In Good Taste Suite

Hello & Happy Tuesday!

Woke up this morning to a nice cool morning for a change! There is almost a Fall feel to it. I noticed one day last week that the Fall grass is starting in the backyard! Maybe that will mean an early Fall after the long hot summer. I have my fingers crossed!

Today would have been my Dad's 85th birthday. He passed away 3 months ago yesterday. He is on my mind daily. Sometimes it makes me smile and sometimes it makes me cry and even though I miss him, I know he's in a better place. 

Happy Birthday, Dad!

I have another card to share from Saturday's Stamp Day w/ Friends get together.

As i've said before, the girls love their masculine cards!

This one uses a new suite from the Annual Catalog called In Good Taste. 

It is on pages 122-124.

The In Good Taste Designer Series Paper or DSP is loaded full of awesome prints & patterns! 

It's a big package of paper, 12 X 12 sized with 24 sheets.

If you make lots of masculine cards, this paper is for you!

Stamps: Tasteful Touches, Itty Bitty Greetings

Ink: Night of Navy

Cardstock: Night of Navy, Very Vanilla, In Good Taste DSP

Accessories: Tasteful Labels Dies, Rectangle Postage Stamp Punch, Tasteful Textile 3D EF, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I used this suite to create their gift bags to take their cards home in.

I will share them later this week!

Hope you like this one!

So easy to put together!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have an amazing day!

~Wendy

With Sympathy Gatefold Card

Hello & Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a nice weekend!

Saturday into Sunday we finally got some nice rain! It also got cooler & less humid out which i'm thrilled about. I think we are in for a nice week ahead that I can turn off the ac and let the windows open! YAY!!!

Today I am sharing card #2 from my Stamp Day w Friends get together!

Take a look...

This is such a fun fold and very easy to create!

I've been trying to make more cards with fun folds for a change.

This card uses a variety of things which I will list below in the card details.

Card Details:

Stamps: Framed For You, Here's A Card (inside)

Ink: Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce, Bumble Bee

Cardstock: Shaded Spruce, Bumble Bee, Whisper White, Forever Greenry DSP

Accessories: Circle Layering Framelits, Wrapped in Texture EF, Bumble Bee Ribbon, Rhinestones, Glue Dot, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

The stamp set I used on this is called Framed for You. 

It is a million dollar achiever set created by Terri Gaines.

I love the sentiments included as well as the different images! 

It is also a Distinktive set.

The embossing folder I used on the larger circle layer is from the August-December catalog.

It comes from the Heartwarming Hugs Suite on pages 8-10.

Granted I had everything cut & embossed but this card came together very quickly!

All the girls had to do was the stamping and assembling!

This was my favorite card!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & enjoy your day!
~Wendy

Come Sail Away

 Hello & Happy Sunday!

Hope your weekend is going well!

I'm headed out to get a haircut this morning then grab some groceries. After that is anyone's guess! Yesterday was my Stamp Day w Friends get together. We had a great time!

Here is the 1st card we made...

The girls like their masculine cards!

I pulled out some retired Come Sail Away DSP that retired in May. It's such a great pack that has some awesome prints in. I also had borrowed Deb's Sailing Home stamp set a few months ago and stamped off a bunch of images and diecut them for when I would need them. Thanks, Deb!

I then pulled out my cello bag of stamped images and started to create my card.

Alot of elements were used and I added some texture on the embossed white circle panel.

I believe they loved this and the Mossy Meadow color!

Card Details:

Stamps: Sailing Home, Here's A Card (sentiment)

Ink: Mossy Meadow

Cardstock: Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Come Sail Away DSP (retired)

Accessories: Smooth Sailing Dies, Circle Layering Framelits, Coastal Weave EF (retired), Designer Elements (retired), Mini Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I enjoy designing and having these classes with my friends!

I have even been thinking about holding a small Coffee & A Card get together once the weather starts cooling down. I need to put some more thought into and see if I get any interest from friends! 

If any of my local friends would be interested please give me a shout!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & enjoy your day!

~Wendy

Zany Zebra's

Hello & Happy Saturday!

Today is my Stamp Day w Friends get together! I'm as ready as one can be! I made the girls a sweet treat to take home with them using the new Mini Paper Pumpkin Boxes! I also paired the boxes with the crazy zebra stamp set from the Annual Catalog called Zany Zebra's! Ever since I seen this new set in the catalog I have been thinking of pairing it with some Little Debbie Zebra Cakes! My gang loves the Little Debbie treats! 

This box I made for Miss Emily...

This box I made for Deb...

Aren't they adorable?

