French Flair Embossed

My cameras battery was dead so I couldn't take any pictures of my new Hanna release last night. I have the battery charging so I will have pictures for you tomorrow.

In the meantime, check out the Hanna Stamps Design Team gallery at SCS. Also, there will be a release party at 9 pm EST on Thursday, April 3rd at the Hanna Stamps SCS Forum for the release of the 2 new sets at midnight est. I will be hosting a color challenge so make sure to stop by.

This card was for stamp club - all SU but I cheated and used a Bazzill blossom flower as I didn't want to use the pretties kit for club as I want to hoard it for myself.

Supplies (all SU except Bazzill blossom)
Stamps: French Flair backgroun, Party Punch (retired)
Paper: groovy guava, certainly celery, glossy
Ink: versamark, so saffron, groovy guava (sponged on)
Accessories: white embossing powder, bazzill blossom, circle rhinestone, designer punch, groovy guava ribbon, brayer

Whisper Soft Grey Flowers

I made this card for Stamp Club this past week. I tried to keep the card simple layers as I taught the girls - two step stamping with the stamp-ma-jig. I was dying to do more layers but I didn't - I think I might give this card a make over and not limit myself to SU ONLY so that I can embellish it - the poor card is screaming for some flowers and brads. The color combo was from this weeks color challenge on SCS - CC159 using soft sky, basic grey and whisper white. The flower was embossed with clear glassy glaze twice and then put in the freezer for 15 minutes and cracked for the cracked glass look. I really like this technique for flowers and looks great with this color combo. My sample was left in the freezer for probably over an hour so I got a fantastic cracking on it.

Hanna Stamps sneak peeks for 2 new Hanna stamps start tomorrow - I have some Hanna cards as well as some cards made with new Riley's to show you.

Supplies (all Stampin' Up)
Stamps: Blossoms Abound
Paper: basic grey, whisper white
Patterned paper: soft sky prints
Ink: soft sky, blue bayou, basic grey, versamark
Accessories: basic grey tafetta ribbon, glazzy glaze embossing powder

Trio of Flowers

I made this card at Nancy's in the beginning of March as well with the Calgals. The sketch is from Beate's weekend sketch challenge - WSC 37.



I have today off as well then back to work tomorrow. I have a long list of house duties to accomplish as well as prepare for stamp club tonight. I hate when I leave it to the last moment hopefully I feel inspired today!

Supplies
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing - SU
Paper: close to cocoa, pretty in pink, chocolate chip, regal rose, whisper white
Patterned paper: berry bliss
Ink: regal rose, pretty in pink
Accessories: Cloud 9 rain dots, pretty in pink brads

Merci for a great weekend

Ian and I made it back about 5 pm this afternoon from our Saskatchewan Easter adventure. We had a great trip and had 2 turkey dinners. One on Saturday at my Dad's and one on Sunday at my Mom's. We missed the snow that fell in Calgary last night as it was melted by the time we got home but, I did drive for an hour in white out conditions and lots of wind between Swift Current, SK and Walsh, AB. The biggest event of the day will cost me about $300 this week. A big truck spit up a rock (probably 1-2" in diameter) that hit my window that caused it to crack out in perfect circles for about 6-8 inches round. Glad it didn't come right through the window or we would have been stuck in Brooks.

I made this card at Nancy's at the beginning of March. It used the Sale-a-bration set Merci. I like it however, the pink paper in the back is actually a patterned pretty in pink from the Berry Bliss collection.

Supplies
Stamps: Merci - SU
Paper: purely pomegranate, pretty in pink, regal rose, whisper white
Patterned paper: Berry bliss
Ink: palette noir, purely pomegranate, SU markers
Accessories: petal pusher flowers, scrapbooking sally brads, pretty in pink tafetta ribbon, paper piercer
Coloring: SU markers to watercolor

Priceless meets Two Scoops

I made this card along with Butterfly Birthday when the Cal-gals (Allison, Tracy, Nancy and me) were stamping at Nancy's last Friday. I love this new paper by Basic Grey from the Two Scoops line.

Supplies
Stamps: Priceless - SU, Paper Tray - Papertrey Ink
Paper: regal rose, pretty in pink, whisper white SU
Patterned paper: Two Scoops - Basic Grey
Ink: Palette Noir, pretty in pink, regal rose, so saffron SU
Accessories: Basic Grey Two Scoops brads, SU pretty in pink tafetta ribbon, Mike's dollar bin mini jewels, oval punch

Happy Birthday Mom!

This was my Mom's real birthday card - it also included two tickets to Rent which is coming to Calgary at the end of May plus dinner out before the Broadway show. The catch was she had to take me and of course get to Calgary from Regina but that is never a problem. We love our mother-daughter weekends.

Supplies
Stamps: SU - Blossoms Abound
Paper: SU blue bayou, soft sky, natural white
Patterned Paper: Heidi Grace
Ink: SU blue bayou, soft sky
Accessories: Oval Nestabilities, Pearl brad - Creative Imaginasce, bashful blue tafetta ribbon

New SU set

I'll give you a break from my series of PaperTrey cards for today.

