Spring is near!

I love these delicate little flowers! This set is Sweet Stems. The colors I chose for this card are Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, and Almost Amethyst (which I haven't used in ages). After I stamped the flowers in Basic Black I colored them with chalks and then used markers for the small dots. I really like the soft look. I used the Swiss Dots embossing folder with my Big Shot for the Whisper White layer. I added Certainly Celery twill ribbon (fron Sale-a-Bration), a silver hodgepodge ribbon slide, a silver mini library clip and a pink rhinestone brad. The sentiment is from the set All Holidays. I used Mojo Monday 73 sketch for this one. A pretty little spring card!

Next up is a bright red butterfly! This is a really simple card that I made from Jen's SFYTT. The set is Garden Whimsy and I just stamped and cut and popped on dimensionals. I used Real Red, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, So Safron and Chocolate Chip. The only embellishing is piercing. Maybe too simple....

So I have been so looking forward to Survivor starting tonight.... and wouldn't you know it... I FORGOT!!! I didn't even set up my TIVO... Now I gotta watch it online, I am thankful for that option. How could I forget??? I mean, really....

And to all my friends and family, I did not make any Valentine's cards, not one. Such a shame really. So don't be looking in your mailbox. I still have a Christmas gift to finish up. Am I a procrastinator or what???

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! Go be creative!

Desiree

Trees and flowers

Here's a cute little card using Basic Grey paper as the background. I used Sweet Stems and one line from Many Happy Returns. For embellishments I used felt flowers, So Safron button, a Real Red brad and linen thread. Color palette includes So Safron, Old Olive, and Real Red. I pulled out a snippet of Soft Sky for a flower punch.

The sketch that I used is a Mojo Monday sketch. Check it out here. The designers create awesome cards.

So does it matter that the stamp is a flower and the background is full of trees? It's so dreary outside that I must have forgotten how to tell the two apart. heeheehee

Thanks for stopping by! Happy stamping!

Desiree

Rustic Rooster

I just had to have this set! It's Rustic Rooster and its a Level 2 Hostess set from Stampin' Up! Let me know if you want it and we can start planning your party!

I made this card for the dot-to-dot challenge on Papertrey. The cardstock colors are Creamy Caramel, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Coffetti White and Really Rust. The ink is So Safron, Chocolate hip and Jet Black Stazon. The markers I used are More Mustard, Really Rust, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Ruby Red and Old Olive. I also used a blender pen and linen thread. I cut out the rooster and popped him up on dimensionals. Cock-a-doodle-doo!

So I have to tell you about Sale-a-Bration.... for each $50 you purchase in SU product, you may select an item for free out of the Sale-a-Bration catalog. Really cute stuff in there!!! Hostesses get a bonus as well as new demonstrators. Email me for info!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Desiree

Big Blue Butterfly!

I created this card for a color challenge on Nichole Heady's blog. I used Stampin' Up! colors rather then PaperTrey colors. Here they are: Real Red, Old Olive, So Safron and Soft Sky (with Baja Breeze ink for the sentiment).

I used a new Sizzix for SU butterfly die cut. It's cool! For the background I embossed a piece of watercolor paper with a Cuttlebug embossing folder in my Big Shot. Then I watercolored the flowers with the colors I mentioned above. After that I used my SU spritzer to add a little Close to Cocoa and Sahara Sand.

This card looks fresh and springy! I like it. So really, are there blue butterflies??? I have no idea...

and a partridge in a pear tree....

Well, not exactly a partridge... maybe it's a bluebird? Anyway I made these cute little notepad booklets for my guests at last week's open house. I think they turned out so cute!!! I love this set - Cheep Talk - I was so ithing to ink it up especially after a couple of weeks of Always.

So I had to pull out Kiwi Kiss, So Safron and Confetti White paper. I stamped the branches in Kiwi Kiss and the bird in Pacific Point. I used a marker on his beak and legs (Summer Sun and Chocolate Chip). The pear is from teh So Tweet On Board Chipboard. The leaves are Kiwi, stem is Chocolate Chip and for the pear I colored it with Summer Sun first and then rolled the edges in Kiwi Kiss. Then I embossed it with clear to give it a nice little shine.

The ribbon is available through the Sale-a-Bration promotion going on right now (for each $50 purchase you can select an item from the Sale-a-Bration catalog for FREE). I added a cute paperclip too. It has a chocolate chip flower underneath and a felt flower with brad on top.

The next photo is the inside. I found these short mechanical pencils that worked perfectly. I used the ribbon as a holder. Opposite the paper pad is a littl pocket for notes or whatever. I decorated that with a strip of Good Morning Sunshine designer series paper.

I am making more of these to sell at Mugs, the coffee shop I work at on Saturdays. Maybe I'll bring a few to my day job too. It's a cute little gifty thing.

Have a great day! Happy stamping!

~Desiree