At Stampin' Up! Headquarters

My mom and I took a trip to tour the SU! Headquarters and got to see where all of those boxes get filled!

Swaps are ready for Convention!

This is just a small portion of the swaps I'm taking with me to the Stampin' Up! Convention.  I'm so excited, I can barely stand it.  My mom is meeting me out there and we are going to have a girls' weekend without any kids at all!  This will be the first time I leave my 16 month old.  She's in good hands with her daddy, but I will miss her terribly!

The swap card you see here uses a few things from the new annual catalog.  I used the So Sorry stamp set (which I love) for the sentiment.  The flower comes from the Mixed Blossom stamp set.  You can't really see it in the picture, but there's a pearl in the center of every flower.  I used the Fancy Fan Embossing Folder and the scallop punch.  CAS!!! Looking forward to Convention.  I'll try to update as much as possible!

Mojo 250--It's Halloween Time

Well, for today's Mojo Monday challenge, I decided to use a few new items from SU that will be available August 1st.  The DSP seen here is called Howlstooth and Scaringbone.  How cute is that?  The two different patterns you see here are front and back of the same piece of paper.  I stamped the little girl from Greeting Card Kids and punched her out with my 2 1/2 in circle punch and layered her on a 2 3/4 piece cut with my Circle Scissors Plus.  The "BOO" sentiment is from Tiny Tags.  It's punched on a 1 in circle and then layered on a NEW PUNCH (1 1/4 scallop)  SO excited about that one.  Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy your day!

Mojo Monday 249 (a little late)

I just LOVE Christmas cards with unconventional Christmas colors.  Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the traditional red and green, but sometimes I like these more!  This is my take on this week's Mojo Monday challenge.  Yes, I know it's not Monday, but what can I say.  For this? I used the new Evergreen stamp set (available Aug.1).  I stamped the back stamp on very vanilla 2 X 3 1/2 in crumb cake and the top on vellum in soft suede.  I used the Tasteful Trim die for the scallop piece in the middle and daubed it in crumb cake.  The sentiment comes from the new Greetings of the Season stamp set (available Aug.1)  I finished off the card with some very vanilla ribbon and a few pearls.  Voila!  Clean and simple, yet elegant!  Thanks for stopping by!

Reason to Smile plus a World Treasure

This is a card I created for my stamp club using the Reason to Smile stamp set from July's promotion.  You can get this stamp set for only $5 when you purchase $50 worth of SU! products.  It's a two-step stamp set that is very versatile.  

I used several other new elements on this card.  I used two framelets dies and the new punch pack.  I daubed everything in crumb cake except the raspberry ripple scallop square.  I used the new raspberry ripple ribbon as well.  The sentiment is from the World Treasure stamp set (you know, the one with the peacock).  I LOVE that set.  I hope you enjoy!  Thanks for stopping by!

Mojo Monday and CASE

This is a card I created for my last stamp camp and it just so happens to fit this week's MOJO challenge.  I was originally inspired by a card on Mary Fish's blog that's been removed.  Glad I CASE'd is before she took it off.  She used different DSP, but the idea was the same.

I love this set.  It's a hostess set that is so versatile.  I just love that it goes withe Keep Calm fad!  This card features new DSP and 3 of the new in colors!  Enjoy!

A Betsy's Blossoms take on a CASE

Well, I've been out of commission for quite some time, but I'm out of school for the summer, so hopefully I can post more often.  The end of the year is the hardest time for teachers and students and there just wasn't enough time to do what I really wanted to do.

Okay, onto the card.  I have to admit, this card was inspired by/CASEd by this card here.  I used this at my stamp camp last week and everyone loved it.  This card features the new Betsy's Blossoms stamp set which I simply LOVE.  It also features new DSP that combines lucky limeade, rich razzleberry, and daffodil delight!  No new in colors here!  The outline around the DSP is done haphazardly with a rich razzleberry marker.  I really like the effect it adds to the card.  Sort of a faux stitching!

Here's a close up on the bird.  I stamped it in early espresso and rich razzleberry.  Then I cut out the wings of the latter and adhered the big one with a dimensional.  I think it really ties it in nicely!  Let me know what you think!