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.
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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

Simply Thankful

The Paper Players challenge this week is a Leaves and trees challenge.  And the Global Design Project's theme is Fall.  I loved my falling leaves card Here, but thought I would pull out another set for this challenge.

I reached back and pulled my Seasoned Layers Thinlits out.  I took a white piece of paper and layered colors to get a fall color palette.  Then I took my Thinlits and cut the leaves.  I put them on a Crushed Curry background layer and put it on an Old Olive Card Base.  

The sentiment is stamped in Mossy Meadow and is from the Country Home stamp set. I love this sentiment.

The Paper Player Challenge is here http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/.

Global Design Project #159

Thanks for coming by and I hope you were inspired.

Cindy

More of Stampin' Up's Country Home

At first glance you may think there is not a lot you can do with this stamp set, but it is actually very versatile.  I had so much fun with the different looks.

Not only are the images great, the sentiments are nice too.  I colored all of these images with Stampin' Up's Stampin' Blends.  I really enjoy using them on my stamped images.

Thanks for coming by and I hope you were inspired.

Cindy

Country Home Card

I have been having a lot of fun with the Country Home bundle from Stampin' Up.

From the moment I saw this Tin Tile Dynamic Embossing folder, I wanted to use the copper foil sheets in it.  It is so pretty.  I stamped the images from the Country Home set in Memento Black and used the Stampin' Blends (which I Love) to color the image.  The only issue I have with this set is that I have to "fussy" cut the images out, as there are no framelits.  I used the dies from the Stitched Shapes that were a part of the Blended Seasons Bundle for the labels.  I cut one from the wood paper and one in Shaded Spruce.  I cut the Shaded Spruce in half and placed it behind with some showing on top and bottom of the top label.  

I made this card for the challenge on The Paper Players:  

Tic Tac Toe Challenge 412

I will share some of the other cards that I have made with the Country Home bundle in a post soon.

Thanks for coming by and I hope you were inspired.

Cindy