Occasional Quotes

Happy April to all of you! It is a beautiful spring day and I am ready to go for another great month with Stampin' Up. I just love there promotions and products.

The promotion for April is very special. You can earn or purchase a stamp set and designer series paper that won't officially come out until the new 2011-2012 catalog premiers on July 1st. This hasn't been done before so it is a real special promotion for all of us.

So you really need to see your demonstrator and book a workshop to earn the special for free or give her a $20 order and you can purchase the stamp set for $15.95 clear or $20.95 wood and the paper is just $9.95. What a deal!!





Card Recipe: Stamp Set: Occasional Quotes

Cardstock: Rose Red, Very Vanilla and Springtime Vintage DSP

Ink: River Rock

Accessories: Rose Red Seam Binding, Decorative Label Punch and Stampin' Dimensionals

I used a 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" card. The squares for the quilt are 1 1/2" square.

This was a fun card and since I am a quilter it was extra fun for me to do. Hope you enjoyed it and will try one of your own.

Thanks for stoppin in and hope to see you soon.
Hugs,
June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

Countryside

The rain is finally over and the beautiful sun is shining. Such a bright and beautiful day. I am looking forward to just enjoying it in anyway possible. Tonight we are playing scrabble at my neighbors house. That will be a great time, I'm sure.

It's almost time for another card class and I am still posting pictures from the last one. It seems the days fly by so fast. Anyway, here is another one from our Dec class. It just looks like what I remember from our past days in the country in Michigan. The good old days as my husband would say.

I love this stamp set and am looking forward to using it often. The old truck especially is so much like some we have had in the past.

Stamp set: Countryside and Occasional Quotes

Cardstock: Early Expresso, Woodland Walk DSP and Very Vanilla

Ink: Early Expresso

Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals

Wow! I can't believe that is all the accessories I used. Usually I have a huge list. We did some involved cards this month and so about 3 of them I tryed to make very simple. We still had a 4 hour class. Guess I will have to keep them on the simple side from now on. One card took them 1 hour to make. That's just too long.

Thanks for stoppin and hope to see you again real soon. My New Year's resolution is to post more often in 2011. We'll see if that happens. (lol)

Hugs,

June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in him, and he will act' Psalm 37:5

CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Today is a clean and simple day so here is my card for the Clean and Simple challenge #101. I started out with a 3 x 6 card and thought I would just make it up and down and open on the right side. Well lo and behold! when I finished it I found it could also be used like a regular card that opens from the bottom up. They are both so 'gor-ge-ous'. One sentiment (this one is from Occasional Quotes) cards are more versatile, I think.












My Basic card is made with Rich Razzleberry cardstock and layered with Regal Rose and Whisper White. The sentiment is in Rich Razzleberry ink. The flower is made with the Ex-Large Fancy Flower Punch, with the layers mixed from Rich Razzleberry to Regal Rose with the last one being Rich Razzleberry so I could use a Regal Rose brad in the center. I really love this color combination. It is so rich and professional looking, but so simple to make. I make my flowers up ahead and keep them in a drawer in a small plastic container I got at a local store with 5 drawers in it. That way if I need a quick card for a special friend, it doesn't take long to put it together.
This card especially is a quick make.


Thanks for stoppin in!

Have a Blessed Day!

June