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers. Then I layered it onto some Basic Black cardstock and trimmed it out with a black edge. I made the little black strap across the "top", and cut out 3 of the medium daisy punch shapes. I attached them together with the glimmer brad and attached them to the black strap part. I hand-lettered my name in pencil and then traced over it with a black sharpie marker. I cut it out, and then layered it on some basic black cardstock and cut it out again. I then mounted it on to some Foam Adhesive Strips and attached it to the "flip flop".

I will post my swap cards after OnStage, so I hope you come back to see those later!

Thanks for stopping by,

Kathryn

A Halloween Hello!

I haven't felt so great this week, but I just wanted to send you a little Halloween Hello!

I belong to a group of fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrators, and about once a month or so, we will swap cards that we have made with each other, so that we have a good selection of cards to show, share and send! This was my card from a swap that we had that was using products from the current Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog (2019). 

Cute and simple!

(All supplies are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise specified, with the item # in parentheses.)

STAMP SET: Tags, Tags, Tags (#150508

INK: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (#132708)

CARD STOCK: Crumb Cake (#120953)

Basic Black (#121045)

Pumpkin Pie (#105117)

Very Vanilla (#101650)

ACCESSORIES: Trio of Tags Dies (#150667)

Die Cutting Machine

Everyday Label Punch (#144668)

Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder (#151881)

Banner Triple Punch (#138292)

Monster Bash Designer Series Paper (#150447)

Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker (#100082)

Linen Thread (#104199)

Dimensional (#104430)

The stamp set is called Tags, Tags, Tags and not only does it have a set of Halloween tag stamps, but it also has a set of Christmas tags, and Valentines Day tags! So versatile! Not only that, but it has some coordinating dies to cut them out! Makes it so easy to get lots of tags done quickly!

Thanks for stopping by and visiting for a few minutes. I really appreciate it! Leave me a comment and let me know how you like my card, please.

See you soon,

Kathryn

TGIF Challenge Fail!!

I was searching the internet for some inspiration last week, and I saw something on TGIF Challenge Blog that I thought would be fun to participate in. The only problem was that the link was going to expire in like 14 hours. Normally 14 hours would be plenty of time to put together a card, photograph it, prepare it to post, and then write a blog post for it. But part of that 14 hours I was meant to be asleep, and then I needed to go to work the next morning. So really I only had like 3 hours. Not enough time for me. I decided to do it anyway, and then just post it to my blog when I got the chance.

The inspiration challenge was to get your inspiration from a Stampin' Up! catalog. Your inspiration could be so many different things: stamps, papers, colors, product, catalog samples! So many wonderful things to inspire you! My inspiration came from the holiday catalog, from the Monster Bash Suite of products. So here is my card:

 All supplies used are available from Stampin' Up! (Item numbers are listed in parentheses):

Stamp set: Spooktacular Bash (150544)

Card Stock: Basic Gray (121044), Basic Black (121045), Cajun Craze (119684)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (132708)

Accessories: Die Cutting machine of your choice, Ornate Frames Dies (150664), 

Monster Bash Designer Series Paper (150447), Monster Bash Enamel Shapes (150448), 

Frosted Frames Dies (150658), Frosted Bouquet Dies (147895), 

Come To Gather Ribbon Combo Pack (150456), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Well, thanks for stopping by today to check out my card. I can't wait to send this one to one of my best "ghoul friends"! 

See you soon,

Kathryn