5/29 - Memorial Weekend

Here's another card sample using the Land of the Free stamp set...

#123100, $8.95, Wood Mount Only, page 18 of the mini.

This card was made at the demo swap I was a part of at the beginning of the month. It's a great grungy card showcasing this stamp set on the stripes of an American flag. Hope you all are having a great Memorial Day weekend! Enjoy your day off tomorrow!

Don't forget to check complete your card for the Color Dare this week! Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Supplies Used
Stamp Set: Land of the Free, Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Night of Navy and Very Vanilla, Ink: Chocolate Chip, Embellishment: Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Other: Platinum Shimmer Paint.

5/28 - Land of the Free

Here's another new card for you today! This card uses the new stamp set, Land of the Free (#123100, $8.95, Wood Mount only, page 18 of the mini). This set is just SO CUTE!!!

I love how simple this card is but still shows off the Red, White and Blue and the new stamp set!!

Supplies Used
Stamp Set: Land of the Free, Cardstock: Real Red, Night of Navy and Whisper White, Ink: Real Red and Night of Navy, Tools: Square Lattice Embossing Folder.

5/27 - Sail Away Again

I was spoiled by my mom today! See, with my last pregnancy, I was very pregnant in the winter and my daughter was born in February. With this little guy, I will be very pregnant in the summer and needed some shorts and capris! So my Momma took me shopping today! So much fun!

She spoiled me and bought me 4 pairs of shorts, 2 capris and one tank top! I am so blessed to have a great Momma!!

Then, since we were in the area, we had to make a stop by Archiver's. So I spoiled myself with a few little treats! YAY! Can't wait to make a SMASH book of our summer!! I think I will start it with this weekend and continue through August when little Noah is born!

After that my mom treated all of us girls to lunch...yep Brooke (my daughter) and Erica (my sister), got to come too! So much fun! Thanks for a great day MOM!

Anyway, here is another card using the Sail Away stamp from the new Summer Mini (#123013, $9.95, Wood Mount only, page 11 of the mini). Don't you just love all of the texture on this card: Weathered Background Stamp (retired), Square Lattice Embossing Folder and sponging of ink!

Supplies Used (All SU)
Stamp Set: Sail Away and Weathered background (retired), Cardstock: Early Expresso, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White and Crumb Cake, Ink: Early Espresso and Not Quite Navy, Tools: Two Tags Sizzix Die, Sponge, Square Lattice Embossing Folder and Corner Rounder Punch, Embellishments: Early Espresso Baker's Twine and Whisper White Baker's Twine.

5/26 - May Club Layout

Playing catch up again! Hoping I can finish the month our strong and on time over the next few days! There are just 4 more days left in this month and I can't wait to show you the last samples I have from the summer mini!

This is the club layout that we made for May! My pictures are all from Mother's Day 2011! We used the In Colors this time around...I love them!!!

The DSP came from the In Color 6x6 hostess stack that you can get if you have a $150 workshop! WOO HOO! And that cute heart came from the Hearts & Brackets Original Die by Stampin Up!

After I created this page, I was sure to send an email to my club members to help mentally prepare them for the cutting that was going to be involved! I cut out 9 flowers from the Proud Peacock stamp set! They just look so cute cut out and popped up on dimensionals!!

My hostess this month wanted to do some embossing and use the new Baker's Twine on her layout. So we embossed the flower image from the Proud Peacock stamp set using Clear Embossing Powder and then we used the Early Espresso Baker's Twine to tie all of the flower bundles together with a bow!

Supplies Used (All SU)...

Stamp Set: Proud Peacock, Cardstock: Pear Pizazz, Concord Crush, Whisper White and Blushing Bride, DSP: 6x6 In Color Hostess stack, Ribbon: 1/2" Stitched-Poly in Concord Crush, Embellishments: Glimmer Brad, Concord Crush button and Early Espresso Baker's Twine.

5/24 - Lisa Martz Teacup Card

I saw this card on a blog last night and I just LOVED it! I think it's mostly because it uses 2 of my favorite things from the new Summer Mini!!

This card is by Lisa Martz. View her blog here. And see more details on this card here.

Pretty Postage Stamp Set (Wood Mount #123095 $11.95, Clear Mount #123097 $8.95, page 11 of the mini catalog). I love how she used her markers to colors the "thanks" image in 3 different colors!

Postage Stamp Punch (#122344, $15.95, page 10 of the mini). This punch is one of my new favorites! I have so many ideas on ways to use it for cards and layouts!

