Taking a page from the book of Becky

If you know Becky Roberts, you know she makes the most AMAZING note cards! Such attention to detail! I have loved every single one I've seen on her blog.

As you may have heard *giggle* I hosted my first EVER Stampin' Extravaganza on June 23rd. By all accounts, it was a SMASHING success and I can't wait to do it all again on October 21st! It'll be Stampin' Extravaganza - Christmas Edition!

Anyway, I wanted to send off little notes of thanks to all those who attended and helped me make it such a success! So, I designed these:

Yes, they're all blank. Why are they blank? No mass produced notes here! Everyone got a PERSONALIZED hand written message!

I started off with a piece of Whisper White Cardstock, on which I stamped the small flower trio from Betsy's Blossoms in Raspberry Ripple. Then I tied a length of Gumball Green 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon around the Whisper White layer and adhered it to the Raspberry Ripple layer. I then stamped the sentiment from "A Word for You" in Gumball Green at the bottom of the card.

Before sending them off, I wrote a note on each one!

And did you see THIS? I got me a shout out at Dynamic Duos for this card! WOOT!

What do you think?

STAMPS: Betsy's Blossom, A Word for You
INK: Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green
PAPERS: Whisper White and Raspberry Ripple Cardstock
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon

Happy Stampin'!

A little Dynamic Retro!

Soooo...I was looking at the Dynamic Duos colours for this week and thinking that I need to get my butt in gear in designing the thank you cards for my bride. She, of course, doesn't seem to be any kind of rush, so I set that thought aside! I did use one of her colours (Pink Pirouette) and then added the Baja Breeze (instead of Certainly Celery).

I altered the sketch a teeny, tiny bit in moving the vertical strip a little more to the left. It just seemed to work better with my stamp set.

I really like the way it turned out...especially with that tiny image from Lovely Little Labels. The BEST part about that set is the MATCHING PUNCHES!

And of course, no card is complete unless the inside is done:

Matching layers, a little doodling and a stamped image. Voila!

What do you think?

STAMPS: Betsy's Blossoms, Lovely Little Labels
INK: Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze
PAPERS: Whisper White, Baja Breeze and Pink Pirouette Cardstock; Pink Pirouette and Baja Breeze DSP
ACCESSORIES: Punches, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

Mary Brown CASE get a Dynamic Makeover

I've had this AWESOME card by Mary Brown sitting in my inbox for about a month now and this weeks Dynamic Duo colours seemed like the PERFECT time to CASE the card.

Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive are such a fantastic BOLD and BRIGHT colour combination. I'll probably be using them a few more times this week. *grin*

Since this card is a CASE, I started off with the same colour card base as Mary did, Whisper White. I ran the base through the Big Shot using the Tulip Frame Embossing Folder and then added the second layer of Whisper White which was adhered to the card base using Stampin' Dimensionals.

And you KNOW I had to fussy cut all the bits and pieces that I added to the card, right?? Although...the leaves/bird are not all THAT fussy compared to the little balloon tails on this card from last week.

The finishing touch was the Rich Razzleberry flowers punched using the four petal flower from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack adorned with Basic Rhinestones.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Betsy's Blossoms, Petite Pairs
INK: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive
PAPERS: Whisper White Cardstock
ACCESSORIES: Punches, Stampin' Dimensionals, Basic Rhinestones

Happy Stampin'!

AWESOME, thy name is Island Indigo

...especially when paired with Baja Breeze. Oh my! I think I may just have a new favourite colour combo!

Truly! Now, Island Indigo and Pool Party are pretty awesome together, but Island Indigo and Baja Breeze are just more...well...MORE.

I had Island Indigo out because I was creating my card for the Stampin' Queens sketch on Wednesday (you'll have to come back to see that one) and I was struck with the idea of featuring a different stamp set each week. Well, my stamp set for Wednesday is The Open Sea and I drew a complete blank as to what else I could do with it. Subconsciously, it was probably the idea of using ONE stamp set for a WHOLE week that freaked me out - LOL!

Then, as I sat there staring at my Island Indigo cardstock, I thought, "HEY! Why not feature a new COLOUR each week!" With fifty colours, I could cover almost a whole year - YES! What do you think of that idea?

So...this week, since I was already creating with Island Indigo, I decided to go with that. Wednesday's card is also my Dynamic Duo card for the week, so it features Real Red as well. I wanted something different, so I pulled out my colour coach. Lo and behold, there it was! Island Indigo, Baja Breeze and Rich Razzleberry! LOVE!

See? You love it too, right? You get subtle with a bit of POP!

When I saw the Mojo Monday sketch, Betsy's Blossoms was the first thing to come to mind and I think it was a pretty good choice!

I just love the finished card! I'm planning on sending it to a dear friend and I do hope she likes it! I won't spoil the surprise by saying who, because I know she reads my blog on a regular basis. She needs a little pick me up and I think this will be just the ticket!

Here's a little close up of the tag:

Must run! Things to do, places to go, people to see and all that. Oh...and laundry, there's ALWAYS laundry!!! *sigh*

What do you think?

STAMPS: Betsy's Blossoms, Tiny Tags
INK: Island Indigo, Baja Breeze, Rich Razzleberry
PAPERS: Whisper White and Island Indigo Cardstock
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, Bitty Button, Punch, Baker's Twine, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

Betsy's Blossoms for the Stampin' Queens...

...and Dynamic Duos for REAL this time - LOL!

If you saw this post from Saturday, you'll know I completely messed up the colours for this week's Dynamic Duos challenge. Sometimes, I just TOTALLY get ahead of myself, go in with guns blazing and the result is...well...less than stellar - HA!!!

Of course, I really liked the card I made on Saturday, but since it didn't meet the challenge colours, I did a do-over (colour wise, not design wise) and came up with the Stampin' Queens card for today.

Here's our Stampin' Queens sketch for this week:

Here's the Dynamic Duo colours as a reminder:

And here's my card:

I had a Daffodil Delight card base sitting out, so I decided to use that as my jumping off point. Then I added the black layer. I added the ribbon and then stamped my image on Whisper White using Daffodil Delight. I masked off the little bird and added the leaf/stem in Basic Black. I then added a Daffodil Delight mat and adhered the image panel to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Betsy's Blossoms is coming out in the new catalogue on June 1st and you're going to LOVE it! It's SUCH a cute set!

What do you think?

STAMPS: Betsy's Blossoms
INK: Daffodil Delight, Basic Black
PAPERS: Whisper White, Basic Black and Daffodil Delight
ACCESSORIES: Daffodil Delight Seam Binding, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!