Play Date

Play Date takes on a whole new meaning in the Stampin’ Up! world. Play Date is filled with bright, fun, and exciting papers. It’s in my top 5 favorite Designer Series Papers from the new Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog. It’s great for those summertime birthday cards or scrapbook pages. Do you have some beach or poolside pictures to scrap? Play Date will make those pictures pop with the vibrant red, turquoise, and yellow colors.

I played over at PPA in their color challenge this week. This card is even brighter in person. It’s a great summer color combination.

The Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini is coming out September 1st. My pre-order should arrive today. I’ll try to squeeze in a sneak peek next week of some of the upcoming products. You’re going to love it all!

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Have a wonderful weekend and happy stamping!

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Recipe – All Supplies from Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: FYI (#114365)
Ink: Tempting Turquoise
Designer Series Paper: Play Date (#117168)
Card Stock: Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise
Tools: Word Window Punch (#119857), Floral Fusion Sizzlits Die (#115969)
Accessories: Melon Mambo Ribbon, Brights Brads

Customized Buttons

I am just crazy about the new Stampin' Up! Bitty Buttons available in the Summer Mini Catalog. They come clear so you can customize them any way you want. Along with being cute, they are inexpensive too. You get 64 for under $5. The Punch Pack coordinates with these button sizes. All you need to do is layer the punched image behind the clear Bitty Buttons for your own custom embellishment. I used solid color card stock to match the patterned paper.

The card pictured above was inspired by the Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge (PPA44) today. I enjoy sketch challenges once in awhile. It's amazing to see all the different creations people come up with using a single sketch.

Enjoy your day and happy stamping!

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Recipe (all supplies from Stampin' Up!):

Stamps: FYI (#114365)

Ink: Certainly Celery

Designer Series Paper: Tea Party (#113992)

Card Stock: Almost Amethyst, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron

Accessories: Bitty Buttons (#118761), Mini Library Clips (#109857)

Tools: Punch Pack (#118309), Scallop Trim Punch (available in 2010-11 upcoming catalog)

Razzle

Ever go through your stamp collection and realize you forgot about a set you had? That was the case with my Stampin' Up! Razzle Dazzle set. I keep my stamps in drawers & this one was tucked away in the back. It was like finding a treasure!

I only colored a portion of the flower stamp with my Stampin' Up! markers. The Stampin' Up! markers really come in handy when you want to stamp in multiple colors at the same time. Razzle Dazzle coordinates perfectly with the Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper. Another little treasure.

The new Stampin' Up! Summer Mini is due out in a couple weeks and it's HOT! Wait until you see all the new goodies. I can't wait to share them with you. Stay tuned!

Enjoy your day & happy stamping!

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Recipe (all supplies from Stampin' Up):
Stamps: Razzle Dazzle (#116714), FYI (#114365)
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo
Card Stock: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Designer Series Paper: Razzleberry Lemonade (#115675)
Accessories: Yellow Brad, uni-ball Signo Gel Pen - White
Tools: Large Oval Punch

FYI . . .

Create a card using your Stampin' Up! Bigz Dies! I used the Stampin' Up! Scallop Square Bigz Die to create this card. All you need to do is cut out two scallop squares. Score 1/2" on one edge of one square. Fold it inwards and attach it to the other scallop square. See the indentation on my card pictured above. E-mail me if you have any questions.

You could also make cards out of the Stampin' Up! Top Note and Scallop Circle die. Give it a try this week and let me know how you do!

Not many of you could resist the Extra Large Two-Step Bird punch in the current Stampin' Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. Who could blame you? I gave my bird a little Bella Bleu wing to match the pattern on his birdhouse.

Have a great day & happy stamping!

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Recipe (all supplies from Stampin' Up!):

Stamps: FYI (#114365)

Ink: Not Quite Navy

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Not Quite Navy, Garden Green, Kraft

Designer Series Paper: Bella Bleu (#113974)

Tools: Scallop Square Bigz Die (#115950), Extra Large Two-Step Bird (#117191), Scallop Edge (#112091), 1"Circle (#109046)

Picking Blueberries

I took my little guy with me this past Saturday to pick blueberries for the first time. We had fun! He was so into it and picked out really good ones. See how intent he looks in the picture? This was serious work to him. We ate so many of them, I think the blueberries seeped into my creativity this week. I had purples and blue on my mind.

It's just a simple card today, but hopefully you'll find it pretty. I used Stampin' Up! Eggplant Envy, Lavender Lace, and Brilliant Blue for the color combination. 1) Take a 5.5x4.25 Brilliant Blue card. Attach a 5x3.75 piece of Eggplant Envy, centered on the card front.

2) A 4.75x3.5 piece of Whisper White card stock will be stamped in the bottom left corner with the leafy branch from the Stampin Up Great Friend set. I used both Eggplant Envy & Lavender Lace ink to stamp with, and slightly overlapped my images.

3) The butterfly (from Great Friend stamp set), stamped in Brilliant Blue ink, will be stamped on a 2 inch square piece of Whisper White card stock and matted on Lavender Lace and Eggplant Envy with just a slight border showing of each color.

4) I embellished the butterfly by adding a floral body of Boho Blossoms in Lavender Lace and Eggplant Envy. A clear Dew Drop right in the center finished him off. I also added little white dots around the Lavender Lace flower with a white pen.

You can add just about any sentiment to this card. I used the "i miss you" from the new Stampin' Up! set FYI.

Blueberry season is until the end of August. I think we'll be making another trip and freeze some for the winter. I need to go scrapbook our outing to the blueberry farm! My purples and blue paper may be getting low.

Enjoy your day! Thank you for stopping by!

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Recipe (all supplies from Stampin' Up! unless noted otherwise):

Stamps: Great Friend (#113792), FYI (#114365)

Ink & Card Stock: Eggplant Envy, Lavender Lace, Brilliant Blue, Whisper White

Accessories: Dew Drops

Tools: Boho Blossoms Punch (#110711)