A Little Piece of Art Stampers

More Smooches..

How cute is the Smooches purse?  :)  It is a new die with the coordinating carstock and Tangerine Tango!

What I love about these stamps are that they are small, sweet and make for QUICK cards!

LOVE this one!!  Uses the Framelets Label die, Blossom Punch (I think I was calling it the bouquet punch in previous posts...whoops!), Triple Bouquet punch (40% off on the discontinued list).  Fabric Brad (from the special last month).

I copied this one off something I had found on our Stampin Connection Demonstrator gallery...

Wanna know how this one came together?  The Blossom Punch and 3 Modern Label punches (in Red) make for a layered flower!!!  A boho flower in the center with a fabric brad....adorable?!?  Yup!

Super cute (If I can just say) and super quick...1" square punch with the postage punch.  A little bling and then a greeting I made as a custom Personalized stamp...

This is the absolute favorite card I've made with this set....Uses the Tasteful Trim die, Friendly Phrases greeting set, and finally the Boho Flower, Punch pack, and Bird Punches! (the bird has the leaves as part of it)...in case you were thinking there were no birds on this card, you'd be right! :)

Come on down to my garage sale if you live in town...till 6 tonite and 9-1 tomorrow!

Summer Smooches Stencil

Last month we could order the stencil that coordinated with the Summer Smooches Suite, and I just loved it!!  Here, as promised to my local gals, are some, if I must admit FABULOUS cards that I came up with...did you miss the stencil?  No worries, I ordered a couple extra by accident...drop me a line!  All of these took about an hour to make, total!  When you get on a roll, they come fast!

I used Olive Satin (being discontinued) ribbon, You're a Gem (also being discontinued) for the greeting.  COlors are Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, and Naturals Ivory.  Little Island Twine on a Brights Button withe the Bouquet Punch

Just the stencil, Lucky Limeade ink/cardstock, Naturals Ivory cs, some crochet ribbon, and the greeting is from, It's Your Birthday (being discontinued and possibly the best bday set we've ever had!!)

More of the same as the last one...I punched the punch once, crumpled it up, ran my bone folder over it a bunch of times till the layers started to pull apart, and then mounted them together.  Also used the 1' circle, and the triple bouquet punch (being discontinued and 40% off) with the set, You're a Gem (again, being discontinued)

More of the same...colors include Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, and Daffodil Delight.  I used the Label Framelets, too.

Here I sponged with verasmark, then spritzed with Vanilla Shimmer Smootch.  Greeting is from Delightful Dozen.  Used the Designer Label punch, some Daffodil Seam Binding, and finally, the Dotted Scallop Ribbon border punch at the very bottom...it really adds a lot despite that you can't really see it!

Hope you liked 'em!

It all started with this...

I saw this card on the demonstrator gallery, Stampin Connection, that Stampin Up has for us, and I just LOVED it.  It is Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, and Poppy Parade.  We made this at my Diva Downline Retreat, and I was thrilled with how it came out.  I used the Manhattan Flower, Vintage Wallpaper, Elegant Bouquet Embossing folders, The Lace Ribbon Border Punch (on the discontinued list...can you believe that?  good news though:  it is 40% off)  the jewelry tag punch, scallop circle punch.  I used some coral twine, and a neutral button.

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Thanks for posting, Mary...I often wonder if people look at my blog?! Are you still stamping??? I miss you so much!! You should just come to Salt Lake and hang with us!!!

It all started with this...

I saw this card on the demonstrator gallery, Stampin Connection, that Stampin Up has for us, and I just LOVED it.  It is Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, and Poppy Parade.  We made this at my Diva Downline Retreat, and I was thrilled with how it came out.  I used the Manhattan Flower, Vintage Wallpaper, Elegant Bouquet Embossing folders, The Lace Ribbon Border Punch (on the discontinued list...can you believe that?  good news though:  it is 40% off)  the jewelry tag punch, scallop circle punch.  I used some coral twine, and a neutral button.

That lead to these cards:

First I pulled out a 1/4" sheet of Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, and Poppy Parade and ran it through my Tasteful Trim die (A MUST HAVE)...

I started with a black card and white layer then went to town...

This card uses the Bouquet Punch, Boho Blossom punch and the Blossom Bouquet Triple layer punch (also being discontinued...What???  But you can get it for 40% off, too!)  Greeting is from Word Play in Black StazOn.

This one uses a greeting from the hostess set, Happiest Birthday Wishes, the Triple Blossom Boquet punch, and a neutral brad with some coral baker's twine.  The flowers are from the Fun Flowers Die.

