Get Well Soup Pouch

This pouch was made with the Envelope Punch Board, and is the perfect size for a packet of chicken soup. The pouch is decorated with the "Get Well Soup" stamp and die cut with the Lots of Labels Framelits. The background piece of So Saffron cardstock was embossed with the Happy Heart embossing folder. 

Apothecary Art Happiest Birthday Card

What's not to love about coordinating products like the Apothecary Art stamp set and Big Shot Labels Collection Framelits?!  The Fancy Fan embossing folder was used for the background accent strip.  The floral image was stamped with black Staz-On and then colored using the Classic Stampin' Pads and Blender Pens. 

Affection Collection Cards

We received the Affection Collection stamp set as part of our Convention 2012 package.  These two cards feature the set, along with the new Lacy Brocade embossing folder, Window Frames Framelits Collection, and Festive Paper-Piercing Pack, all three from the Holiday 2012 catalog.  Our apologies for the poor lighting in the photos, the top colors are Elegant Eggplant and Perfect Plum, and the bottom colors are River Rock and Always Artichoke, both with a Very Vanilla base. 

Touch of Kindness

This card features the Touch of Kindness set from the Summer mini catalog along with a couple of the latest products from the new Idea Book & Catalog.  The Wild Wasabi card base was embossed using the stripes folder for the Big Shot, and the background paper is from the Just Add Cake Designer Series Paper pack.  The images were colored using classic ink pads with blender pens.   

Early Easter Greetings

With Easter right around the corner, this set is ideal for creating beautiful greetings for family and friends!  The images and sentiment are from the Easter Blossoms set from the Occasions mini catalog.  The Wild Wasabi background was embossed using the Big Shot Perfect Polka Dots folder.  The floral patterned strip of Melon Mambo DSP comes from the Ice Cream Parlor DSP pack that's available for FREE as a Sale-a-Bration selection through March 31st. 

Sale-a-Bration Ends Soon!

The Stampin' Up! annual Sale-a-Bration event will be ending soon on March 31st!  Today's mini easel card, which was CASE'd from Bronwyn Eastley at addINKtivedesigns via Nancy Riley's blog, features one of the FREE stamps included in the huge Sale-a-Bration selection.  The main butterfly image was decorated with the Fine Flourish stamp ($9.95 value, but FREE with your $50 order).  The butterflies were all cut using Stampin' Up! exclusive Big Shot dies - Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die for the main and middle butterflies and the Beautiful Wings embosslit die for the front one.  The "for you" sentiment is from the Fresh Cuts set.  Basic pearl jewels and 1/8" Early Espresso taffeta ribbon complete the project.

Live, Laugh, Love

Here's another one of the cards that we did at our February Sale-a-Bration workshop last Sunday.  The "Live, Laugh, Love" sentiment is from one of the many stamp sets that can be selected for FREE for every $50 purchase during Sale-a-Bration, which only lasts through March 31st.  The images are from the Sweet Summer set, which is exclusive to SAB!  The images were colored in using blender pens.  The Elegant Soiree DSP serves as a perfect background and provides a beautiful color scheme.  The bow was made using Baja Breeze seam binding ribbon from the Occasions mini catalog, and cinched with a Very Vanilla 5/16" jumbo brad.

Vintage Bliss Card

This is one of the cards that we did today at our Sale-a-Bration workshop.  It features the SAB exclusive Bliss set.  The background layer is embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper folder.  The edges were distressed using the tool from the Stampin' Up Cutter Kit.

Lots of Layers Thank You Card

Got punches?!  This card certainly does!  The scallop square comes from the Sizzix scallop squares duo die.  All of the rest of the shapes are from punches.  The sentiment is from the Occasional Quotes level 3 hostess set and the patterned paper is from the level 1 hostess In Color DSP pack.  A pair of basic pearls complete the card.   

Mojo Monday Challenge - Week 173

We realize it's Wednesday; however, here is our entry for the Mojo Monday #173 Sketch Challenge 

This card combines the beautiful new Love Impressions Specialty DSP from the Occasions mini catalog with circle, heart, and curly label punched elements.  The sentiment is from the Grateful Greetings set.  The card is finished off with some 5/8" Real Red grosgrain ribbon and basic pearl jewels.

Happy Saturday!

As you have seen from our projects here, we LOVE the Big Shot!  This card was made using the scallop square die and then layered with polka-dot embossed cardstock strips.  The variety of patterned hearts are from the I {Heart} Hearts set.  Although the "from the heart" sentiment is from a retired set, a different sentiment can easily be substituted.  The Early Espresso satin ribbon is embellished with a few basic pearls.

Delightful Decorations Card

This card was designed by our grea frien Kevin, and uses the Delightful Decorations and Word Play (Tidings of Comfort & Joy sentiment) sets along with the ornament and dotted scallop ribbon punches.  The ornaments inside are popped up.  A couple of the ornaments are embellished with basic pearls and 1/4" grosgrain ribbon.  The colors used were Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive.

Poinsettia Card

This card was inspired by a couple of ideas from fellow demonstrators Lynn Pratt and Dawn Olchefske (we love their creative and clean designs).  The poinsettia was stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink on a die-cut Cherry Cobbler circle using the leaf stamp from the French Foliage set.  The circle (which was cut with the Big Shot using the Bigz clear circle die) is layered on a piece of Very Vanilla embossed with the Petals-a-Plenty folder, and then layered on an Always Artichoke card.  The sentiment is from the Curly Cute set.  The poinsettia is accented with the basic pearls and the card is finished off with a piece of 1/8" Early Espresso taffeta ribbon.

Happy 18th Anniversary Scot & McCall!

Today is my (Scot) anniversary - 18 years!!  This is the card that Kira made for McCall and I - isn't it awesome!  She did a great job!  It features the Elegant Bouquet embossing folder, the Two-step XL Bird Punch, the 2 3/8" XL scallop circle punch, the 2 1/2" XL Circle Punch, the Modern Label Punch, Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set, and the Basic Pearls Jewels.  Thank you, Kira!

Have to share a photo from our celebratory night out, here we are toasting with champagne at Le Reve at the Wynn Resort last night.  McCall won tickets on the radio for a VIP package, so we were treated like celebrities with special plush seats, champagne, and a plate of chocolate-covered strawberries and truffles.  We really enjoyed the show and had a very nice time!

Life is a Matter of Moments Notepad Holder

Here is one of our projects for this month's Big Shot club.  We are focusing on texture in our club workshop this month, so we used the Beautiful Wings embosslits die and the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.  The Basic Pearls were the perfect accent for the scalloped edge and the Victoria Crochet Trim added beautiful texture.  The stamped images are from the Elements of Style set.