Geared Up Garage

I fell in love with Stampin'Up's Geared Up Garage as soon as I saw it in the Occasions catalog.

The men in my family, from the oldest to the youngest, are "gearheads."  They love cars, so I was happy to have it stamp set that celebrated them.

The first card I made was for my son's birthday.

I used the Garage Gears Thinlits to cut the gears out of the Classic Garage Designer Series Paper. The background paper is part of the same paper.  The sentiment is from the Geared Up Garage stamp set.

The second card I made is for my Grandson's 5th birthday.

I used the Bermuda Bay dark Stampin' Blend on the car.  I used Crushed Curry and Basic gray on the car and sentiment layers.  The first layer is part of the paper with tire tracks.  The card base is black.

On the inside of the card I used the oil spill stamp and the "Happy Birthday" is from Stampin' Up Southern Serenade set.

I'm sure this is one set that will get a lot of use!

Thanks for coming by and I hope you were inspired.
Cindy

Humming Along

I just received the Stampin' Up Humming Along bundle and I can't put it down.  I just love larger images like these heat embossed.  These have the perfect amount of detail to make them gorgeous.
As soon as I received the bundle I knew they would be my cards for Stars this month.

I embossed the flower with gold right on the card base then colored with my Stampin' Blends in Poppy Parade and Mossy Meadow.  I also embossed the greeting directly on the card base.
I did the hummingbird separately coloring him with Light Night of Navy, Balmy Blue and Light Shaded Spruce then cut him out with the coordinating die. Then I gave him  little boost with some dimensionals.  I just love the colors and how the cards turned out.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you were inspired to create something of your own.

Cindy

Rainbow Sweet

The Challenge this week was rainbow colors.  I had just received Stampin' Up's Sweetest Thing set and the How Sweet designer paper which was perfect for this challenge!

The inside sentiment is one long stamp but I covered sections as I added ink to separate the words.

As I mentioned, this card was for The Paper Players challenge

Thanks for coming by and I hope you received some inspiration.

Cindy

Hedgehugs

I had a blast making these for my Stars friends.  I had not received my order of the current Valentine's supplies from Stampin' Up, so I used what I had left from last year.

The sentiment and the cute little hedgehog are from Hedgehugs
a stamp set in the Stampin' Up current main catalog.  The box is from last year's Lots to Love box framelits set.
I put the hedgehog on an Action wobble so that he would give a happy wiggle when you pull the card out.
I also attached a piece of candy (Ghirardelli) to the back with a removable glue dot.

I decided to enter this in The Paper Players challenge.
The EPaper Player Challenge 427

I hope you love my cute Hedgehug as much as I do!

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you were inspired.

Cindy

Beautiful Butterflies

I have been having a great time with Stampin' Up's Beautiful Butterfly Thinlits from the new Occasions catalog.  They are so easy to layer and produce gorgeous results.  And the color combinations are almost endless!

Here you have gold foil border with grapefruit grove on a melon mambo card base.

Next is a silver border with Pool Party on a Gorgeous Grape base.

This one is the Grapefruit foil (free in the current Sale-A-Bration catalog) with Grapefruit Grove on a Poppy Parade base.

How much fun am I having?  A ton.   What color combination is next?   You will have to check back and see!

Thanks for coming by and I hope you were inspired.

Cindy

Christmas Spirit

I have been infused with more Christmas Spirit than I normally have this time of year.  It is probably because I have been having fun making Christmas cards.

The first card I would like to share I am entering in The Paper Players Challenge 421.

This card is made with the Frosted Floral Specialty DSP from Stampin' Up.  I fell in love with this paper at first sight and immediately wanted to use it for unconventional Christmas Cards.

The base is Blackberry Bliss with  a layer of Silver Glitter then a layer of the Frosted Floral Dsp.  The ribbon is Berry Burst with the glittery edging.  The label is from the Stitched Label framelits.

The sentiment is from Snowflake Sentiments and is stamped in Blackberry Bliss and clear embossed.

The next card is also utilizing the Frosted Floral DSP and the His Light stamp set.

The Rejoice is so beautiful I was drawn to it upon first sight.  For this card I embossed it in silver and layered it with silver glitter paper. The card base and velvet ribbon is in Tranquil Tide.

Of course I had to do the Rejoice in gold also.

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The background paper was in last years Sale-a-bration catalog.

Next up is a card once again using the Frosted Floral DSP. I used the white Embossing paste with the Pattern Party Decorative Masks on a Night of Navy base with the Night of Navy corduroy ribbon.

I again used the sentiment from Snowflake Sentiments.

Onto a more whimsical card made with the Nothing Sweeter stamp set and Sweetly Stitched framelits.  I didn't fall in love with the set immediately but after using it I have indeed fallen in love.

Here is a close up so that you can see the stitching that is added by the die when you cut it out.

It almost looks like a cookie (light bulb over my head card idea).  The sentiment is also from this set.

I also used the tree on my cute Take Out Treats boxes.

These are so super cute and relatively easy to make.  The die does a good job of scoring all the folds.

Then I had to use the tree again along with the packages from this set for this card.  Cute, huh? The sparkly paper is from the Joyous Noel Glimmer Paper in the Christmas Catalog. The bow is from the Blended Seasons set that was exclusive in September.  The Merry Christmas is from the Hang Your Stocking set from a couple of years ago, stamped in Shaded Spruce and cut out with the Stitched Shape framelits.

And while I had out the Hang Your Stocking set ---

Always a favorite of mine.

And speaking of Blended Seasons ---

I used the cute holly clusters from Blended Seasons and the Sentiment from Snowflake Sentiments on Very Vanilla cardstock.

If nothing else, I think this post shows you how versatile all of these sets are! Not to mention how addictive it becomes!!

Thank you for visiting my blog.  I hope you were inspired in some way.

Cindy

Sweet

 Yesterday was my turn to provide the card/project for the hands-on in my monthly stamp group.  Several members requested the "Bag-elope".  So this is what we made.

The bag-elope is an envelope converted to a small gift bag.  I got the idea and the instruction for it from Dawn's Stamping Thoughts
It seems complicated but is really quite easy.

I used a Stampin' Up set from a couple of years ago called Cookie Cutter Christmas.  The sentiment was from a set from several years ago called Embellished Ornaments (or something like that!). The class was pleased with them after they figured out how to make them!

They requested the class because I gave them one of these at one our recent meetings.

 

I am also going to enter the Christmas one in The Paper Players Challenge #419

Thanks for coming by and I hope you were inspired.

Cindy