A Fitting Ocassion

 Hello Monday! Where did you come from? lol  I'm off to my sisters 2 hours away today for a private class and I'm happy to be getting out of the house by myself and to see my sister.  I wanted to get all my cards from June card class shared before the month is over, which seems to be going too fast.
This card is busy, but it was my favorite one this month.
It's base is Whisper White, layered with Sahara Sand and then Coastal Cabana embossed with the Arrows Folder. I ran a piece of Crisp Cantaloupe through the Big Shot and cut out a Top Note and sliced it in half and then ran it again with the Perfect Polka Dots folder and adhered it to the card. Then I ran a piece of Gold Baker's Twine around it and tied a double bow.

For the focal point, I cut out a piece of the new Lullaby DSP and layered it onto a little piece of Whisper White cardstock.  I punched out a Hello Honey Modern Label punch piece and colored some Basic Rhinestones with the Blendabilities and stuck them down on each end.  I used the Curley Label image in the set A Fitting Ocassion and stamped it onto Sahara Sand cardstock with Whisper White ink and punched it out.  Then I stamped the Happy Birthday in Crisp Cantaloupe ink and the butterfly in Coastal Cabana and punched it out with the 1" circle punch and used some Dimensionals to pop it up.
Well, it's back to my coffee and then I'm hittin' the road.  I have several days away from home this week, and am freakin' out that I only have 23 days until Convention and my swaps are sitting and waiting for me to get too..EEK!
Have a great Monday!

Endless Birthday Wishes

Happy Saturday all! Wow, the humidity is super hot you would think it was July!  I wanted to show this card because it goes wonderful for a 4th of July birthday.  I used the Photopolymer stamp set Endless Wishes (which sold out-currently awaiting to be remade I believe?)and got the layout inspiration from Kimberly VanDiepen.  I used Whisper White to make the base of the card and layered Night of Navy on top of that.  I stamped on another layer of Whisper White with the stamp set Work of Art(chevrons) in Cherry Cobbler.  I stamped out the Happy Birthday and the cake from the Endless Wishes stamp set in Night of Navy and the splash of color over the cake is an image from Work of Art also, only I stamped it in Island Indigo. I punched it out using the 1 3/4" circle punch and sticking it down on a piece of Cherry Cobbler that I cut out using the Starburst Framelits.   I used the new star punch  and punched out stars in Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy and Silver Glimmer Paper.

Wheely Sweet Friend

 Well, another month of card classes in the book.  Was excited to use some new product from the catalog and some "older" product with it.  Sadly, I have had this stamp set since last year's catalog and just now used it! I started by layering Baked Brown Sugar onto Whisper White.  I ran a layer of the new Hello Honey through the Decorative Dots folder, just over the top half and stamping the bicycle in Hello Honey ink.  I used two different pieces of the Lullaby DSP and flagged the ends.  I punched out a 1" Scalloped Circle from Baked Brown Sugar and the 7/8" Scallop Circle punch from Crisp Cantaloupe and snipped into each to make a flower.  I finished off the center with a 3/4" circle of Champagne Glimmer Paper.  For the sentiment, I colored the stamp with the Crisp Cantaloupe and Baked Brown Sugar Stampin' Write Markers onto Whisper White and also flagged the end of the paper.

I have 4 more cards to show this week, so stay tuned to find more inspiration.

July 4th card

Hey stampers! I've been MIA forever it seems! Sorry about that.  It's been uber busy around here, in a good way.  I apologize that I didn't post this before the retired stuff went away because this card had the Morning Post alphabet used on it and it's now gone.
However, there are some new alphabet sets in the new catalog that you could substitute.  I started with Whisper White base and layered a Marina Mist layer onto it after running it through the Perfect Polka Dots folder. I cut two of the hearts from the Hearts Framelits in Night of Navy and Whisper White, piercing the blue one with the paper piercing pack and the other stamping with Cherry Cobbler ink with the Chevron Background stamp and sponging the edges with Soft Suede.  I stamped out the letters in Night of Navy and Cherry Cobbler onto Crumb Cake punched out with the Postage punch and again, sponging the edges.  I threaded some Silver Baker's Twine and tied bows at each end.  I finished off the card with the stars punch and Silver Glimmer Paper.  I know it's a bit early to show this card, but for some of us planning cards for classes, it's the right time..;) (and if I don't post it now, it will be forgotten for sure all together...lol)
I hope you enjoy this wonderful Father's Day weekend and get out and

Cookies for Steve-last day of school!

Today was the last day of school and our bus driver is a WONDERFUL person, loves the kids and genuinely shows it.  He is friendly and cautious and just a happy person.  He's a farmer also, and I know he loves all types of cookies, so we made him S'mores cookies.  We made this box at my Envelope Punch Board class last month and it holds 1/2 dozen- 1 doz. cookies depending on size of cookies.  I made the box from one 12 x12 sheet of Daffodil Delight and then layered up Whisper White and some black DSP from the Pattern Pack DSP.

 I wrapped and wrapped some Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine around to hold it shut.  For the tag, I borrowed the instructions from Diana Gibbs that I found by typing in "school bus punch art".

I had Jenna write a personal message on the back of the tag and told her to remember to tell him to turn it over.  She is very excited to be done with 1st grade, although she is a little sad, but excited to start 2nd...2ND! Okay, that was weird to say, it doesn't seem like she should be old enough yet.  Anyway, Thanks for stopping by.  Today is my birthday and my wedding anniversary, so I am hoping to get out of town for awhile....

Polka Dot Pieces

Hello! Today is the last day of school for my kiddos and I must say, I cannot believe how fast May went by...I say that every month, but really, it's gone fast! As I said yesterday, I am inspired so many times by Deb Henderson and when I saw this card by her, I decided I wanted to make it too, but I changed out the colors.
I started by layering Basic Gray onto Whisper White and then Daffodil Delight onto that.  I ran another piece of Whisper White through the Alphabet Press embossing folder and laid it down on the Daffodil Delight layer.  I cut a Whisper White Deco Label and layered it onto the embossing piece.  I stamped out three flowers from the Polka Dot Pieces stamp set in Daffodil Delight ink and punched them out with the 1 3/4 Scallop Circle punch and the butterfly and sentiment from the set in Basic Gray ink, punching the butterfly with the coordinating punch, Elegant Butterfly Punch, and then I fussy cut the sentiment out.  I stuck the butterfly down with Mini Glue Dots and folded up the wings for dimension.  I hope you have enjoyed May cards....I need to get to my stamp room and finish designing my June cards.

Perfect Blend and Gorgeous Grunge

 Happy Hump Day! Today's card is another from May card class, using the two stamp sets Perfect Blend and Gorgeous Grunge.  I started by layering Tangerine Tango on to Whisper White cardstock and then another Whisper White layer stamped with the "splatter" in Crumb Cake two times.  I ran a piece of Wild Wasabi through the Hexagon embossing folder and stuck it down just over the splatters.  I stamped out the cup two times on Crumb Cake card stock, cut out the cup once and then the lid again and popped it up on Dimensionals.  I cut the "cuff" of the cup from the I AM DSP pack(it will be gone forever after Saturday!) and popped it up as well with Dimensionals.  I stamped out the sayings from Perfect Blend in Tangerine Tango and punched it out using the Artisan Label punch and stamped off the splatter again before stamping it onto the words.

I wanted to finish it off with some sparkle, so I used my Owl Builder Punch and punched out a heart from Champagne Glimmer Paper and tied a bow from the Linen Thread and stuck it all down with a Mini Glue Dot.
Tommorrow, I will show my last card from May class that was inspired by Debbie Henderson.
Have a wonderful day!