This card uses more of the same...with the Friendly Phrases stamp set, and calypso coral ruffle ribbon.  Sorry it is on its side...

This card uses the greeting from Field Flowers (LOVE IT)

After all those...I was really on a roll...so I used all the left over flower rings from the Blossom Bouquet Triple layer punch:

These cards use the "Pressed Flowers" technique where you glue punches to a background and run them through the square lattice embossing folder...CUTE!!  I used the 3/4" circle punch and the boho flower punch.

Here is another...uses the punch pack, too!  LOVE 'em! 

SO after I made all these cards, my friend Deb was there and she made a bunch of her own cards using the tasteful trim die and the color combo:  Pool Party, Concord Crush and Island Indigo...it was way cool!!  Give it a try and let me know what you come up with!!  Need the die?  I know where you can get one!  Drop me a line if you need to order it!

 

More from the discontinued list...

Here are some more things that are being discontinued...boo hoo!

The Triple Treat flower is one of my favorites (and the fact that it is a single stamp is awesome, too!! )  It is on the discontinued list along with the 5-point flower punch (the pool party portion of this card)  Colors are Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla.  The Flower Fancy, 1/2" circle and Modern Label punches were also used.  The Polka dot and Stripes Embossing folders along with the 3" and scallop circle #2 dies were also used.

This card uses the set, Growing Green with the greeting from Word Play and I just love this set, too!

Colors are Marina Mist and Sahara Sand with Very Vanilla.

Here is another beautiful card from the set Growing Green...So pretty!  Colors are Old Olive, Naturals Ivory, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso

Be sure to contact me if you need anything from the discontinued list!!

On the Discontinued List...

I have a love/hate relationship with our annual discontinued lists...they are sad because there is always something I just can't image not stamping with all the time.  But, as they always say, out with the old in with the new...I know they will be making room for a catalog filled with fabulous new sets!

Here are a few of the things I just know are awesome and you won't want to live without:

Flower Fest...this set was one I wasn't even going to get when it first a came out, but I just fell in love with it after I saw some more samples (does that ever happen to you?)

Top one uses Melon Mambo, Poppy Parade, Calypso Coral and Lucky Limeade with Friendly Phrases

Bottom one uses Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade and Tangerine Tango with Pursuit of Happiness

The Triple Treat Flower is one of my FAVORITE stamps!!  I love this one!  This is a swap I recieved and it uses the stamp with the Sale-a-bration Printed papers, the Flower Fancy Punch, 5-petal flower punch (on the discontinued list) and the 1/2" circle punch.  The greeting is from ????I can't figure it out?! Help?

The ribbon is the wide striped ribbon in Espresso (all of those wide striped ribbons are going away adn I am super sad!

Bonus Weekend Post

I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend!  I guarantee that I am not slaving away at my computer, but rather I hope I am on the River in my boat up at the cabin...I love that I can schedule posts! 

NO, NO...i am slaving away at my computer bringing you more fabulous cards....

:)

I'm on the boat...but I'll be thinking of you enjoying this post...make sure to tell me you liked it...

This pretty set is going away on the discontinued list and I'm bummed....sometimes I just can't get to everything I want to...this is one.  I love the set but had not pulled it out lately.  I copied this card from one I saw on Stampin Connection ( our online gallery for Demonstrators only).  Changed a couple of things...

Every Moment stamp set

Perfect Plum, Basic Gray, Baja Breeze (who knew those colors were so awesome)

Tulip Frame Embossing Folder

Vintage Brads

Gray Taffeta Ribbon

Aquapainters and Watercolor paper

TGIF

I've had a great week of posts and I hope you've enjoyed them...here is the next!

I had pulled out this set for another card I posted earlier this week and just loved this card (saw it somewhere)...I altered a few things and here is what I acame up with

Just Believe Stamp set

Daffodil Delight and Basic Gray

Boho Flower and Punch Pack (notice how much I've been using them..they are always out and at the ready)

Daffodil ribbon and Summer Smootches Printed paper from last month's preview.  Hello is from teh Sale-a-bration set, Elementary Elegance (still have that one out!)

More of what I started yesterday

I mentioned I made a bunch of cards based on this one...here are some more...

Copy of a swap I saw at regionals....it started the color combo...uses Best of Everything Set (We were given this on the Cruise last year, I had not even used it yet!)

Then I made this one...Again, same concept as yesterday's post...simple and cute!  Love the words!

Loved the set, so I kept going with this one (based on a card I saw on Stampin Connection (the Demonstrator gallery of samples that we share with one another).

LOVE IT!!