Bella & Friends encouragement card

My granddaughter absolutely loves dogs so when she saw Bella & Friends (141870) in the new 2016-2017 annual catalog by Stampin' Up!, it was on her must have list.  I love this stamp set, it's so cute and the says are so uplifting.  The card base is in Island Indigo (122923) cardstock.  The Designer Series Paper layer comes from the Blooms & Bliss DSP (141654) DSP pack.  I stamped the images in Momento tuxedo black ink ((132708) and then colored Bella and the parrot using the retired Stampin' Blendabilities markers, but you could use regular Stampin' Write markers.  The focal image is stamped on Whisper White cardstock.  I love how cute this card turned out.  I hope you agree.

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Moon Lake bird frame

This frame was created using the Moon Lake stamp set, inks and Blendabilities.  I love how this set makes such a frameable piece of artwork.  The background was sponged using soft sky, marina mist and wild wasabi inks.  The sentiment and bird were stamped in momento tuxedo black ink on whisper white cardstock and colored with Blendabilities.  This was very fun to make as an inexpensive, yet nice hostess thank you gift.

Just stylin' birthday wishes

i made this adorable card for my granddaughter's 10th birthday.  She loves ballet and this stamp is just perfect for her.  The stamp set is called Just Stylin and has been retired, unfortunately.  Other products used are wisteria wonder cardstock, Blendabilities in rich dazzle berry, flesh tones and crumb cake, Lovely Lace embossing folder brayered with blushing bride ink and blushing bride cardstock, tea lace paper doilies, dazzling details glitter, flower patch photopolymer stamp set.  The sentiment is from Bloom with Hope and is stamped in elegant eggplant on top of the swoosh from Work of Art (I love the versatility of this set!)  it's cut out using the label frame from the label card Framelits die.  My granddaughter loved it.

Happy Traveler Retirement card

This is another retirement card I created for my co-worker who is retiring at the end of the month.  This card uses the Traveler stamp set, mossy meadow cardstock, Moonlight DSP paper stack, and Stampin' Blendabilities markers which will all be available in the new catalog beginning June 2.  In addition I used one of my all-time favorite stamp sets, Lovely as a Tree for this card.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and is cut using the new Project Life cards and labels framelit dies.  Thanks for looking, I hope it inspires you to create something today.

Perfect blend retirement card

I made these retirement cards using some sneak peak items, current items and retired product.  I have three co-workers retirning at the end of the month.  It will be very hard to say goodbye.  I've worked with these gentelemen for the past 23 years.  I'm happy for them, but sad for those of us who will feel the void when they've moved on.  For these two cards, I used the perfect blend stamp set and teeny tiny wishes for the sentiment.  I also used the retired stamp set Like It a Latte (for the coffee beans).  Colors used are sahara sand, early espresso, lost lagoon and hello honey.  The DSP is from the Moonlight DSP paper stack (48 sheets 4 1/2" x 6 1/2".  I love these DSP paper stacks.  They come in handy for lots of things.  The DSP is cut with the Deco Label Framelit dies.  I colored the coffee cup using the new Stampin' Blendabilities markers.  I LOVE these new markers.  The colors blend together so easily.  I used the On Film Framelits to cut my photo frame, notice the embossing?  The framelit die does that at the same time as the cut.  I added a little burlap ribbon which I frayed apart to make the ribbon accent.  I hope you can find some time to stamp today.