A Sneak Peek!

Mr. Brown was here earlier than usual today so I had time to make a card before I start dinner. Pool Party is one of the new In Colors. It is prettier in person than on the computer and here I paired it up with Chocolate Chip. The pennants were punched with the new Petite Pennants Punch. The Pool Party pennants were stamped using the Pennant Parade Stamp Set which is one of the sneak peek sets we were able to purchase. The new colors are pretty and I look forward to sharing them with you. Ok. I have to go work on dinner. Depending on how the evening goes, I might just have time to make another little project using new items.

Inlaid Embossing...

...an easy technique that produces an awesome card. I punched star shapes from scraps of Perfect Plum and Very Vanilla cardstock and adhered them to the Baja Breeze cardstock. I slipped this into the Square Lattice embossing folder and ran it thru my Big Shot. I put the card together, stamped a sentiment and now have a great birthday card! I will be using this technique often and will post samples that I make using different embossing folders. Happy stampin'!

Sunny Days

Today I am sharing a couple of cards I made using the Sunny Days stamp set in the Summer Mini. The actual image is of four kids in their inner tubes but I only wanted to use a couple of kids. In order to do this, I inked two of the kids using my black marker and then stamped, colored and punched. Another item I am highlighting in this post is the dotted scallop ribbon border punch. On the Tempting Turquoise card I am revealing only one half of the "card stock ribbon". On the Pacific Point card, I have trimmed both the top and bottom of the pattern paper with the entire "card stock ribbon" showing. And here is where I confess that the first card I made using this punch is being recycled--LOL! I made a cute card and then I was going to punch this pretty dotted scallop ribbon trim edge on the front of the card. So I get all done punching and the card is laying on my counter and I am holding this strip of "card stock ribbon"! What? DUH, I get how this punch works (as I smack myself on the side of my head)! The design on this punch is such that the punched card stock is actually a strip and not just an edge as illustrated below. And on that note, I wish you all a happy day!

Big Stampin' Up Day!

Stampin' Up released the list of retired stamps and accessories this morning. Click on the button on the right entitled "Last Chance" and you will be taken directly to my SU website where you can view the retired items and purchase items if there are any that you want before they are gone. (The items on these lists will be available while quantities last.) While I am sorry to see some of them retiring, on the opposite side of the coin I have gotten sneak peeks at some fabulous new items--paper, punches, stamp sets and five new In-colors! I placed my order earlier and as soon as I get my items, I will create and post a few projects so you get an idea of what is in store beginnning July 1st. Ok~~now I need to go have my coffee! (It's pretty bad when seeing the new and retired SU items is more important than reading the paper and drinking my coffee--LOL!!) Have a great day!