Supply list is located on her blog.

5/23 - Mary Fish's Best Dad Ever Card

Ok, ok, ok...I missed a few days of showing you a new card with NEW SU Merchandise for every day of the month of May. So I'm posting for 5/23, 5/24 and TODAY, right now!

I ran across this card on splitcoast last night and I just had to share it with you all! I know I will be CASEing it soon...how about you?!!

I've never come across Mary's blog before but I'm so glad I did! Her stuff is SO CUTE! Check out this post for the details of this GREAT card!

Care Dare #102

Sorry this post is later than normal everyone! See, I live in Kansas and it's the height of tornado season and it's been a crazy few days around here! I was going to post this morning but as soon as we got home from a few errands, the sirens were going off and we had to take cover.

Anyway, the excitement is over for the moment SO...here's my card for this week's Color Dare challenge!

The colors this week are: Concord Crush, So Saffron and a Neutral of your choice. I didn't think I would like this color combo but I think it's one of my favorites now! Check out my card:

I created this card for my Mom's birthday. We had a little celebration over the weekend. Hope you had a great celebration mom!

One of my favorites parts of this card is the little flower buttons that I put on top of the Concord Crush buttons. And of course the great Baker's Twine that I used to lace the buttons with!

The "Great Friend" Stampin Up stamp set is still one of my favorites! I just love that butterfly and I love the font that is in it as well! I stamped the butterfly in Concord Crush ink on Whisper White cardstock and the added a little glitter to the white parts. Can you see it?

Well I hope you all will play along with us this week! Please submit your creations to the Color Dare website before Tuesday of next week!

Forgot to mention too that I got this sketch from Clean & Simple's sketch #141! Check it out here!

Supplies Used...

Stamp Set: Great Friend (SU), Cardstock: Crumb Cake and Whisper White (SU), DSP: 6x6" In Color stack in the hostess section (SU), Embellishments: Buttons (SU), Early Espresso Baker's Twine (SU) and So Saffron edged circle diecut (Unknown)

5/22 - Another Open Sea

This card also uses the new stamp set "The Open Sea". You can see the images in my last post!

I love the design of this card! And the color combo is perfect for the nautical theme too!

Supplies Used (All SU)...

Stamp Set: The Open Sea, Cardstock: Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy and Whisper White, DSP: Nautical Expedition, Punches: 1-3/8" Circle and 1-1/4" Circle, Embellishments: Silver Brads and Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine.

5/21 - The Open Sea

Can you believe all of these great samples that I'm showing you from the new Summer Mini?!! I love that there are SO MANY!

Here's another sample made mostly with the new stamp set: The Open Sea. Images and details below...

The Open Sea (Wood Mount #123030 $26.95, Clear Mount #123032, page 9 of the mini).

You will also see the new DSP: Nautical Expedition on this card. Details can be found on this post!

And of course that new Early Espresso Baker's Twine that I keep talking about! I just love that stuff!

Supplies Used (all SU)...

Stamp Sets: The Open Sea and Best Dad Ever, Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso and Crumb Cake, DSP: Nautical Expedition, Ink Color: Early Espresso, Embellishments: Crumb Cake brad and Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Punches Used: Decorative Label, 1-3/8" Circle and 1-1/4" Circle, Big Shot Dies: Top Note and Lots of Tags Sizzlits.

5/20 - April Club Layout

Last month for club, my hostess wanted to try out Embedded Embossing. I had just started seeing it aroun the blog world so I had some research to do. But I learned more about it and came up with this cute layout for my club members to complete.

My pictures on it are all from New Year's Eve last year. We have a party at our house every year and this year did not disappoint!!

The Embedded Embossing technique was used on 3 squares on the right side of the layout. This first one was made using a 3"x3" piece of Crumb Cake cardstock, using the Hearts & Brackets die to cut out the cute heart, and then after gluing those pieces together I used the Elegant Lines Embossing Folder to give it the pattern. After that was all done, I added the pearls.

This square was created using the new Triple Layer Punch: Blossom Bouquet (#122464, $23.95, page 6 of the mini). Then I used the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder to add the texture. After all of that was done, we sponged a little white ink over the top of the tops to help them stand out a little more.

And this last square was created using DSP from the Brights DSP Stack. We punched the circle with the 1-3/4" Circle Punch. Then we used the Elegant Lines Embossing Folder to give it the texture.

This was a fun technique and I hope you like the new punch that is featured on this page!!!