Wedding Card for Ms. Gordon....I mean Mrs. Hart

Sara's teacher, Ms. Gordon, was married in March. Now she is Mrs. Hart and I can't ever remember to call her by her new name! Anyway, I made her a card to congratulate her and her husband on the wedding. I used a new stamp set that I got for free when I went to Leadership this January. Isn't it just beautiful??!!

Flight of the (sage) Butterfly

Here is a card I made for my stamp night last week. I pretty much copied it off of the Stampin Up website for demonstrators. But, I just love how clean and simple this was. My friends who come to make cards love to have cute, easy to make cards. And this is easy!

card recipe:

stamps: Inspired by Nature, Flight of the Butterfly

paper: sage shadow, so saffron, very vanilla

ink: sage shadow, so saffron
accessories: 2-way glue, DD glitter, dimensionals

Just Beachy

This is a card we will be making at my stamp night on Thursday. I try to make them fairly easy to make, without too much cutting or labor. This card uses the Just Beachy set from the mini catalog and Three Thoughts which is from a Simply Sent card kit.

Thanks for stopping by!
shari

card recipe:
stamps: Just Beachy, Three Thoughts
paper: baja breeze, confetti white
ink: chocolate chip, kiwi kiss
accessories: kiwi kiss ribbon, blender pen, dimensionals

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #21

Yeah, I found some time to stamp today! I made a card for Karen's sketch challenge and I'm also going to use this card for my stamp night coming up. Let me know what you think!

Thanks for stopping by!
shari

card recipe:

stamps: All Holidays

paper: ruby red, washington apple DSP

ink: ruby red, bashful blue and pumpkin pie markers

accessories: 1 1/4" square punch, retired hodgepodge, bashful blue grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #19

I made some time to stamp yesterday and finished a card for Karen's challenge. Beckie gave me some of the new Accent and Elements Fleurettes for my birthday, so I just had to use them for this sketch!

Thanks for stopping by!

shari

card recipe:

stamps: Jumble Alphabet

paper: whisper white, bella rose dsp

ink: ridinghood red

accessories: ridinghood red ribbon, Fleurettes

Stamp Night at my Clubhouse!

Once a month, my upline, Beckie, and I host a stamp night at the clubhouse in my neighborhood. We usually have 5 or 6 different cards to make, plus a 12x12 scrapbook layout to do also. Beckie is going to be moving in a few months to Arizona, so it's still up the air whether I will continue the stamp night on my own or not. I don't know if I can do this by myself! So, we will see!!

These are 3 of the cards our customers can make tonight.

Have a good evening and thanks for stopping by!

shari

Sweet Sunday and Raspberry Suite Challenges

It's my birthday! I turned 36 today! I decided to make myself a birthday card using both Karen's and Dawn's challenges. I don't usually use gray, but I think this turned out nice!

Happy Mother's Day! : )

Thanks for stopping by!

Shari

card recipe

stamps: crazy for cupcakes

paper: basic gray, whisper white, pink pirouette, candy lane DSP

ink: black, regal rose, pink pirouette, gray

accessories: regal rose wide grosgrain, vintage brads, dimensionals, 2-way glue, dazz diamonds glitter

Thoughts and Prayers

I love the new stamp set "Thoughts and Prayers". The only thing that is wrong with it is that is double mounted. I think enough have people complained to Stampin Up about double mounting stamps, so they said they wouldn't do that anymore except on alpha sets.

Anyway, I made a card today using this set and I really like the way it turned out. I love Perfect Plum and So Saffron together. So pretty!

Thanks for stopping by!

shari

card recipe

stamps: Thoughts & Prayers, En Francais

paper: perfect plum, white, parisian summer DSP

ink: perfect plum, so saffron, old olive markers

accessories: pretties kit, dimensionals, ribbon from sale-a-bration

Teacher Appreciation Gift

This week is teacher appreciation week, so I decided to make a wall hanging for Sara's kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Sparkman. She is such an awesome teacher!! The size is 9 3/8 x 9 3/8. I used the paper & ribbon from Sale-a-Bration. It's not too fancy, but I only decided this afternoon to make it so I haven't had a lot of time to think about it. I think Mrs. Sparkman will like it.

Thanks for stopping by!

shari

Granpa's Birthday

My Father-in-law's birthday is on Saturday, so I made a card for the girls to send to him. I decided to use my All In The Family set. I just love these cute little stick figures!! It took me about 30 minutes to stamp the people on there, but I used my Stamp-a-majig on everything so I could get it all perfect. I love the Stamp-a-majig!! It makes for perfect placement everytime!!
Sara and Katy just had to help make the card, so I let them color the dresses. I'm too much of a perfectionist to let them do anything else!