I finally had a chance to play with my new stamps this weekend. This is my first card using the new Stampin' Up set called 'Pick a Petal'. This set will be in the new catalogue and available on July 1. I love being a demo as I got to purchase this set early. This is my first attempt using this set and I can see I will need to play with a bit before I find that I love the cards I make with it. I distressed the edges of all the cardstock edges using my distressing tool. They eyelet is there as I was going to use one of the new rhinestone circle brads but it didn't look right so then I had a hole in my card so an eyelet was born.

Supplies (all Stampin' Up unless indicated)
Stamps: Pick a Petal, Warm Words
Cardstock: whisper white, purely pomegranate (new 2008 in color), so saffron, rose red designer paper from May promo (will be in new catty as 12x12 pack)
Ink: purely pomegranate, so saffron, Versafine black onyx
Accessories: rose red eyelet

Happy Mother's Day!

I know that a Mother's Day wish is a few days early but, my Mom flies in tonight so I won't be online much between now and Sunday evening.

We are going dress shopping for my Mom's 'Mother of the Bride' dress. This is also the first Mother's Day weekend we have spent together since I finished university. It will be a great weekend as a weekend with my Mom always is. Ian is heading north to Edmonton after work on Friday - I guess there is a little too much woman in this house for him this weekend plus he gets his new wheels on his Mini tomorrow and I think he wants to hang with his best friend, Chris as Chris will have a better appreciation for his new 'rubber' - little does he know - I appreciate new rubber just not the kind that goes on a car!

This first picture is my Mother's gift to my Mom. The tin has a set of all 8 Michael's second set of clear stamps and the block that goes with them. I happened to stumble into Michael's at the right time. I also got a set for myself but I only have 7 of them missing the 'girl' one. The baggie contains a whole lot of Bath and Body Works products that I got for my Mom while we were in Vegas. The 'r' is for Rita.



This second picture is Ian's Mom's gift. I am sure she has never got anything like this from Ian before. Here tin contains some loose English breakfast tea, the individual spoon container for the tea and a lotion from Bath and Body Works. I haven't sent this to her as we are going to Halifax on the red eye next Thursday night so on Friday morning (the 18th) we will be able to give her this gift. The 'd' is for Denise!


Supplies:
Stamps: Wild Rose stamp set by Stampin' Up, Home is by PSX
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Cranberry Crisp, Recollections - all by Stampin' Up
Ink: Cranberry Crisp, Mellow Moss - all by Stampin' Up, Black Versafine
Accessories: More Mustard chalk for rose centers by Stampin' Up, Mellow Moss and Ivory grosgrain, Cranberry Crisp stitched grosgrain all by Stampin' Up, Monograms 'r' and 'd' are undressed Monograms by Basic Grey, Mega scalloped circle by Marvy

Pink Paisley

I stamped this card about a month ago but then abandoned it as it needed something. Tonight in the wee hours of the morning, I have managed to salvage the card. The color combo of tempting turquoise, apricot appeal and pink passion came from the February demo challenge. The layout was also from there however I added an addition pink passion layer under the image to tie in the stamped area to the background. The stamp set is Polka Dot & Paisley from the Spring Mini.

It isn't a color combo I would ever pick. I had never used a sheet of pink passion or tempting turquoise. I can say that I would used some TT again especially now that I have a new found liking for Taken with Teal.

Teal Harmony

This isn't the best picture - I was in a hurry to take on my way to work the one day so that I could mail the cards out on Monday. I'm always in a hurry in the morning as I dislike mornings especially Mondays. I had to get the card into the mail to my Mom. I figured she need a little pick me up and what better than a homemade card by your daughter in the mail.

My color combo is the same as the card before taken with teal, cool caribbean and regal rose. I used the buckle for the hodgepodge hardware. The stamp set is Happy Harmony which was a SU! SAB set. The background was run through my cuttlebug using the script embossing folder. Rose ribbon and primas embellish the card.

More cards tomorrow. I have 4 cards from my stamp club that was at the end of February. Our theme for that club was heat embossing including embossing resist. My next stamp club is on March 22. I am going to do backgrounds with them this time.

I've taken the plunge

I NEED to get back into stamping, I have a room of supplies and I haven't made a thing in 2006 if you don't count my '06 xmas cards. I am going to clean up which means unpack my new stamp room tonight and then patiently await my Stampin Up supplies. Yup! I did it! I became a demo with the new mini starter kit. I figured I had a lot to buy for the wedding this year as I not only want to make my invites but also the favors so I might as well be the one to get the benefits.

I'm considering asking some friends that are new stampers and scrappers to start a monthly stamp club. I would need 8 as I make 9 - I'd teach them 2 new techinques or projects a month at my house for 9 months in the year providing the supplies for these 2 things however, the catch is that they would spend $25 on SU stuff before S&H + tax each time we meet then they each also would be a 'guest hostess' for the demo and be able to get the $20 free credit and choose a level 1 set. 9 x $25 = $225 - 8 needed as I'd be the 9th.

So, if you are reading this and want to be part of my stamp club - please email me.