I made these boxes up a few weeks ago just to get a feel of the boxes and I can say these are so nice!

They have a food safe covering on the inside and the outside you can decorate as you please.

I can see these being decorated so beautifully for Christmas with homemade cookies inside or maybe packaged as a snowman soup! I may package them up with a few gifts this year! The idea's for these could be endless!

Project Details:

Stamps: Zany Zebra's

Ink: Magenta Madness, Misty Moonlight

Cardstock: Magenta Madness, Misty Monnlight, Basic Black, Whisper White, Magenta Madness & Misty Moonlight DSP

Accessories: Mini Paper Pumpkin Boxes, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Circle Layering Framelits, Tasteful Label Dies, Rhinestones, Magenta Madness & Misty Moonlight Ribbon, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I hope you enjoyed my little zebra boxes today!

They just make me smile!

Stay tuned tomorrow as I will start sharing the cards that we make today.

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & make it a great day!

~Wendy

Merry Christmas Pop Up Card

 Hello & Happy Friday!

Today I have a quick post to share then I need to get my table ready for tomorrow's Stamp Day w Friends get together! 

The card I am sharing is a Christmas card using an old fun fold that I have not made in years!

It's called a Free Standing Pop Up Card and I went to Splitcoaststampers to get the tutorial. 

Here is the link.  Free Standing Pop Up Card

This is the card I made in 2008.

These cards are really fun to make and they fold up to fit in a regular envelope!

Card Details:

Stamps: Poinsettia Petals, Tag Buffet

Ink: Misty Moonlight

Cardstock: Misty Moonlight, Whisper White, Real Red, Trimming the Town DSP

Accessories: Warm Wraps Dies, Stitched Rectangle Framelits, So Many Snowflake Dies, Misty Moonlight Ribbon, Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I have been thinking about making a card like this for weeks and finally accomplished it!

Hope you like!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!

~Wendy

Trick or Treat

 Hello & Happy Thursday, Everyone!

I'm off to a late start today, so sorry about that! I have been tired & feeling run down the last couple of days and yesterday it finally caught up to me. I went to bed early last night and slept in way too long this morning. Still feeling sluggish but I need to push forward.

I have 2 days until my next Stamp Day w Friends get together and all I have left to do is get my table ready. Not sure what I will have for snacks yet. I always try to have a sweet treat like cupcakes or cookies and a veggie tray. 

Today I have a cute little Halloween card to share! Nothing spooky about this one!

I told you it was cute!

This card uses multiple stamp sets which I will list below in the description.

I have always wanted a stamp that said October 31 and this year Stampin Up! delivered! YAY!

Card Details:

Stamps: Festive Post, Festive Corners, Banner Year

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape, Memento Black

Cardstock: Granny Apple Green, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Regals DSP, Brights DSP

Accessories: Tasteful Textile EF, Circle Layering Framelits, Rectangle Postage Stamp Punch, Rhinestones, Linen Thread, Glue Dot, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I love the colors of Halloween, just wish we had some patterned paper with these bright, fun colors all together!

Hope you like my card!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Poinsettia Petals

 Hello & Happy Wednesday! 

Hope your week is going well!

Today I have another poinsettia card to share made using the new Poinsettia Petals stamp set from the  August - December Mini Catalog. 

This is quickly becoming a favorite set of mine with the different variety & sizes of poinsettia's in it!

It also has some nice sentiments as well. The DSP & ribbon are also a part of the same suite.

The Poinsettia Place DSP is beautiful with a variety of prints & patterns in it! 

You cannot go wrong with this suite! So festive and perfect for that classic holiday card!

Card Details:

Stamps: Poinsettia Petals

Ink: Real Red, Old Olive

Cardstock: Thick Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Gold Foil Paper, Poinsettia Place DSP

Accessories: Poinsettia Dies, Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Real Red Sheer Ribbon, Gold Twine, Gold Gilded Gems, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I love that Stampin Up now gives us 1 item number to order the entire suite of products instead of having to enter each individual item number. 

They also give you each individual item number if your only interested in a certain product. 

They've come along way over the years!

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My thoughts today...

I'm hoping today we get some rain to cool things down!

It's been very tropical feeling here.

Thanks for stopping by & have a terrific day!

~Wendy

Wrapped In Christmas

 Hello & Happy Tuesday!

Phew, yesterday was a hot & humid day! We hit 95 degrees! Blah!!

I am headed to my stamp room today to work on my gift bags for this month's Stamp Day w Friends event that I have coming up. 

