Thank Goodness for Facebook!

What would we do without Facebook? What did we do BEFORE Facebook? Obviously, it hasn't been around forever, but it sure seems like it has been. I can't remember a time before Facebook and yet, I know there WAS one.

Today's card features a fun new photopolymer set called "Age Awareness". It features such sentiments as Happy Age Awareness Day and You look better at this age than I thought you would. My favourite though, is the one I used on today's card:

Don't you just LOVE collage stamps? We created this card at a recent class and had so much fun! My favourite part? No stress!! You simply CAN'T do this wrong!

I started off with Smokey Slate and added Daffodil Delight and finally some Soft Sky. I added the "birthday" part of the sentiment first and then, because it's a photopolymer stamp set and you can see right through it, I was able to line up the Soft Sky part of the sentiment with no problems at all!

And inside:

Seriously! How many times has a birthday slipped your mind and then Facebook reminds you? PHEW! Crisis averted! You can wish your friend (or sometimes family member - OOPS!) a happy birthday on Facebook and then put a belated card in the mail. I've done it and I know you've done it too! LOL!

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the divas have been up to here.


What do you think?

STAMPS: Age Awareness, Gorgeous Grunge
INK: Smokey Slate, Soft Sky, Daffodil Delight
PAPERS: Whisper White, Soft Sky and Daffodil Delight Cardstock
ACCESSORIES: I'm shocked! Not a single accessory!

Happy Stampin'!

Because I said SO!

If you have children, you probably say it more often than you think. :)

Today's card is a just because card, because really...you shouldn't need a REASON to send a card, right? You're a stamper, just send it!

I started off with a square (5x5) Blackberry Bliss base and added a layer of Park Lane Designer Series Paper. I just love that paper! It's big and bold but not totally in your face. Does that even make sense?

Next piece up is Whisper White stamped with Gorgeous Grunge in Hello Honey Ink. I love that stamp set! You can use if for ANYTHING!

I then added layers of Moonlight DSP and Blackberry Bliss Cardstock. The sentiment was stamped using Blackberry Bliss Ink with the aid of my Stamp-a-majig to get it in JUST the right place.

I added flowers using matching cardstock/DSP and the punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.

The flowers were added to the inside too (along with some sponging and doodling):

You can check out what the rest of the crew has been up to HERE.

What do you think?

STAMPS: A Dozen Thoughts, Gorgeous Grunge

INK: Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey

PAPERS: Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey Cardstock; Park Lane and Moonlight DSP

ACCESSORIES: Stamp-a-majig, Punches, Sponges, Markers, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

Give me just a little more time...

We could all use a little extra time in our lives, so when I saw the colours for this week (Real Red, Pumpkin Pie and Pacific Point), I knew that I would have to "cheat" a little bit and use a card that I created back in May for my "man" class.

Sometimes, you just have to do what you have to do.

Here's my card:

For this "version", I started off with the card face (I had a pile of these ready to add to full cards) and stamped using Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Pacific Point. I added the Ticket Punch pieces (this paper is retired now) and the ticket image from That's the Ticket. The card face for this week's colour combo was added to a Real Red base, but I also made some other cards creating a whole BUNCH of them!

The inside of each of the cards has a coordinating coloured cake:

You can check out what the rest of the Divas have been up to here.


What do you think?

STAMPS: That's the Ticket, Gorgeous Grunge
PAPERS: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point and Real Red Cardstock
INK: Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point
ACCESSORIES: Big Shot, Dies, Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

Retro Coffee for the Divas

When I checked out the colours for the Utah Divas Colour Challenge, I have to admit, I thought the addition of Marina Mist to an otherwise "bright" colour palette was a little odd. I usually stick with one colour family when designing cards, but I had to make it work!

To that end, I used the Retro Sketch (with a little liberty) and got to work:

I created my own Pacific Point "Designer Series Paper", because (can you believe it?) other than the paper stacks, there isn't a single DSP that has Pacific Point in it! I used the Gorgeous Grunge Set to create the DSP. Pretty cool, eh?

The coffee cup was stamped in Early Espresso and I added a Marina Mist "sleeve" to it. And of course, I used a LOT of Stampin' Dimensionals.


What do you think?

STAMPS: Gorgeous Grunge, Perfect Blend
INK: Pacific Point, Early Espresso, Marina Mist
PAPERS: Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight and Pacific Point Cardstock; Quatrefancy and In Colours DSP.
ACCESSORIES: Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!