Thanks for stopping by!

shari

Birthday Bag!

I made this cute bag for my dear friend Beckie, who is turning 40 today!! She SO does not look 40! Happy Birthday, my friend!!

Sweet Sunday Sketch #14

Yeah! It is Monday, and I have a card finished for Karen's challenge!! Woo Hoo!! I was looking thru the April Stampin Success (magazine for SU demos) and came across a card with 3 flowers like this. I thought it would be perfect for this sketch challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!!
Shari

card recipe:
stamps: Petal Pizzazz, A little Birthday Cheer
paper: confetti white, Ridinghood Red, Pink Pirouette, Bella Rose DSP
ink: Kiwi Kiss, Ridinghood Red, Pink Piro, Choc Chip, Baja Breeze
accessories: Dazz Diamonds glitter, Button Bouquet, dimensionals

Sweet Sunday Sketch #13

I'm finally getting a sketch done for Karen Giron's challenge!! Yippee!! Life has been crazy lately, so I'm glad to get some stamping done. I pulled out two new stamp sets from the Occasions Mini Catalog. Let me know what you think!

ALSO!! Check out my new watermark!!! Courtesy of Karen Giron! Check out her blog if you are interested in having your own watermark.

Have a great day!!

card recipe:

stamps: Great Friend, Forest Friends

ink: Choc. Chip marker, Garden Green marker, Choc chip pad

paper: kraft, whisper white, choc chip, choc chip DSP patterns

accesories: choc chip wide grosgrain, dimensionals

Thank you cards

My dear friend and upline, Beckie Carlson, lost her husband last Sunday. It was very sudden and unexpected. Beckie and Brad had been together for 20 years and have 6 children ages 7 - 16. They were best friends and loved each other so much. Beckie wrote a lovely tribute to her husband which you can read HERE.

My friend will be moving to Arizona in the coming months to be closer to her family. I will miss her so much. I will treasure our friendship always and only wish her the best.

I made Beckie some Thank You cards to help her out. I think they are simple, yet elegant and I hope she likes them.

Kristina's Color Inpsiration #48

I'm baaaack! I've kind of taken a break from the computer lately. Life has been a bit hectic, so something had to give!

Anyway, I wanted to make a thank you gift for the women who watches our dogs. She has a sweet little kennel on her property, and she was nice enough to let me bring the dogs today, even though it is Sunday and she is closed! We are staying the night at Universal Studios tonite, so hopefully we can start off this spring break with some fun and the kids can stop whining 24 hours a day.

I made a little treat pouch like this at Stampin Up Regionals in January. Super simple!! Basically just take a piece of cardstock 4" x 12". Score at 4", 5" and 9". Adhere together with sticky strip. Then you can decorate how ever you'd like. I filled a little bag with Easter chocolates and inserted in the middle. Cute! Thanks for stopping by!

recipe:

stamps: Man's Best Friend

paper: Parisian Breeze Specialy DSP, whisper white

ink: chocolate chip, Riding hood red

accessories: Kiwi Kiss ribbon, dimensionals

Botanical Blooms!

I have my monthly stamp-a-stack coming up this week. Beckie and I usually have 6 different cards to make plus a scrapbook layout. We try not to make the cards too labor-intensive. We want them to be able to get a lot made! This card uses the Sale-a-Bration set, Botanical Blooms. I made it so they can stamp whatever greeting they want. It could be an Easter, thank you, get well or a birthday card! And this also would be easy to jazz up by adding glitter, paper piercing or some cool rhinestone brads!

recipe

stamps: Botanical Blooms, A Good Egg

paper: Kraft, white, Red Riding Hood Red, Bella Rose DSP

ink: Kiwi Kiss, RRH Red

accessories: dimensionals, vintage brads

Sweet Sunday #8

Here is my card for Karen's Sweet Sunday Challange #8. I used my new set 'Man's Best Friend'. Now, I am a total dog lover. Always have been. So, when I saw this set I had to have it!!

recipe:

stamps: Man's Best Friend
paper: bravo burgandy, very vanilla, Parisian Summer DSP
ink: bravo burgandy, Going gray
accessories: vintage brads, sponge, dimensionals

Color Inspiration #44

I received my FREE stamp set "On a Pedestal" the other day! This set will be in the Summer 2009 Stampin Up catalog. By attending the regional here in Orlando, I was offered this set if I had a $400 workshop within 2 weeks of the regional.

I've always loved these colors together! But, I had a hard time incorporating the Close to Cocoa with the Chocolate Chip. Here is what I finally came up with!

Thanks for stopping by!

Check out another cute sample of this set at my friend Beckie's site HERE!