But first I have a set of Christmas cards to share that I whipped up last month. As I was scouring thru some non Stampin Up Christmas papers I found this sheet from Dare 2 Be Artzy. It's beautiful with all those pretty flowers on it. The backside has a Mossy Meadow gingham print on it and I really hated to cut into it! This is what I created with it...

I did not want to cover too much of it up so I went with a sentiment from the Wrapped In Christmas stamp set that is in the August-December 2020 Mini Catalog aka Holiday Catalog!

It's loaded with many awesome sentiments!

Anyways, you will see I used a piece of the pretty Mossy Meadow gingham print on my cards.

I punched the end of it with the Triple Banner Punch for the flagged end.

Lastly I added some Gold Gilded Gems & some retired Gold Cord. 

It wouldn't be a Christmas card without some pops of gold!

Card Details:

Stamps: Wrapped In Christmas

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Dare 2 Be Artzy Paper

Accessories: Triple Banner Punch, Gold Gilded Gems, Gold Cord (retired), Glue Dots, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

These turned out so nice!

I'm sure my card lady will love these especially since nothing is popped up and they will mail nicely!

I love that the paper does all the work!

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My thoughts today...

Snoopy has the right idea!

Thanks for stopping by & stay cool, everyone!

~Wendy

Jar of Flowers

Hello & Happy Monday, Everyone!

Hope you all had a nice weekend! It sure got hot & humid here again! Today we are expecting highs in the mid 90's with high humidity and it's my cleaning day. Blah! Some days I wish I still had that swimming pool! LOL

Today I have a set of cards to share that my card lady requested. She saw the one card I made with the Jar of Flowers stamp set and immediately asked if I could make her a set but with a Thinking of You sentiment. No problem!

I started out by pulling out my Flowers for Every Season DSP which BTW is so pretty!

It is double sided so that makes it even tougher to cover the one side! I cut my paper down to strips so I had enough to use for 5 cards which left me with a couple scraps left now. I layered them onto a panel of Whisper White cardstock then pulled out some Magenta Madness Ribbon and taped it to the  backside. Then I adhered it to my Magenta Madness card base.

I stamped my images with a mask using Memento Black ink so I could use my Stampin Blends to color it. Once that was done I stamped my sentiment on a small oval in Misty Moonlight and diecut a small Oval Layering scallop and layered under the sentiment oval. I adhered my card together, added my Magenta Madness bow with a glue dot and lastly added my In Color Enamel Dots. I love the pop of color from the flowers and the In Color Enamel Dots! Everything is glued flat for easy mailing!

Card Details:

Stamps: Jar of Flowers, Lots to Celebrate

Ink: Memento Black, Misty Moonlight, Stampin Blends

Cardstock: Magenta Madness, Whisper White, Misty Moonlight, Flowers for Every Season DSP

Accessories: Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Oval Layering Framelits, Magenta Madness Ribbon, In Color Enamel Dots, Glue Dots, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

My card lady was so thrilled when I walked in the door and handed her these cards!

She loves her cards and sends lots of them out daily!

I'm so thankful for her....she keeps me busy!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!
~Wendy

 

Press On

 Hello & Happy Saturday!

Yesterday was quite the stormy day here in PA! We did get a bike ride in first thing then ran some errands. By the time we got home the sky was very dark and it just left loose. Many area's around us had flooding. Hopefully our weather today will be much quieter!

Today I have the second card to share that I made with the new Press On stamp set. There are lots of things used on this one...

My coffee cup was paper pieced again using the Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP.  I colored the lid with a Dark Cajun Craze Stampin Blend. This was all done on a Stitched Shapes Framelit diecut. The sentiment comes from the same stamp set and was diecut with the Stitched Rectangle Framelits. I seem to be reaching for them alot lately!

Under my focal panel is a layer of punched out shapes using the Rectangle Postage Stamp Punch.  I punched 2 of the leaf DSP prints and 2 Mint Macaron prints with the Gold Foil in. These are layered on top of a piece of Mint Macaron that was run thru the Big Shot with the Tasteful Textile EF. I love the added texture it brings to my card! This card has lots of layers which I don't make as often anymore. I added a Mint Macaron bow with retired ribbon and some Champagne Rhinestones for some sparkle. 

Card Details:

Stamps: Press On

Ink: Early Espresso

Cardstock: Thick Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Mint Macaron, Very Vanilla, Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP

Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Circle Layering Framelits, Tasteful Textures EF, Rectangle Postage Stamp Punch, Mint Macaron Ribbon (retired), Champagne Rhinestones, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Such a fun stamp set and perfect for the Thank You cards that I needed!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have great day!
~Wendy